Carlos Davila Rinaldi (San Juan, Puerto Rico 08/02/1958 -)
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About
Carlos’ abstractions present spectators with a complex visual language full of expression, color, and motion. Sometimes minimalistic and other times complex networks of shapes and lines create vibrant canvases buzzing with his signature mark.
Born in 1958, he participated in the GLCA Apprenticeship program in 1979 (now called the AICAD / New York Studio Residency Program), assisting NYC artists Robert Stackhouse and Louis Liberman. He graduated from DePauw University in 1980 with a Liberal Arts Degree.
Though he is widely recognized as a painter and sculptor, throughout his career he has also worked as a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Art Director, and Creative Director, which has given him an eye for what is current. As an artist, he exhibited four solo shows at Galleria Luigi Marrozzini until the mid-1990s, which were pivotal in his career, positioning him as a creative force within the local art scene.
During this period, Carlos was selected for the traveling exhibit, “New Art from Puerto Rico,” organized by the Springfield Art Museum in Massachusetts and curated by Susana Torruella. In 1994, he took part in the Caribbean Painting Biennial at Museo de Arte Moderno in Santo Domingo. Also that year, his works were included in “Yslas: Art in Transit,” presented at Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY.
He became a painting professor at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in San Juan for two years in the late 1990s and later, in 2001, exhibited his “No Boundaries: a 20-year Survey” at the Museo de Ballaja in Old San Juan, curated by Nilda Peraza (Director at Cayman Gallery, NYC). In 2004, Carlos was part of the traveling exhibit “Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture,” presented at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida. In May 2012, he exhibited a mid-career survey, “Only Essence Remains,” also held at the Museo de Ballaja, curated by William Stover (Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
His work is included in major private and public collections around the world, including the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), the Ponce Museum, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de PR (MAC), and the New York Federal Reserve Bank, NYC. In recent years, he has participated in various international art fairs, including Red Dot, Circa, Scope, the Armory Show, and PhotoMiami.
His body of work oscillates between colorful abstractions loaded with intricate markings and bold representational works that are keen, almost satirical observations of social issues found in his native Puerto Rico, where he expresses his acute vernacular in vivid colors.
In 2018, he presented “Aftermath,” a personal view of the issues the island faced after Hurricane Maria. In 2020, which proved to be one of his most productive years, he exhibited his perspective on the COVID Pandemic in “Lockdown Paintings,” a series of large-scale paintings that reflect his experience, thoughts, and comments during those highly medically-political times. In 2020, Carlos was part of the “Art in U.S. Embassies Program” in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia. In 2023, he presented “Caribbean Soul” at the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. in San Juan.
As an established artist, he has a quiet, resolute approach, while rendering bold and remarkable modernist strokes of his genius. To divide his work into social commentary through figuration and complex abstract language is to be reductive, as his work is a complex visual language full of expression, color, and motion.
Born in 1958, he participated in the GLCA Apprenticeship program in 1979 (now called the AICAD / New York Studio Residency Program), assisting NYC artists Robert Stackhouse and Louis Liberman. He graduated from DePauw University in 1980 with a Liberal Arts Degree.
Though he is widely recognized as a painter and sculptor, throughout his career he has also worked as a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Art Director, and Creative Director, which has given him an eye for what is current. As an artist, he exhibited four solo shows at Galleria Luigi Marrozzini until the mid-1990s, which were pivotal in his career, positioning him as a creative force within the local art scene.
During this period, Carlos was selected for the traveling exhibit, “New Art from Puerto Rico,” organized by the Springfield Art Museum in Massachusetts and curated by Susana Torruella. In 1994, he took part in the Caribbean Painting Biennial at Museo de Arte Moderno in Santo Domingo. Also that year, his works were included in “Yslas: Art in Transit,” presented at Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY.
He became a painting professor at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in San Juan for two years in the late 1990s and later, in 2001, exhibited his “No Boundaries: a 20-year Survey” at the Museo de Ballaja in Old San Juan, curated by Nilda Peraza (Director at Cayman Gallery, NYC). In 2004, Carlos was part of the traveling exhibit “Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture,” presented at the Orlando Museum of Art in Florida. In May 2012, he exhibited a mid-career survey, “Only Essence Remains,” also held at the Museo de Ballaja, curated by William Stover (Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
His work is included in major private and public collections around the world, including the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), the Ponce Museum, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de PR (MAC), and the New York Federal Reserve Bank, NYC. In recent years, he has participated in various international art fairs, including Red Dot, Circa, Scope, the Armory Show, and PhotoMiami.
