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BIOGRAPHY
Wilfredo
Chiesa, born in Puerto Rico, settled
in Boston in 1980.
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2005
ART CABINET NANTUCKET, Nantucket
BOSTON CENTER FOR THE
ARTS CYCLORAMA, Boston
2004
ENTRE ESTUDIO & GALERÍA,
Puebla, Mexico
2002
PETER FINDLAY GALLERY, New York City
GALERÍA TAMARA,
San Juan
2001
ISOLE GALLERY, Boston
1998
PETER FINDLAY GALLERY, New York City
ELITE GALLERY, Miami
1997
ANDREA MARQUIT FINE ARTS, Boston
1995
ELITE GALLERY, Miami
1994
ANDREA MARQUIT FINE ARTS, Boston
1993
ELITE GALLERY, Miami
1992
ANDREA MARQUIT FINE ARTS, Boston
1991
GALERÍA ROJO Y NEGRO, Madrid,
Spain
LEONORA VEGA GALLERY,
San Juan
1990
ANDREA MARQUIT FINE ARTS, Boston
1988
LUIGI MARROZZINI GALLERY, San Juan
1986
LUIGI MARROZZINI GALLERY, San Juan
1985
GALERÍA ARTCONSULT, Panama City,
Panama
1984
PONCE MUSEUM OF ART, Puerto Rico
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,
Bogota , Colombia
1983
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSSETTS, Boston
1982
SAN JUAN ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE
MUSEO RAYO, ROLDANILLO,
Colombia
1979
THORNE’S GALLERY, NORTHAMPTON,
Massachusetts
1978
Bell Book and Candle Gallery, San Juan
CAYMAN GALLERY, New
York City
1977
LA CASA DEL LIBRO, San Juan
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, “Latin
America on Paper”
HARBOR ART GALLERY,
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON,
“Faculty Show”
2000
GALERÍA DE ARTE LA CAJA CHINA,
“La Música de la Caja”,
Seville, Spain
MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO
RICO, San Juan, “Tesoros de la
Pintura Puertorriqueña”
1997
MUSEO DE LAS AMÉRICAS, San Juan,
“Pequeño Formato”
GALERÍA ESPACIO,
San Juan, “Portafolio de Dibujos”
SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, “The
Art of Diversity”
1996
ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS, WASHINGTON
DC/ MUSEO DE ARTE DE PONCE, PONCE/ INSTITUTO
DE CULTURA PUERTORRIQUEÑA, SAN
JUAN, “Chiesa, Hernández
Cruz, Irizarry, Suárez”
1995
GALERÍA ESPACIO, San Juan, “Espacio
Cromático”
1993
ELITE GALLERY, MIAMI, “Latin American
Spectrum”
ANDREA MARQUIT FINE
ARTS, Boston, “Gallery Artists”
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, SAN JUAN, “Preferencia
de Artistas”
MUSEO DE HISTORIA, ANTROPOLOGÍA
Y ARTE, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, San
Juan, “Creaciones en Papel”
1992
ANITA SHAPOLSKY GALLERY, New York City,
“Wilfredo Chiesa-Oscar Paez”
ELITE GALLERY, Miami,
“Latin American Spectrum”
MUSEO DE LAS AMÉRICAS,
SAN JUAN, “El Portafolio Gráfico
en Puerto Rico”
1990
ELITE GALLERY, Miami, “Latin American
Spectrum”
ANITA SHAPOLSKY GALLERY,
New York City, “Latin-Art ‘90”
ANDREA MARQUIT FINE
ARTS, BOSTON, “The Reductive Image”
1989
NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL PRINT TRIENNALE,
Fredrikstad, Noruega
BOSTON CENTER FOR THE
ARTS, “Above, Beyond and Within”
1988
ISTITUTO PER LA CULTURA E L’ARTE,
Catania, Italia
THE SPACE GALLERY,
Boston
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
HISPANIC ART, NEW YORK, “Abstract
Visions”
1986
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ART,
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
OF LATIN AMERICA, WASHINGTON DC/ SQUIBB
GALLERY, PRINCETON/ MUSEO DE HISTORIA,
ANTROPOLOGIA Y ARTE, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO
RICO, SAN JUAN, “Puerto Rican
Painting: Between Past and Present”
FIRST INTERNATIONAL
PAINTING BIENNIAL, Cuenca, Ecuador
