When the Taller Huella exhibition was presented at the Venezuelan Embassy in Paris in 1995, the critic and historian Juan Carlos Palenzuela (1954–2007) was stationed there as cultural attaché. According to members of the Taller Huella, reminiscing in catalogue essays after the critic’s death, Palenzuela was a great promoter and supporter of their group. At the time of this exhibition, Taller Huella had been around for fifteen years as a constant presence in the Venezuelan graphic arts world. Membership consisted of five artists, all graduates from CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica) and members of TAGA (Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados). The Taller was very busy from 1980 through 1995, and has worked together sporadically since then. The group played an important teaching role and had several exhibitions in Venezuela. They also had some international exhibitions, such as the one that Palenzuela mentions (Paris, 1995), and an earlier one in Cuba at the Casa de las Américas (Havana) in 1993.
[For more about TAGA, see the article in the ICAA digital archive by Bélgica Rodríguez “El TAGA: un sueño de verdad” (doc. no. 1068980); by Zuleiva Vivas “La Huella del grabado” (doc. no. 1101476); and the newspaper articles by Mara Comerlati “El TAGA le ofrece al artista la libertad de crear” (doc. no. 1101412), and “El TAGA aspira a ser la casa del artista gráfico venezolano” (doc. no. 1081133)].