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Houben R.T. Spring Exhibition 2018
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Biography Born in Bulgaria in 1970, Houben Tcherkelov, known as Houben R.T., received his MFA in Painting at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1996, he won a National Endowment for the Arts Award for Residency in New York, and moved permanently to the city in 2000. Inspired by his native Soviet Regime’s and the United State’s use of imagery to foster a national identity, Houben creates paintings using images derived from various currencies. Interested in exploring how these images function outside of their government issued context, he isolates or repositions the images and renders them in a lyrical, colorful, and highly textural manner, commemorating the rich history, symbolic links and the inherent beauty in legal tender. In his latest series of currency-inspired canvases, whether coming from pounds, colones, or dollar bills, Houben presents the viewer with exceptionally handsome transformations of imagery that we all instantly recognize. Active in both his native Bulgaria and the U.S., Houben represented his home country in the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. His work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., including the Bronx Museum, NY; the Brogan Museum, FL; the Montclair Museum, NJ; the Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta; and the NYMEX Art Gallery, World Financial Center. Internationally, his work has been shown at the Contemporary Arts Center in Moscow; the Kunsthalle Exnergasse and the Generali Foundation in Vienna. Most recently, he completed two solo exhibitions at the National Gallery and the National Archaeological Musem in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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$5 Dollar Abe Lincoln, 2017 Arcylic and foil on canvas 54 x 44 inches $14,000
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$100 Ben Franklin, 2017 Arcylic and foil on canvas 50 x 42 inches $10,500 Hubert Gallery
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2 Colones Costa Rica, 2018 Arcylic and foil on canvas 60 x 48 inches $16,000 Houben R.T. | Spring Exhibition 2018
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100 French Francs Napoleon, 2018 Arcylic and foil on canvas 60 x 48 inches $16,000 Hubert Gallery
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$1 Dollar George Washington, 2017 Arcylic and foil on canvas 48 x 36 inches $9,000
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$10 Dollar Elvis Presley, 2018 Acrylic and foil on canvas 30 x 40 inches $8,500 Hubert Gallery
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5 Pounds Queen, 2017 Arcylic and foil on canvas 48 x 36 inches $9,000 Hubert Gallery
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$1 Dollar The Great Seal Acrylic and foil on canvas 48 x 48 inches $12,000 Houben R.T. | Spring Exhibition 2018
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