1985
INTERNATIONAL PRINT BIENNIAL, Fredrikstad,
Noruega
AARON GALLERY, Washington
DC, “First Latin American Annual”
MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO,
Santo Domingo, “Bienal de Pintura”
MUSEO DE ARTE DE PONCE,
PUERTO RICO/ MUSEO DEL BARRIO, New York
City, “25 Años de Pintura
Puertorriqueña”
JOSÉ M. LÁZARO
LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO,
“El Cartel Abstracto en Puerto
Rico”
1984
THE ST. PAUL INSURANCE COMPANY, Minnesota,
“Latin American Art”
1983
LA CAIXA, IBIZA, ESPAÑA, “Objetos”
MUSEO DEL ARSENAL, San
Juan, “Congreso de Artistas Abstractos”
FOURTH BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC, San Juan
1982
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, San Juan,
“Arte Actual”
BANK OF BOSTON, BOSTON,
“The Massachusetts Banking Fine
Arts Collection: Water”
STUDENT’S CENTER
GALLERY, University of Puerto Rico
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY,
Boston, “Encuentros”
BANK OF BOSTON, Boston,
“Landscapes Reinterpreted”
PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN,
“Art Across the Park”
1981
SUTTON GALLERY, New York City, “Paper
Assemblages”
FOURTH BIENNIAL OF ART,
Medellín, Colombia
HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT,
New York City
SUTTON GALLERY, New
York City, “One of Each”
1980 THE CHILDREN’S
MUSEUM, BOSTON, “The Islands Project”
Boston Center for the
Arts
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS,
BOSTON, “Faculty Show”
1979
FOURTH BIENNIAL OF LATIN AMERICAN PRINTS,
San Juan
SUNNE SAVAGE GALLERY, Boston, “Gallery
Artists”
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS,
BOSTON, “Faculty Show”
1978
CENTER FOR INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS,
New York City
BOSTON VISUAL ARTISTS UNION, Boston,
“Artist Books”
1977
SAO PAULO BIENNIAL, Brazil
UNESCO, San Juan, Painting
Annual
1974
THIRD BIENNIAL OF LATIN AMERICAN PRINTS,
San Juan
1973
MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE PUERTO RICO,
San Juan, “Reyes, Chiesa, Bonilla”
1971
MUSEO DE HISTORIA, ANTROPOLOGIA Y ARTE,
UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO, San Juan,
“Seis Artistas Jóvenes”
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS,
Boston
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
LOWE MUSEUM OF ART,
Miami
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston
THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, New York City
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York
City
MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO, Bogotá,
Colombia
MUSEO RAYO, Roldanillo, Colombia
MUSEO VIAL, Roldanillo, Colombia
MUSEO DE ARTE DE MEDELLÍN, Colombia
BIENNIAL OF MEDELLÍN
COLLECTION, Colombia
MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO, Sao Paulo, Brazil
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, London
BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, Paris
INTERNATIONAL PRINT MUSEUM, Fredrikstad,
Norway
ISTITUTO PER LA CULTURE E L´ARTE,
Catania, Italia
MUSEO DE ARTE DE PUERTO RICO, San Juan
MUSEO DE ARTE DE PONCE, Puerto Rico
LA CASA DEL LIBRO, San Juan
MUSEO DE HISTORIA, ANTROPOLOGÍA
Y ARTE, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
INSTITUTO DE CULTURA PUERTORRIQUEÑA,
San Juan
INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY, San Juan
PUBLIC ART AND COMMISSIONS
ALBUS. INDIGO. Two Large
Scale Painting commissioned by Congress
Group ventures for 33 Arch Street, Boston,
2004
RES IPSA LOQUITUR, Mural
Painting, School of Law,
