• A package

    “A package ”

    Date 2000
    Dimensions 44" x 45"
    Category Print
    Medium Woodcut on paper
    Genre Scenes
    Period 20th Century
    Collection Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Collection
    Acknowledgement Gift of: Banco Gubernamental de Fomento para Puerto Rico
  • First Puppetry Festival

    “First Puppetry Festival”

    Date 1977
    Dimensions 18 3/16" x 12 3/4"
    Category Print
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Scenes
    Period 20th Century
    Collection Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Collection
    Acknowledgement Gift of: Banco Santander de Puerto Rico
  • Film Series

    “Film Series ”

    Date 1986
    Dimensions 20" x 26 2/8"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Scenes
    Period 20th Century
  • VII Rafael Hernández Music Festival

    “VII Rafael Hernández Music Festival”

    Date 1981
    Dimensions 25" x 19 1/2"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Scenes
    Period 20th Century
  • VIII Rafael Hernández Music Festival

    “VIII Rafael Hernández Music Festival ”

    Date 1982
    Dimensions 26 1/8" x 13 3/8"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Abstract
    Period 20th Century
  • Hatillo’s Masks Festival

    “Hatillo’s Masks Festival”

    Date 1976
    Dimensions 21 3/8" x 14 1/4"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Scenes
    Period 20th Century
  • 4th. Pottery Festival

    “4th. Pottery Festival”

    Date 1977
    Dimensions 26" x 20"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Abstract
    Period 20th Century
  • II Yabucoa’s Farmers Festival

    “II Yabucoa’s Farmers Festival ”

    Date 1977
    Dimensions 26" x 20 1/32"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Rural landscape
    Period 20th Century
  • Levittown People's Party

    “Levittown People's Party ”

    Date 1982
    Dimensions 26" x 22"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Abstract
    Period 20th Century
  • National Hispanic Heritage Week

    “National Hispanic Heritage Week ”

    Date 1983
    Dimensions 24 1/2" x 18 1/2"
    Category Poster
    Medium Silkscreen on paper
    Genre Abstract
    Period 20th Century

Jesús Cardona

Dorado, PR, 1950

Biography Details

Painter and graphic artist. After earning a bachelor’s degree in painting from the School of Visual Arts of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP, by its Spanish acronym) in 1976, he began working as a poster designer at the Graphics Workshop of the ICP. In the seventies he was a member of the "Guajana" printmaking and poetry group, and he is recognized as a good percussionist musician of "Bomba" and "Plena" (percussion driven dances with distinct rhythms of African traditions). In 1979 he won first prize for printmaking awarded in the "Tribute to Francisco Matos Paoli", and in 1994 was recognized with an honorable mention in the Alfonso Arana Foundation contest. He has exhibited his paintings, posters and prints in several local and international events, such as the San Juan Biennial of Printmaking in Latin America and the Caribbean (1979 and 1986), the Ljubljana Printmaking Biennial, Yugoslavia (1986) and the Seville National Pavilion (1992). He also has participated in group exhibitions, such as “A Selection of Prints in America” in Venezuela (1978), “The Poster in Puerto Rico: 1946 1985” and “Xylography in Puerto Rico: 1950 1986”, the latter two held at the Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. He has chosen xylography as his preferred technique to express his artistic language in his graphic work.

Formation

Education

  • Bachelor’s in Arts, Major in Painting. Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

1995

  • Escuela de Artes Plásticas, Puerto Rico

1994

  • Galería de Arte de Humanidades, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez,  Puerto Rico

1993

  • Isla Verde Mall, Carolina, Puerto Rico

1989

  • Ritmo, Visión y cambio, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico

1982

  • American University, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

1975

  • Caribbean University College, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Group Shows

2012

  • Interconexiones: Lecturas Curatoriales de la Colección del MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2007

  • Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2001

  • Muestra Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1998

  • 100 Años después …100 Artistas contemporáneos, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1996

  • Parentesis: Ocho artistas negros contemporáneos, Arsenal de la Marina Española, San Juan, Puerto Rico/ Museo Casa Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico/ Museo Fuerte Conde Mirasol, Vieques/ Centro de Exposiciones, Carolina, Puerto Rico
  • 4x4 en xilografía,

1994

  • Preferencia de artistas, Chase Manhattan Bank, United States 

1993

  • Muestra de Arte Puertorriqueño – Quinto Centenario, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1992

  • Un Nouveau Regard Sur Les Caraibes, France 
  • Expresiones de tres artistas contemporáneos, San Juan Conservation Studio and Fine Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1989

  • Muestra de obra gráfica puertorriqueña, Spain 
  • XVIII Bienal de Arte Gráfico, Yugoeslavia

1988

  • 100 Años después …100 Artistas contemporáneos, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1987

  • La tarjeta de Navidad puertorriqueña, Puerto Rico

  • Masters Prints from Puerto Rico, Rancho Santiago College, California, United States

1986

  • La Xilografía en Puerto Rico (1950-1986), Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Master Prints from Puerto Rico, California, United States
  • VII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y el Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Muestra de obra gráfica Puertorriqueña, Barcelona, Spain
  • XVIII Bienal de Arte Gráfico, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
  • Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1985

  • El cartel en Puerto Rico (1946-1985), Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1981

  • Sala de Gráfica Puertorriqueña en saludo a Latinoamérica, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1980

  • 4ta. Muestra de Pintura y Escultura Puertorriqueña, Sala de Exposiciones, Convento de los Dominicos, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1979

  • Gráfica y poesía, Venezuela
  • Biennial of San Juan of Latin American Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1978

  • Selección de grabados de América, Venezuela

1977

  • Gráfica y Poesía, Ponce, Puerto Rico

1976

  • Homenaje a Francisco Matos Paoli, Galería Guatíbiri, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Awards, Distinctions and Achievements

1994

  • Honorific mention. Contest sponsored by the Alfonso Arana Foundation, Puerto Rico

1979

  • First prize for engraving. Tribute to Francisco Matos Paoli, Puerto Rico

Collections

  • Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Bibliography

Books

Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Arte e Identidad. San Juan, P.R.: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1998.

Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. San Juan, P.R. 2000.