Amanda Carmona Bosch
Río Piedras, PR, 1956
Biography Details
Painter, draftswoman, photographer and video-editor. Studied at University of Puerto Rico with Luisa Geigel and Myrna Báez. After graduating in 1978, she moved to Italy and later to Austria after being granted a scholarship to study abroad from Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. While there she associated with Czech painter Tamara Horokova, sculptors Edwald Maurer and Gehardt Moswitzer and writer Peter Flod. She remained in Austria for seven years, where she had several exhibitions. She completed a Master’s degree in the United States at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In 2003 she had an exhibition spanning 30 years of her "Oriented" series at Museo de Las Americas in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2004 she won the Award for Best Individual Exhibition, "Rojo Profundo", from the International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has exhibited her work in Germany, Austria, Spain, United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Her work leans towards abstraction.
Artist Statement
"The theoretical basis of my work is Modernism in the sense of its exploration of the formal elements of art, its infinite capacity for abstraction and revolutionary study of the psychology of design and workings of human perception.
More specifically, my intention has been to combine automatic surrealism understood, as Roberto Matta expressed it at the time, with the possibilities opened up by Cubism in terms of space/time representation.
The subject, what happens in each painting, ranges from re-interpretations of traditional themes in the history of oil painting, whether religious, mythological or of the Court, to subjects from everyday life, Puerto Rican motifs and women's issues. In any case, I have tried to express a vision of female sensitivity towards the issue.
It is a work where the psychological representation of the human figure is the main theme. This representation is achieved by visual analogies, my personal contribution to the history of visual language.
However, the interpretation of the observer is open to endless possibilities. The images are as symbolic riddles, where the attentive observer can "read" the forms, infer, intuit or interpret them as you interpret your own dreams”.
Amanda Carmona Bosch
July 7, 2001
Formation
Education
1998
- Master of Fine Arte, Major in Painting. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1979
- Independent studies in painting and sculpture with Ewald Maurer and Tamara Horokova. Fürstenfeld, Austria
1977
- Bachelor's of Humanities, major of Fine Arts. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1975
- Exchange Program. Studies in printmaking with Thomas Seawell, SUNY, Oswego, New York, United States
Professional Experience
2010
- Journalist, reporter, video-editor and photographer about art subjects. Cyber cultural magazine "Mayagüez sabe a mangó ". www.mayaguezsabeamango.com
2003-2004
- Production coordinator. Cultura Viva Program, Channel 6 TV, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000
- University instructor, basic drawing and art appreciation courses. Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995-1998
- Director and curator. Student Union Visual and Performing Arts Space, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1995-1998
- Director and curator. Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1994-1997
- Teaching Assistant of Two-dimensional Design, and Basic Drawing. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1990-1993
- Drawer of prehistoric and Roman archaeological pieces. History and Archaeology Faculty, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
1986-1990
- Production and Printing Coordinator. Compugráfica, Inc. Design Agency, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2013
- Rasgos, Galería CAI, Universidad Interamericana, Recinto Metro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011
- A Contraluz: Variaciones sobre una Silueta, C.A.S.A., Cuernavaca, Mexico
2003
- Rojo Profundo, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
- Pinturas, DMR, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997
- Abnormal Fobia Pigmentation, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1993
- Pinturas y collages, Galería de La General, Loja, Spain
- Siete Óleos, Centro Cultural del Albaizín, Granada, Spain
1985
- Malerei & Collages, Minoriten Kloster, Graz, Austria
- Pinturas y Collages, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984
- Malerei & Grafik, Galerie K, Kindberg, Austria
- Malerei, Afro-Asian Institute, Graz, Austria
Group Shows
2019-2020
- Anarquía y dialéctica en el deseo, géneros y marginalidad en Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2019
- Nexos, artistas puertorriqueñas, invitadas y de la colección, Museo de Arte de Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Figural bis Abstrakt, Langenzersdorf Museum, Langenzersdorf, Austria
2018
- Contrapunto, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Aufbruch zum Licht, Otto Mauer Zentrum, Viena, Austria
2017
- Eigen Sicht der Dinge, Kunstsalon Schönbrunn, Schloss Schönbrunn, Viena, Austria
- La Batalla después del cuerpo, un proyecto feminista, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2015
- Manipulaciones o la recodificación del medio, Proyecto Local 270, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2013
- Muestra Nacional de Arte 2013, Antiguo Arsenal de la Puntilla, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012
- Nuevas adquisiciones, Museo de Arte de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Caleidoscopio, Galería 778, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2009
- Mujer Pintora, Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007
