B. 1971 San José, Costa Rica

Premios y reconocimientos

1998 Honorable Mention, VIII Drawing Concourse, Costa Rica Social Security, San Jose, Costa Rica

1996 First place, VIth Drawing Concourse, Costa Rica Social Security, San Jose, Costa Rica

Gold Medal, III Biennial Painting Central America and the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1994 Special Honorable Mention, VI Painting Biennial, Open Parlor, Lachner and Sáenz, Costa Rica

Exposiciones individuales

2004 Sin-Táctica, Museum of Costa Rican Art, Curated by Art Historian Efraím Hernández Villalobos, Costa Rica

2001 Purpose of Color, Arteconsult Gallery, Panamá

2000 Subjects Series, Museum of Contemporary Art, Panamá

Subjects Series, Out Gallery, México México City

Intimismos, Art Gallery of the State of Tlaxcala, Mexico.

1999 4 X 4, Macro Museo, painting on paper, large format, San Jose, Costa Rica

Intimismos, Expressive Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica

1998 Intimismos, Arte Consult Gallery, Panamá

Crisis, acrylic painting on paper, hall of Temporary Exhibitions, Newspaper La Nación, San Jose, Costa Rica

1996 Re-Environments, Enrique Echandi Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica

1994 Signs, García Monge Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica

Pictorial Contrasts, Expressive Gallery, San Jose

Didactic Processes “Drawings”, Rafael Angel Calderón Guardia Museum, San José, Costa Rica

Drawing José Pablo Solís, Temporary Room Dinora Bolandi, Gallery, National University of

Heredia, Costa Rica

1993 Contradictions and Contraventions, Melico Salazar Theater, San José, Costa Rica

Group Exhibitions

2005 Museum of Miniatures Rafa Fernández. I-II-III Edition. SophiaWanamaker Gallery, American Costa Rican Art Center, San José,Costa Rica

It exists (pictorial intervention). Intervention of the public space, Historic Jail of Heredia, for Festival of the Arts, Heredia, Costa Rica.

Abstraction? Cureated by Art Historian of Art Ileana Alvarado, Museums of Banco Central, San Jose

Second and Third Assembly, Museum of Miniatures “Rafa Fernández”, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José.

2004 Guate-Rica. Project of Artistic Exchange between the countries of Guatemala and Costa Rica, Museum of Modern Art Carlos Mérida, Guatemala City

Throwing the Letters. Referential project treated by Tamara Díaz Bringas, Theoretical, San Jose

Care ¡Paints! or (of ) Pictorial Constructions. Curated by Ernesto Bald, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, San José, Costa Rica.

Third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Graphics. Curated by Rolando Castellón, National Gallery, Museum of the Child, San Jose

2003 The Language of Painting, Opening Gallery of Professional Association of Lawyers, curated by Efraín Hernández Villalobos, San Jose

Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Graphics and Engraving. Curated by Rolando Castellón, National Gallery, Museum of the Child, San Jose

Engravings, Alternative Gallery, San Jose

Of Portraits, Animals and Abstractions, Alternative Gallery, San Jose

2002 Paintings and Other Things, Autonomous Metropolitan University, Unit Xochimilco, Mexico City

Month of the Drawing, Recent Drawings, Alternative Gallery, San Jose

New Acquisitions, Museums of Banco Central, Museum of the Gold, San Jose

2001 Painting of José Pablo Solís, Art Consult Gallery, Panama

The Third Edition Bienarte, Museum of the Child, San Jose

Red and..., Alternative Gallery, San Jose

2000 Paintings, Alternative Gallery, San Jose

1999 The Second Edition Bienarte, National Gallery, Museum of the Child, San Jose

Primicias, Gallery Art Consult, City Panama

Juguetearte, Sophia Wanamaker Gallery, American Costa Rican Arts Center, San José, Costa Rica

Eighth Contest of Drawing by Costa Rica Social Security, San Jose, Costa Rica

1998 COSTA RICA in Biennial International of 1996 - 1997, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, San Jose.

