Juan Boza Sánchez

Juan Boza Sánchez
Juan Boza Sánchez
Born	1941; Camaguey, Cuba
Died	1991 (aged 49–50); New York City

Juan Boza Sánchez or Juan Stopper Sanchez (1941 in Camagüey, Cuba – 1991 in New York City, New York) was a gay Afro-Cuban-American artist specializing at painting, drawing, engraving, installation and graphic design.

Boza Sánchez studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" from 1960 to 1962 and then from 1962 to 1964 at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA) both located in Havana, Cuba. He was expelled from San Alejandro due to "political issues" and became a lithographer with the Experimental Graphic Workshop in 1965.

Boza Sánchez was fired as a result of the Congress of Education and Culture which convened in 1971 and led to the censorship of many artists in Cuba. In the years between 1971 and his exodus from Cuba in 1980 Boza restored religious statues to earn a living.

He died in 1991 in New York City.

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