- Optika2. Exposición sobre narración visual, Galería Chardón, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2006
- Exposición Premio Artes Plásticas, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
- Imagen de una cultura, 25 años de la Colección de Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Certamen Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Colectiva Inaugural, Galería La Casa del Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Subasta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- La Casa del Arte: del pasado al presente, La Casa del Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
- Nuevas Adquisiciones, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Coalición, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan; Museo de Historia de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Mujeres con Historia, Uri Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Óleos de Festival, Congreso Iberoamericano de las Artes, Uri Art Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Pintura abstracta puertorriqueña-Cuatro generaciones, La Casa del Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- El Dibujo, La Casa del Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2002
- Abstractos Recientes, Galería Calle Cristo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Colectiva Navideña, Galería Calle Cristo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997
- Works on Paper, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
1996
- Visual Thinking in Motion. Animation Show, Wheeler Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1986
- Mujeres Artistas, Museo de Bellas Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1985
- Salón de la Pintura '85, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984
- Steirischer Herbst International Art Festival, Malerwochen Meditation ’84, Castillo de Poppendorf y Minoriten Kloster, Poppendorf, Graz, Austria
1981
- Exposición Premio Revista Sin Nombre, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1975
- Exposición Anual de Estudiantes de Arte, SUNY, Oswego, New York, Unites States
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
2011
- Artist Residency, Grant for foreign artists. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de México and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, México
- Grant for Artist Residency in Mexico. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
- Award for Best Colective Exhibition. “Coalición” Exhibition, International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
- Award for Best Individual Exhibition. "Rojo Profundo" Exhibition, International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1996
- Guest Artist. Amherst Public Art Commission, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
1994
- National Award for Merit. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1986
- Grant. Ford Foundation, United States
1985
- Third Prize for Drawing. Mobil Oil Co., San Juan, Puerto Rico
1984
- Finalist. Award for Painting, City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1979
- Scholarship for studies abroad. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- La General de Granada, Granada, Spain
- Ministerio de Cultura de Viena, Viena, Austria
- Minoriten Kloster, Graz, Austria
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte de Bayamón, Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Catalogues
Ramos Borges, Melissa. “Manipulaciones o la recodificación del medio”, Proyecto Local 270, San Juan, 2015.
Bravo, Laura. “Optika2: construyendo historias con imágenes. Exposición sobre Narración Visual”. Galería Chardón, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 2007.
Moreira, Rubén. “La Casa del Arte: Del pasado al futuro”. La Casa del arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2005.
Pérez Ruíz, José Antonio. “Amanda Carmona Bosch: Pensamiento y Acción”. Rojo Profundo, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2003.
Newspapers
“Abnormal Fobia Pigmentation comes to Herter Gallery”. The Campus Chronicle, University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA), 31 de octubre de 1997.
Alegre Barrios, Mario. “Amanda y su pasión por el pincel”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 6 de noviembre de 2003.
Alegre Barrios, Mario. “Galardones a la creación plástica”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 17 de abril de 2004.
Cabañas, Ana María. “Amanda Carmona, una pintora puertorriqueña en Austria”. El Mundo (San Juan, PR), julio de 1985.
Galán, Eva V. “Óleos de Amanda Carmona: las dimensiones del alma”. El Ideal (Granada, España), marzo de 1993.
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Pérez Ruíz, Antonio. “Ante un cuarto de siglo de coleccionismo”. El Vocero (San Juan, PR), 30 de abril de 2005.
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Rodríguez, Jorge. “Premios AICA a la excelencia”. El Vocero (San Juan, PR), 19 de abril de 2004.
Rodríguez, Myrna. "Carmona Exhibits at the League”. The San Juan Star (San Juan, PR), agosto de 1985.
Scheuer, Grete. “Malerwochen auch in der Oststeier”. Sud-Ost Tages Post (Graz, Austria), noviembre de 1984.
T.S. “Visionen von Angst und Shrecken”. Sud-Ost Tages Post (Graz, Austria), mayo de 1984.
Wells, Bonnie. "Meeting the visiting art’…ists”. Amherst Bulletin (Amherst, MA), 3 de mayo de 1996.
Web
Rodríguez Valles, Nora. “De viaje por rasgos”. Visión Doble (Revista Online), 15 de Noviembre de 2013. www.visiondoble.net
Torres Arzola, Raquel. “Viva la resistencia: Women artists in Puerto Rico and outside”, August 9, 2015. https://arteypensamientocontemporaneo.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/viva-la-resistencia-women-artists-in-puerto-rico-and-outside/