Manuel García Fonteboa
Habana, Cuba, 1949
Habana, Cuba, 1949
Graphic artist and Professor. García studied architecture at Universidad de Puerto Rico (1965-1969), graphics with Antonio Martorell at Taller Alacrán (1968) and post graduate courses at Amherst College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is Professor of Design at the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Puerto Rico. He has received several prizes, such as, First Prize in Printmaking at the United Federal Savings Bank Competition (1975) and First Prize in Printmaking, UNESCO of Puerto Rico (1976). García’s work has been exhibited in and outside Puerto Rico, as in the Museum of the Latin American engraving in San Juan (1972), the national flag of Puerto Rico in Seville, Spain (1992) and several editions of the biennial of San Juan of the Latin American engraving and the Caribbean.
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1990-Present
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Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico: Arte e Identidad. San Juan: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2004.
Colón Camacho, Doreen M. “La gráfica, voz y reflejo del alma boricua”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 15 de mayo de 1992. http://ponce.inter.edu/vl/aappr/fb/15_592mb.html
García Vera, María. “Artes plásticas en Puerto Rico”. Enciclopedia de Puerto Rico, Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades, 8 de septiembre de 2014. http://enciclopediapr.org/esp/print_version.cfm?ref=06100227
Martínez, Javier. “Instantes de Fonteboa en la UPR”. Autogiro, 19 de octubre de 2010.
http://autogiro.cronicaurbana.com/instantes-de-fonteboa-en-la-upr/
Romero, Rosario. “30 artistas se inspiran en la Casa Klumb”. 80 grados, 19 de septiembre de 2014. http://www.80grados.net/30-artistas-se-inspiran-en-la-casa-klumb/