Juan Calzadilla
# Juan Calzadilla

Juan Calzadilla (Altagracia de Orituco, 1931) is a Venezuelan poet, painter, and art critic.

## Education

He studied in the Universidad Central de Venezuela and in the Instituto Pedagógico Nacional.

## Artistic Life

He is co-founder of the group El techo de la ballena (1961), and Imagen magazine (1984). Calzadilla represented Venezuela at the 57th Venice Art Biennale.

## Works

* Dictado por la jauría (1962)
* Malos modales (1968)
* Oh smog (1978)
* Antología paralela (1988)
* Minimales (1993)
* Principios de Urbanidad (1997)
* Corpolario (1998)
* Diario sin sujeto (1999)
* Aforemas (2004)
* Vela de armas (2008)
* Noticias del alud (2009)

## Awards

* National Prize of Plastic Arts of Venezuela, 1996.
