Bio
Martha Jimenez (Cuba 1948-)
Martha is a Cuban artist working in sculpture, ceramics, and painting Martha is one of Cuba’s greatest living artists “Master’s degree in Plastic Arts” “Attached teacher of the Latin-American Chair of Plastic Arts and Design” Fidelio Ponce of León” “Member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba” “Specialist in plastic infantile creation” Her studio is in Camagüey Cuba, at the Plaza del Carmen, where several of her life-sized bronze statues are installed Martha was one of the first graduates of the Cuban Art Instructors’ School, graduating with the first class in 1971 She won the UNESCO Distinction for the National Culture in 1997 and was recognised at the 2010 Shanghai Biennale She also was awarded a prize at the 5th International Sculpture Symposium in Turkey in 2011 for her statue La Gineta Her works are found in several private collections around the world