Francisco Vidal Figurative art, Colombian ArtistNew York
35-50, 81th Street, Apt: 6-m, Jackson Heights, New York. 11372-5072
Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, Live and work in New York
BIOGRAPHY:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1995 "The Studio" , Gallery Frau (SOHO), New York,NY
1994 "The Studio" ' Garnes-Torres Gallery ' Bogota''Colombia
1992 "The General-Series , Quintero Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia
1989 "RECENT PAINTINGS", Paul/Sanger Gallery, Tenafly,New jersey
1988 "Recent Paintings-Sculpture , Intar LatinAmerica Gallery, New York
1984 "Open Studios, Project Studios One , Long Island City, New York
1985 Recent Paintings-Sculpture , The Alternative Museum, new York
1983 "Recent Paintings, Pracc Puerto Rico Cultural Center, Rochester. New York
1986 OPEN STUDIOS< Project Studios One (P.S.1),long Island City, New York
1985 "Open Studios , Project Studios One (P.S.1) , Long Islang City, New York
1974 "Recent Paintings , Gallery Las Bovedas #22 , Cartagena, Colombia
1975 "RECENT PAINTINGS, La Escuela Art gallery, School of Fine Arts,University
of the Atlantico,Barranquilla,Colombia
1975 SALON NACIONAL,4
salon regional,Cartagena,Colombia
1975 SALON de RECHASADOS
del SALON NAcional, Galeria La Escuela,Bellas Artes,Barranquilla,Colombia
GROUP EXCIBITIONS:
2012 "BIG QUEENS DRAWING SHOW" Group show of small format Drawings,Sept5th
Oct31.2012.Jamaica Art Center,JCAL,Jamaica,New York
2011 IN and OUTSIDE
the WALLS, Group show of small format artworks,May 19th 2011,Posaa StudioGallery,Long Island City,New York
2007 Six Biennale international del Arte Contemporaneo on Firenza, Italy,
2007 "NEXUS", un puente artistico entre Naciones, Museo de las Casas Reales
2006 "National Hispanic Heritage Month: Meridians:Dreamscape from LatinAmerica,Hutchins
gallery B.Davis Schuartz Memorial Library,C.W.PostCampus.LongIslandUniversity,Brookville.N.Y.
2005 "Fifth Biennale International del Arte Contemporanea on Firenza,Italy
2005 Night of 1.000 drawings Benefit, Artists Space, New York,N.Y.
2005
ADOGI Miniprint International, Cadaquez,Taller Galeria Fort,Barcelona,Espana.
2004 Night of 1.000 Drawings Benefit,Artist Space, New York
2003
LatinAmerican Exhibit,Credit Swiss,New york
2003 Night of 1.000
Drawings Benefit,Artist Space,New york
2003 Imagen of Latin America
2003,International paper exhibit,Monique Glodstrom,New York
2003
International paper exhibit,MGART INTERNATIONAL/CVBSPACE,New York
2003
International paper exhibit,WILLIAMWHIPPLE,ArtGallery/Museum,University Minesota,MN,Dec 2003/Jan 2004, curate by EDWAR EVANS,
Director,William Whipple art Gallery,Minesota
2003 "VISIONS 2004", Latin America Art Museum,Miami,Fla,Dec12/03 to January 03/04
2001 "ADOGI MINIPRINT INTERNATIONAL-CADAQUES,Taller Galeria Fort,Barcelona,Spain
2001 BIENNALE Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea #3, FIRENZA, Italy
1999 FIRST Encounter Bolivariano of Contemporary Art, Venezuela Embassy,New York
1999 SUMMER SALON, Ward-Nasse Gallery,New york
1997 FIRST CULTURAL WEEK of Barranquilla,Embassy of Colombia,New York
1997 XII BIENNAL de San Juan del gravado LatinoAmericano y del Caribe,San Juan,puerto Rico
1996 MARCO Prize Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey,Mexico
1996 LATINAMERICANARTIST , Sindin Gallery,New York
1995 NATURAL MYTH-A BESTIARY, Trockmorton Fine Art Inc,New York
1995 RECOVERING POPULAR CULTURE, Museum of the Barrio, New York
1995 XI BIENNAL de SAN JUAN del GRAVADO LATINOAMERICANO y del CARIBE,San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995 FOUR NATIONAL DRAWING SALON of Santo Domingo,Foundation of Art Arawak Inc, Santo
Domingo
1995 MARCO PRIZE, Museum of Contemporary Art, MARCO, Monterrey,
Mexico
1993 THE 11 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL DRAWING BIENNAL, The
Cleveland Gallery,Cleveland, New Englan
1993 HOME AWAY FROM HOME:
Latin American Artist, Conversations with the Artists and Poets, The Museum of Stony Brooke, New York
1993 ANGELS, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New York
1992 EL IMPACTO DE DOS MUNDOS, Art Space, New Haven, Connecticut, New York
1991 MITOS Y MAGIA EN AMERICA, THE EIGHTY, Museum of Contemporary Art,"MARCO",
Monterrey, Mexico
1991 LAYERS, New York Telephone, New York City
1989 MEMORIAS DE LA INFANCIA, Trenton College, Trento, New jersey
1990 ONE COLLECTION OF CARYCONTEMPORARY ART, Jaymor A.Berger,Center for the Arts,Sid
Jacobson,Norht Shore YM&WCA,East Hill,New york
1990 ARTIST
OF THE MUSEUM del BARRIO, State of Monclair Gallery of Art of the school,upper Monclair,New Jersey
1990 QUITATE LA MASCARA, Teatro Amira de la Rosa, Barranquilla, Colombia
