HISPANOAMERICANOS, Traveling Souls

In celebration ofHispanic Heritage Month

2012 - 2013Abernathy Art Center, Sandy Springs, Georgia

Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts , Valdosta, Georgia

Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia

AtlantaHispanoamericanosGEORGIATraveling Souls

A Traveling Exhibition of Hispanic-American Visual Artists project

An Exhibition by a Select Group of Members from

Traveling Souls

Hispanoamericanos

Hispanic-American Visual Artists Project-HAVAP-

In Celebration ofHispanic Heritage Month 2012 - 2013

A project created and directed by Félix Berroa since 2009.

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Book/Catalog designed by Félix Berroa Photos credited to Omaira Berroa and the artists, used with their permission. Translation from Spanish to English by: Johnny Mcconnell Teacher/Translator. Atlanta, Georgia.

Text revision and proofreading by: Pedro Santiago Ponce, Puerto Rico

Photo 1 (previous page): Detail from a painting used for the Hipanic-American logo: Felix Berroa. “Crepusculo Estrellado”. Oil on Canvas. 38 x 46 Inches. 2002. Long Island, New York.

Photo 2 (right): Felix Berroa. “Embracers”. Acrylic on Canvas. 48 x 4 2 Inches. 2010.

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Editorial Advice provided by: Omar Prieto, Visual Artist and Graphic Art Designer, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Published by: Hispanic-American Visual Artists Project (HAVAP) http://arteshispanoamerica.ning.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/artistas visuales.hispanoamericanos [email protected]

Printed in the United States of America Signature Book Printing www. sbpbooks.com

A very special thanks to Marianne de Tolentino for all her help towards my training and my art in the 70’s and early 80’s. This project is based on that philosophy. Extend to others something of what is received.Felix Berroa, July 2012.

Marianne de TolentinoArt Critic and actual Director of the Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Photo 3: Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, Ave. Independencia and Ave. Máximo Gómez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Picture taken in 1991.

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Thanks to Our Collaborators/Partners

Four people, four institutions. Thank you for believing in us.

Lauren Bernazza, Director of Abernathy Art Center.Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Bill Shenton, Curator of Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts.Valdosta, Georgia.

Susan Kendrick, Curator of Bank of America Plaza exhibitions.Commertial Art Consultants.

Angela D. Nichols, Director of Education & Public Programs. The Hudgens Center for the Arts.

We thank Tony Pérez of Fulcro Insurance for the finantial contribution for the printing of this catalogue. Fulcro Insurance

have office in USA, Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic.

Marga Gabarret and Guy Debbaudt, for their voluntary and uninterested collaboration in the development and preparation of the exhibit.

Omar Prieto, for his work and collaboration with this project; providing consultancy and coordinating with a group of artists from his country.

Pedro Santiago, for his help with the translation of the artist’s “statements”, text revision and proofreading.

Freddy Barbosa, for his collaboration in the taking of photographs for this catalogue of the works of a large group of his compatriot artists.

Omaira Berroa, for her assistance throughout the preparations of this project, at home and on Felix Berroa’s trips, and for the taking of several views of Atlanta

and art centers published in this catalog.

Also we thank to all the member in this project for their financial contribution to be use in the printing of this catalogue:

Ana Fajardo Hill , Alfredo Scaroina, Andrés Rodríguez Santos, Domingo Castro Oliveros, Diego Ballestas, Edgar Ríos Malagón, Fabio Bedoya, Félix Dicló,

Gerson Corzo, Gigi Pedraza, Gilma Carreño Rangel, Jorge Arcos, José Cándido Pineda, José Peña, José Ramón Tarazona Gelvez, Lilia Isabel Miranda, Luis

Ferdinand Rodríguez, Marga Gabarret, Maria Sarmiento, Mariano Prado Vargas, Miguel Antonio Sánchez Zabala, Miguel Conesa-Osuna, Pedro Miguel Ortíz

Guerrero, Pedro Santiago, Rachelle Scott, Rafael Motaniz, Raul Morilla, Rigoberto Peralta, Tamara Liz Rivera Boria, and Wilmer Jesús Martínez Manotas.

