“A polychronic culture in a monochronic society�
December 14, 2017 to February 10, 2018 New Concept Barber and Art Gallery
Policrónico se define como la percepción del tiempo en multiples instancias. Ser
capaz de realizar varias tareas simultaneamente es considerado policronismo. Nuestras raíces latinoamericanas son policrónicas. Heredamos razgos provenientes de diferentes partes del mundo, estos ayudan a formar nuestra identidad. Respondemos a los retos diarios usando diferentes recursos en toda manera posible. Luchamos contra multiples circunstancias coexistentes para sobrevivir. Cada acción que ejecutamos, está dirigida a construir un camino en el desarrollo evolutivo hacia nuestro destino final”. Somos “Policronistas”
“Polychronic is defined by the perception of time in multiple instances. To be
able to perform a variety of tasks simultaneously is considered polychronism. Our Latin American roots are polychronic. We inherited traits from around the world, and they shaped our identity. We respond to every day challenges using different resources in every possible way. We fight with multiple cohexistant circumstances in order to achieve survival. Every action we perform, is directed to construct a path in the evolving development towards our final destination”. We are “Policronistas”
Pedro Brull Jose Feliciano Felipe Morales Maria Ramos Carmen Rojas Pablo Rubio Rafael Rivera-Rosa Carmelo Fontanez Yasir Nieves Martín García-Rivera Stanley Coll Michael Irrizary-Pagán Alejandro de Jesús José Sanchez Juan Nieves-Burgos Harak Rubio
Jennicel Bolaños Ivonne Galanes Javier Dones José Marrero Michelle Irizarry Felipe Andiarena Suh Aviles Myrna Ayala Tania Torres Jessica Rosario Angel Rivera-Morales Joan Sanchez Raydell Temeres Rafael Rosa-Algarín Danny Ramos
Pedro Brull, “Despertar de Jájome”, Oil on canvas, 24”x30”, 2017
José Feliciano, “Sembramos”, Oil on canvas, 24”x30”, 2017
Felipe Morales, “Ave...Maria!”, Acrylic on canvas, 30”x 40”, 2017
María Ramos, “Fe levanta a Puerto Rico”, Oil on canvas, 18”x 24”, 2017
Carmen Rojas-Ginés, “Empty Nest”, Steel Metal, Wood, 12”x 9” x6”, 2016
Pablo Rubio, “Sinfonía en mis playas”, Acrylic on canvas, 48”x 48”, 2013
Rafael Rivera-Rosa, “Yo prefiero los sueños a la verdad cotidiana”, Acrylic on panel, 24”x 28” , 2017
Carmelo Fontanez, “Nube de paso”, Acrylic on canvas, 19”x 24”, 2014
Yasir Nieves, “La espera”, Mixed media on cardboard, 20”x24, 2005
Martín García Rivera, “El miedo que llega”, Burin engraving on paper, 14”x 18”, 2016
Juan Nieves-Burgos, “Caos azul”, Acrylic on canvas, 24”x 48”, 2013
Harak Rubio, “Le Vent, les Voiles et le Gardien de L’amour”, Iron Scultpture, 34”x 16”x10”, 2014
Javier Dones, “Galaxy #7,8,9”, Metal dust and enamel on panel, Triptych, 2017
José Marrero, “Ímpetu”, Acrylic on canvas, 36”x 48”, 2017
Alejandro de Jesús, “Chess Players”, Oil on canvas, 24”x48”, 2017
Stanley Coll, ““El Declive”, Acrylic on canvas, 20”x 24”, 2017
Michael Irrizary-Pagán, “Iglesia-7”, Oil on canvas, 30”x 24”, 2015
José Sanchez, “The Witness”, Oil on canvas, 24”x30”, 2017
Ivonne Galanes, “Eva del paraíso”, Oil on canvas, 24”x 48”, 2016
Jennicel Bolaños, “Taína”, Acrylic on canvas, 24”x 24”, 2016
Suh Avilés, “Riot”, Mixed media on canvas, Polypthic, 2017
Felipe Andiarena, “Segundo”, Drawing on Paper, 13”x 16”, 2013
Myrna Hernandez, “La flor y la mariposa”, Acrylic on canvas, 8”x 10”, 2017
Tania Torres, “Shooting Star Sunset”, Oil on canvas, 36”x 48”, 2017
Michelle Irizarry, “Tropical Paradise”, Acrylic on canvas, 18”x 24”, 2017
Jessica Rosario, “Then, it Dawned on Me...”, Acrylic on panel, 34.5”x 48”, 2017
Rafael Rosa-Algarín, “Con los pelos de punta”17.5”x 12”x 12”, Glass, resin and concrete, 2017
Joan Sanchez, “Volveré”, Acrylic on canvas, 15”x 30”, 2017
Danny Ramos, “Taíno Nightmare Extinction”, Acrylic on canvas, 36”x48”, 2016
Angel Rivera-Morales, “El saludo”, Drawing on paper, 15”x 19”, 2015
Raydel Temeres, “Diana”,Metal Instalation, 36”x 36”, 2017
“A polychronic culture in a monochronic society�
