Education   
                                

1997                New York Academy of Arts, Professor Nelson Shanks, Master Class,
                                    New York, NY.             

1981-85           BFA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

1976                Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Professor Margot Guerra Vial, Painting, 
                                    Santiago, Chile.

Miguel Venegas Cifuentes, Painting, Santiago, Chile.

Professional Experience

1987                Interlink, Art Director, Santiago, Chile.

1983                J.W.Thompson, Freelance Illustrator, Santiago, Chile.

                        Young and Roubicam, Freelance Illustrator, Santiago, Chile.

Northcote, Freelance Illustrator, Santiago, Chile. 
            McCaan Erickson, Freelance Illustrator, Santiago, Chile.

1982                               Wilkins and Associates, Artist, Santiago, Chile.

Teaching Experience
          

2008-09           Bushwick-Ridgewood Senior Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY. Art Teacher.

1987                Craighouse School, Santiago, Chile, Etching.

1982-84           Painting, Santiago, Chile, Painting.

1983                Santiago College, Santiago, Chile, Art Seminar.

Assistantships
                           

1993-94          Artist Shalom Newman, New York, NY.

1993                Parsons School of Design, Professor/Artist Shalom Newman,

New York, NY.

1991-92          Artist Harry Mc McCormick, New York, NY.

International Center of Photography, Professor Lester Lefkowitz,

New York, NY.

Awards, Grants And Honors

1999-00          Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. Grant.

1986                Instituto Cultural de Providencia, Santiago, Chile, Honorable Mention.

1982                               Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro, Competencia Nacional de Arte,

                                    Santiago, Chile, Honorable Mention.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1978                Craighouse School, Gustavo Schmidt, Santiago, Chile.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009                Historical Society, Washington DC, USA.

                        The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York City, USA.

2008                The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York City, USA.

                        Klaudia Marr Gallery, 15 th Annual Realism Invitational,

                                     Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. 

2007                Klaudia Marr Gallery, 14 th Annual Realism Invitational,

                                     Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. 

2005                Simon Patrich Gallery,“From Here to There, Five Magic Realists”,

                                     Vancouver, Canada.

2004                TASD Gallery, Latin American Artists,Inaugural Show, Miami, Florida.

Simon Patrich Gallery, Young Artists, Vancouver, Canada.

Elmurst’s Hospital, New York City Hospital Collection Exhibit,, NY.

2003                Fusion Arts Museum, Inaugural Show, New York, NY.

2001                Ibero-American Cultural Attachés, 9th Art Salon, Mexican  

                                     Cultural Institute, Washington DC.

                        Fusion Arts Gallery, Eclectic Artists, New York, NY.

Tribes Gallery, Mass Transit, New York, NY.

ABC NO RIO Gallery, New York, NY.

Doom Gallery, Figuratively Prophetic, Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Edlin Fine Arts @ Seiren Studios, New York, NY.

2000-01                     Ibero-American Conference, Still lives from Ibero-America,

Washington DC.

The Artist Museum, Artistas Chilenos, Washington DC.

1999                Organization of American States, Three Contemporary Chilean Painters,

                                     Washington DC.

Upstream Gallery, Competition Show, Dobbs Ferry, New York.

International Monetary Fund, Annual Gala and Exhibition,

 Washington DC.                                                                                

1996                Sound Shore Gallery, Cross River, New York.

1989                Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Chiloé, Chile.

Latin American Painters Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

             Praxis Gallery, Santiago, Chile.

1988                Embassy of Israel, Concurso de Arte, Santiago, Chile.

1987                Embassy of Israel, Concurso de Arte, Santiago, Chile.

1986                Instituto Cultural de Las Condes, Salon de Estudiantes,

                                    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Instituto Cultural de Providencia, Pintando Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

1984                Pontificia Universidad Católica, Salon de Estudiantes, Santiago, Chile.

1983                Pontificia Universidad Católica, Festival Canta Gallo. Santiago, Chile.

Instituto Cultural de Providencia, Pintando Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

                        Universidad Católica de Talca, Dos pintores Jóvenes, Talca, Chile,

Parque Metropolitano, Casa de la Cultura, Santiago, Chile.

