Diógenes Ballester
Ponce, PR, 1956
Biography Details
Painter, printmaker, and teacher. Ballester studied under Adrián Nelson, Basilia Goglas, René Taylor, and Margarita Balmaceda at the Miguel Pou School of Visual Arts in Ponce. He also studied at the Catholic University in Ponce, where he founded the art gallery Aballarde. In 1981 he studied printmaking in New York at the Printmaking Workshop, founded by Robert Blackburn, and in 1983 he was awarded a fellowship to pursue master’s-degree studies at the University of Wisconsin. Since 1987, Ballester has lived in New York, where he has taught painting and printmaking at the Cooper Union and at the Parsons School of Design. In 1999 he was awarded a grant by the Alfonso Arana Foundation to study in Paris, and he has been a member of several international art juries, serving as chair of the jury for the Twelfth San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Prints. His work combines organic elements and forms that might be considered part of a symbolic language created by the artist. It draws on references to history, mythology, spiritual and spiritualist rituals, individual and collective memory, oral history, and Caribbean identity.
Artist Statement
For Diógenes Ballester one function of the artist, like that of the arteologist, is to discover, investigate, extrapolate meaning, and offer a reconfigured perspective on what has been left behind as artifacts. He has been blessed as a Puerto Rican with a rich religious, cultural, political, and familial heritage, which coupled with personal experiences, invites curiosity and investigation. These are the factors that interest him and through which he expresses his creativity. These are the memories embedded in his installations. This is the life energy manifested in the archeological artifacts, historical documents, and found objects. Taken together these apprehended, reconfigured, and re-contextualized components become altar like pieces that depict layers of history and culture. In these installations, he explores oral history, memory, mythology, ritual, and cultural identity along a transnational spectrum. I have appropriated cultural objects and historical artifacts together with painting, drawing, prints and new media as a way of accessing the past and re-interpreting the present in a trans-Caribbean dialogue.
Source: http://www.diogenes-ballester.com/pages/index.php?qpath=artists-statement
Formation
Education
1986
- Masters. University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin, United States
1978
- Bachelor of Fine Arts. Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1974
- Miguel Pou High School, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Professional Experience
2004
- Curator. “Transmigration: Cracovia and New York”, Galería Taller Boricua, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, New York, New York, United States
- Painting Professor. Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont, United States
- Curator. “Journey Through Healing: An Exhibition of Artwork by Children with a History of Child Maltreatment”, Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection, New York, New York, United States
1990
- Guest Curator. “Historic Exhibitions, P.S. 39 and The Community”, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2013
- Día de los Muertos – Day of the Dead installation in Honor of Martin Luther King’s visit to South Bend and Notre Dame 50 years ago, entitled Altar of Freedom: Opening Paths in All Directions, Notre Dame Center for Contemporary Art, South Bend, Indiana, United States
2009
- Arteologist: Archeology of Memory-Diógenes Ballester, America Gallery, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
- Free Registry: Encounter, Mythology and Reality, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Keeper of History – Holder of Dreams, The National Catholic Museum of Art and History, New York, United States
2006
- Confesiones Ancestrales: Evidencia Histórica de una Ciudad, Museo de la Historia de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Keeper of History – Holder of Dreams, The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York, United States
2005
- Conversatory Among Friends, Galería Trinitaria, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Keeper of History – Holder of Dreams, Galería Centro, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, New York, United States
- Keeper of History – Holder of Dreams, Medianoche Gallery, PRDREAM.COM Center, New York, United States
2003
- Post-Syncretism: History of the Collective Memory, Art for Change, New York, United States
- Diógenes Ballester, Galeria Prinardi, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2002
- Fertility, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States
2001
- Fluido Espiritual, Cámara de Comercio de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000
- L' Energie de la Terre, L’espace confluences Galerie, París, France
1999
- Recent Paintings, Galería Prinardi, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico and the American Dream, La Galeria: a Virtual Web Site Gallery Exhibition, New York, United States
1998
- Faces in Time, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States
- Gathering, Centering and Transforming Spiritual Energy, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, United States
- Spiritual Essence, Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995
- Spirits, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, California, United States
1994
- Recent Paintings, Carib Art Gallery, New York, United States
1993
- Spiritual Celebration, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1991
- Abstraction of Portraits and Allegories, Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1990
