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Art has
become the intermediary to a personal way of exploring my distrust
for figures or institutions of authority and intemperate systems of
power, which I suspect at times are offering negligible contribution
to the world and ultimately to the spirit. Madness, otherness,
mythology, folklore and personal observations are themes explored
within my work and a way of expounding on my feelings about life,
certainly my past, art, art history, the ugly, the disenfranchised,
beauty and what is considered acceptable or perhaps not. This series
was first conceived as a series of imaginary portraits of asylum
inmates, characters wearing tatters of a former life, of faded glory
or costumed as their alter egos, perhaps hinting at a circus world
but continue to transcend that initial concept. Turning a deaf ear
to the echoes has relaxed the nagging sense of being too often on
the outside looking in; an artist is an observer, and gazing from
the outside, I find, has its advantages, inspiration and musings.
Born: Laredo, Texas.
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University
Of Texas at Austin, 1973.
Selected One Person
Exhibitions:
2003 to 2006 Quintana Galleries,
Portland, Or.
1996 to 2001 Art Of The People
Gallery, Portland, Or.
1997 to 2002 LewAllen
Contemporary, Santa Fe, N. M.
1985 to 1996 Quintana Gallery,
Portland, Or.
1998 Gallery 10, Scottsdale, Az.
1996 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale,
A z.
1994 to 1996 Okun Gallery, Santa
Fe, N. M.
1994 to 1995 Ralph Greene
Gallery, Albuquerque, N. M.
1984 to 1994 Gallery Elena, Taos,
N. M.
1993 Galena Sin Fronteras,
Austin, Tx.
1986 to 2000 Sophia Georg
Gallery, Denver, Co.'
1985 Diverse Works, Houston, Tx.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 Group Exhibition: Ushasti
Gallery, Albuquerque, N. M.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Quintana Galleries, Portland, Or.
2005 Little Rabbit Boy: Recent
Drawings: Quintana Galleries, Portland, Or.
From The Permanent Collection:
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, N. M.
2004 The Collection: University
of Arizona, Tempo, Az.
Indigo Gallery: The
Gathering/Group Exhibition, Madrid, N. M.
Group Show: Sophia Georg Gallery,
Denver, Co.
Abstractions: Quintana Galleries,
Portland, Or.
Group show: Fort 105 Annex,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2003 New Works: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Latina/0 Art Auction: University
of Arizona, Tempe, Az.
Group Show: Fort 105,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Adam And Eve: Invitational
Exhibition, Sophia Georg Gallery, Denver, Co.
2002 Ahora (Today): New Mexican
Hispanic Art, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, N. M.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Group Show: Art of the People,
Portland, Or.
2001 Group Show: Art of the
People, Portland, Or.
2000 Mosaic: Invitational
Exhibition, Culture and Identity in America, Hampton University
Museum, Hampton, Va.
Group Exhibition: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Group Show: Art of the People,
Portland, Or.
1998 Crossing Cultures: Group
Exhibition, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, N. M.
Arte DC Hoy Para El Future:
Curator: Larry Hogan, Santa Fe Council For The Arts and Capital Arts
Organization
Group Show: Art of the People,
Portland, Or.
1997 The Stephane Janessen
Collection, International Touring Exhibition: The StephaneJanessen
Collection Of
Contemporary American and
European Art; In Memory Of Michael Johns, FredJonesJr. Museum Of
Art, U. of 0.,Norman, Ok.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
TWO Person Show: Ralph Greene
Gallery, Albuquerque, N. M.
1996 The Fine Art Of Craft And
Sculpture: Group Exhibition, Horwitch LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, N.
M.
Group Show: Art of the People,
Portland, Or.
1995 The Stephane Janessen
Collection: The StephaneJanessen Collection Of Contemporary American
and European
Art; In Memory Of Michael Johns,
FredJonesJr. Museum Of Art, U. of0., Norman, OK.
Language Of Power: Invitational
Exhibition, C. S. F., Santa Fe, N. M.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
TWO Person Show: Ralph Greene
Gallery, Albuquerque, N. M.
1994 Sculpture Santa Fe:
Invitational Exhibition, Grear Garson Theatre Gallery, Collage of
Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N. M.
Guadalajara Book Fair: Fine Art
Exhibition, Guadalajara and New Mexico Task Force, Guadalajara,
Mexico, D. F.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
Two Person Show: Ralph Greene
Gallery, Albuquerque, N. M.
1992 Religious Aspects: Cruz/Pruneda:
Two Person Show, Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, N. M.
