Pen Cayetano

Delvin "Pen" Cayetano MBE (* 1954 in Dangriga in Belize ) is a Belizean painter and musician. He lived in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler for almost twenty years .

biography

Cayetano comes from the Central American country Belize, the former British Honduras. He became an autodidactic painter and musician. It is influenced by the indigenous Garifuna culture and the Creole culture of Belize. Both form the largest black population groups in his home country.

In 1981 Pen Cayetano developed Punta Rock , which combines Garifuna music with modern rock music. With his group "The Turtle Shell Band" he performed in Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and the USA. Today, Punta Rock is the main genre of music in Belize.

In 1990 he moved to Germany and lived with his family in Ahrweiler . Cayetano intensively developed his musical and artistic work in his new home. He perfected his skills in portraying the colorful and lively Garifuna culture, but also painted impressions of his new German homeland. Cayetano has had exhibitions in his Belizean homeland, the USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Switzerland and England.

During his stay in Germany, he traveled to his homeland Belize at least once a year and was thus able to participate in the current art and music developments.

In 2003 he received the “Award for Creation and Master of Punta Rock” from the National Institute for Culture and History of Belize and the National Garifuna Council.

In 2009 he and his German wife Ingrid decided to move back to Belize, where they opened the "Pen Cayetano Studio Gallery". In collaboration with Ingrid, Pen gives art, music, dance and textile courses.

Web links

• Pen Cayetanos website
• The Beginning of Punta Rock
• Pen Cayetano and The Garifuna Sound