Background
Cabada was born on October 25, 1931, in Barcelona, Spain.
Cabada was born on October 25, 1931, in Barcelona, Spain.
He studied painting at the National School of Fine s in Lima, Peru under Oscar Allain Cotera. He also studied at the Corcoran College of and Design, and the Ecola Massana in Barcelona.
He has been exhibited in galleries and museums such as the Royal Institute of Thailand in Bangkok, Thailand, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, and the Corcoran Gallery of in Washington, District of Columbia
He currently lives in Washington District of Columbia
Cabada works almost exclusively as a painter, particularly acrylic on canvas. He counts Richard Serra, Francis Bacon, Frank Gehry, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Alberto Giacometti among his artistic influences, not only for their style, but also for their process and perfectionist natures. He experimented with several different styles before settling on acrylic on canvas, and his style has also shifted considerably.
His earlier work was considerably more figurative than his later abstract works, and was generally cartoonish and whimsical in style.
Many of his early subjects were flowers, dancers, and portraits, especially portraits of classical composers and musicians. Among them are a large (61" x 61") acrylic painting of Frédéric Chopin, which was exhibited in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing s in Washington District of Columbia from 1973–1983, and a portrait of Elvis Presley which was featured on the front cover of Music Educator"s Journal in 1970.
Cabada"s works are in the following collections:
Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Museum of, Dayton, Ohio
Goethe House Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Stafford, Stafford, Connecticut
Harvard University, Cambridge, Master of Arts
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
National Marine Museum, Quantico, Virginia
Music Educators and National Conference, Washington, District of Columbia
Cafritz Collection, Washington, District of Columbia
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing s, Washington, District of Columbia
Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia
Bicentennial Language Incentive Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Army Hospital Walter Reed, Washington, District of Columbia
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, District of Columbia
International Business Machines Corporation Gallery, New York, New York
TechWorld, Washington, District of Columbia
Maryland University, Doctor of Medicine.