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Goals and Philosophy of the HAVAP

1. - We are a project for the “diffusion and encounters of Hispanic-American artists” in United States and from their own countries. A kind of “Cultural Networking” of cooperation and ex-change of exhibitions and information. The project aims to not only exhibit in the United States, but also in the countries where our “cultural allies” live.To facilitate this process, small groups in the Hispanic American countries (cultural allies), were created to represent our project. When exhibit opportunities arrive, they send their represen-tations with works of Master artists and young creators who are emerging as promises in this difficult world of art.

2.- It is not a project that seeks to discover and disseminate “art scandals” (modern manifestos that seek to create scandals rather than contributing a legacy to art). We do not intend to be “the latest Coca-Cola in the desert”. We are a group of artists from various artistic styles ranging from realism, new realism or hyper-realism, magical realism, expressionism figurative and abstract, conceptual art, video art, etc. Members engaged in modern experiments (video art, conceptual art, performance, installations,...), are very cautiously selected in such a way that they do not conflict with the works of their more conservative colleagues.

3.- Another goal of our project is to form cultural partnerships with other institutions in order to better plan artistic exchanges, collaborations, exhibitions and artists’ talks.

4.- Highlighting talented artists among our members.

5.- Apply for grants or sponsorships to conduct a biennial and triennial exhibitions among its members.

6.- Publishing books of our exhibitions and possible biennial or triennial in our group project.

Photo 4: “Cuesco Cow”. Installation. Cow skin, metal, light. 2011. Jeosviel Abstengo Chaviano (Cuba). One of the HAVAP participants in Traveling Souls exhibition.

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The Origin of the Project: “Encounters”

Photo 5: Poster designed and printed by Félix Berroa ( Silkscreen, 22 x 30. 1981) for the exhibition from a workshop ditacted by him in June, 1981, titled “Experimentacion Plasticas”. Santo Domingo, DR.

Artists in the workshop: Manuel de J. Guerrero, Elena Rosario, Julio Encarnación, Juan King Mota, Hilario Olivo, José Ramón Medina, Leonida Radhamés Mejía, Segundo Marte, Gabino Rosario, Eddy García, Gilberto

Valoy, Rafaela Miledy Pérez, Maritza Pérez, José A. Ceballo, Hector Canario, Marcial Mota, Hidalliza Alcántara, José Santiago Gómez and Martínez Castano.

In 1980, after Felix Berroa’s return to the Dominican Republic from his Printma-king and Experimental Drawing studies in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he wanted to share what he had learned with his artist friends. He taught a free workshop and with the results of their work created an exhibition in the National Palace of Fine Arts (Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes) in Santo Domingo (See photo 3). This event and the “cultu-ral encounters” in Cuba (1978), Puerto Rico (1979-80) and more recently in Colombia were incentives to continue cultivating friendships, cultural contacts and networks with other artists from various Hispanic countries. With time, these “encounters” motivated what is now known as the Hispanic-American Visual Artists Project.

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The Origin of the Project: “Encounters”

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Photo 8: Félix Berroa attends to a special members meeting as a guest of the Dominican painters union (Co-legio Dominicano de Artistas Plasticos -CODAP). 2007. Around the table, Board members. From left to right: artists Miguel Gómez, CODAP President Octavio Paniagua (died in 2012), former CODAP president and also

formerly Museum of Modern Art Director Alberto Bass, CODAP Secretary, and myself, Félix Berroa.

Photo 6: Félix Berroa in an encounter with his friends in 1981. From left to right, artists J. Alberto, Pedro Céspedes, Hilario Rodríguez, Ing. José Monte, Félix Berroa, Sousy de Pellerano, Frank Almanzar, Segundo

Reynoso, and in black suit, M. Paiewonsy. (Photo by Galería Piewonsky, 1981).

Photo 7: Encounter with the artists of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. 2007. From left-to-right, artists Conde, Roberto Lora, Rafael Augusto Doguendo Carbuccia (Capy), Félix Ramírez Sepúlveda,

Carlos Rosishe, Pepín, -son of Amables, the king of famous “pasteles en hojas”-, and others.

Photo 9: From left-to-right, artists Juan King Motas and José Ramón Medina posing in front of the Dominican painters union building (Colegio Dominicano de Artistas Plasticos -CODAP) 2007.

