Career
During the 1950s, Cedeño was a professional in Aeronautical engineering and automotive mechanics in Havana. His first individual exhibition, José Cedeño. Antillana de Acero, opened in 1971 in Havana, Cuba.
He has also participated in a number of collaborative shows: the II Trienal de Arte Insito (Naif), in Bratislava, Slovakia (Czechoslovakia at the time), in 1969.
The 11 Pintores Ingenuos de Cuba, at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City in 1976. The Artistas Populares de Cuba, at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Louisiana Habana in 1981.
And the Inventario de Cosas Naturales. Pintores, Dibujantes y Escultores populares de Cuba, at the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, in Havana in 1990.
The principal collection of his work is at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Louisiana Habana, Havana.