Pablo Marcano García

Who is Pablo Marcano García?

Pablo Marcano García is a Puerto Rican painter, and together with singer Danny Rivera heads the International Academic Seminary of the Americas in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Marcano developed his talent while serving a sentence in a federal prison after a conviction for having violated federal laws within the Chilean consulate in San Juan in the late 1970s while protesting against General Pinochet's regime in the South American country.

His artwork, which includes large-scale paintings that resemble stained glass, is regarded as exceptional by well-known art critics in the Caribbean. His paintings can be seen in collections such as the ones from the Ponce Museum of Art, the Turabo University Museum, and his expositions at Casa Aboy, the University of Puerto Rico Art Museum, the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Plaza Las Américas, the Roberto Clemente Academy at Chicago, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company Art Gallery and many others. The Puerto Rico Senate recently showcased his work at its Puerto Rican Art Gallery and one of his paintings, personally selected by don Luis A. Ferré and owned by the Ponce Museum of Art is the most prominent art work in the ceremonial office of the Senate President, under Antonio Fas Alzamora, Kenneth McClintock and Thomas Rivera Schatz, as well as the ceremonial office of Puerto Rico House of Representatives Speaker Jennifer González. Recently his paintings have been exhibited in Zafra, Córdoba, Málaga, Spain and, in October 2009, the Puerto Rico Department of State.His paintings express the importance and solidarity between Puerto Ricans and our nature... According to García "The jungle, water, and sun are as much a part of our lives as the air we breathe and the music we play"