His body of work oscillates between colorful abstractions loaded with intricate markings and bold representational works that are keen, almost satirical observations of social issues found in his native Puerto Rico, where he expresses his acute vernacular in vivid colors.
In 2018, he presented “Aftermath,” a personal view of the issues the island faced after Hurricane Maria. In 2020, which proved to be one of his most productive years, he exhibited his perspective on the COVID Pandemic in “Lockdown Paintings,” a series of large-scale paintings that reflect his experience, thoughts, and comments during those highly medically-political times. In 2020, Carlos was part of the “Art in U.S. Embassies Program” in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia. In 2023, he presented “Caribbean Soul” at the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. in San Juan.
As an established artist, he has a quiet, resolute approach, while rendering bold and remarkable modernist strokes of his genius. To divide his work into social commentary through figuration and complex abstract language is to be reductive, as his work is a complex visual language full of expression, color, and motion.
Exhibition
CARLOS DÁVILA RINALDI
Puerto Rico
EDUCATION
1974-1976 Art Students League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1979 GLCA Artist Apprenticeship Program, New York, NY
(Apprentice to Robert Stackhouse and Louis Lieberman)
1980 BA DePauw University, Indiana
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Caribbean Soul, Puerto Rico Tourism Co., Paseo La Princesa, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sin Wash, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
The Tarps / Sube El Telón, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2022
Accumulations/REVISITED, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
Frenzy, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2021
Nothing in Between, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2020
The Lockdown Paintings, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2019
Same’O Same’O, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2018
Aftermath, Arte@Plaza, Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2017
Habitat, Arte@Plaza, Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Absent Reality, Art Students League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015
Magicians, Hypnotists & Other Acts, Arte@Plaza, Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2014
Dual / Duel, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2013
Lingo, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2012
Only Essence Remains (Mid-Career survey curated by William Stover), Museo Las Américas,
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2010
New Work / Last 5 years: 2006-2010, Obra Galería, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
Colectivo, Obra Reciente, Petrus, Miramar Puerto Rico
2004
Musas, Galería La Alcaldía (City Hall), Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Comeback, Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2003
Pensamientos Paralelos, Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2002
Mood Swings, Petrus Galeros, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2001
No Boundaries: a 20 year survey, Museo Las Américas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999
Entrando en la Curva, Petrus Galeros, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
1996
Ojos que Ven, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce
1993
Crux, Museo de Casa Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico
1992
Acumulaciones, Galería Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan
1989
Construcciones, UPR, Recinto de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1981
Alfombras, Galería Coabey, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Flower Power, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2022
This is not Surrealism, RegularNormal at Dinner Gallery, Chelsea NYC, New York, NY
En Vivo y a Todo Color, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021
El Poder Expresivo: Una Mirada a la Colección McConnell Valdés, Museo de Arte de Puerto
Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2020
Art in U.S. Embassies, Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia
2019
Los 50 de La Liga, Museo Las Américas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015
COLOR DRAMA / Carmen Ines Blondet / Carlos Davila Rinaldi / Frances Pico, Petrus, Miramar,
Puerto Rico
2014
COLPERMA: Selected Works from MAC Permanent Collection, Banco Popular, Popular Center,
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2013
SUMMERTIME, Miramar, Puerto Rico
Colectiva MONOPATIN 2.0, C787STUDIOS, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2012
INTERCONECCIONES: Lecturas Curatoriales de la Col. MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico,
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Pasiones Contemporáneas de la Col. Serapion & Belk, Museo de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
2010
SEX SELLS / ArteFoundation, Obra Galería, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009
IMMUNITY / ArteFoundation, CIRCA Art Fair, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Reality Check / ArteFoundation, SCOPE Miami 09, Miami, FL
