Edgar Soberón

The Kiss, 1989
Pastel on Paper, 30" x 20"

Dancing Scissors, 1989
Pastel on Paper, 30" x 20"

Mouse Trap, 1989
Pastel on Paper, 20" x 30"

Edgar Soberón was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1962.  He studied at Parsons School of Design in New York where he received his B.F.A. in 1987.  He was awarded the Brunschwig and Fils Scholarship to study abroad at Parsons and the American College in Paris, France and Sienna, Italy in 1986.  Since then his work has been published, collected and exhibited nationally and internationally.  Soberón had his first solo exhibition in 1998 at the Associated American Artists gallery in New York City.  He has participated in numerous exhibitions since, including two important still life survey exhibitions: Silent Things Secret Things, Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millennium, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Reflections of Time and Place, Latin American Still Life in The 20th Century, Katonah Museum Of Art, Katonah, New York, and El Barrio Museum, New York City, New York.  Soberón joined the faculty at Parsons School of Design in 1992 where he later taught Drawing Fundamentals and Printmaking with the Foundation and Fine Arts programs until 2002.  In 1996 the New School University and Parsons School of Design recognized Soberón with the distinguished Teaching Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions in art education.  In 2002, Soberón decided to relocate his studio to central Mexico. He presently lives and works in the town of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

 

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