Biographies: Pedro Brull was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, in 1938. He started his education in art with mural painter Rafael Rios Rey in San Juan. In 1976 He completed his Bachelor Degree in Arts at the School of Fine Arts of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. After working as an Art Director and Manager for WKAQ TV for more than a decade, he opened his own business as a traveling agent where he had his personal gallery. In those years he sold hundreds of artworks to people traveling from different parts of United States to Puerto Rico. In 1998 he moved to Orlando. During that time Mr. Brull has been very active participating in art shows all across Florida, receiving numerous awards and recognitions by different institutions for the excellence of his artworks. Pedro Brull has become an iconic figure among Puerto Ricans living in Central Florida. He is known to be one of the most recognized hispanic painters in the Orlando area. His paintings belong to a great number of private collections and are displayed in many public places. In 2015 he created the collective art group “La Diaspora”.
Jose Feliciano was born in Isabela, Puerto Rico, in 1939. He was five years old when his family moved to New York. Jose studied at the Arts Students League in New York City. His experience includes shop artist at Joe Papp’s Public Theatre, The Metropolitan Opera house’s production of ‘Anthony and Cleopatra’, and ‘The Magic Flute’, designed by Marc Chagall. He also designed scenery for the Off Broadway Theater, film and television. Jose was also artist in residence at Adelphi University where he designed the scenery for the full length ballet, ‘The Voyages of Odysseus ” At that time he was also participating in collective art exhibits and presented a couple of solo art shows in different galleries of New York receiving good reviews from newspapers like The Riverdale and The Bronx News. In 2001 he moved to Florida and started a career as an Art teacher. He is very committed to educating children as well as adults with varying disabilities’ for the past fifteen years. Jose was nominated ‘Art Teacher of the year in 2007 and 2009. He has been participating in numerous collective art exhibits where he received several awards from the National Arts Program and Osceola Arts. In 2015 Jose joined Puerto Rican Arts Diaspora of Orlando.
Felipe Morales was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1949. Felipe studied at Manhattan College, School of Visual Arts and received his Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at College of Mount Saint Vincent’s in Mt. Vernon, New York in 1976. Felipe grew up in the Bronx and worked as a youth counselor and art teacher on Simpson Street. He was also instrumental in the founding of El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan, as well as, part of the teaching faculty. Years later, Felipe was featured in the documentary “Simpson Street” that showed the burning of the South Bronx. He moved to Orlando, Florida in 1980 where he worked as a jeweler and clothing designer. In 1993, he became an Art Teacher for Orange County Public School System and retired in 2012. During these years, he was President and Vice President of the Florida Chalk Artist Association. Felipe participated in numerous chalk festivals and won several first place in events such as the Rotary Club Art Festival and Disney Festival of the Masters. In recent years, he has been working on commissioned sculptures for S.E.B.C.O Housing in the Bronx, New York, The Puerto Rican Bar Association in Orlando, Florida and the New York Sports Foundation, a commemorative sculpture for Roscoe Brown a Tuskegee Airman.
María Ramos was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in 1953. She moved to New York at the age of three. Her love for the arts began during her school trips to museums where she discovered the art of the masters. In 1999 after raising a family, Maria went back to college to formally study art. Since then, she has been dedicated to oil and watercolor paintings. Some of her paintings have been exhibited in a variety of renowned art centers such as the Orlando Museum of Art. In 2016 Maria was recognized with the Areito Artist of the Year in Bronx New york. 2007 and 2009. He has been participating in numerous collective art exhibits where he received several awards from the National Arts Program and Osceola Arts. In 2015 Jose joined Puerto Rican Arts Diaspora of Orlando.
