Antonio Martorell
| Antonio Martorell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Antonio Martorell Cardona 18 April 1932 Santurce, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Education | Madrid, Spain |
| Known for | Painting, writer, educator, broadcaster |
| Notable work |
Painter: ‘Escarabajo’ [Beetle] ‘Espejuelos’ [Glasses] Writer: La Piel de la Memoria El Libro Dibujado |
| Awards | Bienal de Arte de San Juan |
| Website | http://www.antoniomartorell.com |
| Patron(s) |
Museo de Arte de Ponce Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art Puerto Rico Museum of Art |
Antonio ("Toño") Martorell Cardona (born 1939) is a Puerto Rican painter, graphic artist, writer and radio and television personality. He regularly exhibits in Puerto Rico and the United States and participates in arts events around the world. He spends his time between his workshops in Ponce, Hato Rey, and New York City, his presentations worldwide and his academic work in Cayey, Puerto Rico.
Martorell Cardona was born on April 18, 1939, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He is the son of Antonio Martorell II and Luisa Cardona. He is the first of three children. He first started showing interest in arts as a small child with drawings.
He studied diplomacy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and then went to study painting with Julio Martín Caro in Madrid. In the 1960s, he worked in Ponce, collaborating with Sor Isolina Ferre in the creation of community art workshops. He also worked at the workshop of Lorenzo Homar at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. He currently is the Resident Artist of the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey and directs the Ramón Frade Museum at the same institution.
Martorell's incursion into the arts came by the way of theater on 25 April 2001. He participated in the scenography of "Celebración Verdiana " for the opera by Plácido Domingo.
Martorell currently has a workshop in New York City and another one on Calle Salmon (old Calle Comercio) in barrio Playa, Ponce, at a building that dates to 1815 and which he has occupied since 2007. Of his breezy workshop at Playa de Ponce and his spiritual connection there he has said "more than Ponceño, I am a Playero...My north now is the South and its wide horizons."
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