Esteban Ayala Ferrer

Esteban Ayala
Born	September 2, 1929 Havana, Cuba
Died	July 15, 1995 Havana, Cuba

Esteban Guillermo Ayala Ferrer (September 2, 1929 in Havana, Cuba - July 15, 1995 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban painter and a member of the Grupo Antillano.

He studied in evening courses at the Escuela de Círculo de Bellas Artes attached to the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" in Havana. He studied advertising at the Professional Advertising School between 1954 and 1957, and went on to take classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1956 and 1958 and at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig between 1962 and 1966.

In 1986 he was head designer of posters and music records covers at the Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (EGREM) in Havana and graphic director of PM Records and the Pablo Milanés Foundation in 1992. In 1983 he was an assistant to Prof. Albert Kapr from the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in the Course on Book Design, Havana.

Collective Exhibitions

• 1964 - "II Salón Nacional de Carteles Cubanos", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
• 1964 - the Bach International Contest, Germany
• 1975 - Book Art Show, Moscow, Russia
• 1979 - "1000 Carteles Cubanos de Cine. 20 Aniversario de la Cinematografía Cubana", Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana
• 1983 - "Exposición V Aniversario del Grupo Antillano en Homenaje a Wifredo Lam", Cuba
• 1991 - "Olor a Tinta" in Galería Havana, Havana, Cuba

Awards

• 1964 - First Prize; Poster; Bach International Contest, Berlin, Germany
• 1965 - Diploma of Honor/Bronze Medal; William Shakespeare Contest, Leipzig, Germany
• 1971 - Bronze Medal of International Book Fair IB, Leipzig, Germany
• 1975 - Gold Medal of International Book Art Show, Moscow, Russia

Collections

His works can be found in permanent collections of:

• Casa de las Américas (Havana), Havana, Cuba;
• Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), Havana, Cuba;
• Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Cuba.

References

• Sujatha Fernandes; Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures(Duke University Press, 2006)
• Judith Bettelheim; AfroCuba: Works on Paper, 1968-2003; San Francisco State University Gallery; 2005; ISBN 978-0-295-98476-6

External links

• Cuba Grafica website article
• La Jiribilla website article (Spanish)
• CubaArt website article (French)
• Comite ProGrafica Cubana website article (Spanish)