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Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez participates in the collective exhibition "40 in quarantine or immune art", inaugurated on July 10 at the Alejo Carpentier Universal Art Gallery, in the city of Camaguey.

In the exhibition, Jimenez Perez showed off an original work created in these difficult months that the world is experiencing. It is titled "The Heart of the Moon", and it is a new visual proposal that reveals that there is no rest for dreams and yearnings in the new moon phase.

Lianny Montalvan expressed in her words to the Catalog this unforgettable affirmation: "The works that fill our exhibition halls are diverse in styles, techniques and formats. Several artists have turned their shapes and colors into social chronicles, others reflect the effects of loneliness and thirst for eroticism, in some the line of work continues ”.

The specialist also explained that "With this exhibition selection and the multiple actions carried out during these months, we can affirm that the health of art in Camaguey remains immune, transforming problems into impulse and joining the many hands that defend the best of humanity".

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez 
Published: Thursday, 16 July, 2020
 

Havana- A documentary, dedicated to the painter, engraver, sculptress and ceramist Martha Jimenez Perez, will be released this March 17 at 5:00 pm, in the Theater-Hall of the National Museum of Fine Arts, located in the Cuban capital.


The work belongs to the series "Lights and shadows" and lasts for 27 minutes. It was made by the Audiovisual Production Company of the Havana Historian's Office.


This documentary has the script and direction of Estrella Diaz; the general management of Magda Resik; the production and photography, by Joel Guerra; the music, by Angel Quintero and Tomas Rivero; and the production, by Yanely Hernandez.


The aforementioned audiovisual has the words of Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of the City of Havana; Jose Rodriguez Barreras, Director of the Office of the Historian of the City in Camaguey; the writer Luis Alvarez Alvarez, National Prize for Literature, and Eduardo Roca Salazar, National Prize for Fine Arts.


Martha Jimenez is a prolific artist. She was recently present at the XII International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy, dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci. On the other hand, she participated with one of her works, in the collective exhibition of sculpture 3D PLUS, included in the Camaguey’s Culture Week.


As her most recent achievement, Jimenez Perez was awarded the Mayte Spinola Gold Medal, one of the most important cultural awards in Spain, which recognized her extensive artistic career.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez 
Published: Monday, 16 March, 2020

Camaguey- Right in the warmt of her own home, the artist Martha Jimenez Perez officially received the acknowledgement of the provincial Government and Culture authorities after being awarded, in Spain, the Mayte Spinola Gold Medal for her outstanding career as a creative.

"Whoever performs her work with the soul, does not care where she is and even loses track of time. And I think that this attitude has characterized my work, my work and, moreover, it has been the driving force behind the fruits of my artistic career”, said the author of The Gossipers, one of her emblematic works, located in the central Plaza del Carmen.

In statements to the press, Jimenez Perez said that the award, given in particular to the value of her sculptural work, was a surprise and at the same time “a stimulus to so many years dedicated to painting, engraving and modeling. The latter is my favorite because when I play it, the pieces I make come out of my heart”.

The maker also reminded the faculty of teachers who taught her the essential technique to carve a path in the world of culture and how the subject of women became a center of her creative essences. She also commented that at present she is involved in dissimilar projects between them, one linked to the work on bronze.

The jury group, led by its president, the Countess Mayte Spinola, not only advocates recognizing the most outstanding artists in art, but also those personalities worldwide who have made relevant contributions in areas, such as music and science.

Martha Jimenez occupies, with her achievements, a prestigious site within the arts of Camaguey and Cuba, her works are found in various parts of the planet such as the Dominican Republic, Germany, the United States, Turkey, China, the Czech Republic, Canada, among other nations.

On the 17th, will be released in the capital a 27-minute documentary, from the series Lights and Shadows, made by the Audiovisual Production Company of the Office of the Historian of Havana, and directed by Magda Resik. The production will feature the opinions of personalities such as the historian of that city, Eusebio Leal Spengler, the 2017 National Literature Prize, Luis Alvarez Alvarez and the painter Eduardo Roca Salazar, better known as Choco, who will honor the legacy and career of the Martha's verbose work.

Author: Yang Fernandez Madruga
Source: Adelante Newspaper  
Published: Thursday, 12 March, 2020

Havana- Next Tuesday, March 17, at five in the afternoon, in the theater room of the National Museum of Fine Arts, will be released the documentary of the series Lights and Shadows (27 minutes) dedicated to the potter, sculptress, engraver and painter Martha Jimenez, based in Camaguey.

The audiovisual, made by the Audiovisual Producer of the Office of the Historian of Havana, has the reflections of Dr. Eusebio Leal Spengler, Historian of Havana; Jose Rodriguez, director of the Office of the Historian of Camaguey; Luis Alvarez Alvarez, National Prize for Literature, and Eduardo Roca Salazar (Choco), National Prize for Fine Arts 2017.

As stated in the documentary, Dr. Leal, Martha Jimenez "is part of that range of female artists who have made very substantive contributions to the female footprint in the art of Cuba" and "tells us about the need to recognize" the role of woman in the history of universal art and in the art of Cuba. "Her speech is a very intense and very authentic gender discourse and, in some cases, very provocative as any expression of true art must be", said Leal.

Also, the Director of the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey, Jose Rodriguez, expressed that Martha Jimenez “has stood up for her work, rather than her words” and that the imprint she has left in Camaguey “it has not been for her speech, but for doing and for the high quality in the invoice of everything she creates”. Rodriguez insisted that the artist "is an example because she has been able to change ugly postcards of the city and decorate it with new attributes, not to impress the visitor but to bring new dimensions and new edges to the city she loves so much".

He said that, for example, a sculptural ensemble such as that of the Plaza del Carmen, created by Martha, only exists in Camaguey: “A set that interacts with people, that people appreciate it regardless of the knowledge they have or not of the visual arts, and that sends you, immediately, to Camaguey ”, he concluded.

The writer and essayist Luis Alvarez considered that Martha “is a Creole” of Camaguey, “a woman who does not dress stentorically or loudly; she is not a person who demands her place under the sun, even if she touches it. She is an artist who with her work has come to have an international projection and recognition without having left her city, which is present as soon as she does”.

Choco -considered a true master of Cuban engraving and who graduated, along with Martha, from the first promotion of the School of Art Instructors in the distant 1970s- when analyzing the work of the Camagueyan artist, in relation to the graphic arts, said that "it is a deeply feminine proposal, a work that shows that it is done by a woman and that identifies her as an engraver".

He pointed out that although Martha has an intense work as a sculpture, the fact of carrying other disciplines in parallel, such as engraving, "makes her work amplify and acquires a much larger, more universal dimension", he said.

The documentary, with script and direction of who subscribes these lines, has the general direction of Magda Resik, the realization and photography of Joel Guerra, the original music authored by Angel Quintero and Tomas Rivero, and the production by Yanely Hernandez.

Author: Estrella Diaz
Source: http://lajiribilla.cu/
Published: Monday, 9 mar, 2020

Madrid- The Mayte Spinola Gold Medals, one of the most important cultural awards in Spain, were presented at the El Romeral House Museum, in La Escorzonera.

The sculptres and painter Martha Jimenez had the honor of receiving this medal for her artistic career, together with a large group of prominent figures and personalities, from various areas of knowledge.

The awarding of this prize is one of the most important cultural events in Spain. This time, the awards were presented by Maria Leon.

Spinola, founder of the Group pro Arte y Cultura and widow of the engineer Graciliano Barreiros, named these awards, which distinguish artists, athletes, philanthropists and professionals from various fields.

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Camaguey- A work by the renowned artist Martha Jimenez, resident in Camaguey, is now part of the Arte en Casa Collection.

This creative has her Studio-Workshop next to the Plaza del Carmen, in the city of Camaguey. She also has an extensive work exposed to the public and present in state and private collections.

Arte en Casa is nurtured and inspired by the most outstanding of Cuban artistic creation. In its pieces, is promoted the artworks of renowned contemporary creators such as Eduardo Abela, Flora Fong, Pedro Pablo Oliva, Zaida del Rio, Roberto Fabelo or Ever Fonseca, among others.

The works of these artists are printed on very diverse utilitarian items, such as shower curtains, umbrellas, fans, dishes, vases, towels, clocks, ashtrays, and other objects.

More than fifteen years ago, the proposal of Arte en Casa arrived in Cuban homes, a project that emerged in 2003. Participate in it, the Company of Artistic and Literary Promotions Artex S.A., Genesis Art Gallery, the Rene Portocarrero Serigraphy Workshop, the National Museum of Fine Arts and Commercial Lauros.

Previously Martha Jimenez had already been reflected with her work in these collections, with a hanger and a tray. This was reported by Tania Estrada Jimenez, specialist of the Studio-Workshop of the mentioned artist.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 18 February, 2020

Camaguey- The project "Brush with Soul of Kiss", belonging to the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, and the children's collective of the Gallery "Fidelio Ponce de Leon", of the Office of the Historian of the City (OHCC), allied in a beautiful cultural action, which had as special guest the group of American divers Scuba, from Minnesota.

“The Plaza del Carmen dressed in hope and harmony, with a universal motto: The sea is the friend that unites us”, said Tania Estrada Jimenez, one of the main managers of the project.

The children painted and modeled sculptures, in the context of the Week of the Culture at Camaguey, dedicated to the 506 anniversary of the legendary city, formerly called Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 7 February, 2020

Camaguey- The renowned artist Martha Jimenez is present with one of her works, a bronze sculpture, in the collective exhibition of sculpture 3D PLUS, included in the actions developed during the Week of the Culture at Camaguey.

The exhibition was inaugurated in the Larios Gallery, in the context of the XXX edition of the Salon of the City, as a gift to the town of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, on its 506th anniversary.

The event has also included conferences, the presentation of a curatorial project, a photographic exhibition, a theoretical event, an exhibition with students of the visual arts and the competitive exhibition Young Art, along with other actions, still to happen.

On the other hand, Marta Jimenez is a creative artist who has recently deserved the Acknowledgement of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC), for the most outstanding Artist in Marketing (2018) and the Excellence Award, given by the Cuba Travel Services Agency (2019).

Also, the Mayte Spinola Gold Medal 2019, in Sculpture, will be presented soon, in honor of her artistic career. This award recognizes the merits in the arts, sciences, sports and solidarity.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
 

Madrid- The Mayte Spinola Gold Medal 2019, in Sculpture, will be awarded to Martha Jimenez, for her artistic career. This prize, in its fifth edition, will be presented at the Casa Museo El Romeral, in Madrid, in February 2020. This award rewards the merits in the arts, sciences, sports and solidarity.

The prize was conceived in 2015 by Mayte Spinola, based on an idea by Pedro Sandoval, current director of the Pro Arte y Cultura Group. Sandoval suggested to Mayte the creation of a category award in Spain, which bears her name.

Linda de Sousa, multidisciplinary artist and exhibition coordinator of the group, took charge of the design of the medal, with the effigy of Mayte. Thus was born this award, which every year grows in number of winners and importance, and was given for the first time in 2016.

The winners are selected by a jury composed of several prominent members of the Pro Art and Culture Group, and its founder Mayte Spinola. Later, the prize is delivered, at the beginning of the following year, at the El Romeral House Museum, Madrid.

This award constitutes the most important private cultural and intellectual act in Madrid, attended by diverse and very prominent personalities from Spain and abroad.

Sources: https://www.maytespinola.com and https://lamiradaactual.blogspot.com
Published: Sunday, 2 February, 2020

Camaguey- A special participation had the artist Martha Jimenez Perez in the “Enfoques” Program, broadcast by Television Camaguey, where she spoke about her participation in the recently celebrated Florence Biennial and about her work as an educator.

This well-known painter and sculptress took part with her art at the XII International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, celebrated in Italy, an event that paid tribute to Leonardo da Vinci.

At the event, Jimenez Perez exhibited a selection of her works, elaborated in watercolor, ink drawing, ceramics and bronze sculpture. This renowned creative also shared space with some 6000 artists, from more than one hundred nations.

On the other hand, Martha's work as a pedagogue is remarkable. She has been an art teacher for over thirty years. She has served as a tutor for students who have entered the Higher Institute of Art, in addition, as a tutor for students who have received awards at various events.

Jimenez Perez has been an Instructor Professor of the Academy of Fine Arts and attached to the Ibero-American Chair of Visual Arts and Design, Head of the Monumental Sculptural Project Plaza de Carmen, and a member of the Council of Experts of Visual Arts of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts, in Camaguey.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Camaguey- The project “Brush with Soul of Kiss”, sponsored by the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, had a notable participation in the Fiesta del Tinajon, with an action, where the children drew on the sidewalk.

This project, made up of infants from the surrounding area of the aforementioned Studio-Workshop, has taken part with its work in important artistic and community activities.

In 2018, the project "Brush with Soul of Kiss" was presented in the context of the sessions of the Pedagogical Artistic Project of Gender "Mundo A", organized by the University of the Arts, the subsidiary in Camaguey.

This year that concludes, the children artists took part in the actions of the 2nd Biennial of Design of Havana, which has had a sub-branch in Camaguey.

Finally, the infants departed with American divers, during the two meetings that took place in the Martha Jimenez Studio-Workshop, in October and November, 2019, with positive results.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 23 December, 2019

Havana- The Cuba Travel Services Agency awarded the creative Martha Jimenez Perez for being an artist who dignifies Cuban art internationally, and she was delivered the "Excellence Award".

This took place in the context of the twentieth anniversary of the aforementioned agency and during the celebrations dedicated to the 500 years of Havana City.

A long list of awards and recognitions has this renowned artist. In 2015, Martha deserved the Fifteenth Anniversary Commemorative Medal. To the work done, for the cooperation and contributions provided in the preservation and enrichment of the Cultural-Historical-Heritage in Camaguey.

Later, in 2017, she received the Acknowledgement of the Organizing Committee of the VII International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, for her important support in the conduct of the XV Conference on Gender, Family and Society.

In 2018, Martha obtained the Acknowledgement of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC), for being the most outstanding artist in Marketing. This took place in the context of the fortieth anniversary of FCBC and the thirty years of its subsidiary in Camaguey.

Recently, this renowned artist was invited to the ceremony dedicated to the twentieth anniversary in Cuba of HOSTELTUR magazine, when a seminar took place in Havana. In addition, with remarkable success, Martha Jimenez participated with her art at the XII International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, in Italy, dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci.

Martha Jimenez also has an extensive work exposed to the public. Her pieces are found in nations such as the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, France, Canada and Cuba.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 19 November, 2019

Camaguey- For the delight of the infant assistants, the Martha Jimenez Studio Workshop hosted the second meeting between American divers and the children's project "Brush with Soul of Kiss", which sponsors the aforementioned gallery.

In the meeting, the union of friendship and love that is longed for, between the two nations, was strengthened, with art and human solidarity as a bridge. Through the slogan "The sea is the friend that unites us", the children of the aforementioned project and the divers departed in the Plaza del Carmen, on Saturday morning.

The Visual Arts constituted the element that consolidated the emotional encounter. After welcoming the American divers, a poem about the care of the sea was read.

Finally, the creation of the title of the works took place, with the participation of the Camagueyan infants and the American visitors, in addition to the intervention in a public pictorial mural, among other attractive actions that were developed.

The poem was a gift to divers, who applauded the girl Evelyn Iraola after reading it:

THE SEA AND THE ENVIRONMENT

If talking about environment,and
what we should have to care,
we should mind about the sea
from every land we live in.
Sea, feels in his own body
even someone isn’t concerned
all the garbage with no name
that hurts his own integrity
because the sea is as the life
as it’s the same for man.

The sea works as our lungs
when oxygen is comprised
and the future of our earth
without restraining us
It’s a reflection like
the bluest of our sky.
All the food that is inside
It’s a gift for mankind.
So, the divers with much love
preserve it of all abuses
From the unconsciousness of man.

Any child is like the sea,
if anyone loves not him,
and throws trashes, so he dies
being unable just to breathe.
So let’s go to think about
for keeping it well clean.
That way nature will provide
along with our brave diver,
to keep alive our environment
plenty of oxygen and prettyness

EL MAR Y EL MEDIO AMBIENTE

Si hablamos del Medio Ambiente
y qué debemos cuidar
hay que cuidar a la mar
desde cada continente.
El mar, en su cuerpo siente
-aunque a alguno no le asombre-
tanta basura sin nombre
que le produce una herida.
Pues el mar es de la vida
la misma vida del hombre.

El mar es como un pulmón
donde el oxígeno encierra
el futuro de la tierra
sin ponernos condición.
Es reflejo del balcón
más azul del firmamento
donde todo su alimento
es para el hombre. Y los buzos
lo cuidan de los abusos
del hombre sin sentimiento.

Cualquier niño es como el mar
que cuando alguien no lo quiere
le tira basura, y muere
por no poder respirar.
Vamos todos a cuidar
bien unidos su limpieza
que así la naturaleza
y nuestro buzo valiente
mantendrán el Medio Ambiente
con oxígeno y belleza.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 04 November, 2019

Italy- The well-known artist Martha Jimenez shows the wonderful real of her art at the XII International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, in Italy, where the central theme is a tribute to the multifaceted Leonardo da Vinci.

This exceptional exhibition of contemporary international art and design production, has among the representatives of Cuba, Martha Jimenez, who exhibits a selection of her pieces, made in watercolor, ink drawing, ceramics and bronze sculpture.

In the event, the main forms of expression of visual arts find space: painting, sculpture, paper works, photography, installations, video art, digital art and mixed media. It can be seen in the exhibition, the work of almost 6000 artists, from more than one hundred countries.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 21 October, 2019

Havana- The renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to the celebration ceremony for the twentieth anniversary in Cuba of HOSTELTUR magazine. Dedicated to this date, a seminar took place at the National Hotel of Cuba.


The creative Martha Jimenez has maintained a regular presence in the aforementioned publication; therefore, she was invited and represented by her daughter at that event. The Plaza del Carmen and the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez constitute a reference tourist destination in the legendary city of Camaguey.


