Wilfredo Chiesa

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1952
Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts

EDUCATION

School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico, BFA, 1972

TEACHING

Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Faculty, Bennington College, Vermont, 1996 and 2000
Adjunct Faculty, Wellesley College, 1987
Instructor, Liga de Arte, San Juan, 1976-1977

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005: - The Art Cabinet, 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, MA
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, Norway
- 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, 1982

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

AWARDS / 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