2008
Terruño y Paraíso Perdido 2, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2007
Contexto puertorriqueño: del Rococó Colonial al Arte Global, Museo de Arte de P.R, Santurce,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2006
Y Bernalerías Y, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Proposals: Recent Works, ArteFoundation, ARWI, San Juan Convention Center, Puerto Rico
Adult Juxtapositions / ArteFoundation, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Wall Street 1968-2008 / ArteFoundation, PhotoMiami, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
2005
Imagen de una Cultura, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2003
Muestra Nacional, Arsenal de la Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Otra Ventana: 50 Años de Television en Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2000
Tesoros de la Pintura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Small Wonders, Galerie Van Der Straeten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Grecia Olímpica, Galería Botello, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
100 en la Cien, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Invitational 1998, Galerie Van Der Straeten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
The Art Exchange Show / Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Colectiva en Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Olimpismo Mundial, Chase Manhattan
Bank, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Segunda Bienal de Pintura del Caribe y Centro América, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Pequeño Formato Latinoamericano, Galería Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Yslas: Art in Transit, Hostos Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, NY
1993
Arte, Objetos y Artefactos: Ocho Artistas, Citibank Center Atrium, Cupey, Puerto Rico
1992
De la “A” a la “Z”, Banco de Desarrollo, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Primera Bienal de Pintura del Caribe y Centro América, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Colectiva de Artistas Puertorriqueños, GalerÌa Arawak, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1991
Artistas de la Nueva Era, La Princesa, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1990
Arte Contra Hambre, Chase Manhattan Bank, Hato Rey
New Art from Puerto Rico, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Museum of Art, Brockton, MA / The Forum, St. Louis, MO
Art Gallery of Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY / Museo de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1988
Certamen 5to Centenario AVCO, Casa Blanca, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pequeño Formato, GalerÌa Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1987
Best of the Latest, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Professor’s Exhibit, Art Students League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1986
2do Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Arsenal de La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1986
Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2do Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Arsenal de La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1985
Galería Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984
1er Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Arsenal de La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1981
Muestra Nacional de Pintura y Escultura Puertorrriqueña, Instituto de Cultura, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
COLLECTIONS
ALMA, Boutique Hotel, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
American Express, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Arco Asset Management, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ateneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
B. Fernández & Hnos., Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Banco de Desarrollo Económico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Banco Popular, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Buxeda, Inc. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples, Puerto Rico
Condado Vanderbilt, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rollins Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
FirstBank, Puerto Rico
Leheigh University Museum, PA
Leo Burnet, Puerto Rico
Lopito, Ileana & Howie, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
MAP, Museo de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
McConnell Valdés, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Mobil Oil del Caribe, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Reyes-Veray Collection, Puerto Rico
Serapion Belk Collection, Puerto Rico
SIMED, Santurce, Puerto Rico
St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
UBS, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Universidad Metropolitana, Cupey, Puerto Rico
Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico
AWARDS
2nd Prize in Painting- Certamen Mobil
Honorable Mention- Certamen AVCO
Honorable Mention- Arte Joven / Chase Manhattan Bank
Premio / Portfolio de Carteles - Pabellón de Sevilla
Best Individual Exhibit / CRUX / AICA, Puerto Rico
SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY
Alegre Barrios, Mario: Nuevas dimensiones de la obra de Carlos Dávila, El Nuevo Día, May 13, 1990
Alegre Barrios, Mario: Ojos que ven en el MAC, El Nuevo Día, Por Dentro, April 19, 1996
Alegre Barrios, Mario: Con la mirada en si mismo, El Nuevo Día, Por Dentro, February 10, 2002
Alvarez Lezama, Manuel: Rhythms of Our Cultural Growth, The San Juan Star, Venue, April 21, 1996
Alvarez Lezama, Manuel: Nuestra pintura está muy viva, El Nuevo Día, Por Dentro, December 3, 2000
Alvarez Lezama: Manuel: 20 años rompiendo fronteras, El Nuevo Día, Por Dentro, February 25, 2001
Author unknown: Carlos Dávila abre hoy en Coabey, El Nuevo Día, August 13, 1981
Author unknown: Jugar por jugar, El Nuevo Día, May 16, 1999
Author unknown: Toldos en Galería Petrus, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, August 23, 2003
Author unknown: “Comeback” de Dávila Rinaldi, El Vocero, Escenario, December 2, 2004
Balk, Carolyn: Platanos y La Gringomatic, puertoricandiaspora.wordpress.com, April 2014
Benabe, Patricia: El fluir de la conciencia, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, June 8, 2003
Benítez, Marimar: Dos artistas jóvenes, El Reportero, May 2, 1987
Benítez, Marimar: Neurotic Imperatives: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico, Art Journal, Vol. 57, 1998
Blasor Lorraine: Artists for Art’s Sake, Caribbean Business - Living Well, December 7, 1989
Cherson, Samuel B.: Carlos Dávila: refrescante brisa iconoclasta, El Nuevo Día, June 2, 1990
Cherson, Samuel B.: Sencillas y refrescantes las colectivas navideñas, El Nuevo Día, January 13, 1991
Cherson, Samuel B.: La juventud busca su espacio, El Nuevo Día - Revista Domingo, September 29, 1991
Colón Camacho, Doreen: Alicea, Collazo y Dávila Rinaldi, El Nuevo Día, Por Dentro, May 24, 1996
Delgado Figueroa, Elaine: “Inspiración Real” en Petrus, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, December 1, 2004
Delgado Figueroa, Elaine: Fusión de placer y reflexión, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, December 26, 2004
Fullana Acosta, Mariela: Carlos Dávila Rinaldi presenta obras inspiradas en el huracán María, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, April 2, 2018
Fullana Acosta, Mariela: Carlos Dávila Rinaldi: entre caos y la creatividad, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, June 7, 2020
García Gutiérrez, Enrique: José Perdomo en Las Américas, Dávila-Rinaldi en el MAC, El Nuevo Día, Revista Domingo, May 12, 1996
García Gutiérrez, Enrique: La curva de Dávila Rinaldi, El Nuevo Día, Revista Domingo, October 17, 1999
García Gutiérrez, Enrique: Dávila Rinaldi sin límites, El Nuevo Día, Revista Domingo, March 18, 2001
Gil, Laura: Artistas abstractos de Puerto Rico, El Caribe, February 22, 1986
Jover Tovar, Alejandra M.: Puerto Rico en PhotoMiami 2008, Primera Hora, December 4, 2008
Morales, Carlos A.: Carlos Dávila Rinaldi: Artista polifacético, Revista Ambiente, October, 1987
Paniagua, Tere: Hay que desaprender mucho, El Nuevo Día, Por Dentro, October 3, 1999
Pérez-Lizano, Manuel: Quince artistas en Bella Artes, El Nuevo Día, June 14, 1987
Pérez -Lizano, Manuel: Grandes valores y formatos pequeños, El Nuevo Día, December 26, 1988
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana: La odisea de vivir del arte, El Nuevo Día, July 24, 2005
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana: Abraza Dávila Rinaldi el libre albedrío, El Nuevo Día, September 10, 2010
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana: La Costura del Truco, Lapiceroverde.com, June 13, 2015
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana: Lo memorable de “Contra viento y María”, Oenegé / Fundación Ángel Ramos, March 25, 2018
Pérez Ruiz, José A.: Exposición colectiva, El Mundo, December 4, 1981
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Pérez Ruiz, José A.: Art, Objects and Artifacts, ArtNexus No.10, November, 1993
Raynor, Vivien: Art; Puerto Rican Artists Bridge Two Worlds Apart, December 4, 1994
Rodríguez, Jorge: Reflexiones pictóricas de dos artistas, El Vocero, Escenario, October 6, 1999
Rodríguez, Jorge: Carlos Dávila-Rinaldi sin límites, El Vocero, Escenario, February 3, 2001
Rodríguez, Jorge: ...cambios de ánimo, El Vocero, Escenario, February 9, 2002
Rodríguez, Jorge: Pensamientos Paralelos, El Vocero, Escenario, June 9, 2003
Rodríguez, Jorge: Un Nuevo Hábitat par Carlos Dávila Rinaldi, El Vocero, Escenario, May 25, 2017
Rodríguez, Myrna: Constructions at City Hall, The San Juan Star, April 19, 1981
Rodríguez, Myrna: Cafe Art, The San Juan Star, December 6, 1981
Rodríguez, Myrna: Bad, Better & Best at Marrozzini’s, The San Juan Star, June 9, 1985
Rodríguez, Myrna: Maturity becomes Dávila-Rinaldi, The San Juan Star, April 30, 1987
Rodríguez, Myrna: Young Artists at Bellas Artes, The San Juan Star, July 9, 1987
Rodríguez, Myrna: Arte Joven exhibits a good collection of works, The San Juan Star, October 7, 1991
Roldán Soto, Camile: Desvío hacia lo Hermoso, Flash & Cultura, El Nuevo Día, May 23, 2017
Roldán Soto, Camile: CDR presenta exhibición sobre problematicas sociales de hace mas de una decada, Cultura, El Nuevo Día, June 30, 2019
Roulet, Laura: Treading New Path on the Cosmic Map, The San Juan Star, October 25, 1992