In this context, the article “Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, sure reference in the old Camaguey”, compiled by the Msc. Tania O. Estrada Jimenez, came to light in HOSTELTUR, with the photograph of Ernesto Gomez Gomez.


The aforementioned magazine, where the article about the work of Martha Jimenez was published, includes reports, interviews, trends and all the news about the professional tourism sector. In it, Jimenez Perez's artistic work has been reflected on several occasions.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 16 October, 2019

Camaguey- A cordial and friendly meeting between the group of American divers "Mermet Springs" and the children's group "Brush with soul of kiss" took place this weekend, in the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, located in the city of Camaguey.


In the meeting, the infants -who were inspired by the seabed to carry out their works- and the American divers, spoke for a future bridge of friendship, which can unite the two nations, across the sea.


After the welcome, it could enjoyed a poem declared in English by the girl Evelyn Iraola; and also, Jose Enrique Flores shared an attractive presentation of magic with those present.


When the children had their jobs ready, the titles of their works were prepared in English and Spanish, along with the divers. Later, there was an exchange of gifts between the two groups, and the infants explained the meaning of their paintings and the motto that united these two groups: "The sea is the friend that unites us".


At the end of the meeting, the group of American divers "Mermet Springs" and the children's group "Brush with soul of kiss" shared smiles and photographs in the Plaza del Carmen, next to the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez.


"Brush with soul of kiss" is sponsored by the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez and by the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC). It has had numerous and relevant presentations in several places of this city. This community children's project seeks, among other objectives, to achieve the development of skills and values in the new generations.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 14 October, 2019

Havana- The work of the renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez has been referenced by the volume “Of the ceramic. Contemporary Cuban Ceramics ”. A detail of the sculpture “Gossipers”, belonging to the sculptural series of the same name and prepared in 1995 by Jimenez Perez, was the piece of the well-known author that was included in the aforementioned publication.


The text was published by Collage Ediciones, in Havana, with the support of the Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics. The direction and curatorship was in charge of Surisday Reyes; the edition, by Silvana Garriga; the graphic design, by Fabian Muñoz; and the photography; by Nestor Marti.


Martha's work has been cited in numerous articles, published in newspapers, magazines and digital media. Such is the case of the Granma newspaper, the Pauta and Opus Habana magazines, Radio Cadena Agramonte, the Adelante newspaper, the Senderos y Excelencias Turisticas magazines, the Trabajadores newspaper, the Amalias Blog, the Signos magazine, the Primicia newspaper, the Principe Cultural Portal, Cuba Now, Cuba Plus Magazine, HostelTur, On Cuba Magazine and the website of the Hermanos Saiz Association.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez

Havana- With a marked assistance of public, Havana is currently hosting the personal exhibition of Martha Jimenez, entitled "The trip". The exposition will be open to the public from the 20th of this month until October 15, in the MANOS Gallery of the Cuban Association of Artisans Artists (ACAA).

"Not far from confabulations with the imaginary is the exhibition "The trip". A conceptual platform bearing a theory that has as its epicenter works full of creative magic and flight to the unreal. In this way, the proposal conspires with the aim of entering into a reasoning that predicts: each fantasy is a new reality”, said the curator, specialist and gallerist Yaniel Perez Guerra, in his words to the catalog.

"So the premeditated design does not represent a proper physical transfer, but a mental transportation by a metamorphosed truth and narrated through images. It is an invitation to interpret the doctrines of the author's magical realism, according to her various forms of expression”, added Perez Guerra.

Meanwhile, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez is one of the most representative artists of contemporary visual arts in Cuba. She has numerous exhibitions, between personal and collective. She deserved the UNESCO Prize in 1997.

She works painting, ceramics, bronze sculpture and engraving. She has artworks located in public spaces in Cuba and Turkey. She has participated in numerous events of significant character, in various nations of the world. She has deserved some distinctions and awards, such as Espejo de Paciencia, Fidelio Ponce de Leon, for Pedagogical Merit and for National Culture.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 23 de September, 2019

Havana- “The trip” is the title of the next personal exhibition of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, which will be inaugurated in the Cuban capital.

The exhibition will be open to the public at the MANOS Gallery, of the Cuban Association of Artisan Artists, from this September 20, at 4:00 pm, until October 15, 2019.

“In such a way, her pieces (…) have the charm and patina of the antique. But more than the result of a manual effort, from them emerges the powerful claim of inspiration, with that halo of who dominates -from the academy to modernity- the Art ”, expressed about the exposition Eusebio Leal Spengler, historian of the city of Havana.

For his part, Yaniel Perez Guerra, curator and specialist in visual arts, said that "the exhibition spreads, from its own aesthetics and content, an energy prevailing in pursuit of subjective liberation".

"Coming up and moving through it, becomes an exercise in deep interaction, in which deciphering the metaphor of each artwork means approaching a pilgrim woman, whose strength lies in the precious stones that she has deposited in her path", added the specialist.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Wednesday, 18 September, 2019

Camaguey- The work of the renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, based in Camaguey, has been reflected by the magazine Art On Cuba, an important publication dedicated to the Visual Arts.

An art piece by this Cuban author appeared in the number 21 of Art On Cuba, the Cuban magazine of Visual Arts, in the edition corresponding to June-November 2019.

The work of Jimenez Perez shown in the aforementioned publication was the urban sculpture "Against wind and tide", located on Avenida del Puerto, in the city of Havana, Cuba. This piece was recently inaugurated, with the presence of the artist; Eusebio Leal, historian of the city and other relevant personalities and officials of Culture.

Martha have works shown at the Center for Cuban Art Studies (United States), Derby QUAD. Center of Visual Arts (United Kingdom), public squares in Eskisehir and the University of Anadolu (Turkey), the Museum of Art in the Village of Art and Crafts in Pezenas (France), the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal (Canada) and the Madison City Hall Museum (United States).

In addition, her pieces are found in collections of the Casa de las Americas, the National Museum of Contemporary Ceramics and the National Museum of Colonial Art in Havana, all in Cuba.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 6 September, 2019

Camaguey- The personal exhibition "The trip", by the sculptress, potter, painter and engraver Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez will be inaugurated soon in the Cuban capital.

The event will take place on September 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm, at the MANOS Gallery, of the Cuban Association of Artisan Artists (ACAA), located on Obispo street, 411, between Aguacate and Compostela, Old Havana.

The meeting has been sponsored by the aforementioned gallery, the headquarters of the ACAA in Havana, the National Council of Visual Arts, the Ministry of Culture, the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods and the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez.

Martha Jimenez Perez has a degree in Fine Arts. She has an extensive work exposed to the public. She has been founder, as President, of the Hermanos Saiz Association. Among other relevant awards, she has received the “Fidelio Ponce de Leon” Distinction and the National Culture Distinction.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 29 August, 2019

Camaguey- The outstanding artist Martha Jimenez decorated with her work two tricycles, of those used to tour the city of Camaguey, by the Santa Maria Company.

These tricycles travel through the capital of Camaguey, sponsored by the Office of the Historian of the City (OHCC). In them you can enjoy art and visually beautify the streets of this city.

Important sites of the area declared as Cultural Heritage of Humanity, are those included in these summer excursions, offered by the OHCC, for the enjoyment of residents and visitors. In addition, it has been announced the high popular reception that these attractive proposals have had.

Previously, Martha Jimenez had already worked in the embellishment of the tricycles, this was in 2009, also in the city of Camaguey. This active creative has numerous personal and collective exhibitions. Her works are found in nations such as the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, France, Canada and Cuba.


Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Wednesday, 31 July, 2019

Camaguey- The members of the Elpidio Valdes Cinema-Club visited the Plaza del Carmen, and had the privilege of having the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, creator of several of the sculptures seen in the place, among the hosts.

They also toured the Office of the Historian of the City, and admired the exhibition “Crossed Lukeds”, which is exhibited in the Gallery of that place. In addition, they talked with Norberto Subirats, the man who served as a model for the sculpture of the newspaper reader, made by Jimenez Perez.

“I am very gratified to see how the children and parents who remain in the Program, increasingly feel more committed to something (...) that obviously refers to the city. Thanks once again to all those who support this dream”, said Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero, the main person in charge of this project.

Author: Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero
Source: Juan Antonio García Borrero - La pupila insomne - WordPress.com
Published: Wednesday, 31 July, 2019

Camaguey- The work of the children's creation workshop of visual arts and design "Brush with Soul of Kiss", was made known during the actions of the 2nd Havana Design Biennial, which was also held in Camaguey.

In the context of the event was visited this Project of artistic creation, at the Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, located in the Plaza del Carmen, this Thursday June 13.

The Children's Project "Brush with Soul of Kiss" is sponsored by Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop and the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC). It has had numerous presentations, and includes children from the community where the aforementioned studio-workshop is located.

During these meetings, the children express in their works what they interpret of different events of daily life and fantasy. About this, Martha Jimenez said that "it is important to be aware of the essential nature of art and since childhood (...) it is something that helps formation and, in the long run, will make them better human beings".

Under the concept "Beyond the Form", and dedicated to the 500 Anniversary of Havana Foundation and the 505 anniversary of Camaguey, the Design Biennial had its headquarters in this city from June 3 to 16 of this year.

The event included lectures, presentations of magazines and books, workshops, a contest of commercial showcases, as well as various personal and collective exhibitions.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 15 June, 2019

Camaguey- A productive exchange between cultural professionals and members of Winston-Salem State University took place recently at the Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop, located in the city of Camaguey.

This is the second time that people from that university visit the aforementioned cultural institution, said Yaniel Perez Guerra, a specialist and curator of the aforementioned Studio-Workshop.

The intregrants of this group study the development of the black race, its insertion in the different periods and in the different societies. Then, they visit Cuba to get first-hand experiences and receive practical classes, of what they have been taught in theory.

One of the managers of this project is the MSc. Kezia Sabrina Henry Knight, who gives lectures every year on these issues of black racialism. This year her lecture was about the intellectual development of black women.

On the other hand, the specialist Yaniel Perez Guerra presented a work about the presence of women in the work of the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez Perez, taught in English.

This group of people, from a well-known American university, were received in the central Plaza del Carmen, next to the Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop. There they could also enjoy a performance by the Vocal Group Desandann, which has won numerous awards for their artistic work.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 10 June, 2019

Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez takes part in the commemorative sculptural project "Guillen a viva voz", where take part the subsidiary of the Higher Institute of Art, the headquarters of the UNEAC and the Office of the City Historian. The head of the project is Rebeca Buron and also prestigious Camagueyan intellectuals belong to this team.

This project has the main objective of incorporating a sculpture of the Camagueyan poet and writer Nicolas Guillen, in a walking position, with a sound ambience. The piece will be permanently located in Plazuela Juana del Castillo (or San Isidro).

It is a free sculpture, made natural size by the sculptress, painter and engraver Martha Jimenez, to incorporate it into the urban space. The project also includes an audio system which would amplify, on special occasions, texts by the poet in his own voice.

This action could generate multiple opportunities for the organization of cultural activities, taking as epicenter the sculpture of the National Poet of Cuba.

In addition, this sculpture and the identification of urban routes could generate tourism projects in the city, with the aim of touring the city along the paths used by Guillen, a leading figure of literary culture and the cultural institutional system in Cuba.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 23 May, 2019

Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez took part in the collective exhibition "Seven colors", inaugurated on Thursday, May 16 at Gallery Republica 289, of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts (CPAP).

17 artists participated in the exhibition, among them Jimenez Perez, with a piece worked on the technique of printing intervened with acrylic and ink, entitled "Silence?".

"The work takes as a pretext the complicity of dialogue that Martha Jimenez repeatedly addresses in her artistic discourse and raises, among many questions, whether it is irreverent or not to maintain a passive attitude towards homophobia", said Yaniel Perez Guerra, specialist of the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez.

The exhibition was attended by provincial directives of Culture, in Camaguey. It was also honored with the presence of Dr. Mariela Castro Espin, director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX).

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 17 May, 2019

Havana- On Monday morning, the inauguration of the sculptural work of Martha Jiménez, titled "Against the wind and tide", was held in a ceremony presided over by Eusebio Leal, historian of the city of Havana.

The piece by this renowned sculptress and painter will be permanently located on Avenue of San Francisco de Paula, in the Cuban capital. The event was attended by Cuban and foreign artists, together with the public, in general.

The opening words of the meeting were in charge of Eusebio Leal; this is what she did via Facebook, Tania Osiris, daughter of the aforementioned artist.

Among Martha's works that adorn public spaces are the sculptural ensemble in Plaza del Carmen, a mural in the Longitudinal Park, a sculpture in the Martha Abreu School, a mural in La Palma Store and some sculptures in the Cafe Ciudad, all in Camaguey.

In addition, it is worth noting the works of hers located in the hotels El Marques and Santa Maria, in the Santa Cecilia Convention Center, and finally, the pieces situated in Eskisehir, Turkey.

Also, works by Martha can be found in galleries and cultural establishments, in Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, France, Canada, Italy, Greece, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 06 May, 2019

Havana- The artist Martha Jimenez will present a sculpture in the current Biennial of Havana, the piece will be permanently located on the Avenida de San Francisco de Paula.

This authentic work of visual arts, entitled "Against the wind and tide" is an artistic gift for Cubans and visitors on our Island.

In the assembly of the aforementioned sculpture by Martha Jimewnez, worked a professional team, working in the last details of the piece, located in a central square of the Cuban capital.

Among the works of this sculptress that adorn public spaces, it is worth noting the sculptural set located in the Plaza del Carmen (Camaguey), her sculptures in the hotels Santa Maria and El Marques, and the pieces she has located in Turkey.

Jimenez Perez has more than 60 personal and collective exhibitions, at events held inside and outside of Cuba. This creative won the UNESCO Prize, for creativity, in the field of ceramic crafts (1997). She was awarded by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) for the sculptural group Plaza del Carmen.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 03 May, 2019

Havana- The artist Martha Jimenez will present a sculpture in the current Biennial of Havana, within the actions developed for the 500th anniversary of the Cuban capital. The piece will be permanently located on the Avenida de San Francisco de Paula.

The Biennial of Havana is the largest visual arts event in Cuba. It is celebrated from April 12 to May 12, 2019, with the objective that the Cuban capital becomes a place where the creators and the public interact. This year the Biennial extends its actions to the province of Camaguey.

Under the motto, "the Construction of the Possible", this edition of the Biennial was presented as a space for those types of contemporary art that understand creation as "living event or experience in progress".

On the other hand, this April 27 was inaugurated in the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez the exhibition "Against the wind and tide", as part of the proposals in Camaguey, of the current Biennial of Havana.

Along with this action by Martha Jimenez, the children's group "Brush with Soul of Kiss", which she directs, was also presented. The children painted in tribute to the International Festival of Video Art that took place in this city.

Martha Jimenez Perez has a degree in Fine Arts, and has an extensive work exposed to the public. She was founder of the Hermanos Saiz Association, among other important positions she has held. She has received the Fidelio Ponce de Leon Distinction and the Distinction for National Culture.

She has been awarded in several national and international competitions. She holds the UNESCO Prize since 1997. She is an official member of LASA (Association of Latin American Studies) and UNEAC. Her pieces remain exposed in several countries such as Germany, France, Dominican Republic, Canada, Czech Republic, China, France, England and the United States.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 29 April, 2019

Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez was invited to participate in the collective exhibition of female engraver artists, entitled "60 x 500", held in the gallery of the Provincial Visual Arts Center of the city of Havana, located in the corner of Luz and Oficios.

The exhibition is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Havana and brings together 60 engraver women. The exhibition has a representation of artists of different generations, from the most consecrated, as is the case of Belkis Ayon, Antonia Eiriz, Sandra Ramos, Lesbia Vent Dumois, Martha Jimenez, Flora Fong, Zaida del Rio, Isabel Jimeno, among others. Within the young creatives is the Camagueyan artist Jenny Hernandez Carbo.

"The exhibition, considered the largest of its kind in Cuba, not only enhances the engraving, from traditional techniques to the most contemporary proposals, but, in turn, the exposition reflects the character of the artistic heritage, the demonstration of the skills and the representation of various forms of expression", said Yaniel Perez Guerra, specialist and curator of the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez.

Author and photo: Yaniel Perez Guerra
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 8 March, 2019

Havana- As part of the proposals of the Ceramic Biennial, the personal exhibition "Riesgo", by Martha Jimenez, is exhibited at the Hispano-American Cultural Center, in the Loynaz Room.

The curator of the exhibition, Yaniel Perez, told Habana Cultural that the artist received the Ceramic Biennial Prize in 2016, and one of the requirements of that award was a Creation Scholarship, consisting of a personal exhibition in the next edition. "Riesgo" presents the same theme and technique as in 2016. It is an installation project of ceramics and metal where risks, challenges and balance are manifested as fundamental elements of human existence, he said.

"Riesgo", by Martha Jimenez, involves the viewer in a tense environment with its dynamic and complex postures, and the need to see life as a controversial spectacle in which everyone plays a specific role. The exhibition deals with the theme of the circus and all the characters are women in different positions and situations, which are not only associated with that circus life but also with the Cuban and Latin American context.

During the meeting, was delivered the book "The difficult thing to be female", by Martha Jimenez, to the Art Gallery "Carmen Montilla", the National Museum of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Contemporary Ceramics. In the volume is shown the most representative work of the outstanding painter, sculptress and ceramist, Unesco Prize since 1997.

Yaniel Perez, curator of the exhibition, said that the book includes several personalities of Cuban culture such as Eusebio Leal, Historian of the City of Havana; and Miguel Barnet, President of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba and the Fernando Ortiz Foundation.

Equilibrist (Prize of the Biennial of Ceramic Sculptures, Installations and Projects, Havana, 2016), Equilibrist II, Equilibrist III, Sacrifice and No/Title of the series "The Circus", among others, are some of Martha Jimenez's pieces that delight the public in the Hispano-American Culture Center.