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The Origin of the Project: “Encounters”

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Photo 12: National Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. One of the most typical places for “encounters” and where most of the 70’s and 80’s Generation has exhibited our art.

Photo 10: Encounter with some of 80’s Generation artists of the Dominican Republic. Left to right: artist MikiVicioso, Juan King Motas and his daughter, Mata Lima, Dionisio de la Paz, José Sejo, Gabino Rosario,

Senovia, Félix Berroa, two guest, and Elvis Avilés. Front row: Leonardo Durán, a guest, and Tony Gutierrez. 2007.

Photo 11: Left to right: Martín Santos, an artist of great history in teaching at the National Fine Arts School, Varón Arias, Félix Berroa, Hernández and Berge Minnelli. All former at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes

(70’s and 80’s Generation, where Martín Santos was teaching).

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Photo 13: “Awakening Mind Project”. Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 48 inches. 2009.Painting inspired in the idea of the artistic group of the same name, in Marietta, Georgia.

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The Origin of the Project: “Encounters”

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The “Awakening Mind Project” was originally envisioned by Félix Berroa to encompass three Hispanic American artists, three Americans, three African Americans, and one Asian, to make a total of ten.

However, the group became inadvertently enriched with Hispanics, which led Félix Berroa to return to an old idea conceived in Puerto Rico back in the 1980 (by two ladies, a Puerto Rican a Cuban and himself), of forming

a Caribbean cultural alliance encompassing Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic, but this time with a wider scope to include Hispanic American artists living in the USA mainland. This was how the “Hispanic

American Visual Artists Project” was born.

Photo 14: From left to right: The initial “Awakening Mind Project”: Corey Barsdale, Shijun Huang Munns, Félix Berroa, Marga Gabarret Debbaudt, Omaira Berroa (Felix’s wife), and José Peña.

The Origin of the Project: “Encounters”

Photo 15: Meeting with atlantan artists members. From left-to-right, Jorge Arcos, Tamara Liz Rivera Boria, María Sarmiento, Marga Gabarret Debbaudt, Félix Berroa and, from Providence, Rothe Island,

Félix Dicló. 2011.

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Photo 16: Encounter with artists in San Gil, Colombia. From left to right, artists Domingo Castro Oliveros, Isaías Malavera and Félix Berroa. San Gil, The painting in the photo is titled “La Vaca” (The Cow,

oil on canvas, 46 x 60 inches), by Isaias Malavera. A great technique combined with the use of brushes and spatulas. Must see in person to appreciate his work correctly.

Photo 18: Artists Yadira Polo, Augusto Acevedo Sarmiento, Omar Prieto and Félix Berroa. Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia.

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The Origin of the Project: “Encounters”

Photo 19: Encounter in La Casa del Libro Total with Colombian Andrés Felipe Serrano (son of artist Jorge Serrano Sanmiguel), artists Carlos Prada Hernández, Jorge Serrano Sanmiguel (who have a solo exhibition

there), Fulvia Vitelli and Félix Berroa. Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. 2011.

Photo 17: Encounter with the leadership of artistic group Novena Metáfora, From left-to-right, artists Edgar Ríos Malagón, Gilma Carreño Rangel, Lilia Miranda, Félix Berroa and Wilmer Martínez Manotas,

Curador of Museo de Arte Unimagdalena (San Juan Nepomuceno), Santa Marta, Colombia. Photos taken in Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2011.

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Photo 20: “BPP” ( bits per pixels) Installation and performance. Museum of Moder Art in Santo Domingo, D. R. 2010. Citlaly Miranda. (Dominican Republic). One of the HAVAP participants in Traveling

Souls exhibition. Georgia, USA.

Photo 21: “Banquete Desalmado”. Video-Instalation. Museum of Modern Art. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2012. Raul Morilla. (Dominican Republic). One of the HAVAP participants in Traveling Souls.

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Photo 22: “Fears of The New and the Lasting”. Installation for the exhibit “The New and the Lasting”. Acrylic, canvas, rope, wood. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan Puerto Rico. 1980.

Félix Berroa (Dominican Republic). Creator and Director of HAVAP. Photo 23: Installation. Museo de Arte Unimagdalena (San Juan Nepomuceno). Santa Marta, Colombia. 2010.

