Antonio Alberto Pérez Santos

Provincial President of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC). Elected Deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power for the municipality of Remedios, province of Villa Clara, on April 18, 2018 for the IX Legislature.

He was born in the town of Meneses in the former territory of Las Villas. He began his working life as a specialist in sociocultural studies in Yaguajay.

Tony graduated in 1993 as a Bachelor of Art History from the University of Havana. He successively served as subdirector of the Samuel Feijóo School of Professional Art, president of the Provincial Council of Plastic Arts, vice president of the Hermanos Saíz Association, and president of the Provincial Committee of UNEAC. Since 2016 he was part of the Provincial Committee of the Party in Villa Clara, and in 2018 he was elected deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power.

He is part of the presidency of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) and of the National Council.

Elected Deputy to the National Assembly of People's Power on April 18, 2018 in the Constitutive Session of the IX Legislature, held at the Palace of Conventions in Havana.

His trajectory as a critic of visual arts and curator of exhibitions—he paid special attention to popular painters, muralism, humor, and expressions of young creators—highlighted the spirit of service that led him to sacrifice part of his personal career for the collective development of culture in his province and in the country.

He conducted research on topics such as Mexican painting of the eighties, environmental sculpture in Havana and Villa Clara, or the humorous supplement Melaíto.

He published articles in various periodicals, drafted numerous exhibition catalogs, and wrote prefaces for several books. He was curator of dozens of exhibitions. He also served on countless artistic competition juries, as well as on teaching tribunals.

Through his work in academia, he contributed to a notable improvement in the quality of training for young artists.

He received several recognitions, such as outstanding member of the National Council of Plastic Arts, of the People's Power system, and of the Ministry of Culture. He was also awarded the cultural distinction Zarapico.

A man of remarkable clarity in the exercise of the cultural policy of the Cuban Revolution, he enjoyed enormous leadership and notably contributed to establishing the most fruitful and coherent relations between creators and institutions.