Samuel Toranzo

Biography

Painter and sculptor, Samuel Toranzo was born in 1955 in Cuba. He studied his dual crafts at Las Tunas art school whilst nearly 30. Two years later Toranzo had his first major exhibition, ‘Lo ideal y lo cotidiano’. In 1993 he moved to Havana and gained international recognition through Expo-Cuba, a cultural exposition, in the capital city. In 1996 Toranzo received honours for his contribution to Cuban art as one of the country’s leading artists. Returning to Las Tunas in 1998, Samuel Toranzo took up a professorship at the Escuela Superior Pedagogica de Artes Plasticas. His work is exhibited in the gallery of Havana Cathedral and can be found in several private collections around the world.