Wilmer Martínez Manotas (Colombia). One of the HAVAP participants in Traveling Souls exhibition.

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Abernathy Art CenterDate: September 28 - October 30, 2012.

254 Johnson Ferry Road, NW, Sandy Springs. GA 30328.Phone: 404-613-6172

Bank of America PlazaDate: March 1 – June 12, 2013.

600 Peachtree Street N.E. Atlanta, Georgia.Curator: Susan Kendrick. (229) 247-2787.

The Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts Date: September 24 – December 14, 2013.

6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy #300, Duluth. GA 30097.Phone: (770) 623-6002

The Art Centers:

Annette Howell Turner Center for the ArtsDate: January 14 – February 20, 2013.

527 North Patterson Street Valdosta, GA 31601.Phone: (229) 247-2787

Lobby of Bank of America

The Art Centers

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Photo 24: Abernathy Art Center, Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA. (In this photo, Félix Dicló and Félix Berroa).

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Photo 25: Curation meeting with Abernathy Director Lauren Bernazza (left). Other in photo Félix Berroa (center), Briana Camelo (right, taking notes), and observing, Maria Sarmiento (back).

Photo 26: Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts. Valdosta, Georgia. USA.

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The Art Centers

Photo 27: Félix Berroa (left) signing the exhibition contract with curator Bill Shenton (center). On the right, sculptor Maria Sarmiento.

The Art Centers

Photo 28: The building of the Bank of America Plaza (dark building on the right), seen from the Piedmont Park. Atlanta, Georgia. 2011.

Photo 29: A view of the exhibition “Touching Hearts” by Felix Berroa in the lobby of the Bank of America Plaza in 2010. Downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

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The Art Centers

Photo 30:.The building of the Bank of America Plaza (dark building in the center). Atlanta, Georgia. 2011.

Photo 31: A view of the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts. On the right, the Performing Arts Center facilities.. Duluth, Georgia. USA

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Photo 33: Angela Nichols, Director of Education and Public Programs of Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts and Félix Berroa in their meeting of June 26, 2012. Duluth, Georgia. USA

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Photo 32: Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts. Duluth, Georgia. USA

The Art Centers

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Photo 34, 35 and 36: Hispanoamericanos, Traveling Souls in Puerto Rico. Galería Trinitaria, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

This exhibition is the prelude in Puerto Rican lands to the great exhibition of the same name to be held in three major art centers in Georgia, “HISPANOAMERICANOS, Traveling Souls”.

Featured artists (Photo 34), from left to right, Luis Ferdinand Rodríguez, Andrés Rodríguez Santos, José Balay Ruíz and Pedro Santiago.

Traveling Souls in Puerto Rico

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Photo 37 (top): Gerson Corzo, one of the members of the HAVAP and participants in Traveling Souls. Enciso, Colombia. 2012

Photo 38 (bottom): Andrés Rodríguez Santos’s studio. He is one of the members of the HAVAP and participants in Traveling Souls. Yauco, Puerto Rico. 2011.

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Traveling SoulsParticipating artists and their works

Argentina

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Marga Gabarret Debbaudt. “Through the Ocean”. Oil on Canvas, 60 x 47 inches. 2007

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Argentina

Marga Gabarret Debbaudt Atlanta, Georgia

“Sailing Through Time” (bottom). Oil on canvas, 42 x 42 inches.“Anahata” (top). Concrete. 18 x 28 x 10 inches.

Costa Rica

Mariano Prado VargasSan José, Costa Rica

“Soporte Urbano”. Digital Painting, Printed on Canvas. 23.78 x 31.5 inches. 2012.

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Jeosviel Abstengo ChavianoCiego de Ávila, Cuba

Cuba

“Políticamente Correcto” (top). Acrylic on Canvas. 45 x 55 inches. 2012.

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“Ladrón de Bicicleta” (bottom). Acrylic on Canvas. 45 x 55 inches. 2012.

Ciego de Ávila, CubaLiesther Amador González

Cuba

“La Niña” (The Girl). Charcoal and Oil on Canvas. 39 x 59 inches. 2012.

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Cuba

Fernando CaluffSta. Martha, Varadero Cuba

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“Puertas” (Doors). Photography over cardboard, 1” 11.8 x 15.7 inches. 4th edition. 2011.