Ruiz de la Mata, Ernesto: Molto Bravo!, The San Juan Star Sunday Magazine, November 1, 1992
Russel, Gloria: Puerto Rican Concerns Expressed in Art, Sunday Republican, June 17, 1990
Soto Melendez, Juan: Pasarela a pincel y puntada, El Vocero, Escenario, June 17, 2003
Temin, Christine: Puerto Rican Show Grapples with Social and Political Issues. The Boston Sunday Globe, May 5, 1991
Tió, Teresa: Abstractos en el Arsenal, El Mundo, May 22, 1986
Tolentino, Marianne: II Congreso de Artistas Abstractos e Imponente Muestra, Listín Diario, May 17, 1986
Toro, Ana Teresa: La mancha que nos une, Cultura, El Nuevo Día, Dec. 25, 2012
Toro, Ana Teresa: Objetos, juego y un arte con humor, Cultura, El Nuevo Día, April 4, 2013
Toro, Ana Teresa: Tres miradas para un verano lluvioso, Cultura, El Nuevo Día, July 9, 2013
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Vázquez Zapata, Larissa: Olor a azul cobalto, El Nuevo DÌa, Por Dentro, June 27, 1999
Vázquez Zapata, Larissa: Asientos de la creatividad, El Nuevo Día, Arte y Cultura, August 16, 2005
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Puerto Rico
EDUCATION
1974-1976 Art Students League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1979 GLCA Artist Apprenticeship Program, New York, NY
(Apprentice to Robert Stackhouse and Louis Lieberman)
1980 BA DePauw University, Indiana
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Caribbean Soul, Puerto Rico Tourism Co., Paseo La Princesa, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sin Wash, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
The Tarps / Sube El Telón, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2022
Accumulations/REVISITED, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
Frenzy, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2021
Nothing in Between, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2020
The Lockdown Paintings, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2019
Same’O Same’O, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2018
Aftermath, Arte@Plaza, Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2017
Habitat, Arte@Plaza, Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Absent Reality, Art Students League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015
Magicians, Hypnotists & Other Acts, Arte@Plaza, Plaza las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2014
Dual / Duel, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2013
Lingo, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2012
Only Essence Remains (Mid-Career survey curated by William Stover), Museo Las Américas,
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2010
New Work / Last 5 years: 2006-2010, Obra Galería, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
Colectivo, Obra Reciente, Petrus, Miramar Puerto Rico
2004
Musas, Galería La Alcaldía (City Hall), Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Comeback, Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2003
Pensamientos Paralelos, Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2002
Mood Swings, Petrus Galeros, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2001
No Boundaries: a 20 year survey, Museo Las Américas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999
Entrando en la Curva, Petrus Galeros, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
1996
Ojos que Ven, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce
1993
Crux, Museo de Casa Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico
1992
Acumulaciones, Galería Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan
1989
Construcciones, UPR, Recinto de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1981
Alfombras, Galería Coabey, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Flower Power, Galería Petrus, Miramar, Puerto Rico
2022
This is not Surrealism, RegularNormal at Dinner Gallery, Chelsea NYC, New York, NY
En Vivo y a Todo Color, Eve Leibe Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021
El Poder Expresivo: Una Mirada a la Colección McConnell Valdés, Museo de Arte de Puerto
Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2020
Art in U.S. Embassies, Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia
2019
Los 50 de La Liga, Museo Las Américas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2015
COLOR DRAMA / Carmen Ines Blondet / Carlos Davila Rinaldi / Frances Pico, Petrus, Miramar,
Puerto Rico
2014
COLPERMA: Selected Works from MAC Permanent Collection, Banco Popular, Popular Center,
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2013
SUMMERTIME, Miramar, Puerto Rico
Colectiva MONOPATIN 2.0, C787STUDIOS, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2012
INTERCONECCIONES: Lecturas Curatoriales de la Col. MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico,
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Pasiones Contemporáneas de la Col. Serapion & Belk, Museo de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
2010
SEX SELLS / ArteFoundation, Obra Galería, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009
IMMUNITY / ArteFoundation, CIRCA Art Fair, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Reality Check / ArteFoundation, SCOPE Miami 09, Miami, FL
2008
Terruño y Paraíso Perdido 2, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2007
