Teddy Cobeña

Background

Teddy Cobeña was born on April 16, 1973 in Portoviejo, Ecuador. He is the son of David Cobeña Vinces and Judith Loor Rodríguez.

Education

Teddy Cobeña was educated at the Jesuit school. Then he began his studies of medicine in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and in 1998 he graduated as a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery. He ended his formation in Barcelona as a radiologist and in preventive medicine, there he began at the same time a formation in sculpture at Massana School (Escola Massana), Barcelona Academy of Art (Academia de Arte de Barcelona) and Florence Academy of Art.

Career

Teddy Cobeña lives in a Barcelona, Spain, and works as both a doctor and a sculptor since 1999.

His work as a sculptor is characteristically figurative, initially influenced by Jean-Baptista Carpeaux and later by the dalinian surrealism. In most of his sculptures the expressionist style and also surrealism is noted. He combines the patinas in many of his bronze sculptures resulting in a range of colors. The merger of emotional expressiveness, figuration and sometimes with surrealism is seen in his works.

Besides, Cobeña had a number of exhibitions in Spain, Italy, France and Japan. His bronze work "The dreams" is in the Palazzo Panciatichi in Florence, at the museum of the government of Tuscany, Italy, since June 2013.

Achievements

• In November 2016 Cobeña received the international sculpture awards "Aigle de Bronze" and "Villa de Nice" in France, on the occasion of the 28th "Aigle de Nice" Fine Arts Exhibition. Among his numerous awards are also Medal Award of Sculpture; International Sculpture Prize of Provence, Alpes Maritimes-Côte d’Azur and the Mayor of Nice; International Prize of Governor of Hyogo, and the others.

Works

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• book

  • Estoy hablando de ti: Todo lo que concierne a tu vida, tus relaciones, tu dinero, tu salud... Y como conseguir lo que deseas! (Spanish Edition)

• painting

  • Pregnancy ideas

  • Peixet

  • Monument in Bronze of Teddy Cobena

  • Courtship

  • Detalle de "Versatilidad de la física cuántica"

  • Detalle de "No a la violencia de género. Conversemos"

Views

Quotations: “Sculpture is the expression of life … and life is art. It is somehow the solidifying of what we experience, both consciously and unconsciously. I make ways of expressing our own existence.”

“How wonderful life is!”

Membership

He is a member of the French Association of Sculpture and Painting “L’Aigle de Nice International” and AEPE.

Personality

In his adolescence he was interested in the study of anatomy having in the family bookcase a biography of Leonardo da Vinci.

Connections

Father:

David Cobeña Vinces

Mother:

Judith Loor Rodríguez