José Omar Torres López

José Omar Torres López

Matanzas, Cuba (*1953)
About Artist

Visual artist graduated from the National School of Art (1973). He studied two years at the Higher Institute of Art in the specialty of engraving (1987-1989). In 1999 he was awarded an artistic residency at the Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, USA. Directs the Experimental Graphic Workshop of Havana (1991-2002). Vice-president of the Association of Plastic Arts of the UNEAC (2007-2019).
He has exhibited personally in Cuba, Mexico, Sweden, Colombia and the United States. His works are in the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba, as well as in other institutions in Cuba and other countries.
He holds the Diploma for Artistic Merit awarded by the ISA and the Distinction for National Culture.