Catarsis

Rafael San Juan, Isabel María Pérez Pérez

Sculptor and scenographic designer Rafael San Juan (Havana Cuba 1973) is a member of the Hermanos Saiz Association since 1999 and was sculpture professor at the San Alejandro Fine Arts Academy from 1996 to 2003 in Havana, Cuba. Founder and artistic director of the San Juan Art Foundation in Mexico, San Juan has specialized in the creation of monumental sculptures that are exhibited in different parts of the world. Using steel, concrete, ceramics, wood, stone and plaster materials he gained popularity in Cuba when in 2015 his giant sculpture "Primavera" (Spring) of a giant woman's face that looks out to sea was placed in the famous Malecon Avenue, in Havana.