Carmen Rojas-Ginés was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1969. She grew up under the creative influence of her paternal grandmother Magdalena, a High Couture Designer. Through her grandmother, Carmen developed a passion for the arts. Graduating from the University of Puerto Rico in 1992, she obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Arts with a concentration on Art Education and Sculpture. Her instructors include the Masters; Pablo Rubio, Rafael Rivera Rosa, Enrique Garcia Gutierrez and Nestor Millán. Later she completed a Master’s Degree in Administration of Education from the University of Phoenix. Carmen worked as an Art Teacher in different schools in the public school system at Puerto Rico. She also worked as the Director of the Plastic Arts Program at Escuela de Bellas Artes de Carolina. Motivated to teach art, she opened her own art school where taught art to children and adults. As an artist, Carmen decided to utilize steel as the medium of expression in her sculptures. She incorporates paint to her work as a way to add texture and a dinamic vision. She became an award winning sculptor after participating in several art contests. She moved to Florida with her family in 2006 and attended the program of Landscape Architecture at the University of Florida. This program helped her improve and incorporate new venues on the design, artistic language and the development of her steel metal work. At the moment, she is working in her studio located in Ocala, Florida, where she is developing new expressions in sculpture, painting and glass work.
Pablo Rubio is a sculptor, painter, draftsman, designer, curator and professor. He otained a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts and a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. He now teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1985, he was invited to the First International Sculpture Symposium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and has attended others since then. His public sculpture is widely known and has created over twenty
monuments all over the Island, as well as others in the United States, Korea, Venezuela and Ecuador. He has participated in several programs and organizations, like the Puerto Rico Sculptors Association and the Tropical Garden of International Sculpture. In 1984, his work broke the mold with his work Guerrero celeste (“Sky Warrior”, winner of the Fomento Prize), which is a traditional bronze casting portraying contemporary forms. He has continued to revolutionize the medium with his use of stainless steel to explore, among other topics, the conceptual connections between the Taíno symbols and the extrasensory world.
Rafael Rivera Rosa was born in Comerío, Puerto Rico, in 1942. He is a Painter, printmaker, digital artist, graphic designer, and teacher. Rivera Rosa studied with the artists of the “Fifties Generation,” among them Domingo García at the Campeche Studio and Gallery and Lorenzo Homar at the Graphic Arts Workshop of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. In 1970, Rivera Rosa, René Pietri, and Nelson Sambolín founded Taller Bija, which produced an impressive output of political and protest posters. He completed his BFA at the University of Puerto Rico and his MFA at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and in 1990 he began to teach at the University of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts. Since 1995 he has been artist-in-residence at the Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico. After working mainly on a series of large-scale Abstract Expressionist paintings, he has been revisiting his earlier narrative and figurative styles, in a series of paintings on a smaller scale. His Expressionist work reflects great energy and power, in a manifestation of a deep sense of freedom and lyricism—although the more recent figurative work is less gestural and more minimalist. His more narrative work, addressing concerns of a social and political nature, is reflective, and depicts imaginary, mythological characters.
Carmelo Fontanez was born in Rio Piedras , Puerto Rico in 1945. He is is a painter, draftsman, and teacher. Fontánez earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Puerto Rico in 1967 and continued his master’s degree
studies at New York University. In Puerto Rico, he was a member of student groups such as Borinquen 12 and Forma Universitaria. He was professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón. Inspired by the Puerto Rican landscape, he has developed an abstract style characterized by strong lyricism. His works are characterized by an idiosyncratic vocabulary of expressive and harmonious organic shapes. His work is constructed gradually, from the starting point of a brushstroke, tone, or texture.
Yasir Nieves was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1977. He began drwaing at an early age, influenced by his older brother Angel Nieves, who inspired the ability of caricature, which later awakened his curiosity for painting. With the caricaturesque vision, he develops freehand drawings in ink, pencil, and charcoal drawings. This skill becomes a mean for monetary income instead of a mere pastime, as he began selling his caricatures, creating company logos, promotion flyers, scenographies, and billboards. In 1995, Nieves begins his first two years at the University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo at the Humanities department, then switches to study Massage Therapy at the Alma Q Institute in Isabela, PR, where he obtained his certificate. After a three year absence from the University of Puerto Rico, he decided to re-enroll, this time in Ponce, PR. In the year 2000, he transfered to the Rio Piedras Campus department of Plastic Arts to satisfy his curiosity for the arts. After mastering the skills of pencil drawing, charcoal drawing, and engraving, he graduated with high honors and a Bachelor of Arts in Plastic Arts (Painting). In 2003, he was invited to participate at the National Exhibition of Plastic Arts (Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas); publishing one of his works at their annual catalog. This same year, he was commissioned by the University of Puerto Rico to work in conjunction with other artists in the creation of a mural tribute to Guernica. After obtaining his degree, he was accepted at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain, where he earned his Master’s Degree in Theory and Practice of Contemporary Plastic Arts. This experience presented the opportunity to be part of the critics and curators’ group for the student’s exposition at the end
of the Master’s degree. This is Yasir’s most active year, as he created over forty pieces of art, was counselor to five artists, designed the student’s exposition and completed two large paintings (12’x12’). These were published in the Master’s annual catalog with good reviews from professors and art professionals. Nieves resides in Orlando, where he continues painting. Although his journey has been a short one, he demonstrates a mastery of technique and thematic composition. In his work, it is noticeable the influence of great artists; and his vision and experience with other cultures which gives him his niche to become a very accomplished artist.
