Fernando Villanueva
San Sebastian, PR, 1973
Biography Details
Painter. Villanueva obtained a BFA with a major in painting from Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico in 1998. Winner of ‘Exhibición del año 2002’ (Show of the Year) Award conferred by the International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter (AICA). He has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions and his works form part of important collections locally and internationally. In his paintings he displays the beauty and madness of capitalism and at the same time toys (plays) with different definitions of art and aesthetics from the end of the Second World War.
Artist Statement
"My work is like picking up a book from the history of painting in the last 150 years, throw it in a blender with water and with all the pieces that come out, you paste them and make a collage."
Fernando Villanueva, 2002
Source: Pérez Rivera, Tatiana. “Rienda suelta a la creatividad”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 19 de septiembre de 2002, p. 100.
Formation
Education
1998
- BFA. Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2013
- 21 Years Later, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012
- Alive, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011
- She, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2010
- Summer Flowers, Hotel Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- L.O.L. (Laughing Out Loud), Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
- Lucky 13, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
- One Man Collective, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003
- Pop 73, Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2002
- Paint, Viota Gallery,San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
- Postmodern Comedy of Errors, Viota Gallery,San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997
- The Artmoney Show, Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Group Shows
2006
- One Way Ticket-Alternate show, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
2003
- Art Miami-Williams Carmona, Richard Santiago, Rabindranat Diaz, Carlos Cancio, Fernando Villanueva,
- Art Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
1998
- Tres Artistas Jóvenes: Chemi Rosado, Rabindranat Diaz, Fernando Villanueva, Espacio Joaquín Mercado, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
2002
- Best Gallery Show Award. International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Latin American Art Museum, Miami, Florida, United States
Bibliography
Catalogues
“Lucky 13”, Biaggi & Faure Fine Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2008.
“One man collective”, Petrus Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2006.
Newspapers
Álvarez Lezama, Manuel. “Rabindranat y Villanueva: Una pintura diferente”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 1 de julio de 2001, p. 76.
“Inspirado en ellas”. Primera Hora (San Juan, PR), 3 de marzo de 2011, p. 12A.
Morales Blanes, Sandra. “Chemi Rosado en Viota”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 20 de mayo de 2001, pp. 108-109.
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana. “Colectiva individual en Petrus”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 16 de abril de 2006, p. 26.
_____. “Imágenes retomadas”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 10 de septiembre de 2003, p. 32.
_____. “Rienda suelta a la creatividad”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 19 de septiembre de 2002, p. 100.
Rodríguez, Jorge. “Nueva Noche de Galerías en Petrus”. El Vocero (San Juan, PR), 5 de abril de 2012, p. 39.