Luis Miguel Valdés Morales
Luis Miguel Valdés Morales (born 1949) is a Cuban artist and teacher who creates painting, prints, sculpture, and installations. He studied at Havana’s Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), graduating in 1969, and at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), where he later taught and led the engraving department from 1969 to 1991. In 1986 he studied at Atelier 17 in Paris, a workshop that influenced his experimental approach to printmaking.
Valdés has shown his work widely in Cuba, Mexico, Europe, and the United States. He has won prizes at UNEAC national salons and has received international recognition, including the Milan Lithography Prize and a prize at the Salon de Mai in Paris. In 1991 he moved to Mexico and, in 1995, founded La Siempre Habana, a workshop and gallery that promotes Cuban and Mexican art and cultural exchange.
His art spans painting, engraving, sculpture, drawing, and installation. He often explores the female figure and Afro-Cuban identity, using layered textures and a mix of traditional printmaking with contemporary digital tools. A notable piece is Ella también fue (2015), an acrylic painting on canvas. His works have been exhibited in many countries and are part of collections such as the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba. Through La Siempre Habana, he helped bring Cuban engraving to new audiences.
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