birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
banes , cuba waldo díaz-balart 10 february 1931 waldo díaz-balart
 waldo diaz-balart y gutiérrez painter
waldo díaz-balart

waldo díaz-balart -lrb- born waldo díaz-balart y gutiérrez on february 10 , 1931 in banes , cuba -rrb- is a cuban painter living in madrid , spain .
díaz-balart studied accounting and political science and economics in havana before moving to new york to pursue art studies in 1959 .
from 1959 to 1962 studied art in the museum of modern art , new york , usa .
professionally , on 1967 he develops as lecturer in many cultural centres and universities of usa , poland , spain , germany and netherlands .
he acted in two movies by andy warhol , `` the life of juanita castro '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- and `` the loves of ondine '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- .
díaz-balart lectures frequently and his work -- explorations of color and light in geometric paintings and light sculpture -- has been widely exhibited .
on 1966 presents an individual exhibition in the studio gallery in washington , d.c. .
in 1967 presented an exhibition in galerie iris clert paris , france .
in 1967 he joined mass art inc. in partnership with sujan souri , dorian godoy , and philip orenstein .
the company manufactured the first inflatable chair designed by philip orenstein and is now included in the permanent collection of the metropolitan museum of art in new york .
in 1998 presents `` waldo balart .
black painting '' in galería edurne , madrid , spain .
in 1970 participated in the collective exhibition salón 70 in the museo nacional de bellas artes de la habana .
in 1964 exhibits in the pan american union in washington , d.c. and on 1968 in the gallery of modern art , new york , usa .
on 1970 he participated at the first san juan 's bienal del grabado latinoamericano -lrb- biennial of latin - american engraving -rrb- at the instituto de cultura puertorriqueña , puerto rico and in 1979 in the third bienal internacional del deporte en las bellas artes -lrb- biennial of sport in fine arts -rrb- in barcelona , spain .
on 1995 participated in the international art fair , köln , germany .
most recently , he had one-man shows in the netherlands , in spain and in the united states at the art gallery of florida international university .
he is the recipient of a pollock-krasner foundation fellowship and his work is in the permanent collections of the museum of modern art in new york , the centro de arte reina sofía in madrid , the mondriaanhuis in amersfoort , the netherlands , and the museum of modern art in huenfeld , germany , among others .
in 1992 he published the book waldo díaz-balart , `` ensayos de arte '' .
his sister , mirta díaz-balart , was fidel castro 's first wife .
his nephew mario díaz-balart is a us congressional representative and another nephew , lincoln díaz-balart , is a former congressman .
