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. References External links El poder de la palabra Poemas 1931 births Living people Venezuelan painters Venezuelan male writers Venezuelan contemporary artists