Primal Influences: Invitational
Exhibition, Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, Wa.
Chicano-Mexican: Group Show,
MacLaren/Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, Co.
Cesar Martinez Y Max Pruneda:
Two-Person Exhibition, Galleria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Tx.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1991 Hispanic Group Exhibition:
Echo Park Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1990 Ceremony Of Memory: 1989 to
1991, New Expressions In Spirituality Among Contemporary Hispanic
Artists;
Touring exhibition with catalog:
Curators: Robert B. Gaylor and Amalia Mesa Bains, Ph. D.;
Ten Venues: Arts Gallery, Visual
Arts Center, California State University, Fullerton, Ca.;
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, A z.;
Contemporary Art Center, New
Orleans, La.;
MexicArte, Contemporary Art
Center, Austin, TX.;
Centro Cultural De La Rasa, San
Diego, Ca.;
Center for Contemporary Art of
Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N. M.;
Meadows Art Museum, S. M. U.,
University Gallery, Dallas, TX.;
Museum of Art, University of
Arizona, Tucson, Az.;
The Museum of Contemporary
Hispanic Art, New York, N. Y.;
The Lannon Museum, Lake Worth, Fa.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1989 Revelations; The
Transformative Impulse in Recent Art, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Co.,
Group Exhibition with catalog:
Curator. David Fiona.
Ecos Del Espiritu/Echoes of the
Spirit: Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Ga.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1988 Quinonaso: Group exhibit at
the Quinones brothers villa: Curator. Ruben Bautista,
Mexico City, D. F.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1987 Houston Hispanic:
Exhibition with catalog: The Glassed School, Museum of Fine Art,
Houston, Tx.
East End Show: Honorable Mention:
Juror LuisJimenez, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, Tx.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1986 Chulas Fronteras: An
Exhibition Of Contemporary Texas Hispanic Art Touring Group
Exhibition with catalog:
Six venues: Curator. Benito
Huerta. Premier Exhibition, Houston, Tx.
Artists for Amnesty: Diverse
Works, Art and Performance Center, Houston, Tx.
New Works, Group Show: Quintana
Galleries, Portland, Or.
Gallery Artists Exhibition:
Gallery Elena, Taos, N. M.
1984 Transformations: One-Person
Exhibition, Alameda Project for the Arts, Houston, Tx.
Dolls And Other Effigies: Group
Exhibition: Curator Mark Lombard!: two venues: Square One Gallery,
Houston, Tx.
New Math Gallery, New York, N. Y.
Salon Heat Wave: Group
Exhibition: Curator Mark Lombard!: Square One Gallery, Houston, Tx.
1982 In The Beginning: Inaugural
Exhibition, CAP, Houston, Tx.
1981 A Spiritual View: Group
Exhibition: The Rothko Chapel, Houston, Tx.
Awards:
1989: Grant: Cultural Arts
Council of Houston.
1988: Fellowship Award: National
Endowment For The Arts.
1987: Honorable Mention: Juror
LuisJimenez, East End Show, Houston, Tx.
Curatorial and Other Art Related
Projects:
Albuquerque Arts Board Member
1999 to 2002
Co-chair Albuquerque Arts Board:
1999 to 2001, Abq., N.M.
Sub Committees served:
Albuquerque Community Foundation - FUND Planning Committee Member
Tamarind Institute - City Library
Art and Literature, Art/Text Project curatorial committee, Abq.,
N.M.
Sunport Arts Committee: Member of
curatorial and acquisitions art committee, Sunport, Abq., N.M.
Sunport Rental Car Facility:
Member of curatorial committee for auto rental facility art
collection, Abq., N.M.
Tingley Beach Project: Member of
curatorial committee selecting site appropriate public art, Abq.,
N.M.
SWAIA: Advisory Standards
Committee Member, 2002 to 2005, Santa Fe, N.M.
SWAIA: Fine Arts/Painting Judge,
2002, Santa Fe, N. M. .
SWAIA: Fine Arts Receiver, 2003
to 2005, Santa Fe, N. M.
Co-director Center for Arts and
Performance, CAP: 1983 to 1985, Houston, Tx.
Curator. EROTICA: CAP, 1884,
Houston, Tx.
Co-director Almeda Project for
The Arts: 1982 to 1983, Houston, Tx
Selected Collections:
University of Arizona, Hispana/o
Art Center, Tempe, Az.
National Hispanic Cultural
Center, Albuquerque, N. M.
Stéphane Janssen Collection,
Santa Fe, N. M./Carefree, Az.
Numerous private collections
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