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Artist Statement

I believe my passion for color is a result of my South American background. I love saturated colors that evoke passion and create moods. My paintings are a personal expression of abstract concepts, nature and settings. I am fascinated and drawn to the sensuality of lines as defining and departure points and the interweaving  of colors as statements of mood.  

Through my paintings,  I try to convey an array of visual possibilities that entice the viewer to feel more....think more....imagine more....question more.

 

Born: Ecuador, South America

Education: William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ The New School, New York, NY Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

Selected Juried Shows

2000/ 01/ 02/ 03 / 04 /05/06

Berlex Laboratories HQ, Montville, NJ

Galleria Pomaire, Quito, Ecuador

Weiner Library at FDU, Teaneck, NJ

Bergen Museum of Art & Science, NJ

Perth Amboy Gallery, Invitational, NJ

Ramapo College Invitational, NJ

Center Gallery, New Milburn, NJ

Salmagundi Club, Manhattan, NY

ACNNJ National Juried Exhibition, NJ

Nexus Gallery, Manhattan, NY

Kenkeleba Gallery, Manhattan, NY

Willow’s Gallery, Ramsey, NJ

Blue Hill Corp. Center, Pearl River, NY

Mason Gross Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ

Berlex Laboratories, Montville, NJ

Schering-Plough, Inc., Madison, NJ

Galeria Boriken, New Palz, NY

Nabisco Gallery, East Hanover, NJ

The Gallery, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Bergen Jaguar, Paramus, NJ

1999 /1998/1997/1996/1995

Artist Night, Newark Museum, invitational

NCJW Focus on Art 98, invitational

Art With a Heart Benefit, invitational

PCFL Art Festival, invitational

The Wilson Gallery, Mountain Lakes, NJ

City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ

New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

Watchung Art Center, Watchung, NJ

New Jersey Small Works Show, Demarest, NJ

Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ

City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

The Gallery, Franklin Lakes, NJ

New Jersey Small Works, Demarest, NJ

The Glen Ridge Club, Glen Ridge, NJ

The Stable, Ridgewood, NJ

Haas Gallery, Lambertville, NJ

New Jersey Small Works Show, Demarest, NJ

The Gallery, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ

I & I Gallery, Boonton, NJ

Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, NJ

Printmaking Council of New Jersey

 

Publications
T
he Record
The Star Ledger
Herald News
Manhattan Arts International
Ontology of Ecuadorian Poets
NJ Savvy Living
Commerce & Industry Assoc of NJ

 Major Collections
William Paterson University, NJ
International Center of Art y Poetry, Quito, Ecuador SA
Numerous Corporate & Private Collections

Honors: 2001 Selected by Rutgers University one of forty influential Latin American artists in the state of New Jersey
2003 Featured Artist on Discovery Jersey Arts
2004 Award of Merit –
Center Gallery, NJ

 Selected Solo Shows:

2005 MTV Networks, NYC, NY

2003 Northampton Community College, PA

2003 Jennifer’s Gallery, Ramsey, NJ

2001 Willow’s Gallery, Mahwah, NJ

2000 Willow’s Gallery, Mahwah, NJ

1997  Ambassador Travel, Ramsey, NJ

1995  Backstreet Cafe, Westwood, NJ

Selected Juried Shows:

1994/1993/1992/1991/1990/1989

Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ

Becton Hall Gallery, FDU, NJ

Marcella-Geltman Gallery, New Milford, NJ

Cork Gallery at Avery Fisher Hall, NY

General Public Utilities, Parsippany, NJ

I & I Gallery, Boonton, NJ

Nabisco Gallery, East Hanover, NJ

Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ

Presbyterian Church, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Upper Saddle River Cultural Center, NJ

The Barn Gallery, Ringwood, NJ

Lever House, New York, NY

Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ

Upper Saddle River Cultural Center, NJ

The Barn Gallery, Ringwood, NJ

YM-YWHA of Wayne, NJ

Old Cultural Church, Demarest, NJ

Art In Focus Gallery, Hohokus, NJ