- Vulnerability, The Interchurch Center Art Gallery, New York, United States
1989
- Volition, Taller Boricua Gallery, New York, United States
1986
- Diógenes Ballester: Exhibición en Saludo a la VII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe,
- Galería de Seguros Múltiples, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- The Struggle, Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
1983
- Diógenes Ballester, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Diógenes Ballester, Banco Financiero de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1982
- Diógenes Ballester, Cayman Gallery, New York, United States
1981
- Diógenes Ballester, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1979
- Diógenes Ballester, Casa Blanca, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña y el Centro de Estudios Avanzados del Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Group Shows
2013
- Nuyorican - Art exhibit and limited edition portfolio celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, East Harlem Art Gallery, New York, United States
- Spirit of Community: Artists of El Barrio & Beyond, 8 Artists Spanning 30 years Celebrating the Vitality & Richness of East Harlem, Community Works New York City and The Interchurch Center, New York, United States
- VII Edition, Premio Leonardo Sciascia: Amateur d'estampes, Fondazione Federica Galli, Milán; Scoula International di Grafica, Venecia; Museo della Carta e della Filigrana, Fabriano; Fondazione Whitaker, Palermo, Italy
2012
- El Panal, Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, América Latina y el Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Afrolatinos, Museo de Arte de Caguas, Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Parada de los Leones, Plaza de las Delicias, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Imprima Sobral 2012 - International Exhibition of Prints, Casa de Cultura de Sobral, Sobral, Brazil
2011
- The International Guanlan Artists-in-Residence, The Industrial Printmaking Base, National Art Museum of China, Shenzhen, China
2010
- Encounters: Space, Time and Life, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 1st International Triennial of the Caribbean, Art and the Environment, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Intimacy of Memory, Galería Nacional, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Caribbean Anthology, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- The International Guanlan Artists-in-Residence, The Industrial Printmaking Base, National Art Museum of China, Hong Kong, China; National Art Museum of China, Macao, China; National Art Museum of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 5th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Fine Art Museum of Alijó, Alijó, Portugal
2009
- 2nd Guanlan International Print Biennial 2009, International Print Village, Guanlan, China
- Premio Acqui, 9th International Biennial of Engraving, Acqui Terme , Italy
- Master of Contemporary Latin American Printmaking and the Art and the Printing Press, 6th Cremona International Exhibition of Engraving, Museo Civico Ala Ponzone de Cremona, Cremona, Italy
- 15th International Print Biennial Varna 2009, Boris Georgiev Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
2008
- Black Madonna, The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama; Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
- History of Memory, Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York, United States
2007
- Prinardi at Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Black Madonna, The National Catholic Museum of Art and History, New York, United States
- Project M.A.S.A., University of Texas at San Antonio, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
- Muestra Nacional de Arte, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Prinardi at Normandie, Galería Prinardi, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005
- Reasons to Love the Herat, Leeuwenbergh, Utrecht, Holand
- Upside, Taller Boricua Galleries, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, New York, United States
2004
- The International Print Triennial Krakow, Horst-Janssen- Museum, Statmuseum Oldenburg, Kulturspeicher Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
- Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: America Latina y El Caribe, “Inscrit@s y Postcrit@s: Desplazamientos en la Gráfica Puertorriqueña, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003
- Intersecting Circles: Drawings and Prints - Metaphors of Caribbean and Latin American Transnationalism, International Print Triennial of Krakow, Dominik Rostworoski Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2002
- Creative Space: Fifty Years of Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, International Print Center, New York, United States
2001
- 30mo Aniversario del Taller Boricua: Homenaje Alma. Un proyecto colaborativo de un portafolio grabado entre artistas y poetas, para XIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000
- The Myth in the Caribbean, Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
- Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico en París, Galerías UNESCO, Paris, France
1999
- Multicultral Forum of Contemporary Art, Asociación Africa-América, Museo Nacional de Puerto Príncipe, Puerto Príncipe, Haití
- The Role of Paper: Affirmation and Identity in Chicano and Boricua Art, Caribbean Cultural Center, African Diaspora Institute, New York, United States
- Artistas Latinoamericanos Contemporáneos, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Larrama, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1998
- 100 años después: 100 Artistas Contemporáneos, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Latin American Museum, Long Beach, California, United States