University of Puerto Rico, 1988
BLANCO ESPAÑA,
Large Scale Painting commissioned by
The Massachusetts Institute of Spain,
Madrid, 1987
LA ROSA NERA, Public
Installation with Marcos Irizarry, Campo
di Santa
Margarita,Venecia, Italia, 1984
AURORA, Large Scale
Hand-Made Paper commissioned by
The Bank of Boston, 1993
PUEBLO VIEJO, Billboard,
Museo Vial, Museo Rayo,
Roldanillo, Colombia, 1982
SALITRE, Public Installation,
Prospect Park, New York City
ARTIST’S BOOKS
VISIÓN APARENTE, Nine Intaglio
Prints, Boston, 1988
TANGO, Seven Silkscreen
Prints with Poems by Anthony Petrosky,
Boston, 1982
RELATOS DE UN PAISAJE
ASESINADO, Twelve Silkscreen Prints
with Poems by Tomás López
Ramírez and music of Rafael Aponte-Ledée,
San Juan, 1976
DISTINCTIONS
Artist In Residence, Boston Center for
the Arts, 2003-2004
Member, Academy of Art,
Ciencia e Historia de Puerto Rico
Artist In Residence, The Artist Foundation,
Boston, 1982
Fellow, The McDowell Colony, 1981
Artist in Residence, Massachusetts Council
for the Arts, 1980
First Honorary Prize, Painting, UNESCO,
San Juan, 1977
Grant, Fondo de Becas para las Artes
Plásticas, San Juan, 1976
Grant, Fundación Martínez-Cañas,
San Juan, 1975
First Prize, Print, United Federal Savings,
San Juan, 1974
Honorary Prize, Print, Ateneo Puertorriqueño,
San Juan, 1973
First Prize, 450 th Aniversary of San
Juan, Casa de España, San Juan,
1973
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Review Board, Drawing,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University,
2004
Public Art Commission,
Cambridge Arts Council, Massachusetts,
1997-2001
Board of Directors, The Space Gallery,
Boston, 1989-1993
Visual Arts Advisor,
Dante Alighieri Society of Boston, 1990
Review Board, Painting,
Massachusetts College of Art, 1990
Panelist, Symposium,
“Latin America Awakens”,
Massachusetts College of Art, 1989
Guest Artist, Graduate
Program, Painting, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 1988
Panelist, Symposium,
“25 Años de Pintura Puertorriqueña”,
Museo del Barrio, New York City, 1986
Review Board, Painting,
Massachusetts College of Art, 1986
Guest Artist, Montserrat
College of Art, Massachusetts, 1980
Advisory Board, Massachusetts
Council for the Arts, 1980
Chief, Division of Painting,
Centro Nacional de las Artes, San Juan,
1975
EDUCATION
School of Plastic Arts
of Puerto Rico, BFA, 1972
TEACHING
Professor, University
of Massachusetts, Boston
Faculty, Art New England
Summer Workshops at Bennington College,
Vermont, 1996 and 2000
Adjunct Faculty, Wellesley
College, 1987
Instructor, Liga de
Arte, San Juan, 1976-1977
GALLERY
AFFILIATIONS
Art Cabinet Nantucket,
Nantucket
Peter Findlay Gallery,
New York
Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston
Entre Estudio y Galería, Puebla,
Mexico
The artist works with mixed media, applying
a combination of oils and acrylics onto
canvas, using the square as a consistent
format. The Gothic arch and the square
are the two unifying elements of this
new series:
"It
is for a formal pursuit that I came
to the idea of the arch and the square....
The square is the most neutral of formats,
it does not predispose any kind of image....The
arch [marks]...the encounter of two
circular shapes and moves upwards....An
important issue in my paintings is gravity
and how the painting...defines a space
which liberates itself from the constraint
of gravity.... The arch is also a fomm
with a metaphorical nature. "
Wilfredo Chiesa
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