• Música y danza

    “Música y danza*”

    Date 1974
    Dimensions 79" x 178"
    Category Painting
    Medium Acrylic on canvas
    Genre Scenes
    Period 20th Century
    Collection Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Collection
    Acknowledgement Gift of: Sra. Lizza Robles in memoriam of Ralph DeRomero Rivera *Title translation: Music and Dance

Ralph DeRomero

Nueva York, USA, 1946 - San Juan, PR, 2000

Biography Details

Painter, sculptor, draughtsman, and printmaker. As a teenager he joins Music & Art School in New York City, where he acquired his early academic foundations in visual arts. In 1965 he enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, where he studied with professors Félix Bonilla Norat, John Balossi, Osiris Delgado and Carlos Marichal. After graduating from the UPR, DeRomero returns to New York in 1967 to study at Pratt Institute where he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts in 1970. In 1968 he obtained first prize in drawing from the American Art Association in New York. In 1970 he was awarded with a Fulbright Fellowship to travel to Mexico City for two years, and work under the tutelage of Mexican muralist and painter David Alfaro Siqueiros. In 1993 he received a scholarship from the Fundación Alfonso Arana which took him to Paris to study and work for two years, and where he also took independent studies at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. His work has been exhibited in Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica, United States, Orient and Europe.

Artist Statement

As an artist I’m not responsible to art history. I have nothing to do with it. I only make pictures…spontaneous… fresh… and most of all, with the excitement of discovery.

 

Ralph DeRomero 07/09/80

Formation

Education

1993 - 1995

  • Independent Studies. Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France

1990

  • Design by computer. New School of Social Research, New York, United States

1984 - 1987

  • Graphic Design. Liga Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1981

  • Print Workshop. Colorado Graphic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, United States

1980

  • Slkscreen Workshop. Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1970 - 1972

  • Mural Workshop. Taller Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico

1967 - 1970

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts. Fine Arts Department, Pratt Institute, New York, United States

1965 - 1967

  • Associate Degree of Fine Arts. Fine Arts Department, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1961 - 1964

  • Music & Art High School, New York, United States

Professional Experience

1996 - 1997

  • Design, Assembly and Murals for the Museo Puertorriqueño. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1988 - 1991

  • Art Director. Positive Promotions, New York, United States

1986 - 1988

  • Pearl Paints, New Jersey, United States

1985 - 1987

  • FreeLancer. Advertising and Graphic Design, Puerto Rico

1982 - 1984

  • Art Director. BBDO Advertising Agency RJ Reynolds, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1981 - 1982

  • Art Director. Cuerde Advertising Design, Denver, Colorado, United States

1980

  • FreeLancer. Advertising and Graphic Design

1979

  • Art Director. Young & Rubicam, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1976 - 1979

  • Art Director. Consumer Department, Martí Flores, Prieto Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico

1972 - 1976

  • Director of Art Division. UPS Graphics, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1970 - 1972

  • Siquieros Workshop, Mexico City, Mexico

1970

  • New York Central Supply, New York, United States

1969

  • Graphic Design. Robert Brandau Studios, New York, United States

1968

  • President of the Advertising Council. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, United States

1965 - 1967

  • Extension Gallery Assistant. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

2000

  • Galería Rubén Ríos, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1997

  • Ruby Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1995

  • Ruby Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1992

  • Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1991

  • Galería Ridel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1986

  • Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1984

  • Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1982

  • Cayman Gallery, New York, United States

1979

  • Galería Trapiche, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Group Shows

2012

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

2006

  • Autocontemplación / Autorretratos en Pintura, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2004

  • Homenaje a DeRomero, Arte en el Hilton, Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Arte Público del Municipio de San Juan, Instalación Escultura “Navegante”, Último Trolley Beach, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2003

  • Colección Permanente, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2002

  • Dedicatoria en el Festival de la Buena Vida, Séptima Edición, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico

2001

  • Tres amigos, tres décadas, tres artistas: Memorias de un trío, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña,  San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Amigos en Guatíbiri,  Galería Guatíbiri, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Muestra Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña,  San Juan, Puerto Rico

2000

  • IV Certamen Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Rico en París, Unesco, Paris, France

1999

  • Galería Rubén Ríos, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1998

  • Pequeño Formato ‘99, Homenaje a Luigi Marrozzini, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Museo Casa Roig, Humacao, Puerto Rico

1997

  • Fundación Alfonso Arana, Décimo Aniversario, Citibank Atrium, San Juan; Museo Casa Roig, Humacao; Museo de Arte e Historia de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1996

  • Bodegones, Ruby Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Arte Puertorriqueño, Consejo de Educación de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Presencia Indígena en el Arte Contemporáneo Puertorriqueño, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1994

  • Fundación Alfonso Arana, Corinne Timsit International Galleries, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1993

  • II Salon International Du Poinçonnet, Le Poinçonnet, France
  • XVIII Salon International de Buxieres, Les Mines, France
  • Petit Format, Atelier Arana, Paris, France
  • Tradiciones, Mitos y Magia, Galería Normandie, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Arte Para Cuba, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Muestra de Arte Puertorriqueño, Quinto Centenario de Puerto Rico, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1992

  • 500 Años de Arte en Puerto Rico, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 25 Aniversario Citibank, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1991

  • Contemporary Puerto Rican Art, Embassy of the United States, San José, Costa Rica

1990

  • Art of Resistance, Galería El Bohío, New York, United States

1989

  • Contemporaries: Juxtaposing Perceptions, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Soho, New York, United States

1988

  • Current Arrivals, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, Soho, New York, United States

1987

  • Esculturas y Pinturas Puertorriqueñas, Centro de Bellas de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1986

  • 25 años de pintura puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • Arte Contemporáneo Puertorriqueño, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1985

  • Trabajos en papel, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1984

  • Unesco World Congress, Tokyo, Japan

1983

  • Modern Puerto Rican Art, Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Primer Salón de Dibujo, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1982

  • Sin Nombre, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • VI Muestra Nacional, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1980

  • International Miniature Print Exhibition, Seul, Korea

1979

  • IV Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1978

  • Tres artistas, Galería Guatíbiri, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Awards, Distinctions and Achievements

1998

  • Public Art Project.  San Juan Municipality, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1993 - 1995

  • Independent studies. Fundación Alfonso Arana, París, France

1984

  • ADDY Award. American Advertising Federation, Washington DC, United States

1983

  • Honorable Mention in Painting. Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, Puerto Rico

1982

  • First Prize in Painting. Sin Nombre Magazine, San Juan, Puerto Rico 

1970

  • Fulbright Fellowship. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington DC, United States

1968

  • First Prize in Drawing. American Art Association, New York, United States

Collections

  • Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Bibliography

Catalogues

Interconexiones: Lecturas Curatoriales de la Colección del MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2012.