1997
- Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Smithsoniam Institution, Anacostia Museum and the Center for African American History and Culture Arts and Industries Building, South Gallery, Washington DC, United States
- Talk Back! The Community Responds to the Permanent Collection, Part II, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- Quatrieme Triennial Mondial d’ Estampes Petit Format, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chamaliers, France
1996
- III Bienal de Pintura, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Caribbean Vision: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, New Orleans Museum of Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
1995
- Reaffirming Spirituality, Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
1993
- The 6th International Biennial of Print and Drawing Exhibit: 1993 R.O.C., Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Another Perspective: Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Bronx Museum for The Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- X Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992
- Recent Adquisitions, Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
1991
- The 5th International Biennial of Print Exhibit: 1991 R.O.C., Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1990
- A Decade of the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
1989
- The 4th International Biennial Print Exhibit: 1989 R.O.C., Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
- Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- Current Arrivals, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, United States
1988
- CHRASH: Computer-Assisted Hardcopy, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
- The 5th International Biennial Exhibition of Portrait Drawing and Graphic 88, Tuzla, Yugoslavia
1987
- The 3rd International Biennial Print Exhibit: 1987 R.O.C., Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
- Mostra Internationale di Grafica, Catania, Italy
1986
- Segunda Bienal de la Habana, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
- VII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1985
- The 16th Ljubljana International Biennial of Graphic Art, The Modern Art Gallery, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
- Emerging Expressions:The Artist and the Computer, The Bronx Museum for the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- The 1st Cabo Frio International Print Bienal, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Capinas, Cabo Frio, Brazil
- The Unique Work on Paper, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Intergrafik’84: International Triennial of Graphic, Berlín, Germany
1983
- VI Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1982
- Second Latin American Graphic Biennial, Cayman Gallery, New York, United States
- The 8th International Print in Kanagawa’82, Kanagawa Perfectural Gallery, Yokohama-Shi, Japan
1981
- V Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Convento de los Dominicos, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1980
- International Biennial of Miniature Prints, Seul, Korea
1979
- IV Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Convento de los Dominicos, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Panoramic Exhibit of Printmaking, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1972
- Certamen Royal Bank of Canada, Galería Principal, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
1982 – 1983
- Scholarship. Printmaking Workshop, Inc., Workshop Board of Scholarships, New York, United States
2006
- Resident Artist. Museo de la Historia de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
2005
- Independent Artist Grant. New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), New York, United States
2001
- Honorable Mention of Drawing. The 10th International Biennial of Print and Drawing
- Exhibition 2001, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2000
- Artist Residency. National Institute of Art of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Artist Residency. Joan Mitchell Foundation, University Settlement, New York, United States
- Artist Residency. La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, New York, United States
- Cultural Honor. La Casa Cultural de la Herencia Puertorriqueña, New York, United States
1998-2000
- Artist Residency. Fundación Arana, Paris, France
1997
- Painting Award. Institute of Puerto Rico, New York, United States
- Honorable Mention. International Association of Art Critics, Puerto Rico Chapter, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1996
- Gold Medal of Painting. III Bienal de Pintura, Museo de Arte de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1995
- Cultural Honor. Los inmortales del Deporte y la Cultura, Club Cívico Social, La Playa de Ponce, Playa de Ponce, Puerto Rico
1992
- Artist of the city of Ponce Proclamation. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Academic Excellence Certificate. Law Faculty, Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1991
- Artist Fellowship. New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, United States
- Artist Residency. Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, New York, United States
1989
- Participation Certificate. The 5th International Biennial of Print and Drawing Exhibit: 1989, Taipei, Taiwan
- Certificate. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, United States
- Certificate. Bronx Community College, City University of New York, Business & Professional Development Institute, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- Participation Certificate. The 4th International Biennial of Print: 1989, Taipei, Taiwan
1988