The prestigious artist told Habana Cultural that the theme of the circus with its challenges and risks is recurrent in her creations, especially to exalt the Caribbean woman, since she is interested in showing how they are masters of her own life.

Author: Evelyn Fernandez
Source: http://habanacultural.ohc.cu/?p=28340
Published: Thursday, 20 Dec, 2018
 

Author: Yanetsy Leon Gonzalez
Source: Adelante Newspaper
Published: Monday, 19 Dec, 2018

Camaguey- The inauguration of the personal exhibition "Riesgo", by the artist Martha Jimenez, will take place on December 14, at 10:00 am, at the Center of Hispanic American Culture, located in the Cuban capital.

The aforementioned cultural institution belongs to the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, and is located on Malecon street, number 17, between Prado and Capdevila. The exposition will be available to the public until February 14, 2019.

As another attractive option, in the context of this personal exhibition by Martha Jimenez, there will be the presentation of the art book "The difficult thing to be female".

Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez is one of the most representative artists of contemporary Cuban visual arts. She has many exhibitions, between personal and collectives. She deserved the UNESCO Prize in 1997.

Among the laurels she has deserved are the UNEAC Prize for the "Plaza del Carmen Sculptural Ensemble"; the Prize in the Second Contemporary Biennial of Teapots, in Shanghai, China; the Prize for the Best Monumental Sculpture at the 5th International Terracotta Symposium, in Eskisehir, Turkey; and the First Prize in the Biennial of Ceramics, Sculptures, Installations and Projects, in Havana.

Her works are in institutional and private collections; in nations such as Cuba, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and Canada, among other countries.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 6 Dec, 2018

Camaguey- In favor of women's rights, the artist Martha Jimenez was pronounced, she had a special participation in the program Enfoques, conducted by Lourdes Mazorra and directed by Mayra Gonzalez Arostegui, from Television Camaguey. 

November 25 was designated as the international day dedicated to nonviolence towards women and girls; about this relevant topic, there was discussed in the aforementioned television space.

Martha referred to her participation at LASA (Latin American Studies Association), event on the topic of gender defense. She expressed that "the issue of the defense of women is getting stronger every time". The artist valued the event positively, with respect to the participation of the countries and the academic work of this recent edition.

"Respect for women must be very important because they are the procreation of life (...) In LASA, much was advocated, that women must defend themselves in society (...) Many work has been done since the First Gender Meeting, which was very interesting, and has linked the children's project Brush with soul of kiss, that belongs to Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop, with these actions deployed in favor of women and their rights.

Martha also explained in the program about her participation in the collective exhibition "Mystery as Muse", held in the United States: "It is an exhibition where participated eight or nine artists from different countries, in the Agora Gallery, at downtown Manhattan, a very recognized gallery in New York".

"For me it has been a very interesting experience, with a very big professionalism, a very nice experience. The exhibition was very well accepted (...) I was participating there in representation of Cuba". Martha took part in the exhibition with three canvases and three bronze sculptures.

In context of this date dedicated to women, the members of the project Brush with soul of kiss, which is part of Martha-Jimenez's Studio-Workshop, made art works at the headquarters of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) in Camaguey. For the 10th of December, is projected the opening of a collective exhibition in the aforementioned cultural institution, where the artistic creation of these infants will be shown.

December 10, declared as International Human Rights Day, culminates this time dedicated to activism in favor of women, developed from Camaguey.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Saturday, 1 Dec, 2018

Camaguey- Under the question "Can creativity be defined?" The artist Martha Jimenez was interviewed in Punto de Giro program, a Television Camaguey space, where thought is the protagonist and the interaction between the guests is always genuine.

"The artistic creation is a beautiful act, a sublime act, where the person, the man, the artist composes, creates, something that can be real or surreal, based on that experience of his work, his artwork (...) I believe that the artist must work every day, and the artist has that, that you work and you have to inhibit yourself. That system that exists between the soul, the brain and the hands. And that you pose in your brain, that you imagine, and you take it to the paper, to the fabric, to the support that you take it. And then you have to be convinced that you are doing something that fills you up. And what compliments you (...) if there is criteria or not, it is afterwards the result that you see and the acceptance that you have", said the artist Martha Jimenez. 

Adds this creative that "the artist himself is the one who has to feel firm, of how he feels fulfilled with the work. Art modifies the soul. I say that since childhood. I hope that children work art from early ages, not only the visual arts, but the music, the theater. It is something wonderful. Here come old people and young people come, so the good thing is that I see them smiles, they feel very good. It is good that human beings participate in artistic work".

Creativity is defined as the process of giving birth to something new and useful at the same time, said the journalist and host Maria del Carmen Fuentes, who interviewed, among other people, the curator, gallerist and art critic Yaniel Perez Guerra, who belongs to the work team of Martha Jimenez's Studio-Workshop.

With absolute lack of creativity there is no one, because creativity is an inherent element of all human beings. Creativity is present in each of the social and personal functions of our existence.

"Creativity should be encouraged from an early age, especially in people who have to develop a certain social function (...) For my work, I have a professional need to create. (...) All people have some creativity, although there are some who are more creative than others", said Yaniel Perez Guerra. 

Artistic creation is often made of the same emotion, of the same need that the artist has to communicate something, although in the contemporary world it is already more focused on the client, there are other elements of marketing that are used a lot.

"Art has a more contemporary part that is the client and there is a closer relationship between art and that spectator", this was the criterion of Tania Estrada Jimenez, who also works in the mentioned Studio-Workshop, which is located next to the Plaza del Carmen, in the city of Camaguey.

This program transmitted by Television Camagüey, obtained very good acceptance by the public, who could, through the works of Martha Jimenez, approach the world of creativity.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 12 Nov, 2018

Camaguey- The subsidiary in this province of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC) awarded an Acknowledgement to the renowned painter and sculptress Martha Jimenez Perez, as the most outstanding artist in the commercialization of this entity.

The diploma was given to Tania Estrada Jimenez, daughter of Martha Jimenez, from the hands of the MsC. Carmen Hernandez Requejo, director of the FCBC in Camaguey, during a ceremony held at the base of the monument dedicated to Ignacio Agramonte, in the Revolution Square.

During the meeting, the founding creators of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods were acknowledged; also were, outstanding workers of the mentioned entity and persons or families that have collaborated closely with the aforementioned cultural institution.

Jimenez has a degree in Fine Arts and has an extensive work exposed to the public, with several exhibitions. Successfully, she introduces in all techniques, being the sculpture in ceramics and bronze of the most recognized.

This creative, resident in Camaguey, has earned the Fidelio Ponce de Leon Distinction and the Distinction for National Culture. She has also worked as an art teacher for more than 30 years and has been a tutor for students who have entered the Higher Institute of Art (ISA).

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods
Published: Tuesday, 30 Oct, 2018

Camaguey- With the sculpture Open roads, the renowned artist Martha Jimenez participates in the collective exhibition "Reencuentros", to be inaugurated this Friday, October 26 at 2:00 pm, at the Ignacio Agramonte Provincial Museum.

The exhibition pays tribute to the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods and 30 years of the creation of its subsidiary in Camaguey.

"Gathering several generations of visual artists from Camaguey to celebrate the fifteen years of the Subsidiary of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods brings us closer to those who, with their work, are spokespersons for the aesthetic and conceptual validity of the projection of this entity in the city and country", expressed Annerys Fernandez Mendoza and Isabel Garcia Rosales in their words to the Catalog.

In addition to Martha Jimenez, the exhibition includes works by Jorge Santos Diaz, Nazario Salazar, Lorenzo Linares, Gabriel Gutierrez, Joel Jover, Oscar Rodriguez Lasseria, Orestes Larios and Alejandrina Silveira, among many other valuable creators of the territory, belonging to several generations.

"To approach their universes supported by the knowledge of their signs and signs, is to travel through decades of the art of those who, born or trained in Camaguey, trace the plot and warp of a good part of the art produced in these places, by those who, over three intense decades, manifest legitimacy from their artistic hierarchies", added the specialists.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods
Published: Friday, 26 Oct, 2018

Camaguey- The renowned artist Martha Jimenez takes part in the collective exhibition "Volver", which celebrates the 13 years of the Gallery Space Nicolás Guillen, located in the headquarters of the Adelante newspaper, in the city of Camaguey.

In addition to the work of Martha, a collography entitled "Caridad del Cobre", this exhibition features the works of Joel Jover and Eduardo Rosales, among other creators of the territory. The opening of this exhibition is also inserted in the actions dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the aforementioned weekly in Camaguey.

"Celebrating the XIII anniversary of an exhibition space such as the Hall Nicolás Guillen of the Adelante is an event that reinforces the vocation of this newspaper in favor of the arts, the physical space of this room would have to grow a lot in order to contain a work by each of the artists who have exhibited here and to those who appreciate its always solicitous collaboration. This occasion is just another reason to retrace steps in a space that radiates hospitality", said Juan Carlos Mejias Ruiz in his words to the Catalog.

Martha Jimenez is a renowned creative of the visual arts, based in Camaguey. Her works can be found in several countries such as Germany, France, Dominican Republic, Canada, Czech Republic, China, France, England and the United States.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 25 Oct, 2018

Camaguey- The work of the artist Martha Jimenez Perez was part of an exhibition inaugurated in the context of the First Academic Conference Alejo Carpentier, sponsored by the branch of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA), located near Plaza del Carmen.

The event included the presentation of documentaries, the impartition of conferences by prominent professionals from the province and the nation, as well as work in commissions, as was reported by ISA specialists, in the territory.

The work commissions that met at the event were: Treatment of gender and raciality in contemporary Cuban audiovisual; Musicological and Ballet research in Cuba; and The University, culture and community.

For her part, Martha Jimenez is one of the most representative creators of contemporary Cuban art; and she has worked extensively in sculpture, painting and engraving.

This painter and sculptress based in Camaguey, owns her studio-workshop next to the Plaza del Carmen, where you can find her famous sculptures: the Gossipers, the Water carrier, the Newspaper reader and the Lovers.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Saturday, 20 Oct, 2018

Nueva York- This October 18, took place the opening ceremony of the collective exhibition Mystery as Muse, where the artist Martha Jimenez participates, at Agora Gallery. The exhibition will be available to the public from October 13 to November 2, 2018.

The exhibition explores humanity's search for the unknown. It has 14 international artists, with a mixture of painting and sculpture, the work captures the mystery of what it means to be human. From the secrets of the universe to the unexplored waters of the subconscious, the exhibition closely analyzes the scope of the human imagination.

Creating a large number of works that cover a variety of media, from paintings to sculptures, ceramics, and prints, Martha Jimenez is interested in the anthropology that underlies the works she does, as well as in the formal experience of looking at her art.

With Martha Jimenez,  also participate in the exhibition, Ignatius, Maria de Echevarria, Fiz Dominguez, Dora Duran, Larry Greenberg, Anton Hoeger, Frank M. Alba, Noriyoshi Morimoto, Patricia Queiruga, Ana Riesser, Paula Sayago Lundin, Siv Storøy and Ok HyunYoon.

Agora Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea's art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting artists and art collectors with national and international artists.

Throughout the years, Agora Gallery has sponsored and attended special events aimed at promoting social awareness and promoting the use of art to help the needy.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 18 Oct, 2018

New York- Martha Jimenez takes part in the celebration of the National Hispanic Heritage Month, when is showcased the work of several artists. This event offers the perfect opportunity to honor the richness and diversity of Latino and Spanish culture.

It was asked to some artists to name a Hispanic or Latino visual or musical artist who has had a positive influence on their artistic practice and their life, and why. For the exhibition, among other works, was selected the piece Night Breakfast, by Martha Jimenez, a mixed technique on canvas.

“The list can be endless, however, there are voices, such as the Buena Vista Social Club, which for me stand out as revealing, unique and stimulating in the Latin American panorama. I am attracted by their sense of rhythm, freshness, and grace when addressing themes of everyday life. Their strength, musicality, encouragement move me, as does the fact that they are the true ambassadors of the Latin feeling”, said Martha Jimenez.

One of the irrefutable benefits of living in a multicultural society is the constant exposure to an array of global traditions. Currently, 52 million people or 16.7 % of America’s national population is Hispanic and Latino.

Paula Sayago Lundin, María de Echevarría, Fiz Dominguez, Martha Jimenez, Patricia Queiruga, Pablo Serrano, Nora Pineda, and Ignacio Corral, hail from far and wide in the Spanish-speaking world.

Their work is firmly planted in the artistic traditions of their native countries: Chile, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, and Cuba. They represent different generations and work in a variety of styles and mediums. But there is also an aesthetic that brings these artists together.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Wednesday, 17 Oct, 2018

With information from: https://www.art-mine.com/collectorscorner/national-hispanic-heritage-month-special/

Camaguey- The renowned creative Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was honored for the quality of her work and her life anniversary, during the inauguration of the collective exhibition "Fifteen years later", in the Amalia Gallery, of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC).

In the exhibition, participated relevant artists of the territory, it was open to the public this Monday, September 24; meanwhile, it reissued and paid tribute to the first exhibition inaugurated in this mentioned gallery.

In this exposition "there are works that explain in a very unique way and speak of the wide diversity of aesthetics of the artists of the territory", as was expressed in the words to the catalog.

The Amalia Gallery, which celebrates its 15th anniversary, commercializes and promotes the work of more than fifty creators from the province of Camaguey, where there are several generations of artists, with a legitimated work.

Among the participants in the exhibition were -in addition to Martha- Alejandrina Silvera, Nazario Salazar, Orestes Larios, Oscar R. Lasseria, Lorenzo Linares, Rodrick Dixon, Osmar Yero and Osvaldo R. Petit, among other valuable representatives of the visual arts in the province.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods
Published: Monday, 24 Sep, 2018

Camagüey- A collective exhibition, where the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez takes part, will be open to the public from October 13 to November 2 at Agora Gallery, located at 530 West 25th Street, New York, United States. The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday, October 18, between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m.

Creating a sizable body of work that ranges over a variety of media -from paintings to sculptures, to ceramics, to etchings- Martha Jimenez is interested in the anthropology underlying the works she makes as much as with the formal experience of looking at her art.

Her overt allusions to canonical works and styles, often minglinf several art-historial inspiration into one piece, reveals a willingness to examine how art occupies a relational space in the modern world, as opposed to the ways works were related to in earlier times. Nonetheless, however firmly rooted and informed by works by works from a previous time, the importance of Jimenez's oeuvre lies in the way she recreates these visual precedents, allowing her contemporary intuition to comment on what might otherwise become stolid, academic copies.

In “Untitled 2”, for example, history becomes a kind of template for the artist's work, a record of endeavor that the contemporary mind can freely enter into (and modify) in accordance with a more experiential logic. The jester-like figure Jimenez depicts won't remind you of anything, though you'll feel connected to it instantly.

Martha Jimenez has been awarded in several national and international competitions and holds the UNESCO Prize since 1997. She is a member of LASA (Association of Latin American Studies), UNEAC and has the Fidelio Ponce de Leon Distinction.

The works of this artist remain exposed in several countries such as Germany, France, Dominican Republic, Canada, Czech Republic, China, France, England and the United States.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 4 Sep, 2018

Camaguey- Three terracotta ceramic sculptures, authorship of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, were given as a gift to the members of the musical group Orishas, who made a successful presentation in Camaguey.

The concert of the referred musical collective had a favorable reception by the present public; meanwhile, they assured that they will return to this city in their next presentations. The Square of the General Major General Ignacio Agramonte was the stage for the Camagueyans to share, together with Orishas, several of their best-known themes and other Gourmet songs, their most recent CD.

Martha Jimenez is a renowned creative of the visual arts, based in Camaguey. Recently, this artist was present at the XXXVI International Congress of the Association of Latin American Studies (LASA), held in Spain. In addition, her personal exhibition "Flight number" was inaugurated at the Rene Valdes Art Gallery, in Santiago de Cuba.

On the other hand, the works of Jimenez Perez deserved favorable critics, during the Parallax Art Fair 2018, that took place in the United Kingdom. This potter and painter owns her Studio-Workshop in the vicinity of the Plaza del Carmen, where you can find her famous sculptures, made to life size.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 18 Jun, 2018

Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, based in Camaguey, was present at the XXXVI International Congress of the Association of Latin American Studies (LASA), held in Barcelona, Spain, from May 23 to 26, 2018.

In this event, was exposed the research "The eternal emancipation of women in the artistic work of Martha Jimenez. The transgression of the hegemonic code", developed by the Art historian, MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight, and the award-winning artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez.

The investigation was presented at the Hotel Barcelona Forum, located at Passeig del Taulat, 278, 08019, right next to the International Convention Center of Barcelona, headquarters of the Congress. It was distinguished by the participation and debate on the subject, and the proposal to continue research from art, anchored in sociological theories and cultural semiotics.

The main theme of the event was: Latin American Studies in a Globalized World. There were 1618 panels distributed in 37 thematic areas, seven presidential panels, several round tables, exhibition and presentation of Latin American books and films, among other activities.

The Congress stood out for the quality of its organization, the massive presence of academics and activists from different regions of the world, interested in studies on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight
Published: Friday, 15 Jun, 2018

Camaguey- In the context of the Art for Dad Fair, the article "Martha Jimenez's Pottery: Repercussion in contemporaneity and the future" was presented in Camaguey, with the authorship of Yaniel Perez Guerra and also with the presence of Isabel Garcia Rosales, director of the Amalia Gallery at the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, among other personalities and officials.

Pérez Guerra currently works at the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez as a gallerist, curator and specialist in Visual Arts, and his work was published by Pauta Magazine, in Issue 4, Year 3, corresponding to 2017.

The Art for Dad Fair was dedicated this year to the 40th anniversary of the Cuban Fund for Cultural Goods (FCBC) and to the 30th anniversary of the creation in Camagüey of its respective subsidiary. The event is carried out with the coauspice between the Provincial Book Center, the Editorial Ácana, the Seal Collage Ediciones and the subsidiary of the FCBC.

