Joseph Salas Martinez (1949) - Composition

Provenance :
Collection privée, Paris

Joseph R. Salas Martinez Cuban artist and designer born in 1949; since 1972 he studied typography and graphic design at the San Alejandro Academy in Havana and participated in the design course of Professor German Sittauer.
In 1973, he began working as a graphic designer and participated in the III Juvenile Hall of Art; three years later, in 1976, he joined the Hermanos Saiz Association. In 1981, he founded the group «Temps libre» with four other designers. In 1992, he joined the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and began to work as an independent artist. In 1997, he joined the “Landscape of the Project.”

- Prizes -
1991: 2nd prize at the National Propaganda Salon "26 July" in the poster category, Havana, Cuba.
1989: Mention in the 7th Book Art competition in the interior design category, Havana, Cuba.
1988: Mention in the second hall of Centro Habana, in the drawing category, Havana, Cuba.
1985: Mention at the National Exhibition of Propaganda XVI graphic "26 July" in the housing category, Havana, Cuba.
1984: 1st Prize in the poster category and 3rd Prize in the science books category in the national art of the book competition, Havana, Cuba.

- Solo exhibitions -
2009: Carmen Montilla Gallery of the House, Havana, Cuba.
2008: Maison de la Poésie Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2007: Vedado Hotel Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
2001: Cuban Book Institute, Havana, Cuba.
2001: Origines Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1999: Cerro Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1998: San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba.
1997: October 10 Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1990: Galiano Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1985: October 10 Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.
1985: Cerro Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba.

- Group exhibitions -
2011: Drawings and original diploma Nicolas Guillen Poetry Prize.
2010: The Other Reality. National Museum of Cuba, tribute Exhibition on the occasion of the centenary of Kandinsky’s first abstract work.
2009: Drawings and original diplomas Alejo Carpentier History Prize for short and essay 2009.
2003: Drawings and original diplomas Alejo Carpentier prize for Short Stories, Essays and Fiction 2003.
2002: Participates as a jury member in the annual Design Award of Cuban book art.
2001: Drawings and diplomas
1999: Artistic exhibition Association des suprême catalan (ACEA), Barcelona, Spain.
1999: Prestige Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
1999: Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, United States
1998: Hispanocuban Range. Teodoro Ramos Blanco Gallery, Havana, Cuba.