Leandro Soto

Leandro Soto
BornMarch 13, 1956[1]
Cienfuegos, Cuba
DiedJuly 3, 2022(2022-07-03) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityCuban American
Occupation(s)Visual artist, performance artist, set designer, costume designer

Leandro Soto (born Leandro Soto Ortiz; March 13, 1956 – July 3, 2022) was a Cuban-American multidisciplinary visual/installation and performance artist. He was also a set and costume designer for theater and film. [2] Soto studied at Escuela Nacional de Arte National Art Schools (Cuba) and Instituto Superior de Arte, University of Havana. As an educator he taught and lectured at various Higher Education institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Soto also founded a creative workshop, El Tesoro de Tamulte, in Tabasco, Mexico, from which professional artists emerged. [3]

  1. ^ "Cuban Theater Digital Archive". ctda.library.miami.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. ^ Soto, Leandro. "Leandro Soto Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University Of Miami Libraries". University of Miami Libraries. Coral Gables, FL. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. ^ Soto, Leandro (2003). tesoro-de-tamulte-arte-desde-el-tropico (1st ed.). Phoenix, Arizona: Editorial Orbis Press, Phoenix. Ariz. OCLC 58678600. Retrieved 26 September 2023.