Martín García-Rivera was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico in 1960. He is is a Printmaker and Painter. He attended the University of Puerto Rico, graduating with a BFA in 1983, and completed his MFA at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1988. Since 1993 he has taught drawing as well as printmaking in wood and metal at the UPR. His principal medium has been the woodcut, which has won awards in Puerto Rico and around the world, including Sweden, Russia, and Slovenia. When printmaking began to diminish in popularity among collectors and institutions in the eighties, García Rivera not only refused to abandon the medium but expanded his prints into larger and larger formats. He says that the human figure has always been at the center of his work, and that he uses it as a metaphor for various issues that concern him, such as racial, political, and religious identity and the psychological states that govern human life. His woodcuts, despite the structure that the medium itself demands, have a dynamic character, and they display an almost Expressionist line.
Juan Nieves-Burgos was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1965. He began his career at an early age playing the brushes and art works of a sign workshop owned by his uncle in the town of Caguas. Later on, he studied art and commercial design. In 1983 he enrolled in Universidad Interamericana, in San Germán campus. There he studied engraving, drawing, and painting. Years later he received his Bachelor degree in Art Education.
In 1986 Juan began his career as Commercial Art Professor in Republica de Costa Rica Vocational School in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Simultaneously he was conducting studies at University of Puerto Rico were he specialized in Vocational Education. During this time he was a teacher in Technical Drawing, Screenprinting, Drawing, and Sign Designing. In 1990 the Department of Education od Puerto Rico selected him to pursue a Master degree at Interamerican Univesity in Vocational Education, specialized in students with special needs. In 1995 he becomes Professor at Atlantic College in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. And two years later he established his own business with the name of J. Nieves Signs Craft, in Humacao. In 2005 he moved to Orlando, Florida, and started working in the sign designing industry. In 2006 he was hired by Weir Systems, Inc. as Art Director, and created a dpeartment where today are produced signs used by the Department of Transportation of United States. He moved to Puerto Rico in 2010, and dedicated to fully to his art. Juan’s paintings depict Puerto Rican landscapes, and its people. He uses his knowledge in modern design to overlap the techniques of realism, abstraction, textures, colrs and forms; creating fresh, clean, and attractive paintings that will preserve Puerto Rican culture for future generations.
Harak Rubio was born in 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, He grew up submerged in art. His father, Pablo Rubio, is a renowned international artist. Born and raised surrounded by art. Constant exposure to freedom of expression leads to early experimenting in drawing, clay, silkscreen, jewelry, painting and later, metal sculptures. Begins his college education in 1989 at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1992 Harak completed his technical education in metals, jewelry and silkscreen; mastering media in design, drawing, painting and sculpture. His career starts in the world of film, advertising and video production as designer, art director, prop master and
more. Has worked for various production and advertising agencies such as Universal Pictures, Miramax Films, Trivisión Spain, Animal Planet, People Films, Cinesi, Inc., Viguié Films, USA Network, ABC Network, CBS, Quentin Tarentino Productions, MTV, Revelation Films and Lifetime Movies among others - where he has remained active and successful, distinguishing himself as one of the best in Puerto Rico. Harak is without question, a versatile and successful artist in the production and design of national and international cinema, sculpture, public works, painting and design. He has achieved seven solo art exhibits, participated in over 35 group exhibits internationally and has public sculpture in Puerto Rico and Mexico. His work is found in major public and private collections in Puerto Rico, United States, Russia ,Canada,Argentina,Germany and Mexico.
