Juan Calzadilla

Juan Calzadilla (Altagracia de Orituco, 1931) is a Venezuelan poet, painter, and art critic.

Education
He studied in the Universidad Central de Venezuela and in the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional.

Artistic Life
He is co-founder of the group El techo de la ballena (1961), and Imagen magazine (1984). Calzadilla represented Venezuela at the 57th Venice Art Biennale.

Works

 * Dictado por la jauría (1962)
 * Malos modales (1968)
 * Oh smog (1978)
 * Antología paralela (1988)
 * Minimales (1993)
 * Principios de Urbanidad (1997)
 * Corpolario (1998)
 * Diario sin sujeto (1999)
 * Aforemas (2004)
 * Vela de armas (2008)
 * Noticias del alud (2009)

Awards

 * National Prize of Plastic Arts of Venezuela, 1996.