Antonio Fonseca Vázquez

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Gender Male
Occupation Artist/Professor
Location Southbridge, Massachusetts
Introduction Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico in 1972. 1989 Associate degree in commercial and illustrative arts. 1997 BFA ED School of Fine Arts of Puerto Rico. 1999 MFA Cornell University. Some awards and distinctions: 1994 Second Biennial of Fine Arts of Casa Roig Museum, Puerto Rico. 1998, best individual showing awarded by the Puerto Rico chapter of the International Art Critics’ Association. 1999 honorable mention “Arte Joven” Ponce Art Museum and an honorable mention in the 3oth International Painting Fair in the Cagnes-Sur-Mer Museum. At his second invitation to the International Painting Fair in France he received the third place award year in which Puerto Rico swiped the three main awards. 2011 he received a governmental declaration by the Autonomous City of Caguas and the government of Puerto Rico. Fonseca has exhibited worldwide in countries such as China, Europe and South America and is now known to be one of Puerto Rico’s most valuable contemporary artist.