Cuba - Dominican Republic

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Citlally Miranda. “Duo Glorioso”.

Mixed Technique on Synthetic Material. 40 x 44 inches. 2010.

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CUBA. Fernando Caluff. “Sexteto Nacional”. Photography over cardboar, 5th. 11.8 x 15.7 inches. 2011.

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Dominican Republic

“Nudo en la Garganta” Mixed Technique on synthetic material. 40 x 40 inches. 2011.

Citlalli MirandaSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic

Alfredo Scaroina. “Composición # 03”. Technique: acrylic, charcoal, black gesso, synthetic polymer, archival newsprint on paper. 20 x 16 inches. 2012.

Dominican Republic

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Alfredo ScaroinaHouston, Texa. USA

“Composición # 01”. Technique: acrylic, charcoal, black gesso, synthetic polymer, archival newsprint on paper. 20 x 16 inches. 2012.

Dominican Republic

Félix Berroa. “Nude Embracers”. Acrylic on canvas. 48 x 60 inches. 2010.

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Félix BerroaMarietta, Georgia, USA

Dominican Republic

“Dream Fishers” Mixed Technique (Wood, canvas, enamel), 2012.

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“Dream Falls” Mixed Technique (Wood, canvas, enamel), 2012.

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Félix Dicló. “Nature of Life 13”. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 36 inches. 2011.

Dominican Republic

Félix DiclóProvidence, Rothe Island, USA

Dominican Republic

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“Nature of Life 13”. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 36 inches. 2011.

Dominican Republic

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Duluth, Georgia, USAJosé Peña

“La Virgen” (top). Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 32 inches. 2010.“Desiderata de Colores” (bottom). Acrylic on Canvas. 36 x 44 inches. 2011.

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Dominican Republic

José Ramón MedinaSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic

“La Flama del Cemí Negro”. Acrylic on Canvas. 20 x 24 inches. 2011.

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Dominican Republic

Raul Morilla. “Historias Encajonadas II” (Boxed Stories). Mixed technique -acrylic and crayon pencil on wood-, 23.6 X 19.7 x 60 inches. 2010.

Dominican Republic

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La Vega, Dominican RepublicRaul Morilla

“Historias Encajonadas I” (Boxed Stories). Mixed technique -acrylic and crayon pencil on wood-, 23.6 X 19.7 x 60 inches. 2010.

Dominican Republic

Rigo Peralta. “Undecided”. Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 50 inches. 2012

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. USARigo Peralta

Dominican Republic

“Undecided”. Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 50 inches. 2012

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El Salvador

José Cándido Pineda. “La Conquista”. Acrylic on Canvas. 39 x 47 inches. 2012.

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“Invasion”. Acrylic on Canvas. 39 x 47 inches. 2012.

José Cándido PinedaApastepeque, San Vicente, El Salvador

El Salvador

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Panamá

Ana Fajardo Hill. “Goyaka”. Acrylic on canvas. 24 x 36 inches. 2012.

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Ana Fajardo HillAguadulce, Panamá (Currently living in Ponce, Puerto Rico).

Panamá

“Hombre-Pájaro”. Acrylic on canvas. 24 x 36 inches. 2012.

Mexico

Jorge Arcos. “Spectrum”. Mixed Media on wood. 48 x 36 inches. 2010.

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Mexico

“Inorganic Being”. Mixed Media on wood. 48 x 36 Inches. 2010.48 x 36 inches. 2010.

Jorge ArcosAustell, Georgia, USA

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Richard Edison Valqui Mayorca Lima, Perú

El Cielo”.Oil and acrylic on vanvas. 31.9 x 25.6 Inches. 2011.

Perú

“El Cielo”. (top) Oil and acrylic on Canvas. 31.9 X 25.6 inches. 2011.

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Perú

Gigi PedrazaAtlanta, Georgia

“On a Rainy Day”. Acrylic on canvas. 42 x 36 Inches. 2012.

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Perú

Rachelle Scott. “Callao”. Acrylic on Canvas. 24 x 36 inches. 2011.

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Rachelle ScottBorn in Haiti, lives and works in Perú

Perú

“Sans Frontière”. Oil on Canvas. 39 x 39 inches. 2011.

