Choco (Eduardo Roca Salazar) #3449. "Torso," 2002. Collagraph print, artist proof. 14.25 x 15 inches.

CHOCO [Eduardo Roca] was born in 1949 in Santiago de Cuba, and is known for his exquisite printmaking, as well as painting and sculpture. He graduated from the National School of Art Instructors in 1963 and from the National Art School (ENA) in 1970, and took classes in the University of Havana School of Arts and Letters. He’s received many awards, and most recently was awarded In 2017 Cuba’s most prestigious art award, the National Prize for Visual Arts, for which he’ll be given a solo exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Havana in December. His exhibits have been shown in Mexico, Trinidad y Tobago, the United States (he was one of the two first artists invited to the U.S. by the Center for Cuban Studies in 198-), Spain, Mexico, France, Switzerland, Japan, Colombia, China, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, Canada, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Angola, as well as Cuba.