Javier Dones was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico in 1967. Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1990 from the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. Currently living and working in Saint Petersburg, Florida since 1992. “My native land is the tropical paradise of Puerto Rico. The island is both, exuberant in natural beauty and rich in culture. All elements feel intense, like loud voices. When it comes to the expression of the arts, I often execute my work with the same intensity and loudness. The voices of nature are the ones that speak loudest to me. Especially the hidden icons of sacrosanct spontaneity. The perfect designs that would elude the usual attention. My current work springs from that lifelong fascination for the natural elements.Copper is the main working material, but also other metals; natural pigments and enamels are often incorporated in the pieces. Chemistry processes and techniques as developed by the Master of the Arts, Jack Lebowitz, are my vehicles.”The pieces you enjoy were created using the powder metals and enamels technique. The coloration and textures are the result of interactions between elements elicited by our unique chemical process. Jose A. Marrero is a contemporary artist from Puerto
Rico. Jose won an art competition and was given a grant to study a course in art at the University de Puerto Rico in his early twenties. His love of art was shaped by the many visits at an early age to picturesque galleries and cobble streets along San Juan. Jose gets inspiration from observing people, nature, and from his love of music. He is a prolific music composer with 40 years of experience in the music industry. Renown singers in Puerto Rico like Ismael Rivera, Jr., Sammy Gonzalez and others have recorded Jose’s compositions over the years; with the latest being, “El Gran Meñique”. His agile mind finds its way into the canvas or into a music composition. If Jose cannot find the correct lyric at the time, his idea gets depicted into the canvas. In other words, he can paint the idea, as seen in the painting “Los Cuatro Ciegos”. In Art, Jose has been inspired by artists like Modigliani, Van Gogh, Picasso, Braque, etc. Geometric Cubism is Jose’s favorite style of painting, although you can see in his paintings figurative, abstract and expressionist art . In Jose own words, “the privilege of creating is a way of being in the world, it is about discovering while you paint”. Communicating to people through his paintings, touching peoples souls or emotions. Jose opens his world to us with his joyful personality and own radiant palette of colors. All of his paintings are originals, no copies. Jose has exhibited at Artegon Marketplace in Orlando, Florida and is currently exhibiting at the Wine & Art Stroll in Celebration, Florida.
Alejandro De Jesús was born in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico but grew up in the town of Caguas. As a child he drew and painted all the images he liked: super heroes, faces, cars, monsters and the like. He remembers doing many illustrations at his grade school before every holiday. At the age of ten he met Victor Torres Lizardi, a professional painter from Caguas who awakened in him, his everlasting love for art. At sixteen he moved to New York City, where he started observing the masters’ work in museums and galleries. Alejandro DJ studied at Famous Artist’s Schools in Westport, Connecticut and Art Student’s League of New York City.
Back in his home island, he kept studying art on his own at the same time that he worked in oils and attended the University of Puerto Rico, where he was an honor graduate. His favorite mediums are pastel, acrylic but mostly oil. He is a natural figurative and portrait artist who likes painting any offbeat subject. In 1985 Alejandro founded Alejandro DJ Studio in Caguas, an art school born of a genuine interest for a figurative art education with effective communication available to children and adults. He dedicated 28 years of his life to teaching basic and advanced drawing and painting principles in the traditional method. In 1987 he received an award for his oil painting “The Hat Salesman” in a contest in Editorial Sin Nombre at The Art Students League of San Juan. This work and another of his oil paintings titled “The Class” were acquired by the Museum of Art in Caguas as part of its permanent collection. His work has been exhibited in group and solo shows in the United States and Puerto Rico. In 1997 he traveled to Europe where he visited over twenty five museums in France, Spain, Italy, Brussels and Holland. During this trip he had the opportunity to closely observe and analyze old masters paintings like Rembrandt, Velazquez, Sorolla, Goya, El Greco, Van Gogh, Caravaggio and Vermeer. This experience opened his eyes to the true fundamentals of oil painting and his duty to teach them. Alejandro is a constant student of painting and for six years he wrote and videotaped these fundamentals for his Spanish speaking students. His five video oil painting course titled “Oil Painting Fundamentals” has been praised and purchased by art students in Argentina, Brazil, California, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Florida, France, Illinois, Indonesia, Los Angeles , Mexico, Norway, New York, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virginia and Washington. This course has also been acquired by prestigious art schools in Puerto Rico as a resource for their classes. Alejandro is currently translating these videos to the English language. Alejandro DJ stays in touch with his students through Regalos de Arte, a free Spanish weekly newsletter he sends on the Internet every Saturday, which includes essays, videos, opinions, reviews, and articles about art.
