Félix Juan Alberto Beltrán Concepción (1938 ) is a Cuban graphic designer, painter, draftsman and engraver. He has had an important career as a graphic designer, painter, draftsman and engraver.
He studied in the United States between 1956 and 1962, studying Graphic Design at the School of Visual Arts, painting in the American Art School and lithography at the Pratt Graphic Art Center in New York City. He also studied at the New School for Social Research, where he met Adorno, Erich Fromm and Herbert Marcuse, amongst others.
Félix Beltrán has a long professional experience because he worked on different publications and institutions. Between 1953 and 1956 he was a designer for Publicidad McCann Erickson Co., and was a juror in 1974 of VI Biennale des Arts Graphiques in Czechoslovakia and in 1976 of 6th International Poster Biennale in Zaçheta Gallerand, Warsaw, Poland. Since the middle of the 1980s he has resided in Mexico City, where he became the curator of Archivo Gráfico Internacional at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. He also was a professor of Graphic Design in the Instituto Superior de Diseño Industrial (ISDI) (1980-1982), Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) (1976 - 1982), in Havana, Cuba; at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Tamaulipas and the Universidad Iberoamericana in México. At present time, he is a professor at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana also in México.
His personal exhibitions include: in 1971 "Símbolos de Félix Beltrán" in Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba; "Exhibition Hall Ruski Avenue",in Sofia, Bulgaria and after 1990 he did "Pinturas Deconstructivas de Félix Beltrán" in different galeries of Mexico City, like Galery Frida Kahlo, Gallery Santos Balmori, Gallery Artis and Gallery Trazo.
He also took part in many collective exhibitions like one in 1960 at New Gallery, New York City.; in 1966 at the Gutenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany; International Trade Marks Exhibition, New York City. and in "Affiches Cubains" at the Musée d’Art et Industrie, Paris, France. Another exhibitions were in The Latin American Graphics Arts Biennial and Museum of Contemporary and Hispanic Art (MOCHA), New York City, in 1986. His work is also featured in the collection of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
During his life he has obtained many awards and recognitions like the Prize American Institute and Graphic Art in National Exhibition of Communication Arts, California, U.S.A. in 1962; Prize International cartels contest Moscow 88 Habana, Cuba; in 1981 was Honorary Member of Academia Mexicana de Diseño and Colegio de Diseñadores Industriales y Gráficos and International University Foundation, of Delaware.
Felix Beltran, Member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and of the Type Directors Club of New York, reflecting on the concept of the poster: "Throughout its history, the poster has been characterized by a distinctive feature: persuasion. It has faced the increasing emergence of many media, which reflect the existence of countless influences. One of the richest periods of this graphic genre was the decade of the twenties, when the poster in Central Europe had immense ascendancy over other media and, as a result of its properties and simplicity, constituted almost a scandal in the streets, an art exhibition for all passersby. In recent years, as in no other period of history, new media have developed as a result of the accelerated increase in communications, as well as of the need for expansion in order to reach the farthest corners of the world. In the face of this challenge, the poster is struggling to survive and occupy interior spaces. It will also attempt to make greater use of special effects, taking advantage of the various possibilities and options the printing processes offer"
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| 1960, Felix Beltran |
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| 1965, Karl Kessel logo |
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| 1961 Sound, Tienda de discos logo |
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| 1963, La Habana logo |
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| 1964, Minisap Feal Estate logo |
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| 1968, Instituto Cubano del Petroleo logo |
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| 1965, Aero-Cargo logo |
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| 1968, Unival logo |
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| 1965, Fábrica de Plástico logo |
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| 1968, Centro de Información CNC |
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| 1970, Museo Nacional logo |
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| 1972, Hormicuba Concrete logo |
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| 1973, Ministerio del Comercio Exterior Logo |
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| 1973, Taxis Nacionales Ministerio de Transportes logo |
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| 1975 Bicentenario de los Estados Unidos de América Comisión Nacional Española |
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| 1975, Hotel Henequen Logo |
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| 1980, Tecnotec metal logo |
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| 1980, Helio Logo |
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| 1988, Instituto Tecnológico Geominero de España, Cruz Novillo |
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| 1982, Letra y Linea logo |
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| Democracia logo |
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| 1983 Teran logo |
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| 1983, Interexport logo |
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2006, Expressive face
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| Che |
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| Face |
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| Injusticia |
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| 1968, Instituto Cubano del Petroleo poster |
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| 1968, Vietnam Will Win, ietnam Vencera, Vietnam Vaincra |
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1969, 1ER Ciclo de Cine Sobre el Transito
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| 1971, Angela Davis Poster |
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| Confluencias cover |
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| Espejuelos |
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| Graphic for exhibition Japanese poster |
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| Imperialism |
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| La Ultima Cena Movie poster |
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Viva el XVII Anniversary Poster
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