If I could Fly

Jorge Luis Marín Torres, Cuba

Curriculum vitae Name and surname: Jorge Luis Marín Torres. Identity card: 85022202106. Born in: Pinar del Río, Cuba. Nationality: Cuban. Telephone: 54495121. Official address: Building 746, apartment B-6, zone 24, Alamar, La Habana del Este, Havana, Cuba. Temporary address: Apt #36, between 2nd and Pasaje 1st, Fca., El Corojo, CPA Renato Guitart, San Luis, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Applied studies: 1. Graduated from the EIA (School of Art Instructors) Federico Engels in Pinar del Río years 2000-2004. Bachelor of Humanities and Art Instructor in the Specialty of Plastic Arts. 2. Graduate in Education: Art Instructor on July 17, 2008. Rafael María de Mendive Higher Pedagogical Institute. Registered in Volume I, folio 1477, No. 26217 of the book corresponding to the Secretariat of this Higher Education Center. Registered in Volume ll, folio 190, No. 3233 of the book corresponding to the Higher Secondary Faculty. Improvement courses: 1. Theoretical – practical course “Initiation in the Art of Bonsai”. National Museum of Decorative Arts and Havana Bonsai Growers Group. Given in the month of February 2010. Giving way to later belonging to said group as a Bonsai grower. 2. Photography course. Cabrales del Valle Academy of Art and Photography, sponsored by the Havana Photo Library. 3. In my training as a painter I received advice from notable painters of Cuban Contemporary Art, especially in landscape technique, the most representative for me being Ernesto Estévez García from whom I received much of my pictorial knowledge. Work history: Fulfillment of social commitment as Art Instructor in the José Martí Brigade during the years 2004-2009 in San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río, participating in local cultural events scheduled during the year, either with personal or collective exhibitions of drawing and painting, and mainly scenographic works. Individual career: Participation in the Regional Fine Arts Exhibition “Desiderio Aportela” in the Municipal Gallery of San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río in the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; obtaining Mention in painting in 2007 and First prize in 2009. Member of the literary movement “La Tecla del Duende” of the Juventud Rebelde Newspaper and the International Institute of Journalism. Year 2008-2011. Member of the Bonsai Habana group protected by the National Museum of Decorative Arts. Year 2010-2016. Participation and Mention in the First Provincial Hall of Traditional and Contemporary Landscape Plastic Arts, in tribute to the Chartrand Brothers, given on June 10, 2021 at the Wifredo Lam Art Gallery in Marianao, Havana. Oil on canvas technique, realistic landscape. Participation and First Prize in the Second Provincial Hall of Traditional and Contemporary Landscape Plastic Arts, in tribute to the Chartrand Brothers, given on June 8, 2022 at the Wifredo Lam Art Gallery in Marianao, Havana. Oil on canvas technique, realistic landscape. Jorge Luis Marín Torres