1990 A DECADE OF THE MARKET PLACE, Museum of the Bronx, Bronx, New York
1990 RECENT TRENDS IN WORK OF ART IN PAPER, Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1986 6 at 6, A Collective of Colombian Contemporary Art, Rempire Fine Art Art, New york
1989 FIRST FESTIVAL OF ART IN BARRANQUILLA, Teatro Amira de la Rosa, Barranquilla, Colombia
1989 GROUP SHOW, Parners Gallery Ltd, Bethesda, Maryland
1988/89 "MIRA, The Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour 111 ,Museum del Barrio, New York"
Los Angeles Municipal Art gallery, Los Angeles,
California
The Meadows Museum
od dallas, Dallas, Texas
The Bass Art American museum, Miami, Florida
Museum of Art American Terra, Chicago, Illinois
1988/89 "EXPRESIONES
HISPANAS", Artist Images, Art Tour
Taos
Museum, New Mexico
The Center
for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida
Museum of Southwest, California
Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas
1989 HISPANIC ART TOUR
IN U.S.A, Arte Moderno Gallery, SOHO, New York
1989 COLOMBIANS IN U.S.A
, Art Tour, Centro ColomboAmericano, Bogota', Colombia
1988 COLOMBIAN
IN U.S.A, Art Tour, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia
1988 COLOMBIANS
IN U.S.A, Art Tour, Salom Avianca, Barranquilla,Colombia
1988 ARTISTS
IN THE ART MARKET PLACE,The Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx,New York
1988
AMERICANOS, CONTEMPORARY Allegories, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East hampton,New York
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena , Colombia
Museum
of The Barrio, New York,N.Y.
Museum of Art Contemporary of Monterrey,"MARCO",
Monterrey,Mexico
Throckmorton Fine Art Inc, New York,N.Y.
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena,San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bienal de san Juan del Grabado latinoamericano y del Caribe,San Juan,puerto Rico
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Citicorp Center, New York,N.Y.
AWARS
/ HONORS:
1992 Fellowship,MidAtlantic Arts Foundation NationalEndowment for the Arts,Regional
Fellowship,Baltimore Fellowship,Baltimore,Maryland
19 68 Second Prize-Painting
Contest for the Re-inaguration of the Gallery,Bank of the Republic,Barranqilla.Colombia
BIBLIOGRAPHY (reviews)
1995 Marco Prize
and The 98 Artist in the permanent Collection of the museum,Art News
1995
Select for the Permanent Collection, Museum of the Contemporary Art of Monterrey, "MARCO",Monterrey,Mexico
1995 Selected in "WHO'S WHO in AMERICAN ART"
1994 Vivien Raynor, "ANGELS", New York Times, Sunday,N.Y
1994 "THE STUDIO", HOLA Magazine,Bogota',Colombia,oct 2.
1994 "THE STUDIO", Developed Latin Art in New York, La Republica,Bogota',Colombia Octuber 2.
1994 "THE STUDIO", Francisco Vidal, La Prensa, Bogota',Colombia.September
9
1994 "THE STUDIO", Francisco Vidal, El Tiempo, Bogota',Colombia.September16
1994 "THE STUDIO", Francisco Vidal, El Heraldo, Colprensa, Barranquilla,Colombia.September.14
1994 Francisco Vidal at the 11 Cleveland Bienal,Art News International No.11 (News
Briefs)
1994 Ines Shuk, "Exhibet The Mask of Colombia,
Noticias del Mundo,New York ,July 24
1993 Vivien Raynor,
"Angels", The new York Times,Sunday,December 19
1993
Vivien Raynor, "Harbingers of joy or Mischief Makers, Angels continue to Fascinate Artist",The New York Times,Sunday,Dec19
1993 Georgette Gouveia, "Art in the Spirit of The Season",Gannett Suburban,New
York,Dec 26
1992 Patricia Lavorde, "Foro Cultural Libre
de Barreras Geograficas e Idiologicas", Oebita,January
1991
Charles Merewether, Mito y Magia en America. Los Ochenta, "Inaguration of The New Museum of Contemporary Art of the Monterrey",
MARCO, CATALOG
1990 (Corresponsal) Mas Arte Colombiano en
New York,"En la Brocha de La Imagen",El Tiempo,Lecturas Dominicales,Bogota,Colombia,january 21
1990
Lorenzo Pace, "The Work of Contemporary Hispanic Artist Affiliated with El Museo del Barrio,New York,March 30
1990 Phyllis Braff, "Experimentation in Still life,The New York Times,May
6
1989 Canadian Club Hispanic Art Tour 111, Art & Leasure,
The New York Times,febrary 28
1989 David Boitano, "Francisco
Vidal's excibet in El Museo del Barrio, Noticias del Mundo, Febrary 28
1989
David Boitano, "Exhibition of 29 Hispanic Artist in El Museo del Barrio,Noticias del Mundo,New York,febrary 28
1989 Javier Castano, "Paintings of Francisco Vidal, "Carnival in New
York, El Tiempo,Lecturas Dominicales,Bogota',Colombia, April 30
1988/89
Essay by Guilio Bland,Miguel Dominquez,felix Angel: "Expresiones Hispanas",Coors National Hispanic Art Exhibit and
Tour,Catalog
1988 Armando J Florez, "Latin American
Painters Excibet in New York", La Opinion,Octuber 12
1988
Nilda Pedraza, "One Painter in U.S.A."Diario del Caribe, Intermedio
