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Toño Cedeño

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Toño Cedeño
Born(1970-05-20)May 20, 1970
Mexico City
Occupations
  • oculist
  • visual artist
  • collector
Movementcollage

Toño Cedeño (born May 20, 1970) is a doctor in art history, theologian, oculist, visual artist and founder of the Oqli Collection.

Studies

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He studied optometry at the Superior School of Medicine Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN . He later studied for a master's degree in Theology at the Universidad Iberoamericana. In 2005 he obtained a Doctorate in Art History from Casa Lamm, with the thesis 'The female image on Mexican banknotes'.[1]

Among his teachers are Dr. Margarita Martínez Lámbarry, Dr. Teresa del Conde, Master Jorge Alberto Manrique Castañeda, Dr. Claudia Gómez Haro, and Dr. Tomas Pérez Vejo.

Creative career

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In his youth he made trips to the city of Oaxaca, and the artisan and visual arts culture of that state influenced his closeness to the world of art. In his work of collage and painting, he approaches pop art, and naif art. He has also worked as curator in events such as the exhibition dedicated to Pedro Infante in 2017, at the Centro de Arte Bicentenario Poeta Hugo Gutiérrez Vega.[2]

Art exhibitions

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SOLO SHOWS

  • Flores de Ingenua ingenuidad. Casa de la Cultura de Tlalpan. Mexico City. 2019
  • San Antoñito. Escuela de Bellas Artes de Toluca. 2012
  • Toño Cedeño Collages. Instituto Iconos. Mexico City. 2011

GROUP SHOWS

  • “IN CVT WE TRVST”, Museo del Juguete Antiguo México, México (MUJAM), México, 2018.[3]
  • Mujeres de Hoy. Casa de Cultura STUNAM. / Suburbano. 2014.
  • Trazo presente, Gal. Ligia Fenollosa. 2013.

PERFORMANCE

  • Participation in the performance tribute to Frida Kahlo, by Iris México, in front of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, in 2007.[4]

Oqli Collection

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Atma Iris - Omnia Mare - Coleccion Oqli

Through an exchange program of glasses for works of arts and crafts, he has gathered a large collection of works for more than a decade.[5]

Part of this collection has been promoted in collective exhibitions, the first of these in 2013, entitled Oqli Collection: Portraits, with works by Claudia Ramos, Iris Atma (Iris México), Jorge Granados, Dunkel Galicia, Carlos Bautista, América Rodríguez, J.Macdonald Henry, Hugo Navarro, Blanca Dorantes, Alejandro Pereyra, among others.[6]

It has also dedicated other events to the women artists in the collection.[7]

Among the publications of this project we can mention the book Hojas Paralelas.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Antonio Cedeño". Monolito Literary Magazine. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Pedro Infante, inspiración para artistas plásticos mexicanos". Quadratin Mexico. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ Toro, Francisco (7 February 2018). "Collective Exhibition "IN CVT WE TRVST" at the Museo del Juguete Antiguo México (MUJAM), at CdMx". Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  4. ^ Victorieux, Ra'al Ki (30 July 2022). "Bell@s Frid@s. Performance by Iris México". Atma Unum. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Primera década de la Colección Oqli, acervo que crece a través del intercambio lentes/arte". Observatorio de Arte y Cultura. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Lleva exposición el arte plástico a sitios no convencionales". NOTIMEX. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ^ Arellano, Roberto (2016). "Oqli exposiciones". Cool People Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ^ Cedeño, Toño (2020). Hojas Paralelas. Mexico: Toño Cedeño. p. 54. Retrieved 2 August 2022.