Stanley Coll is a Painter, illustrator, printmaker and sculptor. Studied at Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico under the tutelage of Professor Frank Cervoni graduating Suma Cum Laude with a concentration in painting in 1984. Since then he worked as an illustrator for special reports on channel 11 News and other media. In 1986 he joined the newspaper El Nuevo Día as one of its most prominent illustrators, being granted several international awards in illustration by way of this newspaper pages. Culminating his career as an Illustrator in 1995, Coll dedicates with passion to painting, medium that has brought him recognition from critics and art collectors, becoming his work part of important collections and conducting exhibitions in art galleries locally and abroad. In constant search of his visual language, Coll has steered his work towards the creation of a unique style which thrives on images and real-life situations that the artist has managed to perceive in the streets and transformed them into their own urban world with a clear satirical-social intention.
Michael Irrizary-Pagan was born in New York City. His family was filled with artists and craftsmen. I believe that I was born into the right environment; my mother would always have clay, pencils, and small things to stimulate creativity, along with all the family members involved in making some form of art. “I never attended a formal art school. My schools were the many art galleries and museums of New York City. I would have to say that I am self taught. That my teachers were the many painters and individuals I encountered through out my life and travels. It is my belief that work should always pay homage to those from who I learned so much, that it should always question social norms and challenge my vision of how to present that artistically. I attempt to create works that I hope stimulate discourse, hopefully in a humorous, serious, and enlightening manner”.
Jose Sanchez was born in 1957, in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
He is a self-taught artist who started to paint, influenced by his artistic brother. As a teenager Jose participated in juried art shows in towns like Carolina and San Juan. In 1988 he moved to Florida where he has been living and painting since then. His artworks have been showcased in different galleries of Central Florida where he has been awarded with recognitions like a 1st place in painting in Osceola Arts Hispanic Show in 2015. Hi paintings display the chromatic exhuberance of the island of Puerto Rico with its folklore, as well as an interest for surreal themes with strong symbolic backgrounds.
Ivonne Galanes is an award-winning artist. She is also musician and writer.Ivonne was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the tender age of three, she drew an unusual, detailed depiction of the events of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Since then, she has known she was meant to be an artist. When asked, about her motivation Galanes simply says “I can’t help it, art just runs through my veins as God put it there”. Her parents quickly provided her with art lessons, and her father, artist Ricardo Galanes Lloréns, encouraged and carefully tutored her during her growing years. Under his guidance, she started painting in oils at the age of seven (7). Galanes graduated from the former Lucchetti School of Visual Arts and went on to further her art education at Pratt Institute, in New York, where she studied drawing, painting and sculpture, learning the techniques of the Great Masters from master teachers. She studied anatomy with Sal Montano, where the class included studying and sketching from real corpses, just like Leonardo Da Vinci did. Galanes has won several awards during her life as an artist, since 1979, and has shown pieces in numerous art shows in the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico. She is also a member of the Portrait Society of America. Galanes currently offers private lessons focused in classical drawing, painting and human anatomy.
Jennicel Bolaños is a visual Artist taht reflects her passion for portraiture by revealing a unique emotion in every portrait painted. The artist also portrays her pride of her culture and heritage amongst some of her paintings. Jennicel feels a deep responsibility to send a message to the viewers. In her latest works, she expresses her preoccupation with the issues facing society today. In her painting,(The Forgotten, 2016), shows the uncertainty of families running away from their homes because of ISIS persecutions. In another work, (The Promised Land, 2017), the artist reacts by putting her heart and soul in the painting, reflecting the tragic events caused by Hurricane María. Every painting is touched by her emotions and visible brushstrokes. Her medium of preference is: acrylic or oil and she prefers canvas or wood to paint on. Jennicel’s art work has been showcased in different parts of United States like Connecticut, Massachussets, and Florida. Jennicel Bolaños has been inspired by her mentor, Eileen Eder as well as portrait artist: Cesar Santos.
Suheil Acevedo-Avilés was born in 1988 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Known as Suh Avilés, she is a musician, writer, and painter. Suh’s interest in art started at a young age. In 2007-2010, Suh attended International Academy Design Technology in Orlando, where she studied Fashion apparel. Her style is fluent and defined by a visionary surrealism. Some of the things that inspire her would be; space, mother earth, and fantasy. Suh has develop in her paintings a style of line that she likes to call, “web of lies”. it consists of many lines coming together to form a pattern. Her work is full of bright colors and dimmensions. Capable to take the espectator to a wild world. She has exhibited since 2014 in places like Culture Exchange and Market Place, and Cos-Com Anime at Fashion Square Mall in Orlando, FLorida. In September 2016, she participated in a Paint Strong
event hosted by Sam Flax with her painting titled “Awaken”, in memory of “Pulse” victims. That same piece was also exhibited in Orlando Museum of Art, Artlando Festival, VIP NFL Pro Bowl 2017.
and color are constant in her work. She expresses with a real but intimate language, observing the human mystery inside the deep and mysterious ocean.