Contexto puertorriqueño: del Rococó Colonial al Arte Global, Museo de Arte de P.R, Santurce,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2006
Y Bernalerías Y, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Proposals: Recent Works, ArteFoundation, ARWI, San Juan Convention Center, Puerto Rico
Adult Juxtapositions / ArteFoundation, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Wall Street 1968-2008 / ArteFoundation, PhotoMiami, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
2005
Imagen de una Cultura, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2003
Muestra Nacional, Arsenal de la Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Otra Ventana: 50 Años de Television en Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2000
Tesoros de la Pintura Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Small Wonders, Galerie Van Der Straeten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Grecia Olímpica, Galería Botello, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
100 en la Cien, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Invitational 1998, Galerie Van Der Straeten, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
The Art Exchange Show / Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Colectiva en Conmemoración del Primer Centenario del Olimpismo Mundial, Chase Manhattan
Bank, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Segunda Bienal de Pintura del Caribe y Centro América, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Pequeño Formato Latinoamericano, Galería Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Yslas: Art in Transit, Hostos Art Gallery, Bronx, New York, NY
1993
Arte, Objetos y Artefactos: Ocho Artistas, Citibank Center Atrium, Cupey, Puerto Rico
1992
De la “A” a la “Z”, Banco de Desarrollo, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Primera Bienal de Pintura del Caribe y Centro América, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Colectiva de Artistas Puertorriqueños, GalerÌa Arawak, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1991
Artistas de la Nueva Era, La Princesa, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1990
Arte Contra Hambre, Chase Manhattan Bank, Hato Rey
New Art from Puerto Rico, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Museum of Art, Brockton, MA / The Forum, St. Louis, MO
Art Gallery of Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY / Museo de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1988
Certamen 5to Centenario AVCO, Casa Blanca, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pequeño Formato, GalerÌa Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1987
Best of the Latest, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Professor’s Exhibit, Art Students League, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1986
2do Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Arsenal de La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1986
Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2do Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Arsenal de La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1985
Galería Luigi Marrozzini, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984
1er Congreso de Artistas Abstractos, Arsenal de La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
1981
Muestra Nacional de Pintura y Escultura Puertorrriqueña, Instituto de Cultura, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
COLLECTIONS
ALMA, Boutique Hotel, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
American Express, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Arco Asset Management, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ateneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
B. Fernández & Hnos., Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Banco de Desarrollo Económico, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Banco Popular, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Buxeda, Inc. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
Cooperativa de Seguros Multiples, Puerto Rico
Condado Vanderbilt, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rollins Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
FirstBank, Puerto Rico
Leheigh University Museum, PA
Leo Burnet, Puerto Rico
Lopito, Ileana & Howie, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
MAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
MAP, Museo de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
McConnell Valdés, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Mobil Oil del Caribe, Puerto Rico
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Reyes-Veray Collection, Puerto Rico
Serapion Belk Collection, Puerto Rico
SIMED, Santurce, Puerto Rico
St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
UBS, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Universidad Metropolitana, Cupey, Puerto Rico
Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico
AWARDS
2nd Prize in Painting- Certamen Mobil
Honorable Mention- Certamen AVCO
Honorable Mention- Arte Joven / Chase Manhattan Bank
Premio / Portfolio de Carteles - Pabellón de Sevilla
Best Individual Exhibit / CRUX / AICA, Puerto Rico
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Ruckus
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