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Puerto Rico

Andrés Rodríguez Santos. “El Vuelo del Traje de la Mapriola” (Flight of the Mapriola Dress). Acrylic on paper. 30 x 22 inches. 2011.

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Puerto Rico

Andrés Rodríguez SantosYauco, Puerto Rico

“El Vuelo del Pájaro Motorizado”. Acrylic on paper. 30 x 22 inches. 2011.

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Puerto Rico

José Balay Ruíz. “Camino de Dante”. Acrylic on Canvas. 18 x 24 inches. 2011.

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Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto RicoJosé Balay Ruíz

“Puentes Rotos”. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 24 inches. 2011.

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Puerto Rico

Luis Ferdinand Rodríguez. “Pintando un Sueño” ( Painting a Dream). Acrylic and oil on linen canvas. 58 x 44 inches. 2012.

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Puerto Rico

Luis Ferdinand RodríguezPonce, Puerto Rico

“Autoretrato” (Self-portrait). Acrylic and oil on linen canvas. 58 x 44 inches. 2012.

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Puerto Rico

Pedro Santiago. “Entre las Masas” (Among the Crowds). Oil on canvas. 30 x 40 inches. 2011.

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Puerto Rico

Ponce, Puerto RicoPedro Santiago

“Quien Soy?” (Who Am I?). Oil on Canvas. 30 x 40 inches. 2012.

Puerto Rico

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Miguel Conesa-Osuna. “Floating Element # 2”. Mixed media -acrylic, modeling paste on canvas mounted to panel-. 12 x 18 inches. 2011.

Puerto Rico

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“Floating Element # 3” (Elementos Flotantes # 3). Mixed media -acrylic, modeling paste on canvas mounted to panel-. 12 x 18 inches. 2011.

Ponce, Puerto RicoMiguel Conesa-Osuna

Puerto Rico

Tamara Liz Rivera BoriaLawrenceville, Georgia

“Black Orchid” (Top).Video Art. 2009.“Duality” (bottom). Mixed Media. 2008

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Uruguay

Rafael MotanizMontevideo, Uruguay

“Biodeconstructivo II”. Digital photography on canvas. 29.5 x 19.7 inches. 2011.

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Colombia

“Caney Series”. 1- “Loop”. 2- “Junkers”. 3- “Colombian airplanes”. 4- “Lot”.

All pieces: Mixed Technique (cases, glass, handmade cigarettes and drawings). Case closed: 3.6 x 3.6 x 1.5

inches; open: 3.6 x 7.2 x 2.5 inches, 2009-2012.

Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaAlberto Borja

Charala, Santander, ColombiaAlejandro Pinzón

“Hasta el Perro Asistio”. Acrylic on canvas. 17.7 x 11.8 inches. 2012.“Mercado de Flores”. Oil on canvas. 17.7 x 11.8 inches. 2012.

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Colombia

Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaCarlos Prada Hernández

“De la serie Pictografías Guane”. Acrylic on Canvas. 6 x 4 Inches. 2012.

Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaClemencia Hernández Guillén

“Arquitectura Còsmica”. Oil on canvas. 8 x 11 inches, 2011.“Arquitectura Còsmica 2”. Oil on Canvas. 8 x 12 inches, 2011.

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Colombia

Diego BallestaSanta Marta, Colombia

“Esclavitud” -Slavery- (top). Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 66,3 inches. 2011.“Embriaguez” -Drunkenness- (bottom). Oil on Canvas, 31.2 x 70,2 inches. 2011.

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Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Colombia

Edgar Ríos Malagón

“Sin Titulo”. Mixed technique. 18 x 20 inches, 2012.

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Edgar Ríos Malagón“Bacana”. Mixed Technique. 18 x 20 inches, 2012.

Colombia

Gilma Carreno Rangel“Untiled”. Mixed technique on canvas,

18 x 20 inches. 2012.

Colombia

Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaGilma Carreno Rangel

“El Sueno de Laura”. Mixed technique on canvas. 18 x 20 inches. 2012.

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Colombia

Domingo Castro Olivera. “Transmutación”. Acrylic on canvas. 31.5 x 47.5 inches. 2012.

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San Gil, Santander, Colombia

Colombia

Domingo Castro Olivera

“Escape”. Acrylic on canvas. 39 x 27 inches. 2012.

