Francisco Toledo

Place: Juchitán

Born: 1940

Biography:

Francisco Benjamín López Toledo is a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. He studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Oaxaca and the Centro Superior de Artes Aplicadas del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico, where he studied graphic arts with Guillermo Silva Santamaria.
His social and cultural concerns about his home state led to his participation in the establishment of an art library at the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO), as well as his involvement in the founding of the es:Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO), the Patronato Pro-Defensa y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural de Oaxaca,[citation needed] a library for the blind,[citation needed] a photographic center,[citation needed] and the Eduardo Mata Music Library.[citation needed] Toledo works in various media, including pottery, sculpture, weaving, graphic arts, and paintings. He has had exhibitions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Japan, Sweden, the United States, as well as other countries.[citation needed]
Toledo's parents were Zapotec. He is father of poet Natalia Toledo and artists Laureana Toledo and Dr Lakra.

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