Julia Emilia Valdés Borrero (born February 26, 1952, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing, engraving, and illustration.
From 1967 to 1972, she studied in the Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), in Havana, Cuba. Between 1984 and 1989 she studied art history at the Universidad de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba.
Individual exhibitions Between 1982 and 1998, she presented several solo exhibitions, both in Cuba and in Europe. 1982: Músicos y Palmas, Havana 1989: Exposition Peintures de Choy, Julia Valdés, Manuel Pozo, Bordeaux, France 1993: Paintings. Julia Valdés/Alberto Lescay, Berlin, Germany 1996: Día Imaginario. Julia Valdés Borrero, Havana 1998: De máscaras y otras imágenes. Julia Valdés, Santiago de Cuba
Collective exhibitions 1992: De otra isla. Muesta colectiva de pintores cubanos, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1993: Neve Cubanische Malerel (Six Cuban Fine Artists), Speyer, Germany 1994: Arte de Cuba, Barcelona, Spain 1995: 1er. Salón de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo, Havana
Awards 1973: Prize at the Salón Nacional de Profesores e Instructores de Artes Plásticas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana 1979: Prize in the Concurso Nacional de Vitrales, for the Consejo de Estado, Havana 1980: Prize in Painting, at the VIII Salón Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana 1981: First Prize in Drawing, in the Salón Homenaje al 467 Aniversario de la Fundación de la Ciudad, Galería Oriente, Santiago de Cuba 1989: Prize in Illustration, in the Concurso Nacional "El Arte del Libro" [for illustrations of the book Cuentos de la vida y la muerte], Havana
Collections Galería Propuesta, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Galerie Kisch, Berlin, Germany Museo Emilio Bacardí, Santiago de Cuba Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana Galerie Wünsch, Linz, Austria
References
Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca. Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century. California/International Arts Foundation, 2001. Jose Viegas. Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx. California International Arts, 2004.