Betsy Padín
Virginia, USA, 1933
Virginia, USA, 1933
Painter. Studied Fine Arts and Spanish Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Arkansas in 1956. Subsequently was awarded a scholarship by the lnstitute of International Education to study in Spain and by Yale University, where she earned a Master's Degree in Art. Her artistic career develops in Puerto Rico where she resides since 1961. She’s had an outstanding participation in the promotion of the arts. Was partner-founder of the Congress of Abstract Artists of Puerto Rico in 1984 and was part of the Association of Women Artists of Puerto Rico. She was also a founding member of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico in 1984 and of the Art Students League of San Juan, which she presided from 1977 to 1979 and where she teaches currently.
"Currently [1998] my life is going through a tranquil time." All my energies, efforts and intensities are simply directed to my "role" as an artist. Where do I place myself? What proposals do I have? Where am I heading in the 21st century? There is a great change of direction in “Trasbasdidores”. You call it transition, but this transition entails a rupture.
I cannot feel uncomfortable by that. To discover an artist in all its dimensions is a great opportunity for the public. I feel good to be able to exhibit"
Betsy Padín, 1998
Source: Catálogo. “Trasbastidores”, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Entrevista por Luis Hernández Cruz a Betsy Padín, 1998.
1968-1972
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“Instalaciones de la Naturaleza”. Galería Delta Picó, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2006.
“Betsy Padín”. Galería Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, PR, 1993.
“Betsy Padín”. Galería Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, PR, 1988.
“Betsy Padín- Pinturas de la Serie Irazu y Poas”. Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, PR,1982
“Betsy Padín”. La Gería, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 1989.
“Otros Horizontes”. Galería Delta Picó, Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, PR, 2003.
“Trasbastidores”. Museo de las Américas, San Juan, PR, 1998.
Pérez Rivera, Tatiana. “Naturaleza reinventada”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 15 de agosto de 2006, pp. 82-83.
De Tolentino, Marianne. “El paisajismo polifacético de Betsy Padín”. Revista Plastica (San Juan, PR), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Núm. 20, Año 11, Vol. 1, pp. 22-31.