Creators of different manifestations take part in the event; meanwhile, the population has the opportunity to adquire and to learn about offers with an artisanal and distinctive character, prepared for different types of public. The fair includes exhibition and sale of handicrafts and fine arts; in addition, launching of new products.

 

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, Subsidiary Camaguey
Published: Friday, 15 Jun, 2018

Camaguey- A Program of the Winston Salem State University, led by Global Arts / Media on Afro-Cuba Today, began a tour from Santiago de Cuba on May 27, 2018, and concluded in Havana on June 9. This tour included for the first time the heritage city of Camaguey, visited on the 1st and 2nd of this month.

The academic subject of interest requested by professors and students, from social sciences and humanistic careers, was "The African presence and its descendants in Camaguey". This conference was given by the researcher MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight, in the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, located in the emblematic Plaza del Carmen.

The international and multi-awarded artist, hostess of the space, unveiled her vast work, such as the bronze sculptures on a human scale located in the aforementioned square, and above all, the works exhibited in her Studio-Workshop.

The gallerists and researchers MSc. Maidelin Leyva Delgado and Lic. Yaniel Perez Guerra, revealed to the audience some aspects of the artistic codes of the creative. During four hours of cultural and historical exchange, professors and future academics addressed the artist with questions and praises, due to the impact of her work.

It distinguish Martha's Workshop as a space beyond the visual world, this first academic meeting about Afro descendants in Camaguey, developed in Martha's Studio-Workshop, and preceded the day before by the presentation of the Desandann Choir at Casa Madiba.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight
Published: Tuesday, 5 Jun, 2018

Camaguey- The project Studio-Workshop of the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey, represented by the Martha Jimenez Gallery, has had a positive impact on the tourist life. It is one of the preferred destinations and referenced by travelers who visit this demarcation, a fact highlighted in the recently concluded FITCuba Tourism Fair 2018.

The aforementioned Studio-Workshop has become an important space, which has shown Cuban art to the more than twelve thousand tourists who have visited it, since 2008. It is located in the historic center of the city of Camaguey, declared a Heritage Cultural of Humanity by UNESCO.

In this place you can enjoy a collection of paintings, sculptures and engravings. These pieces are also for sale and show different periods of work of Martha Jimenez. Some works have been worthy of important prizes, during the wide artistic career of this creative. The building where the Studio-Workshop is located was built in the 18th century and belongs to the Cuban colonial architecture.

Martha Jimenez is one of the most representative creatives of contemporary Cuban art. She has worked sculpture, painting and engraving. She has more than 250 personal and collective exhibitions in her curriculum. She deserved the UNESCO Prize, for a set of her works, in 1997.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 21 May, 2018

Camaguey- The personal exhibition "Number of flight", by Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, was inaugurated at the Rene Valdes Art Gallery, in the city of Santiago de Cuba. The exhibition was opened to the public in context of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of artistic life of the mentioned creative, based in Camaguey.

This exposition "invites us to reach the ideal state of reasoning with the predominance of the oneiric basement. It is a delivery where it is addressed the validity of dreams and institutes them as an effective vehicle towards the goals and the projects. In this way, she transports us to experience a universe invented by the author, not with the aim of changing or disguise reality, but with the intention of externalizing a world that she builds for herself and wishes to share with us", explained in the Words to the Catalog, the gallerist, curator and specialist Yaniel Perez Guerra.

Perez Guerra also says that "the conceptual platform of the proposal of Martha Jimenez establishes a contagious mobile towards perseverance from the chimerical and emotional state. Its thematic value lies in the enunciation of a discourse in the form of a cogwheel, which meshes with the oneiric sense of life, the satirical burlesque and the need for flight
to freedom of thought".

Among the pieces exhibited in the exposition are, Bride, an intervened printing in cardboard; Breakfast at night, a mixed media on canvas; and a work without title, elaborated in glazed ceramics.

Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, born in 1948, is one of the artists most representative of contemporary Cuban visual arts. She has numerous exhibitions, personal and collectives. She deserved the UNESCO Prize in 1997. This creative works with painting, ceramics, bronze sculpture and engraving. She has works located in public spaces, in Cuba and in Turkey.

 

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 7 May, 2018

Camaguey- The article "The pottery of Martha Jimenez Perez. Repercussion in contemporaneity and the future", which addresses the work of this relevant creative of the visual arts based in Camaguey, has been published in Pauta, the Cuban magazine of crafts and design.

The presentation of this publication, sponsored by the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC), took place at the headquarters of the Hermanos Saiz Association (AHS), in a meeting chaired by Isabel Garcia Rosales, specialist in visual arts and director of the Gallery Amalia, that belongs to the subsidiary of the FCBC in this province.

The publication appears in number 4, year 3, corresponding to 2017, of the aforementioned journal. The author of the writing is the specialist, galerist and curator Yaniel Perez Guerra, who belongs to the work team of the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, located next to the Plaza del Carmen, in the city of Camaguey.

"Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez is currently one of the most notorious potters in the Cuban island scene, from her breakthroughs in the artistic dynamics of the last decades of the twentieth century", as expressed the specialist Perez Guerra.

Two works by Jimenez Perez appear illustrating this article: the piece Equilibrist, from the series The Circus, elaborated in enameled ceramic and metal; in addition to a Teapot, also created in the enameled ceramic technique.

The also curator and gallerist adds that "the spirit of Martha Jimenez remains uneasy; her artistic history increases as her ingenious pieces continue to gain prominence".

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 12 Mar, 2018

Camaguey- A special presentation of the Children's Project "Brush with soul of kiss", sponsored by Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez and the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC), took place this Wednesday in the Plaza del Carmen.

In the meeting, the children expressed in their works what they interpreted from different stories, written by other infants, that were shared there. The main theme was "gender equity and education in values".

At the end of the event, the two best works that reflected the read literary works, and the good use of art's techniques, were donated to the headquarters of the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). So explained Tania Estrada Jimenez, one of the Project managers.

The children received congratulations and diplomas of their participation in this cultural action, added Estrada Jimenez, in her information.

In the event, several titles were sold; these actions were developed as part of the programming of the XVII International Book Fair. In addition, they paid tribute to International Women's Day.

This proposal of "Brush with soul of kiss" also took place in the context of the sessions of the Pedagogical Artistic Project of Gender, "Mundo A", of the University of the Arts, Camaguey.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Sunday, 11 Mar, 2018

Camaguey- A work by the prestigious artist Martha Jimenez was awarded to the National Literature Prize 2017, Dr. Luis Alvarez Alvarez, by the Provincial Book and Literature Center (CPLL).

This awarding took place in the context of the recently concluded International Book Fair 2018, an event that took place in the territory from March 7 to 11.

Martha's work is a piece of bronze, made in 2017 with the technique of lost wax. In this delivery, the sculpture was accompanied by words by Luis Avarez that endorse the work of the mentioned sculpture, painter, ceramist and recorder.

"Martha Jiménez is always an adventure in the magical field of a plastic imagination that is characterized by the sharpness of vision, the intensity of the forms and, above all, by the magnetism of a configuration of the world that possesses the profound dynamism of a creation emanating from a singular sensibility, at the same time medullarly feminine, sensual, and, also, steely and sharp in her understanding of the Cuban universal", according to Luis Álvarez Alvarez, in 2007.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 9 Mar, 2018

Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez Perez was invited to participate with her work at the PARALLAX 2018 Art Fair, which took place recently in London, United Kingdom, from February 2 to 4. In addition, her work is present in the digital catalog of the event, available at http://www.parallaxaf.co/pafcatalogue.html

Martha's pieces include works from her well-known series such as The secret of my goats, Incantations of the fish, Longing, The Circus, Spring, Celestial gossipers, The Journey, Angelfishes, Dreaminess; in addition to the Triptych Advent and other independent pieces.

The techniques used by the creative were, basically, painting, colography, gouache and ink on cardboard, mixed technique on canvas and cardboard, etching; bronze and enameled ceramics, for the sculptures.

Martha Jimenez is one of the most representative artists of the contemporary visual arts in Cuba. She has many personal and collective exhibitions. She has deserved several prizes: from the one of the UNESCO, in 1997; from the UNEAC for the Plaza del Carmen Sculptural Ensemble (Camaguey); from the Second Contemporary Biennial of Teapot Art, in Shanghai (China); the prize for the best monumental sculpture at the 5th International Terracotta Symposium in Eskisehir (Turkey), and the First Prize in the Amelia Pelaez Ceramic Biennial of Installations and Projects, in Havana.

The organizers of the PARALLAX Art Fair, made known via e-mail to Martha the gratitude for her participation in this cultural event; in as much, they expressed the favorable critics that received her works. On the other hand, they invited Jimenez Perez to take part in the next edition of the meeting, to take place from July 20 to 22, 2018.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2018

Camaguey- A tribute, for the work of her life, was made in Camaguey to the sculptress and ceramist Marta Petrona Jimenez Perez, during the Young Creators Fair.

This Tuesday, December 19, at 2:00 pm, took place the meeting between generations, "Narrowing Spaces", in the Comarca Literary Cafe, of the House of Young Creator.

Jimenez Perez was there as guest, who was interviewed by the artist Leonardo Pablo, who develops the 8 + 1 Project, where they intervene with their relevant work, some creatives of the territory.

In the appointment, Martha Jimenez addressed relevant facets of her professional and artistic work. The young people and others that were present exchanged with the potter and painter, as well as delving into the legacy of this creative.

The Young Creators Fair takes place from December 18 to 25, 2017. This event is developed by the Asociacion Hermanos Saiz (AHS), of which Marta Petrona is an Honorary Member.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 26 Dec, 2016

Camaguey- The artist Marta Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to participate in the sixth edition of the Christmas Salon, of Religious Art, inaugurated this Friday, December 15, 2017 in the República 289 Gallery, of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts (CPAP).

The competitive exhibition of this salon, where participated 33 artists, took place in the CPAP. Along with Martha, were present in the exhibition, among other valuable creators, Maydelina Perez Lezcano, Carlos Alberto Casanova and Joel Jover. In addition were shown, works by Eberto Escobedo Lazo and Hector Molne, from the Fine Arts Collection of the Ignacio Agramonte Provincial Museum and the Monsenor Adolfo Museum, respectively.

This edition of the Christmas Salon begins a new stage in the recognition of the religious art of our city, not only in regard to this festivity, but open to different contents that are related to the iconographic or theological tradition of Judeo-Christian origin", expressed in the Words to the Catalog the M.Sc. Juan Carlos Mejias Ruiz, specialist from CPAP.

He added that "Camaguey has the largest number of artists that develop this theme in the country, from a great multiplicity of styles and ways of doing, especially from painting, a genre that -for historical reasons- has been the most favored".

This meeting of the Visual Arts is organized annually, by the Pastoral of Culture, of the Archdiocese of Camaguey; meanwhile, the event was inaugurated by the local archbishop, Wilfredo Pino Estevez.

As its main contribution, "the salon constituted the confluence, in the same space, of the work of several artists of several generations, who work in the thematic line of Religious Art", said the specialist and curator of the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, Yaniel Perez Guerra.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 22 Dec, 2016

Camaguey- A new creative proposal, of integration of the Visual Arts in the city of Camaguey, is the successful urban tour offered by the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, which was presented for the first time during this month of December. The trip was unfolded with tourists, who met from the web about the aforementioned artist and were interested in this cultural event.

Among the places visited was the Plaza del Carmen, where is located the popular sculptural ensemble "The Gossipers"; the Martha Abreu School, with sculptures in the inner courtyard; La Palma Store, on Republica Street, with a ceramic mural in its central hall; the Hotel El Marques, which has sculptures; the Cafe Ciudad, adjacent to the Agramonte Park and which has a sculptural triptych; and the Hotel Santa Maria, with two works, one in its lobby and another in the dome of the building.

Other creations of the artist that are also part of this group are the paintings triptych located in the Santa Cecilia Convention Center, next to the Plaza de la Merced; and the ceramic mural located in the Longitudinal Park of the Central Highway. These works are positioned in different places of the historic center of the city and the tour includes attractive information about the city and the places where can be found the works of Martha Jimenez. You can also get a memory of this event with the catalog "Art in the city".

"The visitors were enthusiastic and motivated by the diversity they found in the artistic work of Jimenez Perez. In addition, in the meeting held with the creative, they expressed great admiration for the sculptures of the Plaza del Carmen and Hotel Santa Maria, for their technical achievements and plastic ingenuity", said the specialist and curator of the Studio-Workshop, Yaniel Perez Guerra.

As part of the city tour, the visitors hold a meeting with the creative. In this first tour the artist was very pleased with the exchange, especially for "the fact that very young people have been interested in this type of proposal, considering the work of Martha Jimenez as very contemporary, and that feeds all ages" , added the specialist.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 14 Dec, 2016

Camaguey- With a work from the series "Gossipers", the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez took part in the collective exhibition "Blessed damned", inaugurated on October 20, declared as Cuban Culture Day.

In the context of the Visual Arts Salon "Fidelio Ponce de Leon", the exhibition was open to the public at the Gallery "Jorge Santos Diaz", at the Academy of Arts "Vicentina de la Torre", and was organized by the Provincial Council of the Fine Arts (CPAP).

The work of Jimenez Perez was taken to the bronze in the technique of lost wax, in the prestigious Studio and Bronze Foundry Art and Sculpture Unlimited, in Miami, United States. "Gossipers" is the most recognized series of the aforementioned artist, since it mixes contemporary codes with regional, social and universal manners.

"This brief exhibition, on a date as important as October 20, for our national identity, is a brief exercise of gratitude and homage to those artists who make our city one of the most proud and diverse in Cuba", said in the words to the catalog, Lianny Montalvan Salazar, president of the CPAP.

"Although artists must always know how to wear the halo of a special creature, for times of difficult person, almost inhabitant of another planet, blessed be all them, for the talent and the permanence," said the specialist.


Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Provincial Council of the Fine Arts
Published: Saturday, 21 Oct, 2017

Camaguey- The personal exhibition of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", was inaugurated on Friday, July 14, at the Superior Institute of Art (ISA) in Camaguey, located in the vicinity of Plaza del Carmen, where this artist has her Studio-Workshop and her well-known sculptural set.

The exhibition counted, among other personalities, with the presence of the Rector of ISA in Havana; and took place in the context of a new graduation of students, belonging to different specialties, in this educational center.

Are exhibited to the public, a selection of works from the series "The secret of my goats", which includes four paintings in mixed technique, on canvas and on cardboard; in addition to a bronze sculpture, in the lost wax technique.

"The exhibition addresses the subject of goats as a pretext to refer to certain human values, related to the artist's experiences," said the curator Yaniel Perez Guerra.

The goat is an animal that lives in herds, and the artist uses this to talk about the development of women in society and their role in the family. She resembles the goat to the woman as a symbol of defense, maternity, tenderness and sacrifice, added the specialist.
 

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 14 Jul, 2017

Camaguey - The outstanding ceramist and painter Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in the city of Camaguey, has been awarded a Recognition, for her important support in the realization of the XV Conference on Gender, Family and Society, event that took place in this city during the current month of June.

The prize was awarded by the Organizing Committee of the VII International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, on behalf of the President of the XV Symposium on Gender, Family and Society, Maribel Almaguer Rondon.

This scientific event, which recognized the work of the creative Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, took place in the context of the 50th anniversary of the University of Camaguey "Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz".

Jimenez Perez holds a degree in Fine Arts; she has an extensive work exposed to the public and in private collections. She has received the Distinction "Fidelio Ponce de Leon" and the Distinction for the National Culture, among other relevant prizes and recognitions.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 08 Jun, 2017

Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to participate in the collective exhibition "Flowers, Fauna and the Environment", inaugurated this Thursday, April 13th at the Julian Morales Gallery, located at the UNEAC headquarters in Camaguey. The exposed work by Martha was one belonging to the series "The Secret of my Goats", elaborated in mixed technique on canvas, and created in the year 2016.

"We wanted that in the month of April, when the flowers should bloom, to summon a group of artists to make us a gift by means of the creation of artworks dedicated to review how they see that environment, and how the circumstances and conditions pertaining or relative to the environment can affect it", said the curator Jorge Santos Caballero in his words to the Catalog.

"The exhibition (...) reserves the right to create hope. Only in this way can we come to understand that the world can go towards total destruction if its riches and goodness are not preserved(...) The artists have wanted to reflect and make us reflect on this with works that propose different perspectives and points of view, but all of great resonance", added the specialist.

Alongside Martha, the exhibition included, among other artists, Ileana Sanchez Hing, Joel Jover Llenderroso, Nazario Salazar Martinez, Lorenzo Linares Duque, Osvaldo Rodriguez Petit, Rodrick Dixon Gently and Orestes Larios Zaak.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: UNEAC at Camaguey
Published: Thursday, 13 Apr, 2017

Camaguey - The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez, Unesco Prize for the Best Architectural Ensemble, paid homage to the poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, on the 203th anniversary of her birth, with an exhibition of prints and colographies, shown at the Nicolas Guillen Gallery, at the headquarters of the newspaper Adelante.

With the title The Pilgrims of Martha, it is alluded to the pseudonym of La Peregrina, used by the poetess and playwright based in Spain, one of the reasons why part of the literary criticism tried to deny her Cubanism, a condition vindicated with extensive research in the the last decades.

Martha Jimenez, through her artistic career, has been confirmed as the legitimate heir of La Avellaneda, with her antipatriarchal discourse, from different supports and techniques of the visual arts. This time she honors La Avellaneda, who was born on March 23, 1814, in then Puerto Principe, now Camaguey.

"These sensual women, with sweet and daring postures and expressions, could also be this type of woman who tried to defend Tula in her work," said curator Juan Carlos Mejias Ruiz.

