Pablo Marcano García, is a Puerto Rican artist. He holds a bachelor's degree in Social Science from the University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus. In 1975 he completed all his partial requirements for obtaining his Master's and Doctorate, simultaneously, in Political Science at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In January 1985, his book The Criminality and Crisis of Prisons in Puerto Rico was published, which has been used by prominent sociologists, criminologists, and jurists in the country's universities. At the age of 30, under the tutelage of one of our best graphic artists, Carlos Irizarry, he started in drawing and painting. He also receives guidance from African-American artists Jamil and Rashid Wright. In recent years, Marcano García founded, in union with Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Danny Rivera, the InternationalInstitute of Fine Arts and Music. This novel pedagogical project is inclusive and itinerant in nature, and grants scholarships to talented and resource-poor Latin American youth to study in the field of fine arts and music. Outstanding art critics from the Caribbean region consider the work of Marcano García as exceptional. Currently, important private and public collections, in and out of Puerto Rico contain pieces by this artist. In 2009,together with the young artist Rosana Vázquez Medina and Nelson Díaz, he developed his concept of community art with which he achieves a living work of great color and enormous emotional impact. He was a Resident Artist of the University of Turabo, an institution with which he collaborated in these last decades. Prominent art critics from the Caribbean region consider Marcano García's work to be exceptional. Currently important private and public collections inside and outside Puerto Rico contain pieces by this artist.
Political activism
In 1978, Pablo, together with Nydia Cuevas Rivera, took hostage the Consul of Chile in the Chilean Consulate in Puerto Rico.They demanded the release of the Puerto Rican political prisoners, and the ceasing of celebrations in the island of 4 July Festivities. They were arrested after 22 hours in the consulate. For them it would've been 22 years in jail for 22 hours, but the sentence was lowered to seven years only. Pablo was sent to a prison in New York State. When he was released in 1985, a big crowd of people welcomed him at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico. Among them were Rafael Cancel Miranda, Isabel Rosado, and Doña Consuelo Ferré, among others.
Personal life
He has four children. He has, along with singer Danny Rivera, the Dominican Republic citizenship since 2007. He was granted the UNEAC Honorary Member title. He was the first Puerto Rican to get it.
