Mar 102016
 
Mario Tranard Cuban Artist

S. T. by Mario Trenard 2013

In December of 2010, the city of Santiago de Cuba held its first Rene Valdes Cedeño Public Sculpture Symposium, an homage to an artist and teacher who authored works as important as the Cuba’s Abel Santamaria Monument.

Sponsored by the Caguayo Foundation and the Advisory Council for the Development of Public Sculptures and Monuments, the symposium seeks to promote sculpting in marble and metals.

The second Symposium was held in November of 2013. This sculpture is a product of the second Symposium

Mario Trenard graduated as a sculptor from the Higher Art Institute (ISA, in Spanish). He is a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and won the Order for National Culture and the José María Heredia plaque.

Trenard is a member of the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba and lives in Santiago de Cuba.

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