In 2017, one of her paintings appeared as the cover of a book called, “Ensayos de Iberoamerica-Antología” wich also included some of her poems.
Michelle Irizarry was born in Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island full of color, history and inspiration. She is the daughter of an architect and during her childhood her parents owned an art gallery in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Inspiration was abundant and art materials were always at hand throughout her childhood. Starting at a young age, Michelle took art lessons in a variety of media. Even with hiatuses along the way, Michelle pursued art throughout her life as a therapeutic and healing endeavor. Her work has evolved over the years and has included many different media such as oils, acrylics, watercolors, oil pastels and mixed media. In recent years she has developed a fascination with the human figure and face. Her own children have become the subject of many of her paintings. Michelle has a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT and has specialized in Hydrology and Climate Modeling during her career. She is especially sensitive to environmental causes and water is a common theme in a lot of her artwork. Her work has been described as colorful, introspective, profound and thought-provoking. Michelle’s work has been displayed at various galleries throughout Central Florida including Winter Garden’s SOBO Gallery, Osceola Arts in Kissimmee and City Arts Factory in Orlando. She is a member of the Central Florida Watercolor Society and the Florida Watercolor Society.
Felipe José Andiarena Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. He moved to the United States in 1977. Residing in Willimantic, Connecticut. Got Bachelors in Fine Arts (Sculpture) in 1995 from Eastern Connecticut State University. Felipe won several awards while in Ct. The first one for a distorted clown faced, self portrait and a second one for a linollium print. Felipe moved to Central Florida in 2010. Currentlly being mentored by renown Puerto Rican sculptor Rigoberto Torres from Poinciana. Felipe continues to expand his artistic repetuar withdrawing, painting and collage.
Myrna Hernandez was born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. She studied Secretary Science at University of Puerto Rico. Being there she started to develop a particular interest for Art. She obtained an Artisan License from Fomento Industrial, but she always felt a prefernce for painting. In this discipline her mentor has been always the artist Pedro Brull. Myrna states that paiting is the art of capturing the light to shape misteries through color and perspective.
Tania Torres was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in 1984. She studied at Ana G. Mendez University and received an Associate degree in pharmacy tech. She moved to Orlando, Florida in 2011 seeking medical care for her daughter Kaylee Sasser diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. In 2013 she discovered comfort in art and became really passionate about it. Her art is an expression of life. Her brushstroke laden with light and matter, bright surfaces and bold chromatic shows the character of a spirit in search of its own truth. Harmony, texture, composition,
Jessica Rosario (Jimmarie), contemporary artist resident of Orlando Florida was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1975. She completed a bachelors’ degree in Art Education from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus in 1999. She also achieved a masters’ in Learning Design and Technology from Purdue University in 2014. Jessica’s work demonstrates a constant exploration of mediums, styles, and subjects. Her paintings have been exhibited in Orlando and New York. She have created other commissioned artwork for private clients in the US and Honduras. Jessica was the featured artist of Nonahood News on September 2016.
Rafael Rosa-Algarín was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He grew up influenced by the creativity and artistic development of his father Rafael. Attracted to his passion for Science, he studied Biology and then completed studies in Medicine. During his student years He was involved in different Art related activities using Glass as his preferred medium of expression. Rafael was always motived towards Art Education during his early years. That is why after getting married with Artist Carmen Rojas, they decided to open the Voyam Art Academy in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His passion for Art motivated him to write Art reviews and essays. He also has collaborated in the development of Art curriculums. Actually he works as a family Doctor in Ocala, Florida. He also enjoys to visit cultural and fine art related events. During the last two years Rafael has been actively participating in the development of the P.R.A.D.O organization. Dr. Rosa hopes to help to spread an educational, informative and accurate message of the Artistic environment in Central Florida and surrounding areas.