- Artist Residency. New York State Council on the Arts, Longed Arts Project, Bronx, New York, United States
1987
- Participation Certificate. 3rd International Biennial of Print: 1987,Taipei, Taiwan
1986
- Grant for exhibition. Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Medal. International Arts Competition-New York, 112 Street Gallery, New York, United States
- Excellence Certificate for Print. International Art Competition-New York, 112 Street Gallery, New York, United States
1985
- Participation Certificate. II Cab Fir International Print Biennial, Cab Fir, Brazil
- Research Travel Grant. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
1983
- Fellowship. Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Honorable Mention. VI Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Grant for exhibition. Banco Financiero de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1982
- Honorable Mention. First Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper, Queensboro, Community College, Queens, New York, United States
- Grant for exhibition at Cayman Gallery. New York, United States
1978
- Second Prize of Painting. Third Mobil Competition, Caribbean Mobil Oil Library, Biblioteca Carnegie, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1973
- Grant. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- First Prize of Drawing. Festival de Artes Visuales, Departamento de Instrucción Pública, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1972
- Second Prize of Drawing. Festival de Artes Visuales, Departamento de Instrucción Pública, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Honorable Mention. Royal Bank of Canada Competition, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Cultural for Cultural Affairs, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC, United States
- New York Foundling Hospital, New York, United States
- Coronado Studio, Austin, Texas, United States
- The Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
- National Museum of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba
- Musee National d’Art Haitien, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- The Bronx Museum for the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States
- Fundación Bermúdez & Muñoz, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- United Capitol Corporation, Long Island, New York, United States
- El Museo del Barrio, New York, United States
- Printmaking Workshop, Inc., New York, United States
- Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Mobil Oil, Inc., Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Banco Financiero de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Instituto de Cultura y Artes, Catania, Italia
- Victim Services, New York, United States
- Latino Institute, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bibliography
Books
Goldman, Shifra. Prolog; Blood, Katheleen. Preface; Sorribes, Francisco. Main Essay; "Encounter with the Madama: Mythology and Reality in the Art of Diógenes Ballester", Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 2005.
Catalogues
Goldman, Shifra M. Between " Aquí" and "Allá": Thirty Years of the Taller Boricua , Exhibition Catalog, "Homenaje al 30mo. Aniversario de Alma Boricua: Un portafolio colaborativo entre artistas visuales y poetas en saludo a la XIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del caribe", Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico pp. 22-23.
Goldman, Shifra M. "Diógenes Ballester: Spirits". Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos.
Krantz, Les. "The New York Art Review’88". American Reference, Publishing Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos.
Kuo, Dr. Wei-Fan. "The 6th International Biennial of Print and Drawing Exhibit: 1993 ROC". Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1993.
Lewis, Samalla S.,"Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture". International Art Service: Center for Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; Museum of Art, Nueva Orleans, Luisiana, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, Estados Unidos; Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum and the Center for African American History and Culture Arts and Industries Building South Gallery, Washington DC, Estados Unidos; and Latin American Museum, Long Beach, California, Estados Unidos.
Martorell, Antonio, Pérez Ruiz, Antonio and Rosado, Marco. "Diógenes Ballester: Spiritual Celebration". Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1993.
Mozzata, Gabriele. “The South of the World: The Other Contemporary Arts”. Contemporary Museum of Marsala, Marsala, Italia, 1991.
"Prentice for Literature". Paramount Edition, Grade Level 8th, Copy Right, 1994, pp. 548.
Ramírez, Yasmin. "Soul Bytes: Taller Boricua 30th Anniversary Portfolio", "Homenaje al 30mo. aniversario de Alma Boricua: Un portafolio colaborativo entre artistas visuales y poetas saludo a la XIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, pp.30.
Taylor, Rene. "30 Years of the Ponce Museum of Art". Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1989.
Pope, Ted. "Crash: Computer Assisted Hardcopy", Beloit College Museums,(Wisconsin, EU), 1988 .
Magazines
Anderson, Evadne. "From the Editor, and Generation Art". Panache Magazine, (Montreal, Canada), núm. 1,vol. 7, junio - agosto, pp.10,80,81.
Ballester, Diógenes. "Island Dream: Caribbean Artists Talk About their Work and Influences”. Covert Art. "Centro: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies", Hunter College, City University of New York, (Nueva York, EU), volumen XIII, número 1, Primavera 2001.
Lourido-Seda, Marisol, Soto, Stella and Rivera Yelena. "25 People to Watch", San Juan City Magazine, (San Juan, PR),núm. VII, vol. II, 1993, diciembre- enero de 1994, pp. 49.