"This homage is also extended to those women who, in essence, have defended their right to fight for what they want, and have bequeathed in their space and time an artistic universe that has become heritage of Cuba and humanity", said the specialist.


Author: Lazaro Najarro Pujol
Source: Camaguebax Blog
Published: Thursday, 30 Mar, 2017

Camaguey - An exhibition of engravings and colographies of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez has been inaugurated at the newspaper Adelante, and pays homage to the celebration of the birth of the famous poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda.

The Provincial Book and Literature Center, the Acana Publishing House and the Adelante newspaper decided to pay homage to the writer, with the tactical agreement that the artist Martha Jimenez is an excellent choice for this, said the specialist Juan Carlos Mejias Ruiz, of the Provincial Council of the Fine Arts.

Martha, who already harvests the fruits of several years of hard work, and has the recognition of the artistic world inside and outside the country, has made a career with her most habitual figurations. Her work includes women where you can guess a casualness that makes them unique. Perhaps these sensual women, of postures and sweet and daring expressions, could also be this type of woman who tried to defend Tula in her work.

This homage also extends to those women who, in essence, have defended their right to fight for what they want and have bequeathed - in the space and time that belongs to them - an artistic universe that has become heritage of Cuba and the humanity.


Source: Provincial Council of the Fine Arts
Published: Monday, 20 Mar, 2017

Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to participate in the collective exhibition of female ceramists, entitled Ceramic is a woman's name?, opened to the public this March 8th in the Midas Gallery, of the Cuban Association of Artisans Artists (ACAA), in Camaguey. There can be appreciated the artworks "Twins", "Hope" and of the series "The Dinner" and "Tribute to the stool".

Ana Elia Gutierrez Fernandez, Sandra Navarro Valdes, Belkis Alvarez Leon, Annia Rosa Perez Olivera and Albertina Maria Cortada Malfa also participated in the exhibition.

"Pottery has a large development in this city, many people have participated in the development of this manifestation, most of them are men. However, it is quite difficult to talk about the ceramics of Camaguey without taking into account the presence of women. They have played an essential role and their protagonism has become greater, as well as their dynamism and significance in this city context. In that sense, six women ceramists have gathered, not only to celebrate International Women's Day, but also to celebrate their artistic endeavors", said curator, Yoelxy Pilliner Lopez, in his words to the catalog.

"Morphologically the word ceramic is feminine, as well as the artistic language of these women. Each one, in its own way, creates her space, asserts the name of women in the artistic ceramics of this city; in addition, they give rise to reflections and new concerns, without limiting to submissively examine, about the importance and role of women in a male-dominated manifestation", he added.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 10 Mar, 2017
   

Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to take part in the collective exhibition "A tremendous animal II", inaugurated in the Julian Morales Gallery, located at the UNEAC headquarters in Camaguey.

"The work of Martha Jimenez, self-referential and with a generic and identitary complement, flirts with the domestic and socially active view of women, while identifying with seductive, sensual and erotic women," said the curator and critic of art Pavel Alejandro Barrios Sosa, in his words to the catalog.

To that magical and complicated being, fragile as a Venus without arms and at the same time with the incredible force to transcend ages, is dedicated the project "A tremendous animal II".

"In order to approach a subject so dense, complex and delicate I find no other curatorial resource more successful than interdisciplinarity. To the particularities of the speeches of eight local artists of the fine arts, I add, as a complement, several poetic texts that lead groups of works or they marry with them in individual way. The incidental music and some sequences of Cuban cinema try to complete a plural vision", added Barrios Sosa.

Also with Martha Petrona; Caridad Hernandez Carlos, Jenny Hernandez Carbo, Osvaldo Rodriguez Petit, Oscar Rodriguez Lasseria, Eduardo Castillo Saez, Gregorio Perez Escobar and Leonardo Barrios Omar,  took part in this collective exhibition.


Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Pavel Alejandro Barrios Sosa
Published: Friday, 10 Mar, 2017

Camaguey - A performance, inspired by the work Gossipers - by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez - located in the Plaza del Carmen, was enjoyed by those who attended the closing of the fifth edition of the collective exhibition 8 + 1, Flowers on the Wall.

In the exhibition, wich had the artist Leonardo Pablo as curator, took part Martha Jiménez, Alejandra Silvera, Osmara Alberteris, Jenny Hernandez, Odalys Ochoa, Yasbel Perez, Yaneya Acosta, Maidelina Perez and Katisleivys Sedeño.

Under the slogan "Nine artists, nine experiences, nine pretexts, one ideal", the exposition has been available to the public in February and March of this year, in the Gallery Larios of the city of Camaguey.

"Each and every one of these women are part of the creative process of the Island. Diverse in their speeches and techniques, they constitute a universe that, by its force, registers like flowers in the wall of the Cuban art today", expressed about the exhibition the writer Olga Garcia Yero.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 9 Mar, 2017

Camaguey- A performance inspired by the sculptural set Gossipers, authored by the ceramist based in Camagüey, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, took place in the Studio-Workshop Larios, located in that city.

The work was presented in the context of the fifth edition of Project 8 + 1, by the artist Leonardo Pablo Rodriguez Martinez. This edition of 8 + 1, "Flowers on the Wall" presented nine creators from Camaguey, some new or emerging in the world of art, along with others with great national and international recognition.

In the exhibition, eight women showed their work from the artistic point of view; while Martha was chosen to present her work from an audiovisual approach. This is the first time that the artist enters with her work and as director in the performance, as a manifestation of the visual arts. This proposal was produced - in addition - by the artist Daylen Jimenez Gonzalez.

The performance was intended to address various moments of the imaginary life of the Gossipers. These well-known characters from the Plaza del Carmen had a spiritual exchange with the audience in the show, from a different approach alternative, through shared prophecies with the present persons.

This exhibition of art proposes a change of formal, aesthetic and conceptual visuality within the work of these women. It was conceived for the experimentation of the creators, within their own works. It also resulted in an interest channel between the curator and the artists.

The exhibition will be available to the public until March 3, when the performance will be presented again and these well-known characters from the imagination of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez will come to life once again.
 

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 27 Feb, 2017

Camaguey - The celebration of the third anniversary of the links between the Road Scholar group and the Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was recently celebrated. This was the first North American tourism agreement that made regular visits to that place, which is located in the Plaza del Carmen.

In the meeting were present, in addition to the members of the tourist delegation, the artist Martha Jimenez and her collaborators. For three years, Road Scholar has held a permanent exchange and visit to the Studio-Workshop, based on artistic and cultural interaction.

This Studio-workshop is on the usual route, which tour several tourist groups, and the meetings have the presence of the artist, who offers references about her work and general considerations about art.

This makes these exchanges a unique opportunity to approach Cuban culture, the recognition of this creative, and as an extension of the tourist offer in the city where she resides.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Estudio-Taller Martha Jiménez
Published: Friday, 24 Feb, 2017

Camaguey- As part of the activities carried out in the context of Camaguey's Culture Week, the Office of the City Historian dedicated a cultural space to children. There was an incidence of the Studio-Workshop of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez.

Like all the years, the appointment took place in the Plaza del Carmen, on February 6 in the afternoon. Funny jokes, multicolored clowns accompanied the day. In addition the Studio-Workshop of the mentioned artist developed a cultural action of fine arts. This time, the institution joined the contest with a collective exhibition, with children belonging to the community project "Brush with soul of kiss".

The infants presented spontaneously allegorical elements of their city. In this competitive show, Erick Suárez was awarded the third place, with the work "The tower at night". The second place was obtained by Alma, with a piece that the author exempted of title. The first prize was won by Jose Rodriguez, with the work "From Camaguey, the best and with all push".

The successful children's activity had another session of fine arts, where children from the present public painted with chalks on the cob, which were also recognized, and were awarded the best results.

Author: Yaniel Perez Guerra
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 07 Feb, 2017

Camaguey- A broad impact on the media and specialized criticism has had the most recent exhibition of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", and opened to the public in the "Carmen Montilla" Gallery, Havana. This sample will remain until January 27 of this year.

A large audience attended the meeting; this proposal was well received by the media, specialized critics and embassy personnel that were present. The diplomatic corps was composed of representations of five embassies: United States, Germany, Spain, Peru and Venezuela.

The radio station Habana Radio reflected this cultural fact with an interview to the author in the "Revista Cultural Paradiso". Habana TV also approached this exhibition, with the program "Luces y Sombras", where Jimenez Perez was interviewed. A wide audience was able to appreciate the declarations that the artist offered in the televising program "Mediodia en TV", of the Cuban Television.

On the other hand, the Habana Channel reflected the inauguration of the exhibition and shared with Martha Petrona. Meanwhile, Elsa Pelegrin Morales, of the Cuban News Agency (ACN) interviewed the creative about her recent artistic endeavor. It is also worth mentioning the works published by Prensa Latina and Opus Habana Magazine.

The words of welcome of the exposition were in charge of the director of the Gallery "Carmen Montilla", Norma Jimenez; and the expo was presented by curator Maydelin Leiva. In addition, the director of the National Museum of Ceramics, Alejandro Alonso, who asserted the sample. Finally, Martha Petrona shared her impressions with those present, who thanked the promotion strategies that were developed.

The exhibition "In the name of the goats" presents a sui generis proposal on the symbolism of the goat. With the intention of showing the new visuality, Martha Jimenez moves herself between all the means and supports of the visual arts. These have been worked by her throughout her 50 years of artistic life: painting, sculpture (ceramics and bronze) and engraving. This was reported by specialist Maydelin Leiva.

This show comes to interact with the creative dynamics that have elevated the work of Jimenez Perez. It is inserted as an exercise of promotion and extension of the work of this artificer, towards a higher generating plane. The artist takes as a pretext the goat to enunciate human and social values, as this is an animal that normally stays in groups and develops affective feelings.

In this sense, the author expresses through these works scenes where the propitious space is perceived to validate the honesty, the love, the sacrifice, the camaraderie and the loyalty, according to the expert Yaniel Perez Guerra.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 20 Jan, 2017

Havana - The renowned artist Martha Jimenez, who lives in Camaguey, returned to the historic center of Havana on Tuesday, January 10, with the personal exhibition «In the name of the goats», exhibited until Thursday 26 at the Carmen Montilla gallery, located in Plaza de San Francisco de Asis.

There are 15 pieces among paintings, engravings and small format sculptures, which have as leitmotiv the mythological figure of goats, correlated between power and freedom of the feminine: "A way of representing the difficult of being a woman, always willing to sacrifice, simply a metaphor", said Jimenez to Opus Habana.

"I am a provincial artist, but I am very happy to return once more to Old Havana, where I did not exhibit since 2010," she said, referring to the exhibition "Longing", which was precisely organized by our publication in its former headquarters, at the Palacio de Lombillo, in front of the Cathedral Square.

The specialist, curator and researcher Maydelin Leiva, who works in the studio-gallery of the camagueyan artist, in her hometown, has expressed in the catalog text of this exhibition: "Martha's lambs are her sacrifice to God to purify the fault of the men. In this way she offers herself as shepherdess of the herd as a sign of renewal, repose and maternal welcome".

Alejandro Alonso, director of the Ceramic Museum and the 2016 Ceramic Biennial was present at the inauguration of the exhibition in Carmen Montilla gallery, whose inaugural words were in charge of the director of this institution, Norma Jimenez and Maydelin Leiva.

Just Martha was the winner of its last edition with the piece "Equilibrist". Elaborated in enamelled pottery, this sculpture of small format is one of the works shown to the public, next to "Holy water" and others similar, but realized in bronze.

Martha Jiménez has been awarded in several contests in the world, and she has been awarded the UNESCO Prize since 1997, for the Best Set of Works, for the four scenes of the Plaza del Carmen, which places her among the group of creators more linked to the rescue and preservation of the historical cultural heritage of Cuba.

Her works have been exhibited in numerous countries like Germany, Canada, France among others. She is an official member of LASA (Association of Latin American Studies) and she has held multiple personal and collective exhibitions.

Author: Lizzet Talavera Calvo
Source: Opus Habana
Published: Tuesday, 17 Jan, 2017

Havana - The outstanding artist Martha Jimenez, resident in Camaguey, motivates expectations in the Cuban capital with a exhibition of painting and pottery that suggests female power and inner freedom through a mythological animal: the goat.

"In the name of the goats", inaugurated in the Carmen Montilla gallery, at the historical center of Havana, includes canvases, cards, and ceramic sculptures in diverse formats that reflect an unusual discursive style of the creative.

According to curator and researcher Maydelin Leiva, the search for an expressive passion has resulted in a sui generis aesthetic, full of drama and unusual visuality.

The looks of their goats become alive as soon as the exercise of reception begins. They provoke, summon, contemplate, snoop, shut up, and bestow; they witness what women can experience as long as they are able to choose their own path, says the specialist.

Jimenez seeks to investigate not only in the drama of life and human nature but also in female limitations and greatness, in what it means to be female.

Ceramist, painter, sculptress and engraver, Martha Jimenez (Holguin, 1948) has more than 250 exhibitions, both collective and personal. Prize of the UNESCO, she has won numerous awards, both inside and outside the Island.

Author of the Sculpture Ensemble at Plaza del Carmen, in the eastern city of Camaguey (where she lives), she currently develops four monumental sculpture projects in Cuba.

Her latest personal exhibition, "In the name of the Goats", will remain on display in the Carmen Montilla gallery until next January 27.

Source: Prensa Latina
Published: Friday, 13 Jan, 2017

Camaguey - The inauguration of the most recent personal exhibition of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "In the name of the goats", will take place in the Carmen Montilla Gallery, in Havana.

The exhibition will be open to the public next January 10 at 4:00 pm, in this cultural entity, located in the street Oficios, number 162, between Amargura and Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja, in front of the Plaza de San Francisco.

Jimenez Perez has won the UNESCO Prize and she is specialized in ceramic terracotta sculptures. She graduated as Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991. She also made a specialty in Creation of Fine Arts for Children. She completed studies at the National School of Art Instructors in 1965. She also graduated in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Printmaking.

This renowned sculptress and painter lives in Camaguey. Her works are in nations like the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, France, Canada and Cuba, among other countries.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 05 Jan, 2017

Camaguey- A site, located in the Plaza del Carmen, will be used to commercialize the work of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, by the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods (FCBC), in various supports of applied arts.

This place is an extension of the Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona, in operation since 2006, and resides in Hermanos Aguero street # 257, between Honda and Carmen.

The objectives of this entity are to market a set of works by Martha Jimenez, in addition to expanding and differentiating the lines of work of that artist, through applied arts.

This project was sponsored by the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC), and it's found in the touristic circuit of the city. It is located in the Plaza del Carmen, in the patrimonial zone of the city, and near of the sculptural group of this well-known artist.

Among the offers of this new store are souvenirs, like postcards, cups, textiles, reproductions in cardboards, among others. Each piece that is marketed reflects the cultural heritage of the Plaza del Carmen, its sculptural ensemble and the work of Martha Jimenez.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 27 Dec, 2016

Havana- On the occasion of the Biennial of Ceramics, Sculptures, Installations and Projects, the renowned potter Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in Camaguey, deserved a Prize and a Creation Grant, given by the National Council of Visual Arts (CNAP).

The award was granted on December 9, 2016, at the National Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics, and Martha Petrona's award-winning work was the enamelled ceramic sculpture named “Equlibrist”, from the “Challenge” series, one of the most controversial of the artist , for its theme. In this sense, in the “Equilibrist”, a woman is perceived assuming challenges and risks, with equanimity and courage, subject to sacrifice, but overcoming it with vehemence and demonstrating her intellectual capacity, her physical integrity and the need to be valued.

Jimenez Perez attended the National School of Art Instructors, in 1965 and she has a degree in Visual Arts (1991), with an extensive work exposed to the public, founder of the Hermanos Saiz Association, her specialty is terracotta ceramic sculptures. She is also a graduate in Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Ceramics and Engraving.

Jimenez Perez has been an art teacher for over three decades and a tutor for the last five years of students who have entered the ISA. She is an Instructor Professor of the Academy of Visual Arts and belongs to the Ibero-American Chair of Plastic Arts and Design ”Fidelio Ponce de Leon” since 1993. She is a member of the Council of Experts of Visual Arts of the Provincial Council of Visual Arts.

The prestigious ceramist directs the children's group “Brush with soul of kiss”, with which she has won numerous awards and made exhibitions in the city of Camaguey.

Her works are in private galleries and collections in Cuba and in different countries, including the United States of America, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, France, Canada, Italy, Greece, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina.

In the appointment, were, among other personalities, Alejandro Alonso, director of the National Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics; Margarita Gonzalez Lorente, director of the Wilfredo Lam Center; and Teresita Huerta Lozada, Cuban journalist.

Author: Iván Alvarez Abascal
Source: http://www.trabajadores.cu

Camaguey - The renowned ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in Camaguey, was awarded a prize and a scholarship in the context of the Biennial of Ceramics, Sculptures, Installations and Projects, in this year's edition.

The award was presented by the National Council of Fine Arts (CNAP), at the National Museum of Cuban Contemporary Ceramics, on December 9, 2016.

The award-winning work of Martha Petrona was the enamelled ceramic sculpture "Equilibrist", from the series "Challenge", one of the most controversial of the artist, for its theme.

In the meeting, were among other personalities, Alejandro G. Alonso, director of the National Museum of Contemporary Cuban Ceramics; Margarita Gonzalez Lorente, director of the Wifredo Lam Center; and Teresita Huerta Lozada, a cuban journalist.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Sunday, 11 Dec, 2016

Camaguey - The University of the Arts in Camaguey, and the pedagogical art project "Mundo A" acknowledged the collaboration of the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, for the donation of her collography "The Breakfast", used as part of the Audiovisual Exhibition "El Almacén de la Imagen".

In this event, the short film "Tilín tilín", by the student Violeta Ampudia, from the Faculty of Audiovisual Media of Camagüey (FAMCA), was awarded with the work of this famous creative, who has earned, among others, the UNESCO Prize.

