Garcia Sosa, Aliosky

Aliosky García Sosa

Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1979. Graduated from the master's degree in Cultural Management and Administration at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2021. From the Instituto Superior de Arte, ISA, Havana, Cuba in 2009 and from the “Oscar Fernández Morera” Academy of Plastic Arts, Trinidad, Cuba, in 2000. He has been a professor and head of the Engraving Department at the ISA, University of the Arts, Havana, Cuba. He has held numerous personal and group exhibitions both in Cuba and abroad. In addition, he has curated different exhibitions both in Cuba and abroad and given conferences and workshops on engraving and Cuban art in different institutions in Cuba, the United States, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and other countries. His works are found in different collections such as:  Art of our America, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba. Art Fund. Playa Ancha University, Valparaíso, Chile. Special Collections Art Library Yale University, USA Book Art Power. Stanford University, USA Weslyan University, USA Cuban Heritage Collection, Miami, USA. During his career he has received several awards such as: 2016 Artist in Residence. International Print Residency. Druckwerk. Basel, Switzerland. 2012-2013. Artist in Residence. Bartels-Zum Kleinen Markgraflerhof Foundation. Basel, Switzerland. 2012. Mention for the curatorship of Grabado en la memoria. National Council of Plastic Arts, CNAP. Havana Cuba. -2004. Elsinore Festival Award. Higher Institute of Art, ISA. Havana Cuba. -1999. Award, Salón March 19, Abreus. Cienfuegos, Cuba. 1998. Mention, VII Benito Ortiz Borrell Hall. Trinidad, Cuba.