LezKno and photo ceramics

By: Alina Dupré
Photos: Rolando Pujol

A pioneer in photo-ceramics in Cuba, Yasser Lezcano Hernández, LezKno (Havana, 1970), experimented and developed a method of his own to imprint photographs on ceramics….full artistic creation through the reproduction of his brilliant and colorful images on majolica ware surfaces.

With a Law Degree and Master of Informatics Security, he approaches photographic techniques in 1994 as self taught, exploring such with the help of courses and workshops on classic, digital and artistic photography as well as composition. All of this led him to master computer technology as a work tool linked to digital photography and graphic design.

An independent artist since 2008, he is head of the Foto cerámica LezKno project, a permanent promotional and exhibition space of his work to the community. One of its kind in Cuba and pioneer in Latin America, the project focuses on experiencing the fusion between ceramics and photography, imprinted in his iconography on tiles or earthenware.

He is accredited as photographer for the Cuban Canine Federation – allowing him to apply this theme participating in national and international exhibitions – and correspondent of the international magazine Best in Show Latino, specialized in care and raising of pure bred dogs. His work was selected by UN World Food Program as image for their 2012 calendar.

A member of the Cuban Association of Social Communication he participates in different community projects, teaching photography to children. Interviewed by some twenty magazines, newspapers and radio and television programs, his work has been extensively covered by the media and Internet. His pieces have been published in national and international magazines.

This young creator signs a wide simple of murals and two dozen personal exhibitions. He has donated pieces to prestigious personalities and political entities belonging to art and culture in Cuba and abroad.

His photographic portfolio encompasses a wide array of themes from nature, environment, animals or landscapes to nude and Cuban day to day life.

Gallery: 42 St No. 1710, between 17 y 19, Playa, La Habana
Phone: 206 7686 / 5 344 3378
foto.lezkno@gmail.com
www.fotoceramicalezkno.com