Hotel Galerías Holliday Inn, Muestra de Artistas Jovenes, Santiago, Chile.

1982                Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro, Competencia Nacional de Arte,

                                    Santiago, Chile.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Muestra de Estudiantes, 
                        Santiago, Chile.

1980                Colegio San Juan Evangelista, Concurso Estudiantil, Santiago, Chile.

Selected Public Collections

            Museo de  Arte Contemporáneo de Castro Chiloé, Chile.   

Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.

Chilean Mission to the United Nations, New York, NY.

PepsiCo Company, New York, NY.

Consulate of Chile, Washington DC.

Marriot Hotel, Brooklyn, New York.

Consulate of Chile, New York, NY.

Selected Private Collections
 

His Excellency Chilean Ambassador to the White House,

Mr. and Mrs. Mario Artaza, Washington DC. 

His Excellency Chilean Ambassador to Organization of American States,

            Washington D.C., Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Bianchi.

His Excellency Chilean Ambassador,

Mr. and Mrs. Benajmin Concha Gazmuri, New York, NY. 

Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Kretschmer, Cordoba, Argentina.

Mr. and Mrs. Hipólito Lagos, Santiago, Chile.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Maltz, New York, NY.

Ms. Anne O’Brien, Washington DC.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sabella, New York, NY.

Ms. Maruja Vergara, New York, NY.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Castro, New York, NY.

Mrs. Michele Godfrey, New York, NY.

                        Mr. and Mrs. Felipe Lecaros, Westchester, NY.

                        Mr. & Mrs. Derek O'Neill, Wexford, Ireland.
                        Mrs. Starr Fuentes, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

                        Mr. Mark Armenante, New York, N.Y.

Bibliography

Catalogues:

 14th Annual Realism Invitational, Catalogue, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM .,

                  (Illustrated) (October - November 2007)

Wooster, Ann Sargent, Reality-Realities, text Parallel Universe, General Chilean

                  Consulate, New York, NY., (Ilustrated) (1999-2000)

Everlasting Memories: Still-Lives from Ibero-America, Catalogue, Mexican Cultural

                  Institute, Washington DC. (November 21^st, 2000 - January 13^th, 2001).

Organization of American States, Gustavo Schmidt, extract from the text Parallel

                 Universe from Ann-Sargent Wooster, Washington DC. (1999)

Organization of American States, Three Contemporary Chilean Painters,

                 Washington DC. (1999).

The Art Society, Annual Gala and Exhibition, International Monetary Fund Gallery,

                 IMF, Washington D.C. (1999)

TASD Gallery, Blue Package. (illustration) Miami, Florida. (2003)

Realism, Ann-Sargent Wooster, Chilean Consulate, New York, NY. (2005)

Magazines:

The Kitsilano Views, The Art Of Fantasy-Magic Realism, Vancouver, Canada,

                 vol 2, issue 4. pp. 28-29.Tulips Reflected. April 2005.

Revista Cosas, No.543, Santiago, Chile. (July 18^th, 1997)

“Que Pasa”, Santiago, Chile. (September, 1983)

Revista de la Universidad Católica, UCT, Talca, Chile, (Septiembre, 1983)

Newspapers:

EL MERCURIO, Artes y Letras, Santiago, Chile. (1985)       

 “Revista Del Domingo”, Santiago, Chile, September, (1983)

Artes Y Letras, Santiago, Chile, Septiembre, (1983)

Artes Y Letras, Santiago, Chile, (1982).

Internet

Examiner.com, Thursday, May 1, 2008. The List, Best Galleries # 5, pg. 18
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http://www.chileny.com/01eng_gallery.html
http://www.chile-usa.org/schmidt.htm
http://www.un.int/chile/Arte/parallel.htm
http://www.iaculturalattaches.org/catalogos/2000%20Art%20Salon.pdf
http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=16515
http://www.artcenter.ca/galleryo/index.html
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