"These exceptional members of our faculty are doing big things, and I am grateful they call Nebraska home," said Katherine Ankerson, executive vice chancellor. "Their research, teaching, and service is changing lives, not just our students, but the lives of each other and society."
Francisco Souto is one of nine University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors to be awarded professorships from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor. Souto has received the Willa Cather professorship in art, art history and design.
Souto’s creative work pushes the technical boundaries of his discipline, through exploration of mezzotint and highly detailed drawing, while also making visual statements of the social and political reality that is eroding his home country of Venezuela. He has been an artist-in-residence in national and international venues, his prints and drawings have been published in many catalogs and books, and his work is held in several collections worldwide. Souto’s honors include more than 45 national and international awards and grants including Lorenzo iL Magnifico Award at the Florence Biennale International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Italy, special prize at the 7th International Triennial of Prints in Japan, selected prize at the 12th International Biennial of Prints and Drawing in China, and the International Award at the British International Print Exhibition. His work has been exhibited in over 95 venues in the last 12 years including the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Fonds d’Art Moderne et Contemporain in France, Till Richter Museum of Contemporary Art in Germany, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, The Nerman Museum of Art in Kansas City, and The Armory Center for the Arts in California.
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