This artistic work denounces, a family problem for which it is urgent to find solutions, and that shows a concern with negative behaviors that influence the education of the girls.

The "Mundo A" gender project has been doing constant work since the last year. It has been proposed to generate good practices with a gender perspective. It is intended that students and residents of the city maintain a behavior that fits into positive attitudes regarding equity, respect for diversity, and a culture of peace.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 9 Dec, 2016

Camaguey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was recognized at the International Hall of Artistic Ceramics in the city of Camaguey, by the Provincial Council of Fine Arts (CPAP) and the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).

The prize was given to Tania Estrada Jimenez, daughter of the renowned ceramist. In addition, under equal conditions, diplomas were awarded to Nazario Salazar Martinez and Oscar Rodriguez Lasseria, renowned ceramic artists in this province.

The CPAP congratulated Jimenez Perez on the 40th anniversary of the Mouvement of New Artistic Ceramics in Camaguey; for her vision to identify and promote and for her role as paradigmatic creator, in award given by its president, Ernesto Escobar Escobar.

Also, Sergio Morales Vera, president of the UNEAC, encouraged Martha's work, "in the 40 years after the emergence of the New Ceramic in Camaguey, to identify and define the movement and become one of its most prominent protagonists".

At the event, took place the launching of Pauta, a Cuban magazine for handicrafts and design. In addition, was presented the article "Camagüey: a city for ceramics" written by the art critic Pavel Alejandro Barrios Sosa. Meanwhile, Norma Rodriguez Derivet, director of Pauta, shared her experiences.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 14 Nov, 2016

Camaguey- The personal exhibition from Martha Jimenez "The secret of my goats" is opened. It will be available to the public from October 18 to November 10 in the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, located in the city of Camaguey.

The Cuban contemporary art is enriched and exalted with the paintings of Martha Jimenez, who gives us this time a sample of watercolors with ink drawing on cardstock, with similar formats.

The curator, the specialist Yaniel Perez Guerra, said that "once again Martha Jimenez clothes herself with her ingenuity, her artistic flight and mastery of the craft, and take this time the goats as a pretext to refer to issues such as interpersonal relationships, protection, defense, shyness and sacrifice".

Admire her work causes a great visual pleasure, so the doors of this wonderful personal exhibition are open to the public, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Marcos A. Tamames in his article "The Cuban and me" expresses the feeling of the artist ... "Every creator has a mission to accomplish, every artist dreams again and again with the work that will legitimize him in the history of art, but if this work can not find a human being who -dazzled- wants to bequeath or share it with others, so much effort is doomed to failure".

"We must open sensitivity to the immediate environment, you need to listen to the time in which we live, and to walk through the land that welcomes us as her children, only from this perspective I encountered the Cuban and at the same time, the contemporary. I hope I have not disappointed, with this confession, the opinion of the critic and the history. From here I know that my works are no longer mine when other people approach to them".

Author: Communicator
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 28 Oct, 2016

Camaguey- The personal exhibition "The secret of my goats", by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, was inaugurated on Tuesday October 18 at the Amalia Gallery, at the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, subsidiary in Camaguey.

"With this particular delivery of gouaches with ink drawing, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez uses goats based on the distinctive typology they hold: its mythological origins, their physical characteristics, lifestyle and aesthetic significance. So now overlook these beasts, tamed by the conceptualization, as vital elements of the sample but linked to other codes preconceived by the artist in previous series and in her personal life", said about the exhibition the curator Yaniel Perez Guerra.

The curator also explained that Martha Jimenez "represents goats and women together with their adjacent properties, to point to the intense interpersonal connections between individuals of different or the same sex, also to the filial, bridal, fraternal, maternal and spiritual links. In this sense “The secret of my goats” invites not only to discover the key to succeed in managing relationships with others, at the same time refers to a confidential message from the herd that remains silent, and can be found in these artworks, but hidden”.

Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez has worked in painting, sculpture, ceramics, engraving and installation. She has been awarded in several competitions in the world, and holds the UNESCO Prize since 1997. She has reached high prestige during her career, backed by the specialized critics of the national and international art circuits.

At the opening of the personal exhibition of Jimenez Perez they were present, in addition to the artist, her family and her team; officers and directors of the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, the Provincial Department of Culture, the UNEAC, the ACAA, and well known artists of the territory.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, Camaguey
Published: Wednesday, 19 Oct, 2016

Camaguey- Dr. Jill Biden, wife of US Vice President Joseph Biden, his daughter and niece, Ms. Catherine Russell, US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues, the Ambassador of the United States in Cuba and his wife, visited the Studio-Workshop of Martha Petrona, last October 8.

After a tour of the authentic Plaza del Carmen (declared World Heritage by UNESCO), accompanied by the artist Martha Jimenez and Jose Rodriguez, historian of the city, the academic Jill, accompanied by her delegation, visited the nearby studio.

"Like you, I defend the freedom of women," told the Cuban creative to the educator and wife of Vice President. "The Gossips", the seller of newspaper and other characters of the community are represented in full-scale statues by Jimenez in that plaza in Camaguey. Biden sat on a "stool of desires" and asked for one", as published the magazine oncubamagazine.com

In a warm exchange between the artist and Biden, was present the admiration of the second lady of the United States for the art of Jimenez and her themes on women. So, Martha expressed her appreciation and the honor of receiving them. Jimenez gave a gift to Biden, an original work on canvas, entitled "Santa Maria", made in mixed media, allegorical to the city of Camaguey, with a female character. For her part, Biden gave Martha a work in glass by local artist Deb Appleby.

Meanwhile, Catherine Russell acquired a work from Jimenez entitled "La Fiesta", a colography of large size. She also was able to exchange views and express their affectionate admiration for such a creative art and its importance for women and for the world. It was an unforgettable evening and a warm meeting between women from neighboring countries.

Author: Communicator
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Thursday, 13 Oct, 2016

Camaguey- The north american university professor and doctor of pedagogical sciences, Jill Biden, concluded on Sunday, with a visit to this city, her permanence in the country. At the Museum Quinta Simoni, declared National Monument, the academic met with women in charge of community projects and health.

During her tour, she also visited the headquarters of the Ballet of Camagüey, the Studio-workshop of the artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Award, and toured sites of interest in the historical center of the city, declared as World Heritage Site.

The Studio-workshop of Martha Petrona Jimenez is located in the Plaza del Carmen, that emerged in the early decades of the nineteenth century. This square is now an important architectural ensemble of the emporium, founded in 1514 by the Spanish, which is an important reservoir of traditional folk culture.

Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez is a prominent ceramist and painter based in Camagüey. Her art works are in countries like the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, France, Canada and Cuba.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Radio Rebelde and Website from Martha Jimenez Perez
Published: Tuesday, 11 Oct, 2016

Camagüey- The personal exhibition of Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, entitled "The secret of my goats" will be opened at the Gallery Amalia, in the Cuban Fund of Cultural Goods, next October 18 at 5:00 pm, in the context of the Cuban Culture Day.

"Once again Martha Jimenez clothes herself with her ingenuity, her artistic flight and mastery of the craft, and take this time the goats as a pretext to refer to issues such as interpersonal relationships, protection, defense, shyness and sacrifice", as said about this exhibition the curator Yaniel Pérez Guerra.

He added "No doubt it will be an exhibition that the viewers will thank a lot, because it is a communicative exercise, whereby the goats expose a masterfully addressed content and because it is also the translation of the concept, the surrealist poetry and the extreme workmanship that qualify the work of an incessant creative".

Martha Petrona Jimenez is a renowned sculptress and painter, she lives in Camaguey. Her works are in nations like the United States, United Kingdom, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, France, Canada and Cuba, among others.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Friday, 30 Sep, 2016

Camagüey- A work of the renowned Cuban artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez integrates collection Arte en Casa, developed by the Commercial Lauros, a division of the company Artex S.A. dedicated to the distribution and marketing of handicraft products that show the Cuban culture through the art.

Jimenez Perez has specialized in ceramic terracotta sculptures. She graduated as Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1991. She also made a specialty in Creation of Fine Arts for Children. She completed studies at the National School of Art Instructors in 1965. She also graduated in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Printmaking.

Moreover, the purpose of Arte en Casa is to bring art into everyday life, as a proposal of this original line of utilitarian and decorative items, whose particularity is the application of art works in each one of their products.

This collection features the participation of more than 100 artists from the visual arts in Cuba, and used works from the collections of Cuban and universal art of the National Museum of Fine Arts. Arte en Casa offers a perfect combination between the useful and the beautiful, it is an exquisite way to appreciate art at home.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 27 Sep, 2016

Camagüey- The artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez takes part in the exhibition "The Cubans and Her", inaugurated on September 8 at the Miranda Gallery, at the sociocultural institution Ejo Project, in the city of Camagüey.

This exhibition "acts as a confluence of different techniques, styles and visual languages (...) Martha Jimenez surprises with a concentrated reformulation of signs: alpha and omega, Juanes and sacred fish, while the Virgin is held in a stylized island", as said Dr. Olga Garcia Yero in her words to the catalog.

The writer adds that "the exhibition "The Cubans and Her" aims to capture for us some of the angles at which the national culture has captured one of its greatest emblems. This purpose, even in the impossibility to cover all the possible images, is fulfilled in the cellular and polyphonic suggestion of this sample of paintings".

Along with Martha Petrona, they took part with their works in this exhibition: Chuli Herrera, Rodrick Dixon, Osmany Soler, Dashiel Hernandez, Maydelina Perez, Clara Femenias, Yolanda Ulloa, Romelio Paez, Gabriel Gutierrez, among other relevant artists.


Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Sociocultural Institution eJo Project
Published: Wednesday, 21 Sep, 2016

Camaguey- The Project Brush with Kiss' Soul, sponsored by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez in the city of Camaguey, constitutes an attractive option of artistic development for the children that want to approach to the wide world of Visual Arts. It takes place every Saturday morning.

This Saturday, the Studio-Workshop of the famous Cuban ceramist, located in the vicinity of the Plaza del Carmen hosted one of these interesting encounters, during which community's children received lessons about working with tempera, in an artistic creation with free theme.

During the course of the meeting, infants were comfortable and very motivated in front of the mysteries of the visual arts, and also for being able to capture on paper their impressions, under the care of the MsC. Tania Estrada, that belongs to the Studio-Workshop.

The Project Brush with Kiss' Soul explains that "there is a latent need for arts education in the Community and children are the students where can be forged and cultivated the creative and artistic work, achieving the rescue of traditions, the love for country and the defense of the traditions and identity, that help the formation of values and cultural awareness of children".

It also explains that "the project is achieved by measuring the dynamic process-product and appreciate how children -while creating art- develop self-confidence, artistic skills, and consolidate a great environmental and social conscience.

Author: Roger Rodríguez Martín
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 12 Sep, 2016

Camagüey- A sociocultural action of the Office of the Historian of the City, where participated the project "Brush with soul kiss" of the Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez, took place on Sunday July 17 at Plaza del Carmen, City of Camaguey.

Children from the community of El Carmen and other guests enjoyed an art contest with free theme, in the drawing, and three themed murals. Infants, aged between 4 and 12 years, participated actively.

The jury was composed by the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez and specialists from her studio-workshop. This evening of celebration, for the Children's Day, became a great celebration of colors.

Author: Communicator
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Saturday, 23 Jul, 2016

Camaguey- With the work of the prominent artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, represented this time by the triptych "Advent", is honored the Santa Cecilia Convention Center Santa, located in the historic center of Camagüey city, declared by UNESCO in 2008 as Cultural heritage of Humanity.

"This triptych is basically identified by two flattering aspects: the right choice of an extra format and an accomplished management in the preciousness of color. It is for this reason that the system is not designed to look closely, it technically requires a distance from the viewer of not less than five meters as elementary rule of appreciation. Only from there you can begin to appreciate the aesthetic levels reached by the author", as expressed Yaniel Perez Guerra, curator and specialist in visual arts.

The specialist also said that "Advent is a certainly commendable delivery, authentic, especially prepared in a the time of unquestionable creative maturity. It is therefore a very brave proposal, pulsing the dimension of an artist with exemplary probity of art ".  

On the other hand, the Santa Cecilia Convention Center is an emblem of architectural heritage in Camaguey. The building was built in the Republican era, as the headquarters of the People Society Santa Cecilia. It is located in the Plaza de los Trabajadores, one of the five founding places of the town of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe.

The entity was created in order to provide specialized services for all kinds of events, in provincial, national and international levels. It is subordinated to the Office of the City Historian of Camagüey (OHCC).  

Among the main challenges the Convention Center is being recognized as the favorite spot to organize and develop events of all kinds, "by providing personalized service geared to meet all the needs and motivations of the organizers, participants in each event lasting experience to live in a cozy, safe environment served by a kind and qualified personnel", according to experts at that institution.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Monday, 13 Jun, 2016

Camaguey- The renowned artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez was invited to an exchange by the Wisconsin Project Medical and Madison-Camaguey Sister Cities Association, which have close relations with the province.

The creative has visited various places of interest and has conversed with officials and personalities; she also had the opportunity to see in action the Wisconsin Medical Project, which sent medical supplies and equipment to Camaguey. Martha is a sculptress and painter, and she is also a good friend of Madison people who have visited the Cuban city where she lives.

Relevant sculptures of this artist are in public spaces, hotels and other places of this city in central Cuba. Martha Petrona Jimenez has works in private collections in countries like the United States, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, United Kingdom, France and Canada.

Meanwhile, the Wisconsin Medical Project (WMP) for twelve years has provided humanitarian aid to hospitals and clinics in Camaguey, and now has expanded its mission to African countries.

Author: Roger Rodríguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Monday, 23 May, 2016

Camaguey- A work of the serie "Sorcery of the fish", authored by prominent ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez is part of the exhibition "50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contribution to Ceramics", open to the public at the American Jazz Museum, Kansas city, in the United States.

The piece was conceived in the technique of glazed ceramic. The social network facebook, where this work was published, accompanied that showpiece with that suggestive text: "Mother, from your belly was born and I grew up in your chest, to fly from your arms, and meet you in an everlasting embrace".

The co-curators of the exhibition were Alex Kraft and Anthony Merino. Alex Kraft, during her ten-year career, has built an extensive network within the field of ceramics; she has also made six residences and offered lectures on ceramics on 18 occasions.

Meanwhile, Anthony Merino is one of the most important art critics in the United States. He has published over a hundred articles about ceramics and lectured worldwide.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Monday, 16 May, 2016

Camaguey- The triptych "Advent", authored by the prominent ceramist and painter Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, will become part of the heritage of Santa Cecilia Convention Center in the city of Camaguey. Of the three works, one was donated by the artist to the referred cultural institution.

"Connoted by an excellent expressive enunciation, is qualified the triptych of the remarkable artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez. It is composed of three-dimensional large pieces, the focus of a poetic projection, and an assented workmanship. "Advent", as it has been called by the artist, is a system, a way that unites in concept the aesthetic prominence that each painting holds", as said Yaniel said Perez Guerra, curator and specialist in Visual Arts.

This proposal is conceived in three movements, in three different parts. Each one is different from the shape, style and color treatment, but in their aesthetic set  they are in the same discursive line. They are equidistant works according to plastic quality; and they are independent, in terms of composition, but their languages move in similar orbit by the fact of being based on the same content. 

The specialist also said that "Advent" is certainly a laudable delivery, authentic, especially prepared in a time of unquestionable creative maturity. It is therefore a very brave proposal, pulsing the dimension of an artist with exemplary probity of art.

The Santa Cecilia Convention Center, formerly building of the Popular Meritorious Society of Santa Cecilia, is located near the Church of Our Lady of La Merced and the Birthplace Museum of Ignacio Agramonte. Currently it is subordinated to the Office of the Historian of the City (OHCC).

This building was designed to give the Popular Society of Santa Cecilia a place for meetings and other social actions. According to specialized literature in history of architecture, it is one of the best examples of the eclectic style in this city, with remarkable classicist ornamentation inside and outside.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Friday, 29 Apr, 2016

Camaguey- The creative of the visual arts, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, resident in Camaguey, has been invited to LASA'2016 event, which will run from 27 to 30 May in New York, United States.

In 2007, Martha Petrona took part with a personal exhibition in the Congress LASA'2007 based in Montreal, Canada; also she participated in the LASA'2009, developed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Recently, Perez Jimenez served as moderator of the panel "Art, and political participation", held in context of LASA'2015 Congress, between May and June 2015 in Puerto Rico.

The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the world's largest professional association that brings together individuals and institutions dedicated to the study of Latin America. It has more than 12,000 members; of these, nearly sixty percent live outside the United States.

Promote throughout the Americas the intellectual debate, research and teaching on Latin America, the Caribbean and its people; and promote the interests of its diverse membership, and encourage civic engagement through network building and public debate, is the main mission of LASA.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Príncipe
Photo: http://oncubamagazine.com
Published: Tuesday, 12 Apr, 2016

Camaguey- A new sculpture has emerged from the hands of the creative and ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez, resident in Camaguey and with a diverse career. The work was taken to the bronze in the lost wax technique at the prestigious Studio and Bronze Foundry Art and Sculpture Unlimited, in Miami, United States. Currently the piece has been exhibited at the Studio-workshop of the artist, located in Plaza del Carmen.

The work is part of the popular series called "Gossipy". This is the most renowned serie of the artist, wich "mixes contemporary codes, with regional and social customs concepts, and, on a larger scale, universal. They are thick women, very graceful, with a sense of humor, which reaches the sensuality and sarcasm", according to references in the website of the ceramist.

Among the works of Martha Petrona Jimenez in public spaces Camaguey are the Sculptoric Set "Plaza del Carmen" (2003); the mural "Ascension", located in the Longitudinal Park (2004); works in the School Martha Abreu (2004) and the shop La Palma (2014); a triptych of sculptures in the Café Ciudad (2012); the sculpture "Woman" at El Marques hostel (2014); the "Santa Maria" sculpture, located in the hostel of the same name (2014); and "Watcher" sculpture at the Hotel Santa Maria (2014).

