MARISOL VILLANUEVA
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1968 Born in Puerto Rico
1995 Currently lives and works in New York City, U.S.A.
ART EDUCATION
1998 School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting
1995 China National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, Calligraphy and Painting
1995 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, Photography
1992 University of the Sacred Heart, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bachelor of Art, Visual Art
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2003 Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad, ResidencyProgram
1999 New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York, Fellowship Grant
1999 The Reed Foundation, New York, New York, Sponsorship Grant
1998 School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, Stacy Sussman Cavrell Scholarship
1997 New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York, Fellowship Grant
1997 School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, Special Fine Arts Departmental Award
1996 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, Independent Studies Award
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Wild Project “For the Next 7 Generations”, New York, New York
2007 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, “THE NEW OLD WORLD: Antilles – Living Beyond the Myth,” New York, New York
2005 Museo de las Américas, “THE NEW OLD WORLD: ANTILLES”, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004 The Americas Society, “CAZABI: Gift of the Americas,” New York, New York
2003 Caribbean Contemporary Arts, “THE NEW OLD WORLD/El nuevo viejo mundo”, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2003 Research Institute for the Study of Man, “CAZABI: Gift of the Americas,” New York, New York
2002 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, “THE NEW OLD WORLD: Antilles – Living Beyond the Myth,” New York, New York
2000 De La Cruz Gallery, “ORA,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999 Sin Título, “Materia Prima,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
1991 University of the Sacred Heart, “Marisol Villanueva,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
1990 Amadeus, “En Mi Viejo San Juan,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
1989 Tropix, “Barreras al Tiempo,” San Juan, Puerto Rico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Cheim & Read, New York, New York
2005 The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York, New York
2003 Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, New York
2001 El Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
1998 The Museum of the Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1998 School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
1995 China National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
1995 Puerto Rico Institute of Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1992 Washington Irving Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain
1990 University of the Sacred Heart, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1989 Citibank/Citicorp, San Juan, Puerto Rico
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2005 Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2003 InterAmericas, New York, New York
2003 Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Port of Spain, Trinidad
2002 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
1994 Fajardo Federal, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
1989 University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Jesuita Natalia Pineda Casimiro/Photographs by Marisol Villanueva. “DOÑA JULIA JULIETA CASIMIRO” Bomb Magazine (Winter 2007, Number 98) pages 48-53
Mario Alegre Barrios. “La Gente: savia de Marisol Villanueva” El Nuevo Dia (September 10, 2005) pages 22-23
Carmen M. Trelles Hernández. “El Nuevo Viejo Mundo” Primera Hora (September 8, 2005) page 74
Jorge Rodríguez. “Reina la fotografía en Martes de Galerías” El Vocero (September 6, 2005) pages 28-29 Kim Johnson. “Fearless Marisol … digs up our roots” The Guardian (August 31, 2003) Section cover and page 41
Cendriann J Martin. “New images old world” Daily Express (August 20, 2003) Section 2 pages 1-3
Jose Velazquez. “En busca de los herederos” El Diario (October 11, 2002) pages 3–4
Jason Ryle. “Exhibit Sheds Light On Taino, Carib Cultures” National Museum of the American Indian (October 24, 2002), page 8
Lawrence Van Gelder. “Carrying On” The New York Times (November 6, 2002) page E1 Reprinted online with additional materials, The Puerto Rico Herald (November 2002): www.puertoricoherald.org/issues/2002/vol6n48/NewWorldAntilles-en.shtml.
Yvonne M. Conde. “Indígenas en el Caribe” Hoy (November 19, 2002) page 35
Alberto Batista. “Fotografias sobre una cultura asesinada” Tiempos del Mundo (November 28–December 4, 2002) page 48
PUBLICATIONS
“THE NEW OLD WORLD/El nuevo viejo mundo”, Published in 2003 by InterAmericas, New York, New York
“BREAD MADE FROM YUCA: Selected Chronicles of Indo-Antillean Cultivation and Use of Cassava 1526-2002”, Published in 2003 by InterAmericas, New York, New York
“VISIONAIRE 41 WORLD” Published in 2003 by Visionaire Publishing, LLC, New York, New York