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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
The 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