José Rodríquez Fuster
Fuster at his home and studio in Jaimanitas, Cuba.
Fuster was born in Villa Clara in 1946 and lives in Jaimanitas, Cuba. He is one of Cuba's original ceramists and a popular painter. He paints, engraves, and sketches. He began his artistic career in 1961 at age14 when he traveled to the Sierra Maestra to teach in the “Literacy Campaign.” He studied at the Art Instructors School from 1963 to 1965 and then started working as a ceramist at the Cubanacán Ceramics Workshop in Havana in 1966. In the past few years he has transformed Jaimanitas by extending his artwork from his home (constantly growing with sculpture, tiles, paintings, studios) to entire streets and neighborhoods. Fuster has had solo exhibitions in Cuba, Romania, New York, Italy, Spain, France, and the Dominican Republic, and has participated in group shows throughout Europe, as well as North and South America.
Fuster’s Work
