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Summary
[edit]Ney Coto Pinzón was a Panamanian post-impressionist and surrealist painter, poet, activist and journalist, active in the second half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st.[1] He is recognized for an individual visual style utilizing elongated figures, complex layers, and floating forms.[2] During his 40-year artistic career, he also worked as a journalist,[3][4] and published 2 books of poetry.[5][6] In1960 he received a letter from Fidel Castro thanking him for supporting the revolution in Cuba.[7]He also participated in an armed guerrilla uprising in Panama that same year.[8] He was an active opponent of the military dictatorships of Omar Torrijos and Manuel Noriega.[4][3]
Early Life
[edit]Ney was born in Panama City, Panama on May 23,1933. His father was a painter and his mother died in a psychiatric hospital at a very young age. [1]: 1 Young Ney had a tumultuous youth and spent time in a reform school in Costa Rica [1]: 1 .
He joined the radical left wing Popular Party formed in 1956.[1]: 3 . In 1958 he joined "La Generacion del 58" a movement of university students who agitated for national sovereignty and control of the Panama Canal. [9] In the 1980's he worked for Radio Libertad, an underground radio network of students opposed to the Noriega dictatorship.[1]: 5 He was an active figure within mid-to-late 20th-century Panamanian civil rights movements.[4]
Later Life
[edit]He began painting in the early 1970's when he was in his late 30's. In later years his step-daughter states that he was "bipolar and neurotic" and very difficult to live with. [1]: 5 . "Ney would spend hours, days and months on a single painting. During those times he didn't want to talk; he would only breathe, sweat and paint."[1]: 7 . His business card stated that he had "many levels of consciousness" and that he specialized in art, jewelry, antique , graphology, numerology and palmistry.[7]
Over an artistic career spanning four decades, his artwork developed a signature visual language combining dense, tapestry-like textures and contemplative figures.[1]
In 1986, Coto Pinzón received an invitation from UNESCO to host an exhibition of his work in Paris, France. However, due to a lack of travel funds, he was unable to complete the international journey.[1] His legacy has been preserved through private collections[7] and retrospective exhibitions.[10] His last known signed painting is "Evocacion" in 2006.
Exhibitions
[edit]Coto Pinzón's artwork has been featured in multiple exhibitions including in the United States and Panama.[1] [7]Major exhibitions include:
- 1986 – Invitation for an exhibition by UNESCO, Paris, France (unrealized).[1]
- 1988 - 1992– During this period, Ney was featured in five exhibitions organized by The National League of American Pen Women Inc., Panama Chapter. These exhibitions included presentations at Citibank de Balboa and Fort Clayton Art Gallery, reflecting his active presence in Panama’s cultural and artistic community.[1][7]
- 1993 - “Creación Lírica” at the National Bank of Panama. The exhibition materials from this period show both the formal presentation of his paintings and the growing recognition of his work within Panamanian cultural spaces.[1][7]
- 1994 - Pinzón’s work was presented at Chase Manhattan Bank in Panama. This exhibition continued to position his paintings within respected institutional and cultural settings, building visibility for his distinctive visual language.[1][7]
- 1997 - Exhibited at Panama City Hall with the presentation “Una Pintura Diferente.” The archival program materials describe him as a poet, journalist, and painter, and note that his artistic work had earned him recognition and prestige.[1][7]
- 2010 - works from a private collection were presented at Pangea Restaurant in Panama. This exhibition introduced Ney Coto Pinzón’s paintings to a new audience and emphasized the sensuality, movement, spirituality, and emotional power found throughout his work.[7]
- 2025– Encuentro de Dos Épocas, retrospective exhibition at the Galería Banconal, Banco Nacional de Panamá, Panama City, Panama.[1][7][10]
- Today - His 1995 work "Cosmica Vision Antropomortica" and one other are preserved in the vault of The National Bank of Panama.
Publications
[edit]- Ney Coto Pinzon: Panama's Greatest 20th Century Painter[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Anonymous (2023). Ney Coto Pinzon: Panama's Greatest 20th Century Painter. Seattle, WA: Amazon Digital Services. ISBN 979-8862590210.
- ↑ "Latin American Masters: The Art of Ney Coto". The La Crosse Tribune. August 23, 2008. p. 2.
- 1 2 Rowley, Storer (15 August 1988). "Thousands In Panama Honor Arias, Denounce Gen. Noriega". Durham Morning Herald. pp. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-panama/202797958/.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 3 "Panamanian Journalist and Painter Ney Coto Pinzón". The Chicago Tribune. August 15, 1988. p. 5.
- ↑ "Author Search Results :: Catálogo SIIDCA-CSUCA". catalogosiidca.csuca.org. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
- ↑ "José María Sucre, el hombre de las manos grandes" [José María Sucre, the man with the big hands]. La Prensa. Mar 15, 1999. p. 60. Retrieved 2026-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Doherty, Gary (July 14, 2023). "Exhibits and History". Ney Coto Pinzon.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "El levantamiento del Cerro Tute" (in Spanish). 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
- ↑ Royo, Aristides (24 February 2022). "NeyCoto" "Columna Literaria La Voz de Academia". La Prensa. pp. B4. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Económico, Panorama (2025-01-16). "Inicia las exhibiciones 2025 en la Galería Banconal con obras de Ney Coto y Erasmo Prado". Panorama Económico Panamá (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-07-26.
- "Activism and Art in Late 20th Century Panama". Durham Morning Herald (The Herald-Sun). August 15, 1988. p. 7.
- Redacción (March 15, 1990). "Periodismo y Oposición durante la Dictadura de Noriega". La Prensa. Panama City, Panama. p. 60.
- Redacción (February 24, 2022). "El Legado de Ney Coto Pinzón en el Arte Panameño". La Prensa. Panama City, Panama. p. B4.
- "Inicia las exhibiciones 2025 en la Galería Banconal con obras de Ney Coto y Erasmo Prado". Panorama Económico Panamá. January 15, 2025.
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