Fabio Bedoya. “Canteras”. Oil on canvas. 39.3 x 27.5 inches. 2012.

Colombia

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Colombia

Fabio BedoyaMedellín, Antioquia, Colombia

“Recopilaciones de un Paisaje”. Oil on canvas. 18.5 x 12.9 inches. 2012.

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Colombia

“Arbol”. Mixed medium on Canvas. 33 x 46 Cm. 2007.

Gerson Corzo. “Ladera” (Hillside), Oil on Canvas. 13 x 18 inches. 2007.

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Colombia

“Paisaje 1”. Oil on canvas. 13 x 18 inches. 2007.

Gerson CorzoEnciso, Santander, Colombia

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Lilia Isabel Miranda. “Mujeres de Fuego, Mujeres de Nieve 2” (Women of Fire, Women of Snow). Watercolor, pen and ink. 24 x 30 inches. 2012.

Colombia

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Colombia

Lilia Isabel MirandaBogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia

“Mujeres de Fuego, Mujeres de Nieve 3” (Women of Fire, Women of Snow). Watercolor, pen and ink. 24 x 30 inches. 2012.

Colombia

“El Conjuro del Chaman” (top). El Dorado Series-. Acrylic on canvas. 19.7 x 47 inches. 2012.

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Bottom: José Ramón Tarazona Gélvez working in his studio of Italy, 2012.

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José Ramón Tarazona GélvezBucaramanga, Colombia

Colombia

“La Muchacha de Oro” (Golden Girl). -El Dorado Series-. Acrylic on canvas. 39.4 x 47 inches. 2012.

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“Invadido” (top). Oil on canvas. 23.6 x 35.4 inches. 2012“Revivido” (bottom). Oil on canvas. 23.6 x 35.4 inches. 2012

Colombia

Miguel Antonio Sánchez ZabalaBucaramanga, Colombia

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Colombia

Maria SarmientoDunwoody Georgia. USA

Top left“Custodia”. Raku, glass and steel. 3 x 16 x 22 inches. 2011.“Chia-Sue” (bottom). Concrete-metal, coating steel. 30 x 17 x 10 inches. 2010.

“Naturaleza Muerta” (Still Life). Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches. 2011.

Isaias MalaveraBucaramanga,

Santander, Colombia

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Colombia

Bogotá, ColombiaNicolas de la Hoz

“Invocation”.Oil and acrylic on canvas. 58 x 44 inches. 2009.

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Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Colombia

Pedro Miguel Ortiz Guerrero

“Ocarina” (top). Oil on canva. 31.5 x 31 inches. 2012. “Ribhu Vuela” (bottom). Oil on canva. 31.5 x 31 inches. 2012.

Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaSandra Milena Duran Perez

“Jugando a la Soledad” (bottom). Oil on canvas. 23.6 x 19.6 inches. 2012.

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Colombia

Lo que Perdimos en el Intento” (top). Oil on canvas. 31.2 X 31.2 inches. 2012.

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Colombia

Omar Prieto. “Campesino 2”. Oil on canvas. 43 x 31.5 inches. 2012.

Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaOmar Prieto

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Bucaramanga, Santander, ColombiaOmar Prieto

“Campesino 1”. Oil on canvas. 31.5 x 23.5 inches. 2012.

Colombia

Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

Colombia

Yadira Polo Lobato

“Convergencias #1” (top). Edition 5. Photography on wood, 24 x 32 inches. 2011.

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“Convergencias #2” (bottom). Edition 5. Photography on wood, 24 x 32 inches. 2011.

Jairo PintoBucaramanga, Santander, Colombia

“Composition for Monsignor‘s Beata”. Pencil on paper. 2012.

Colombia

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Wilmer Martinez Manotas. “ Reflexión ” Oil on canvas, 42 x 30 inches. 2012.

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Colombia

Wilmer Martínez ManotasSanta Marta, Colombia

Colombia

Wilmer Martínez ManotasSanta Marta, Colombia

“Espacios Oníricos”. Oil on canvas. 37 x 29 inches. 2012.

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Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia

Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts , Valdosta, GeorgiaAbernathy Art Center, Sandy Springs, Georgia