Ruiz-Pérez, Antonio. "Diógenes Ballester: Museum of the Americas", Art Nexus (Bogotá, Colombia) International Edition, núm. 57, vol. 11, enero-marzo 1994, pp. 182, 1983, 252, ARTnews, vol. 96, núm. 11, pp.156.
Pison-Martínez, Javier. "The Mystic Paintings of Diógenes Ballester, Arts: Medicos Interamericano: Interamerican Medical Doctors and Surgeons", núm. 1,vol. 17 pp. 54-55, 1998.
Newspapers
Álvarez-Lezama, Manuel. "Ballester Paints Island’s Past, Present and Future". The San Juan Star,(San Juan, PR), Domingo, 10 de octubre de 1993, pp. 25.
Alegre-Barrios, Mario. "El espíritu de Diógenes Ballester". El Nuevo Día (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Domingo 26 de septiembre de 1993, pp. 78.
Colón-Camacho, Doreen M. "Impresionante Ballester". El Nuevo Día, (San Juan, PR), 31 de diciembre de 1993, pp. 63.
Martínez, Jan. "El Color de la Voluntad". El Diario La Prensa, (Nueva York, EU), mayo 1989.
Pison-Martínez, Javier and Cano Pilar. "Diógenes Ballester: Painter of Spirits". El Diario La Prensa Newspaper,(Nueva York, EU), 4 de septiembre de 1994, pp.1,6,7,8,
Shepard, Joan. "The Arts", New York Daily News, (New York, EU) September 17, 1989.
Raynor, Viven. "A Mixture of Messages in Three Shows". The New York Times (Nueva York, EU) domingo, 26 de febrero de 1995.
Zimmer, William. "50 Artists Reunited at Bronx Museum of Art". The New York Times (Nueva York, EU), domingo, 5 de agosto de 1990.
Cotter, Holland. "A Neighborhood Nutures its Vibrant Cultural History: Pride of Place for Art and Artists in the Barrio". The New York Times (Nueva York, EU), 1998, pp. E1 and E3.
Publications by the artist
“Transmigration, Appropriation, Collaboration in New Media Projects from Polish Born Artists”Transmigration: Cracow and New York, Exhibición en saludo a la Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, p. 5-6.
"Engranaje Global: Journey's in Multipolarity", "Intersecting Circles: Drawings and Prints - Metaphors of Caribbean and Latin American Transnationalism," International Print Triennial of Krakow 2003, Dominik Rostworoski Gallery, Krakow, Poland; and Espace Alexandre Dumas, París, Francia, p. 5-6.
"Aesthetic Development of Puerto Rican Visual Arts in New York as Part of the Diaspora: The Epitaph of El Barrio", Extractos del texto original presentado en la Conferencia de la Asociación Internacional de Críticos de Arte (AICA) Simposio, 2001, AICA Southern Caribbean, Central University of Florida, Orlando, Florida, Estados Unidos.
"Homenaje al 30mo. Aniversario de Alma Boricua: Un portafolio colaborativo entre artistas visuales y poetas en saludo a la XIII Bienal de San Juan de Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001, pp. 28-29.
"Aesthetic Development of Puerto Rican Visual Arts in New York as Part of the Diaspora: The Epitaph of El Barrio", Migration and Diaspora in Caribbean Art, 2001 Symposium, AICA Southern Caribbean, Central University of Florida, Orlando, Florida.
"Perspectiva: En la XII Bienal de San Juan de Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe en la transición hacia el siglo 21", XII Bienal de San Juan de Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1998, pp. 7-27.
"International Biennials", Community Workshops, and experimental Opportunities in Printmaking, Article, Journal for the Mid America Print Council, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 1992. vol. 1, pp. 4-5.
"Have Printmakers Become the Quislings of the Art World?", Abstract and Program Statements 1992, Paper presented at the College Art Association 80th Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, febrero 1992, pp. 249.
"Annotated Chronology", Taller Alma Boricua 1969-1989: Reflecting on Twenty Years of the Puerto Rican Workshop, Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 1990, pp. 63-77.
Videos
"Reaffirming Spirituality", 30 minutos, Museo del Barrio, (Nueva York, EU), 1995.
"La Lucha", 14 Minutes, Marshall Weber and Diogenes Ballester, agosto 1986.