1997 Selections of the Permanent Collection of the MADC, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, Costa Rica.

Lounge of Drawing “ ARAGWAK “, Museum of Modern Art, Dominican Republic

First Edition Bienarte, Museum of the Child, San José, Costa Rica

Six Proposals, Roberto Lizano Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica

1996 Third Biennial of the Caribbean and Central America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dominican Republic

New National Hyphen of the Collection of the MADC, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, San Jose

Sixth Contest of Drawing Costa Rica Social Security, San Jose, Costa Rica

I Biennial of the Sport, National Gallery, San José

Solo Exhibitions

1995 Contemporary Artists, Collection Lachner and Sáenz, Historical Museum Juan Santamaría, Alajuela, Costa Rica.

Fifth Contest of Drawing Costa Rica Social Security, San Jose, Costa Rica

Security, Costa Rican Center of the Science and the Culture, Museum of the Child, San José, Costa Rica

Third National Contest of Painting “ Hotel Villas Playa Sámara ”, Offices Hotel Villas Playa Sámara, San Jose.

Competition Brazil Art 95, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, San Jose

Costa Rica in the International Biennials of 1994, Museum of Art and Contemporary design, San José.

1994 XI Biennial the International of Art of Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile

Permanent Collection Noviembre-Diciembre1994, Museum of Art and Contemporary Design, San Jose

Script of Contemporary Art December, Museum of Costa Rican art, San Jose

Art in Wine vault; Arte Actual Gallery , San Jose

The idea as drawing, Sophia Wanamaker Gallery, American Costa Rican Art Center., San José, Costa Rica

VI Biennial Lachner and Sáenz, Open Parlor, National Center of the Science and the Culture, San Jose

1993 National parlor of Drawing “ Dinora Bolandi “, Museum of Art Costa Rican, San Jose

National parlor of Painting “ Manuel de la Cruz González “, Museum of Art Costa Rican, San Jose

Third Competition of Drawing C.C.S.S. Museum of Jade Fidel Tristán of INS, San Jose

Homage to the Ex-presidents, Library García Monge, National University, Heredia, Costa Rica

1992 Second Parlor of Drawing of the Costa Rican Box of Social Security, Cultural Mexican center, San Jose

World Festival of the House of the Cultureof Drummondville, Drommondville, Canada

Craft in Wood, Room of General Studies of the National University, Heredia, Costa Rica

1991 Drawing Competition C.C.S.S, 50 Anniversary, Museums of Banco Central, San Jose

Young Artists , House of the Culture of Heredia, Heredia, Costa Rica

Student Association of Plastic Arts, Library of National University, Heredia, Costa Rica

1990 Eighth Parlor of Values Fausto Pacheco, American Costa Rican Art Center, San José, Costa Rica

Exhibition of the School of Arts Conversations of the National University, Heredia, Costa Rica.

Public and Private Collections

Banco Centroamericano of Economic Integration, Costa Rica; Banco Continental, Panama; Costa Rican

Social Security CITIGROUP, Costa Rica; Internal Design, Costa Rica; Four Seasons Resort, Costa Rica; Group New

Costa Rica, San Jose; Groupo Nacion, San Jose; HOLCIM Costa Rica; Hotel Bristol, Panama; Intercontinental Real

Way, Guatemala; Museum of Contemporary Art, City Panama; Museum of Costa Rican Art, San Jose; Museum

of Art and Contemporary Design, San Jose; Museums of Banco Central of Costa Rica

Academic Studies

1999-2002 Masters in Visual Arts with Emphasis on Painting, National School of Fine Arts, Academy of San Carlos,

National Autonomous University of Mexico

1994 - 1996 Carried studies out to choose for the Licentiate in Teaching, University State at Distance, Costa Rica

1988-1993 Baccalaureate in Arts Plastic arts with Concentration in Drawing, University National, Costa Rica

1988-1992 Qualified in Crafts with concentration in Madeira, University National, Costa Rica