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Datos bíográficos

Born in 1971, Santurce, Puerto Rico. He studies in the National School of Plastic Arts at Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. He receives a Bachelor's Degree in Arts, majoring in Sculpture. He studies with distinguished sculptors such as Carmen Inés Blondet, Adelino González, Rafael López del Campo and José Ramón Padró, and also Mamoro Magsunaga, with whom he takes the workshop on Japanese Gardens at Altos del Chavón, Dominican Republic. He recently participated in the First Contest of Sculpture in Wood, Peru, and also in the First International Gathering of Sculpture in Stone, Peru. He also participated in Concert of Stone, First Contest of Sculpture in Stone, Montevideo, Uruguay; Second Triennial of Sculptors of the Americas, El Chaco, Republic of Argentina. He has helped in the Symposium of Sculpture, in the Botanical Gallery, Río Piedras, as an assistant of the Bolivian Sculptor Ted Carrasco. In the Second Symposium he works as an assistant to the Dominican Sculptor Susy Perellana. Among his awards he has the following: Selected in the Contest of Public Sculptures of the City of San Juan; Mention of Honor that he receives from (AICA) in 1996 for the price received in the Contest in Peru; First Price and Price of Acquisition received in 1994 in the Second Biennial, Contest of Plastic Arts, organized by Casa Roig Museum, Humacao, Puerto Rico.

Formation

Educación

1999 Safety Professional Development Course, 24 contact hours 1999, second edition 

1996 Second Symposium of Sculptures, Botanical Garden, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico; 

Assistant of the Dominican Sculptor Susy de Perellano 

1994 Bachelor Degree in Arts-Major in Sculpture, School of Plastic Arts, San Juan, PR; 

Professors: Carmen Inés Blondet, Adelino González, Rafael López del Campo, José Ramón Padro

1994 Workshop on Japanese Gardens, Altos de Chavón, Santo Domingo; Professor Mamoro Magsunaga 

1992 First Symposium of Sculptures, Botanical Garden,Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, Assistant of Bolivian Sculptor Ted Carrasco 

Employment Experience 

1999- Sculpture Professor in the School of Plastic Arts, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1998 Supervisor of tools and safety measures in the Sculpture Workshops, School of Plastic Arts, San Juan 

1996-1998 Assistant of the Professor Rafael López de Campo, School of Plastic of Arts, San Juan; Supervise y help students in the Sculpture Workshops 

1992-1996 Restoration of Antique Art in El Alcazar Gallery of Antique Art 

Work

Symposiums and Sculpture Contests 

2016 Bust for José Cheo Feliciano for the Plaza de los Salseros, San Juan, PR 

2012 Bust for Jesus T. Piñeiro for the Casa Rosa, Canóvanas, PR 

2008 Mamey, Monuments for the Plaza de los Artistas, Guaynabo, PR 

2007 III Bienal de Escultura en Concreto, Caguas PR 

2005 Lulea Summmer Biennal, Sweden 

2004 Public Art Project, funded by the Government of Puerto Rico 

2004 The Sculpture Project of Busan’s Biennale, Korea 

2001 Second Biennial of Iron Industry, All Steel, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico 

2001 First International Wood Sculpture Symposium in Barranca, Perú 

2001 Wood, stone and iron Sculpture Encounter in Rosario, Argentina 

2000 Third International Sculpture Symposium in Ichon, Korea 

2000 First International Symposium of Modern Sculpture in Lima, Peru 

1999 Second International Sculpture Symposium in Ichon, Korea 

1998 First International Symposium on Sculptures in stone; Lima, Peru 2 

1997 International Garden of Sculptures, Ted Carrasco, Coroico, Bolivia 

1997 First International Symposium on Sculptures in wood; Lima, Peru 

1997 'Concierto de Piedra' Stone Concert, First 

Stone Sculptures Contest; Montevideo, Uruguay 

1996 Second Triennial of Sculptors of the Americas; El Chaco, Republic of Argentina 

Individual Exhibitions 

2000 'Cuerpo Lítico' Lithic Bodies, Exhibiton Hall in the 'Princesa' Building, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1997 'Las Piedras Vivas', Live Stones, Campeche Hall, Museum of Art and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1995 Ramón Berríos'Sculptures, Plaza Las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 

1994 'Materia' Organic Matter, Exhibition Hall of the Old Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Group Exhibitions