Abroad, are remarkable the sculptures "Genet" and "Fourth part of the human body", located in the Ecological Park, in Eskisehir, Turkey (2008) and the sculpture "Challenge" created in the 6th National Art Workshop in that city ( 2015).

Works by this artist are also in the collection of the Museum of the Mayor of Madison (USA), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Canada), the Museum of Arts and Craft in Paris (France), Anadolu University and public squares of the city of Eskisehir (Turkey), in the Visual Arts Centre QUAD Derby (England) and the Center for the Study of Cuban Art in New York (United States).

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Tuesday, 5 Apr, 2016

Camaguey- To mark the international celebration of the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, was celebrated a concert organized by the "Mundo A" Project, event where was present also the artistic work of the ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, who owns her studio-workshop in the vicinity of the Plaza del Carmen in the capital city of the province.

This artistic and pedagogical proposal of the University of the Arts in Camaguey promotes a change from the various manifestations of art, to patriarchal traditions inherited by Cuban society, to contribute to the education of new generations in models of equity, diversity and respect. This day dedicated especially to girls and women was a gift from artists now integrated in the project "Mundo A".

The concert was staged by the group "In Tempore", directed by Henry Hernandez, and took place in the Plaza del Carmen in Camaguey city. It was attended by leading figures and was the occasion to inaugurate a exhibition of the prominent sculptor and painter Martha Jimenez, who exhibited works of Harlequins, ten large watercolors series where the female figure stands as a visual motif that seduces the viewer into his mystical journey through the inner world of the creator.

Jimenez Perez has taught for more than 30 years. She has also tutored students who have entered the Superior Institute of Art (ISA). She has served as Head of Project Sculpture Monumental Plaza del Carmen. She has been a member of the Expert Council of Plastic Arts of the Provincial Council of Plastic Arts, also was founder of the Association Hermanos Saiz (AHS).

Author: Communicator
Source: Martha Jimenez Perez
Published: Monday, 28 Mar, 2016

Camaguey- With the bronze sculpture "Open Roads", the ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez represented Camaguey and the Cuban nation in the Aqua Art Miami Fair, held at the Art Center Allapattah from 2 to 6 December 2015.

Aqua Art Miami arrived to its eleventh edition, the third since it joined the family fair of Art Miami. As one of the biggest exhibitions of emerging art, Aqua Art Miami introduced several galleries with their artists. This event showed a selection of only 46 national and international exhibitors, who presented the work of more than 100 creators.

Art Center was founded in the heart of the town Allapattah, located in the city of Miami. It is dedicated to promote art in the area, with programs created specifically for this purpose, to have a positive impact on the community. This cultural institution offers a multifunctional space, which has been customized to cater to artists, sculptors and other creative talents. The center offers various services such as art gallery, local for photographic sessions and welding shops for creating metal sculptures.

Meanwhile, Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez is a renowned Cuban ceramist, resident in Camaguey, which has works in nations like the United States, England, Austria, Argentina, Turkey, France, Canada and in various institutions and public spaces in Cuba. 

Recently, she won the Award for Monumental Sculpture at the 5th Sculpture Symposium in Eskisehir, Turkey (2011); she deserved the recognition 50 Anniversary of the School of Art Instructors, awarded by the UNEAC, Camaguey (2011); also, the Fifteenth Anniversary Commemorative Medal, for the work, cooperation and contributions provided in the preservation and enrichment of historic and cultural heritage in Camaguey.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Friday, 28 Dec, 2015

Camaguey- Recently, the Cuban ceramist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, who lives in Camaguey, concluded a monumental sculpture currently shown in the Turkish city of Eskisehir. This work was done at the request of the Mayor's Office that European city and is located in a relevant place of that demarcation.

In addition, Martha took part in the sixth National Art Workshop, which ended with the execution of the painting "Spring Series" which was shown to the Turkish public with great acceptance.

During 2015, this artist also served as moderator of the panel "Art, and political participation" in the 2015 LASA Congress, and she took part in the exhibition "KUBA", in the Foundation ABF Václavské Náméstí, in Prague, Czech Republic.

In December of the same year, Martha Jimenez presented the sculpture "Open Roads" at the Aqua Art Miami Fair in Miami, United States. The event took place at the Art Center Allapattah, from 2 to 6 December 2015.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Tuesday, 22 May, 2015

Camaguey- The artist in Camaguey, Marta Jimenez, knows where the beauty lies, needing the creator's treatment to pass to posterity. From her hands, modeled in clay or from the wonder of the brush on the canvas, sprout as in irrepressible flow magnificent works, thanks to art placed in them by this woman, simple and talented.

Her latest release is an exhibition that she called "Without losing the line" and which is open at the Gallery Julian Morales, at the UNEAC Headquarters in Camaguey.

Martha is characterized by her intensive search for new ways to assume fine arts. Not satisfied with her fabulous sculptures that adorn the Plaza de El Carmen and other heritage sites of the Villa, she found in engraving another way to express herself and she is still embracing the drawing -developed from 1965- as essential in their daily action, to sketch out and to create works.  

Who visits the exhibition "Without losing the line", will admire not only the beauty of the female figure and its external trappings, also will realize how valuable potentials still flow from Martha, who uses techniques, dominated by her, either the modeling in clay, or from the manifest challenge of canvases and rigid matrices to achieve beautiful engravings.

This artist based in the province of Camaguey has known extraordinary successes, such as being awarded by UNESCO and to show their collections in famous galleries in several countries. Not a few specialists -inside and outside the Island- have dedicated spaces in their chronicles, to praise the source that is her talent.

Still, Marta Jimenez is not puffed up and with its simplicity as always, continues laborious and fertile, giving to his work and to Camaguey sufficient reasons for pride.

Author: Yolanda Ferrera Sosa
Source: Portal Cultural Principe
Published: Monday, 24 Nov, 2014

Camaguey- The monumental bronze sculpture "Translation", work of artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Award for Best Architectural Complex "Plaza del Carmen", is appreciated here today by those who observe the dome of the Hotel Santa Maria.

In addition to the author, participated in the assembly of the work, the Caguayo Foundation and Real Estate of Tourism, who made reality a project that began in 2012, and was presented to the public in patinated plaster during the festivities for the 500th anniversary of Camaguey.

The piece at the dome of that institution with heritage values, recreates the three moments of translation of the town of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe (Punta del Guincho, Caonao and finally the Chiefdom Camaguebax, the site of final settlement) through universal schemes that emphasize the unity of human thought.

The information provided by the author to Prensa Latina explains that the figure refers to a snoop man in search of new horizons, with faith, love, hope, tenacity, justice and order.

The sculpture seems to search with his spyglass every corner of the city, discovering with astonishment the passions of an ancient city that venerates and leaves herself to be transformed by the art of Martha Jimenez.

The Hotel Santa Maria, located in this city, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity, about 570 kilometers east of Havana, is part of a trilogy of Encanto Hotels, recently opened to strengthen city tourism.
 

Author: Lazaro David Najarro Pujol
Source: Prensa Latina
Published: Monday, 06 Oct, 2014     

Camaguey- The ceramist Marta Jimenez, who holds a UNESCO Prize, develops teaching in this artistic manifestation in the province of Camaguey.

The project with 17 children is called Brush with soul of kiss, metaphor that starts from an expression of Jose Marti on the local patriot Ignacio Agramonte, whom he described in an article like Diamond with a soul of kiss.

This initiative aims to lead and encourage the appreciation of the visual arts in children, who will be able to understand and represent the environment that surrounds them, today reflects the digital page of Radio Cadena Agramonte.

Every Saturday the children apply their imagination and go into the technical details of the handling of the brush and colors.

Graduated from the School for Art Instructors in one of its first promotions, Marta Jimenez is one of the members of the artistic avant-garde of Camaguey and is one of the founders of the visual arts group Fidelio Ponce de Leon.

In addition, she holds the Distinction for Cuban Culture and the Mirror of Patience recognition, granted by the provincial directorate of Culture.

Source: National Information Agency.

Camaguey- Works of the artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Award for Best Ensemble Sculptural, complement the decor of one of the main tourist facilities of this city, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Cafe Ciudad.

This time, the creative surprises the visitors with three glazed ceramics, each one placed on a swing metal, which are part of the appeal of this place, reserved for the privacy of coffee tasting, combined with a colorful vegetation and other elements of ambience.

The author of the famous sculptures of the Plaza del Carmen, located in one of the best preserved ancient segments of this city, located about 570 kilometers east of Havana, is included among the most visited sites in the "region of shepherds and hats", as said Cuba's National. Poet Nicolas Guillen.

Now, the triptych of Jimenez has the coffee and tea as central theme, which invites to the meeting and provides pleasure. In addition, it refers to the festivities of Bacchus, conceived to highlight the purpose of La Cava, another place in the same cafeteria.

The three characters (The Bacchus and the two harlequin women) are accompanied by elements of everyday life and related accessories of the enjoying ritual of drinking, with an artistic achievement that integrates and respects the codes of the architectural design of that building in the historical center.

Luxurious patio, intimate space to meet with a steaming cup, with exquisite wine and the artistic work of Martha Jimenez, which enhances the simplicity and style of a time and a city denied to forget its culture.

Martha Jimenez won the Distinction for National Culture, and the prize awarded in 1997 by an agency of the United Nations Organization, UNESCO.

She was also honored at the International Handicrafts Fair of Havana, and the Biennial of Contemporary Art in China.
 

Author: Lázaro David Najarro Pujol
Source: Prensa Latina
Published: Monday, 07 Jul, 2014

Shanghai- Cuban artist Martha Jimenez won an award at the 2nd Shanghai Teapots Vessel Biennial, the only one artist in the Caribbean awarded by a jury that selected works by one hundred creators from around the world.

Martha Jimenez's award-winning works are two pottery teapots, belonging to her series "I have it inside", awarded at the Amelia Pelaez Ceramic Biennial in Cuba in 2006, among other awards.

With more than 60 personal and collective exhibitions in salons and events inside and outside of Cuba, the author will exhibit for the first time for the Asian public during the celebration of the Teapot Biennial, from today and until April 31, and has been invited to participate in the Shanghai Fair, scheduled from May 12 to 18.

Martha Jimenez won UNESCO Prize for creativity in the field of ceramic crafts (1997), and was awarded by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) for the sculptural group Plaza del Carmen.

Source: Magazine Arte por Excelencias 

Camaguey- The Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO 1997 Best Ensemble Architectural Prize for his works installed in the Plaza del Carmen, participates in the United States in the exhibition "Camagueyanas", reported here the Provincial Department of Culture.

This laureate of the V International Symposium of Terracotta, in the city of Eskisehir, Turkey, has created several series during her career that have earned her a recognition space beyond the limits of the island.

Recognized as one of the most important representatives of Contemporary Art in Cuba, Jimenez was accompanied by works such as "Ask for all," a large canvas belonging to his series "The Chismosas" newly created, and other works, as "Adrift".

The works of this representative of the city of Camaguey, located about 570 kilometers east of Havana, is characterized by the pictorial speech full of symbols and metaphors. A selection of them will be seen at the Art Space gallery Koubek Center in Miami.

Author: Lazaro David Najarro Pujol
Source: Prensa Latina
Published: Tuesday, 25 Mar, 2014     

Camaguey- The prominent sculptress, ceramist and painter from Cuba, Martha Jimenez, traveled to the United States to participate in a collective exhibition entitled "Camagueyanas", where also will be presenting works another three artists of the fine arts.

For the event, the author of the sculptural group of the Plaza del Carmen, now recognized as one of the most important representatives of Contemporary Art in Cuba, was accompanied by works such as "Ask for all", a large canvas belonging to the series "The Gossipy" newly created, and anthological pieces like "Adrift", among others.

The opening of the exhibition took place on March 23, at 5 pm at the Gallery Art Space of the Koubek Center in Miami.

Martha Jimenez Perez is Bachelor of Fine Arts with an extensive work exhibited to the public. She is also founder, as president, of the Hermanos Saiz Association, among other positions held. She is specialized in terracotta ceramic sculptures.

She graduated in Fine Arts in 1991. She has Specialization in Creation of Visual Arts for Children and she attended the National School of Art Instructors in 1965. She also graduated in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Engraving. Relevant awards have been conferred to her.
 

Author: Communicator
Source: Martha Jimenez Perez
Published: Monday, 24 Mar, 2014

Camague- Monumental sculptures of the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez, UNESCO Prize for the best architectural set, complement the ambience of the lobby and the dome of the Santa Maria hotel, located in the segment of the historic center of the city of Camaguey, declared Cultural Heritage Humanity.

With the name of the hostel, located in a mansion with architectural value, whose first construction phase was completed in the context of the festivities for the half millennium of the town of Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, it is a work that fascinates the visitors.

It is the sculpture of the Santa Maria (1,38 x 0, 90), which from its niche, seems to observe a city of half a century awakening to be admired, which will soon be cast in bronze, as reported to the creative.

Also from the dome, another project of the same artist dominates the city: Translating (2,52 x 1,070), an eavesdropper that scrutinizes every piece of city that is drawed at its feet, in the words of Martha Jimenez.

Also in the hotel "El Marques" a collection of works of six pieces of characters related with beautiful old ladies (when it was built the building, in 1920), which await the guest wishing a memorable stay, from the entrance of the room.

With these and other projects, Martha Jimenez contributed to the setting of two new hotels for tourism city, that have the privilege of showing unique pieces that are already part of the heritage of Camaguey.

Author: Lazaro David Najarro Pujol
Source: Prensa Latina
Published: Friday, 14 Feb, 2014

Camaguey- An universal vision of the woman reflects the artist Martha Jimenez in the sculptoric project “Eva's speech. Them, we, you?” available to tu public en the Midas Gallery, located in this Cuban city.

Winner of the UNESCO Prize for the best architectural ensemble for the authenticity of his work, Jimenez told Prensa Latina that the Cuban, Latin American and universal women are protagonists and are always present in her artistic work.

This time, there are 25 ceramic pieces of human figures in small format. Of these, there are seven plates with paintings, where, as said curator Maydelin Leiva, in her traditional conception women carries symbols that have historically defined her and can be seen in Camaguey, located 570 kilometers east of Havana.

She explained that Martha -First prize of the Fifth International Symposium of Terracotta, in the city of Eskisehir, Turkey- has created several series during her career that have earned her a space of recognition beyond the limits of the island.

The specialist said, that the sculptress in her exhibition "shows that expressive searching, even persistent in the intention of the artist, opening new semiotic speechs of interpretations or redefinition, as appropriate".

In the exhibition "Eva's speech. Them, we, you? " Jimenez is inspired by "the broad polysemy that presents each one of these symbols" and always "the choice is intended to refer feelings and traits with the particular definition of the feminine and those associated with it".

She abounded that in those feminine physiognomies in the work of Jimenez are fertility, sensuality, acceptance, sacrifice, patience, perseverance, liberation and eroticism.

In this new incursion, the creative advantageously used enamel, which is accentuated in each of the elements of the human figures, as "the judicious management of lights and shadows of the sculptures".

Maydelín Leiva considered that the artist has become master of volume, not only from a conceptual point of view, but mainly from the domain of a technique that she has managed to legitimize in various media and artistic languages.

Author: Lazaro David Najarro Pujol
Source: Prensa Latina
Published: Monday, 13 Jan, 2014  

Camaguey- About 215 thousand people attended the different exhibitions inaugurated in this eastern province center during the past year, according to the information provided by the Provincial Council of Visual Arts, during the evaluation of their work at the end of 2011.

In the past year, the Provincial Council of the Visual Arts acknoledged the performance of members of the creative avant-garde in Camaguey, while others represented Cuba with dignity internationally as potter Marta Jimenez, laureated at the Terracotta Biennial, in Turkey.

A remarkable advance in the objective of linking even more creative delivery within society and significant appointments of local, national and foreign character, nuanced the work of the creators of Camaguey and thus corroborated emblematic events such as the XXVII edition of the Salon of Visual Arts Fidelio Ponce de Leon, held last September.

Public actions in charge of the Project of Naif Art “Isabel de las Mercedes” and PATINARTE, in addition to those carried out during the Fiesta del Tinajon, last November, endorse the priority of the Council to add the population to its proposals.

The above mentioned, is also ratified with the integration of students from the Vicentina de la Torre Academy of Arts and the ISA subsidiary, to collective and personal projects, in various exhibition spaces.

Author: Yolanda Ferrera Sosa
Source: Radio Cadena Agramonte

Camaguey- The artist Martha Jimenez -member of the artistic vanguard and the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba- will allow the opportunity to enter another facet of her creation, by opening her exhibition of serigraphs titled "Woman without Neighbour".

The Gallery "The New Muse" of the Provincial Library Julio Antonio Mella, will host 13 works conceived with that technique, another aspect of creation in the fruitful career of the artist, honored with the Prize awarded by UNESCO in the corresponding edition of year 1997.

Without abandoning her usual treatment of themes and characters of deep popular roots, the proposal is akin to forms of classic cut, which represents another attractive variant of her production.

It will be the first time that Jimenez disposes her serigraphs for consideration by the Cuban public, already appreciated in the fifth edition of the International Symposium on Terracotta, held in Turkey during last year. There she was renowned for the quality of her proposal with the prize awarded by the jury of the event.

She is graduated as Art Instructor in the specialty of Fine Arts in the late 60s of last century. She has a fertile endorsement as a teacher at different levels of art education in the territory. Martha was founder of Fidelio Ponce de León Group, composed of fans in the territory. She also founded a workshop to teach children from the community, where its headquarters lies in the vicinity of the Plaza del Carmen, Camaguey.

She shared this work with the creation of pottery, paintings and large sculptures, located at several sites in the capital city. Her works are part of collections and private collections in different parts of the world.

