Tony Lopez

Born in Cuba in 1918, he has resided in Miami, Fl. since 1958. He studied at the Escuela Tecnica where his father, Joaquin, was professor of sculpture who taught him since he was a child. In 1936, Tony was named Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the Escuela Tecnica. In 1956, he was selected to be in the Permanent Collection of Fine Arts at the Palacio di Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba. He has been awarded since 1948 by the best museums and art institutes and has participated in countless individual and group exhibits in Cuba and the U.S.A. Both his father and grandfather were sculptors by trade, and Tony joked that he was born with a piece of clay in his hands. Sculpture was his life’s passion since as far back as he could remember. As he put it, he never wanted to do anything else. His father passed away when Tony was 18, and the young artist finished the project his father had been working on. This was Tony’s first commissioned sculpture