Annelisse Molini was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is an artist who dabbles in painting, sculpture and installation. In 1984 she began her studies at the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico where she obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Design. In 1991 she completed her Masters in Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she received the Henry Adams Medal awarded by the American Institute of Architects to the most outstanding graduate student. She then went on to earn a Bachelor of Architecture degree.

Her interest in drawing and painting led her to complement her profession with the visual arts. While working as an architect, she took courses at the League of Arts of San Juan and from 1994 to 1998 worked under the tutelage of artist Andy Bueso, a teacher and friend, whom enriched her theoretical knowledge and helped her to formalize her participation in painting, holding her first solo exhibition at the Museum of the Americas in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1999.

Annelisse continued her learning in a self-taught way, becoming from that moment on a tireless reader and student of the subject of art and its history. In 2006 she started working full time in art and began to combine figuration with abstraction, working on social themes and experimenting with different materials such as wood, metal and rubber. Her background in architecture also led her to experiment with space, working with various installations.

Again seeking new languages of expression, Annelisse has collaborated with the prestigious fashion designer Gustavo Arango, where the combination of their disciplines has led to several works on magazine covers and in the press. Aware of the impact that art can have on human beings, and as a result of the impact of the pandemic, Molini has also developed CREATE IS GROW: ART FOR ALL, an art program for young adults with special needs with the mission of using art as a means of self-expression, increasing self-esteem and providing them with tools to work through their conditions. At this time Annelisse continues to develop her work using elements of drawing in architecture such as: sketches, perspectives, facades and other conceptual elements such as deconstructivism. These elements, together with the “collage” technique, are now part of this artist’s complex work, with her pieces belonging to important private collections and public institutions in the country as well as numerous private spaces in Puerto Rico and abroad.

ANNELISSE MOLINI
Puerto Rico

EDUCATION

1991 MA in Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
1990 International Studies in Urbanism, École d’Architecture, Paris, France
1988 BA in Environmental Design, School of Architecture, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
1987 International Studies in Urban Planning, Centro Internazionale de Architettura Andrea
Palladio, Vicenza, Italy

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024
Trastienda Works, OMSA Gallery, Southwest Ranches, FL

2023
Convergencias, Sala de Exposiciones del Plata, Dorado, Puerto Rico

2022
Art in Motion Auction, Sala de Exposiciones del Plata, Dorado, Puerto Rico
Por Amor a la Liga, Liga de Arte de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2021
El Arte en Tiempos de Pandemia II, Manifiesto artístico puertorriqueño-Delta, virtual exhibition
La Ciudad en el Tiempo: Cinco Siglos de Representaciones Artísticas de San Juan, Museo de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2020
Mascarilla… Mi Única Protección, virtual exhibition of contemporary art
Intervenidas, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2019
Collaboration with fashion designer Gustavo Arango, Hotel San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2009
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

2008
Diálogos / Devoción Verde (dual exposition), Galería A. Cueto, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2006
Ciudad a Cuatro Manos (dual exposition), Compañía de Turismo, Viego San Juan, Puerto Rico
Operación Serenidad, Museo Pablo Casals, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2005
Operación Serenidad, Casino de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Plástica Latina XX, Salon Internacional Du Val D´Or, Meillant, France

2004
Santos Irreverentes, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mujeres en Tres Tiempos, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2001
Tribute to Andy Bueso, Latin American Art Museum, Miami, FL
Plástica Latina XXVII, Salon Internacional Du Val D´Or, Meillant, France

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Baby Steps, Walter Otero Contemporary Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2019
La Escalera de Escape, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2018
Detour: Between Art and Fashion, Gustavo Arango Atelier, San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Crisis que nos Habita, Galería A. Cueto, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2011
Los Viajeros: Cuerpos que Albergan las Almas, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto
Rico

2010
Cautivo, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Des(a)tinos, Galería A. Cueto, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2008
Diálogos y Diagramas… Buscando un Camino, Latino Arts, Milwaukee, WI

2005
Entre Cielo y Suelo, Museo de las Américas, Old San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Entre Cielo y Suelo, West Gallery, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

2000
Expresiones e Impresiones, Galería Tamara, San Juan, Puerto Rico

AWARDS

2010
Receipient of Lexus Scholarship, Los Viajeros: Cuerpos que Albergan Las Almas

1991
Henry Adams Medal Award, American Institute of Architects