René Francisco (born 1960, Holguín, Cuba)[1] is a Cuban contemporary artist living in Havana.
[2][3][4][5] He entered the ISA (Instituto Superior de Arte) as a student in 1977, graduated in 1982, and studied until 1989, when he became a professor.
More than a few of Francisco's former students, such as Alexandre Arrechea, Wilfredo Prieto and Duvier del Dago Fernandez, have gone on to achieve artistic prominence on their own.
His commitment to El Romerillo, one of Havana's most notorious slums, extends beyond artistic interest.
In 2004, René Francisco turned the yard of Marcelina Ochoa, who everyone in El Romerillo called “Nin”, into a garden.