Joan Emanuelli Sanchez is a Contemporary Realism Artist from San Juan, Puerto Rico, who now resides in Orlando, Florida. His distinctive personal style emanates from passion and emotion which portrays numerous perspectives in a variety of subjects in acrylics and oils. He brings to life, scenic landscapes, water reflections, portraits, still life and everyday people, along with architectural perspectives. Much of his subject matter reveals a deep contrasting of harmonious colors and bold compositions. With the artists’ interpretation, he welcomes his viewers into his personal visual journey. From a young age, he displayed an interest in drawing and sketching but it wasn’t until his later years that he started his formal Art education at the Bayamon Art School in Puerto Rico in 2004. This furthered the skills he developed in Architectural Drawing where he studied at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. His artistic pursuits were prolonged for more than a decade, and it wasn’t until he retired as an army combat veteran in 2014 that he decided to resume the pursuit of his artistic career. He enrolled as a student at Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, Florida, where he later was granted a Fellowship in the
Painting and Drawing Department (P&D). In 2016, he was awarded 1st place in the 35th Juried Student Exhibition at Crealde School of Art in the Painting & Drawing category. The exhibits’ winner was determined by Dr. Amy Galpin, Curator of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. In 2017, he participated in various exhibitions such as “Tapestry - Americas United” at Banco de Brasil and “Emerge” at the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery, Winter Park, FL Danny Ramos attended high school in New York City at the School of Graphic Arts in New York City. He was given a full scholarship to attend the Students Arts League in New York City. He began working at the Miller Art studio one of New Yorks top graphic design firms in New York where he became the lead graphic designer for the International Paper Company creating graphic designs for brochures promoting the company’s fine printing papers. He worked on graphics for Revlon, McCall’s International Papers and IBM. He did the concept and graphic design for numerous political campaigns including 1 President of the U.S., several governors and Senators. He received 22 graphic design awards presented by the Printing Industries of America. More currently he designed the Boricua Beer and Taino Beer logos and graphics for the packaging and advertising campaign. He paints in Acrylic in a school he calls “Historical Surrealism”.
Angel Rivera-Morales was born in 1981 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He developed his skills in a self-taught way. On the year of 1999, Angel was enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras Campus. From 1999 to 2006 he acquired his academic formation with artists like Rafael Rivera-Rosa, Martin Garcia-Rivera, Jaime Romano, and Susana Herrero. At the same time Angel developed his own body of artworks and participated in numerous group shows and his paintings began to be acquired by collectors. In 2006 Angel obtained a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts with a major in Painting from the University of Puerto Rico. Since then, Angel has been developing his own language and building a strong career. His artworks have been displayed in important Art Galleries of Puerto
Rico and the United States, and his paintings today are part of several important private collections. In 2012 Angel Rivera relocated to Orlando, Florida. In the last years he has been working hard to establish his reputation as an artist in the Central Florida area. In 2015, Angel Rivera was invited by Pedro Brull to help organize the Collective Art Show “La Diaspora”. Later that year he was selected to be director of the organization Puerto Rican Artists Diaspora in Orlando (P.R.A.D.O). Raydel Temeres was boe=rn in Cuba in 1986. He went to Elementary Art School and continued to study in Instituto Superior de Arte. He partricipated in diverse colective art showsduring his student career and after graduated he he obtained numerous awards and honorable mentions in events in Pinar del Río and Habana, Cuba.
Este proyecto ha sido posible gracias a la colaboración de los integranres de
Puerto Rican Arts Diaspora of Orlando y la Asociación de Artistas de Puerto Rico. Policronistas” incluye treinta y un artistas de variadas trayectorias con impresionante dominio de técnica y oficio. Esta colección es una madeja de diversas expresiones artísticas que abarcan desde la figuración realista hasta el abstraccionismo libre. Esta exposición recoge un cúmulo de historias alternas que identifican a estos artistas puertorriqueños, que en su mayoría habitan insertados en el torrente social norteamericano.
This presentation has been possible by a colaboration between Puerto Rican
Arts Diaspora of Orlando, New COncept Barber and Art Gallery, and the Asociación de Artistas Plásticos de Puerto Rico. “Polichronistas” present a group of thirty one artists of varied creative experiences with an impressive dominance of their art. This collection is a conglomerate of their diverse artistic expressions that embrace the realistic and the abstractions. This exhibition reveals the accumulation of alternate experiences that also shape, identify assimilate the Puerto Ricans into the torrents of North American society.
Creditos/Credits: Angel Rivera-Morales Director de galería/Gallery Director Gabriel Marrero Administrador de galería/Gallery Manager Ramón Rosario Enmarcado/Framing Felipe Morales José M. Feliciano Montaje de exposición/Exposure assembly