2016 Gathering of Sculptors, Casa Escute, Carolina, PR 

2013 Students and Professors Group Exhibition, San Juan Museum, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 

2010 Exposición en pequeños formatos, Galeria Car Wash, Santurce Puerto Rico 

2008 Plaza de los Artistas, Guaynabo Puerto Rico 

2007 Bienal de Escultura en Concreto, Caguas, Puerto Rico 

2005 Sculpture Professors’ Group Exhibitions, School of Plastic Arts, San Juan 

2002 Auction of the School of Plastic Arts, Cupey, Puerto Rico 

2001 Sculpture Exhibition of Small Formats, Second Biennial of Iron Industry, All Steel,  Art Museum of Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico 

2000 ‘El Arte en Puerto Rico a través del tiempo’ Puerto Rican art through time, Art Museum of Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico 

2000 ‘Piedra, madera y metal’, Art Museum of Ponce, Puerto Rico 

1999 Christmas Evening at the MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Sacred Heart, Santurce, Puerto Rico 

1999 Professors and students, three generations, General Council of Higher Education; Santurce, Puerto Rico 

1999 Sculpture Exhibition of Small Formats, Ichon, Korea 

1999 Contest of Plastic Arts of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, Museum of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1998 Sculpture Exhibition of Small Formats, Lima, Peru 

1998 Small Format in Christmas, Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 

1998 Small Format, Michelle Marxuach Gallery, Museum of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1998 100 Years after, 100 Contemporary Artists Arsenal de la Puntilla Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

1997 Christmas Evening at the MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Sacred Heart, Santurce, Puerto Rico 

1997 Contest of Plastic Arts of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, Museum of Art and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1997 Sculpture Exhibition of Small Formats, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Punta Hermosa, Peru 

1996 Sculptures Exhibition of Small Formats, Sculptors of the Americas, Government House; Chaco, Argentina 

1994 Contest of the Institute of Arts and Sciences, Museum of Arts and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1995 National Contest of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santurce, Puerto Rico 

1995 Exhibition of Andy Bueso, Gallery Prinardi, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 

1995 Contest of the Institute of Arts and Science, Museum of Art and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1995 Christmas Group Exhibition, Botello Gallery Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 

1994 Second Biennial of Plastic Arts, Casa Roig Museum, Humacao, Puerto Rico 

1994 Graduate Exhibition, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1994 Ambush and Encounters, Museum of Arts Bayamón, Puerto Rico 

1994 Students' Annual Exhibition, School of Plastic Arts, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

1993 Between Forms and Spaces, Exhibition Hall, School of Plastic Arts, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1993 Young Artists, Papyrus Book Store, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1992 Young art in the Americas, San Juan Conservation Studio and Fine Arts Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1992 Contest of the students of the School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican Athenaeum, San Juan, Puerto Rico 5 

1991 Young Artists, Maga Gallery, Humacao, Puerto Rico 

1990 Contemporary Art Festival, Plaza Las Americas, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 

1990 Prophase, Experimental Space MSA, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1990 Contest of the students of the School of Plastic Arts, Arsenal de la Puntilla Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Awards 

2003 Selected in the Contest of Public Art of Puerto Rico 

2001 Sculptures’ Award, awarded by the participants of the symposium – First International Wood Sculpture Symposium, in Baranca, Perú 

2000 Special Guest to the Third International Sculpture Symposium, Ichon, Korea 

2000 Mention of Honor for the first price received in the Second International Sculpture Symposium in Ichon, Korea given by the international, International Association of Art Critics, (AICA), Puerto Rico 

2000 First Mention of Honor in the First International Symposioum of Modern Sculpture, Lima, Perú 

1999 First Price Second International Sculpture Symposium in Ichon, Korea 

1998 Selected in the Contest of Public Sculptures of the City of San Juan 

1997 First Price of Acquisition, Contest of Plastic Arts of the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1997 Mention of Honor for the Third Price of Acquisition, Symposium of Wood Sculpture, Peru, International Association of Art Critics, (AICA), Puerto Rico  

1997 Third Price of Acquisition, International Wood Sculpture; Lima, Peru 

1996 First Price, Contest of the Academy of Arts and Science, Museum of Art and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1996 Award for the Best First Individual Exhibition, International Association of Art Critics, (AICA), Puerto Rico 

1995 Second Price, Contest of the Academy of Arts and Science, Museum of Art and History, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1994 First Price in Sculpture, Casa Roig Museum, Humacao, Puerto Rico 

1994 Award of Acquisition, Casa Roig Museum Humacao, Puerto Rico 

1990 Mention of Honor, Contest of the students of the School of Plastic Arts, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

Institutional Collections 

Museum of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras 

Casa Roig Museum, Humacao, Puerto Rico 

Puerto Rican Athenaeum, San Juan, Puerto Rico