The opening of the exhibition "Woman without Neighbor" integrates the actions that take place in the territory of Camaguey, at the arrival of the Day of Cuban Culture.

Author: Yolanda Ferrera Sosa
Source: Portal Cultural Príncipe
Published: Thursday, 17 Oct, 2013

Camaguey- "Mata'o" the famous scultpure of the water carrier, is now in bronze, as part of the project by artist Martha Jimenez to move to lasting materials the whole set of the Plaza del Carmen.

This piece becomes the second sculpture transferred, after the trilogy "The Gossipy" as are known the three fat mulatto women, awarded by UNESCO since more than a decade.

Martha thanked the Office of the City Historian of Camaguey that has supported the project by the Foundation Caguayo Santiago de Cuba, where is located the foundry workshop.

Couple in love is the next to abandon its original terracotta material, for which has already done the plaster cast.

In an exchange with workers of Caguayo, Martha was told that they had not worked with any project with this magnitude, due to the amount of sculptures -seven specifically- with accessories of banks and vessels.

The ensemble, Martha said, should be ready by February 2014, when will be celebrated the 500th anniversary of the founding of the old Villa de Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, now Camagüey.

Plaza del Carmen has been one of the great attractions of the city, enriched by the work of this woman from Holguin that based here, she has won praise and admiration of neighbors and visitors.

The prominent Cuban intellectual Miguel Barnet, president of the Union of Writers of Cuba, wrote: "(...) stop in front of Martha Jimenez's artworks, who ennobled all, because beauty is the only thing that guarantees the human condition."

Author: Yanetsy Leon Gonzalez
Source: Adelante Digital
Published: Thursday, 04 Jul, 2013     

Camaguey- The work of the outstanding Cuban artist Martha Jimenez Perez, a resident of Camaguey, was recently presented during the celebration of International Women's Day, held in the English town of Derby.

Perez Jimenez offered to women her work in a variety of media, including sculpture, painting and murals. In the event took part many followers of that creative's  work, in addition to the audience who admired her work.

Among the most important actions taken, was the planting of the tree of the city, with the mayoress. QUAD Cultural Development Center was also visited.

There are projects to develop education and links of friendship between the municipality of Camaguey and the City of Derby. Both places have part of their areas designated as World Heritage.

In the perspectives of work, is the inclusion of public art in Derby with the work of the artist Martha Jimenez, a project that is being analyzed and will be an indisputable link between two cultures and two friendly cities.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Provincial Council of Plastic Arts of Camaguey
Published: Thursday, 04 Apr, 2013

Camaguey- Martha Jimenez, renowned artist in the Cuban and foreign area, was recently invited to the celebration of International Women's Day in the city of Derby, England.

This British city and the city of Camaguey maintain cordial relations since 2003. Mayors of both towns have exchanged visits; meanwhile, they have created educational projects and links of friendship during that time.

Among the actions of that day, Martha planted the tree of the city with the mayor of Derby. She made an interesting discussion with women and local students and showed an audiovisual documentary film of her artwork. Between meetings, she could learn the activities carried out there, such as "The History of Women's Month" organized by Vox Feminarum.

From the fruitful encounter and the impact of the artistic work, were initiated public art projects in the aforementioned English city, which had a sculptress Martha Jimenez as principal, and the first steps were taken in hiring them.

Martha Jimenez's work is mostly about women in society. She has a sculpture in the Plaza del Carmen in the city of Camaguey and she has a very extensive work, ranging from small to monumental formats. She has worked in sculpture, painting, prints, ceramics, murals, among others.

Author: Communicator
Source: Provincial Council of Plastic Arts of Camaguey
Published: Monday, 25 Mar, 2013

Camaguey- On the afternoon of November 3, 2010, the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez presented her work at the Presidential Hall of the Emerson College Library, which is an institution dedicated to the teaching and promotion of communications and the arts in the city of Boston.

At the event, was presented a small format sculpture and seven paintings of the series "Longing", which had already been exhibited in the Gallery of the Lombillo Palace, in the City of Havana.

The meeting was attended by the director of the Library, Robert Fleming; the rector of the Faculty of Arts, Linda Moore; and the president of Emerson, Jacquelinne Liebergott; along with other artists, filmmakers and gallerists of the city of Boston.

The Cuban culture teacher, Flora Gonzalez, introduced Martha Jimenez, and spoke about the excellent career of this artist based in Camaguey. After the formal presentation, Martha Jimenez talked with the faculty, the students and the audience that were present.

Author: Communicator.
Source: Studio-workshop Martha Jimenez

Camaguey- One of the segments of the sculptural group of the Plaza del Carmen was transferred to bronze, at the starting of a plan to convert to this material all components of the series, located in the area declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity in this city.

Originally made in terracotta by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, born in Holguin but now resident in Camaguey, the group of works is distributed without pedestal, at various points of that space, whose dominant building is the Iglesia del Carmen, only with two towers in the city and completed in 1825.

The site is located on the first section benefited from transfers, "The Gossips", composed of images of three seated women and an empty stool intended for use by visitors, in one of the samples of the participatory character conceived for this ornament.

The bronze process, in a progressive form, was conducted by the Caguayo Foundation in Santiago de Cuba.

Currently is in phase of casting the piece that recreates a wheelbarrow overflowing jugs and conducted by Mata'o, nickname of a deceased neighbor, near the square, one of the best places that preserves the architectural environment of the colonial era in Camaguey.

The series includes other elements, with allusions to people, as well as benches and planters.

Traditionalists facets of the local environment identify the characters of the sculpture, which adds a new contemporary appeal to one of the top five places in the oldest part of the town.

Among the pieces that attracted the most attention to the visitor is a newspaper reader, also resident of the area.

According to José Olmedo, representative of the foundry of the organization, the work will conclude in February 2, 2014, in the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city.

He added that, also dedicated to the anniversary, the workshop will moved to that material a sculpture, never displayed publicly, of the poetess Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, which will be located in the square where converge the street that takes her name and the one called General Gomez.

Author: Adolfo Silva Silva
Source: National Information Agency
Photo: Primicia Newspaper
Published: Monday, 01 Oct, 2012     

Camaguey- The gallery Gran Cafe, in the city of Newark, United States, will be inaugurated with an exhibition of original works by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, who recently completed her fourth visit to the northern country.

As planned, the facility will open at the end of the current month or in early July, told to AIN Jimenez, born in Holguin, based in the capital of Camaguey, and who seals her creative career with elements such as cuban traditions and manners.

The last trip of the author to US territory included participation in the preparation of the exhibition, close to New York, Newark, and the second most populous town of the state of New Jersey.

The interlocutor said that the exhibition will consist of ten pieces (engravings, serigraphs and colographies), with dimensions of 90 by 60 centimeters, where the female image and the reality is combined with fantasy in a surreal atmosphere.

In the visit, the artist made in Miami a counseling during three days, in a public elementary school, where she instructed a group of students in performing paintings with scenes from medieval times, as part of the teaching process.

Martha Jimenez showed before -in US territory- her creations in New York and Boston, and also she traveled to the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Chile, Canada, France and Turkey.

Her awards include a prize at the International Handicrafts Fair of Havana by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and some conferred on competitions in China and Turkey, where there are three sculptures emplaced permanently.

Initially known for her career in ceramics, the artist also stands out for its work in painting, engraving and other expressions of fine arts.

Author: Adolfo Silva Silva
Source: National Information Agency
Published: Wednesday, 06 Jun, 2012     

Camaguey- After a detailed restoration and being exhibited in the House of Cultural Diversity, returns to the Provincial Museum Ignacio Agramonte the work "For Sale" by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez.

This emblematic work, authorship of that creative, joined the group awarded the 1997 UNESCO Prize and won the prize of the Biennial Ceramics Museum. Soon the piece will occupy a space in the permanent room, with authors like Sosabravo, Sicre and others.

"For Sale" was donated to the Provincial Museum for Martha, during the Sculpture Symposium, which was organized by this institution in October 2001.

It is integrated into the collection of art, which has a total of 997 pieces, an important link of contemporary art, from which to understand the Cuban social context and contextual coordinates where its dynamics take place.

Camaguey Provincial Museum is honored with this installment of the Cuban artist Martha Jimenez Perez and is proud to offer a new mosaic of culture of the island to the visitors.

Author: Marcos Antonio Tamames Henderson
Source: Provincial Museum of Camaguey
Published: Tuesday, 17 Apr, 2012   

Camaguey- Local artist Martha Jimenez Perez, invited by the Foundation Cultural Center of the Dominican Republic, will exhibit her works at the Altos de Chavon Gallery, this April, along with two other painters, who also recreate landscapes, local folklore and Caribbean heritage.

Martha, a sculptress and ceramist, has exhibited her works in various cities and nations since 1967, among which are the exhibitions presented in Chile, El Salvador, France, the Dominican Republic and the United States.

The work of Martha Jimenez is characterized by large-scale monuments and small pieces of pottery, all with the central theme of Cuban women.

This artist has also been an instructor of fine arts for more than 30 years in the city of Camaguey, and has won numerous awards and recognitions, among them the UNESCO special prize in 1997, for her sculptural work and her dedication to artistic education.

Her life-size work of three women sitting in a circle, enjoying a cup of coffee, while talking and telling the "gossips" of the neighborhood, is located in the Plaza del Carmen, and is one of the sculptures that distinguish today the oldest urban center of the city of Camaguey, declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Along with Martha Jimenez, will be exhibiting in the Dominican Republic, Esperanza Cortes, Colombian resident in the United States, painter whose works are centered in the theme of the heritage and the exploration of the physical, the cultural and the geographic.

Many of her frescoes contain images of her travels to Colombia, integrating the female figure and nature as a symbol of her personal reflections on domestic violence, race and religion.

Jean-Pierre Frey is the other of the artists that integrate this collective exhibition. He is a self-taught artist, very successful in his career until he stopped painting in 1990. His love of marine navigation took him to the Dominican Republic where he found the inspiration to return to canvases and brushes.

Currently, his work is inspired by the local landscape of the Dominican Republic. Its colors evoke the Caribbean Sea, with the variety of greens and blues.

Author: Miozotis Fabelo Pinares
Source: Radio Rebelde 

Camaguey- Women that fly, personal exhibition of the artist Martha Jimenez in Camaguey, was inaugurated this Tuesday in the Provincial Library Julio Antonio Mella, as part of the activities for the 494 anniversary of the founding of the city.

Martha Jimenez, who is also known for her sculptural work, uses acrylic on canvas this time to express her concerns and reflections on women, their country and their lives. As in previous productions, the artist retakes the feminine theme, and loads of meanings with symbols like the buffoons, the wings, the fishes, and Cuba.

Battle, The seven riders of San Sebastian, Courtship, Sofia, Gift, Lunar Ascension, and Adrift, are the names of the works that integrate the exhibition. In all, there is a mixture of ocher colors and the characteristic blur of this artist.

The presentation of the artworks was attended by Flora Fong and Joel Jover -Camagueyan artists of universal projection- among other personalities of the arts in the province and the country.

Martha Jimenez has won important awards throughout her career. Among the most outstanding are the UNESCO prize in 1997, for a set of ceramics works, the International Handicraft Fair (FIART) in 1999, and more recently the Mentions in the ceramics biennials of Havana.

Author: Jose Raul Gallego
Source: Radio Cadena Agramonte

Camaguey- With ceramics as a protagonist, was inaugurated in Camaguey a personal exhibition of the outstanding artist Martha Jimenez, entitled "Between two centuries, the ceramics of Martha" in the House of Cultural Diversity in Camaguey.

The pieces "show the simple ordinariness of any Cuban neighborhood, ethics careless black women as fashion magazines (...) Passionate couples in love, where chastity imposed rigorously transgressed the senses also appear there."

"In a simulated path, the works of the century we are living hide behind philosophical positions that flirt with the enigmatic and universal", said MSc. Kezia Zabrina Henry Knight, in her words to the catalog.

The works of Martha Jimenez are found in galleries, cultural institutions and schools throughout the national territory, and in private collections in different countries, including the United States, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, France, Canada, Italy, Greece, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina.

Author: Roger Rodriguez Martin
Source: Provincial Directorate of Culture
Published: Saturday, 04 Feb, 2012     

Camaguey- One of the most anticipated events among those planned to celebrate the 495th anniversary of the once Villa de Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe was the inauguration of the Studio-Workshop Marta Jimenez, a well-known artist here, located in Plaza del Carmen.

With the presence of Jaime Crombet, vice president of the National Assembly of People's Power; Juan Vela Valdes, Minister of Higher Education; Eusebio Leal, Historian of the City of Havana, among other personalities, opened the doors of the exhibition Our Lady of Voluptuousness, to continue in this new headquarters the project of the Office of the Historian of the City of Camaguey (OHCC), with the aim of supporting the development of the visual arts in the new generations, through the children's group Brush with soul of kiss.

Pavel Alejandro Barrios, curator of the exhibition, stated in his notes to the Catalog that Martha Petrona assumes the fattening of her mulattoes as a representation of a cultural logic concerning the generic characteristics of the Cuban female that describes the ideal of the native females. The sculptural set of this square, made by the artist herself, and the interaction between the community, are some of the reasons that augur the success of the neighborhood's workshop.

Julio Cesar Garcia, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and its first secretary here, and Jesus Garcia Collazo, president of the Government in the province, also were in this first day full of emotions and in which Martha Jimenez thanked their parents, and the neighbors, who have already helped her; thanked Jose Rodriguez, director of the OHCC; Eusebio Leal, and the political authorities of the territory.

"We have in the province of Camaguey an important part of the vanguard of visual artists in Cuba", said Martha, and added that the essential objective of the project lies in the formation of children, because she added: "I love children". Martha Petrona has over 60 collective and personal exhibitions in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, Canada, Chile, Mexico, France and the United States. She deserved the UNESCO prize for the best set of works, in 1997, among other awards; while for her work of life she has been awarded with the distinctions Fidelio Ponce de Leon, for the National Culture and Pedagogical Merit.
 

Author: Olga Lilia Vilato
Source: Adelante Newspaper
Photo: Luis H. Alamo

Camaguey- The exhibition "Creole and everyday life," by the artist Martha Jimenez Perez, will be exhibited in the House of Cultural Diversity in Camaguey, since Saturday February 4, at 5:00 pm.

The opening of the exhibition will be part of the activities dedicated in the city of Camagüey, to the week of culture.

The exhibition of the painter and ceramist Martha Jimenez will be dedicated to 498 anniversary of the founding of the Villa de Santa Maria del Puerto del Principe, and to the third anniversary of the declaration of the historic center as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

Martha Jimenez, known for its life-size human sculptures located in the Plaza del Carmen, has participated in important events in Cuba and other countries, showing her art and also representative elements of Cuban culture.

With her extensive work as an artist, Martha has won several prizes, among which include the Distinction for National Culture, a prize awarded by UNESCO in 1997, and awards at the International Handicrafts Fair of Havana, in several editions. In 2010 she was the only Latin American awarded at the Biennale of Modern Art in Shanghai, China.

Author: Deneb Gonzalez Mendez
Source: Internet
Published: Wednesday, 01 Feb, 2012   

Camaguey- The Cuban creative Martha Jimenez Perez, who resides in Camaguey, won the top prize of the call for a sculptural work in the context of the Fifth International Symposium on Terracotta, in the city of Eskisehir, Turkey, where she represents Latin America and the Caribbean.

In the event, have participated five invited foreign artists, and the artist highlighted the Cuban art with her sculptural work, with two meter high, created in metal and terracotta, which will occupy the most important park of the town.

Martha explained via email the acceptance they have had from residents in Esksehir during the various activities, since September 16. Among these actions are exhibitions and exchanges of experiences on techniques and materials for the ceramic work.

The prestigious artist has won, among numerous awards, the Distinction for National Culture and the UNESCO Prize, awarded in 1997. She was also honored at the International Handicrafts Fair of Havana and was the only Latin American awarded in 2010 at the Biennale of Modern Art in Shanghai, China.

Author: Lazaro David Najarro Pujol
Source: Radio Cadena Agramonte
Published: Tuesday, 04 Oct, 2011

Camaguey- The renowned ceramist Martha Jimenez Perez represents Cuba at the 5th International Symposium on Terracotta, which takes place in Eskisehir, Turkey.

Perez Jimenez received the Distinction Fidelio Ponce de León in 2008, recognition granted in the context of Salon of Visual Arts, for the work of her life. She has also received other international awards; and due to the maturity of her work, she was invited to exhibit her artworks abroad.

The City Council of the city of Eskisehir, in Turkey, celebrates the 5th International Symposium on Terracotta, from 16 September to 2 October, 2011. The event involved five foreign artists: Achim Kühn, form Germany; Dorit Bereach, from Germany; Martha Jimenez, from Cuba; Kim Yong, from Korea and Peter Randall, from England, with 10 Turkish artists.

This symposium is coordinated by the Municipality of Eskisehir City. During the event, there are developed scientific meetings, craft exhibitions, artistic performances, competitions, concerts and fairs of traditional art. The guest artists will have the opportunity to develop and place sculptures in different parts of the city.

Author: Eduardo Rosales Ruiz
Source: Provincial Council of Fine Arts of Camaguey
Published: Tuesday, 20 Sep, 2011

Camagüey- A cultural action with the artist Martha Petrona Jimenez Perez, with the Cirque du Soleil, took place in Canada, with the promotion of her art.

The presentation of a multimedia about this Cuban creative based in Camagüey, in addition to the visual display, included her Curriculum Vitae and a catalog of her works. Jimenez also participated in the Days of Culture of Québec in the region of Lanaudière in St. Alphonse de Rodriguez.

Some of the characters of Martha, including painting and sculpture, have a reminiscence of the harlequins of circus and theater. The style of this artist is unique and rare, and was held in Quebec the opportunity to meet this creative.

Author: Roger Rodríguez Martín
Source: Studio-Workshop Martha Jimenez
Published: Monday, 1 Oct, 2007