Academic
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Art History PhD (in progress)
Florida State University, Tallahassee Campus
Visual Culture of the Americas, Art History M.A.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Latin American and Caribbean’s Art History B.A.
Carlos F. Daniels Vocational High School
Certificate in Architectural Drawing
Escuela de Bellas Artes de Carolina [Fine Art School of Carolina]
Certificate in Artistic Drawing
Professional
Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Art History Professor: August 2023 – Present
Instituto Interdisciplinario y Multicultural, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Curator at “Tiznando el País: Visualidades y Representaciones: February 2023 – June 2023
Florida State University, Tallahassee Campus
Research Assistance: August 2021 – December 2023
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
Teatro LATEA’s Summer Event’s Coordinator and Archive Digitization: May – August, 2022
Freelance Art Web Design: November 2018 – Present
abdiasmendezrobles.com – coleccionreyes-veray.com – raulesteras.com
Visión Doble, University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Web Master, Author and Editor of visiondoble.org: August 2016 – Present
arte_FITS.FOUNDATION
Chief Coordinator: April 2017 – February 2018
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
Intern and Museum Guide: August 2015 – April 2016
Curatorial Experience
Artist Ramón Bulerín Solo Show: “Cuatro brochazos, tres trazos, dos rayados y un borrón”
Liga de Arte de San Juan, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2023
Exhibition Curator
Thematic Show: “El arte como re-existencia: lo afropuertorriqueño”
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, April 2023
Wall texts and artwork information (Curator: Dra. María Elba Torres)
Artist Ludwig Medina Solo Show: “Esquemas y Horizontes”
Espacio Emergente, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, April 2023
Curatorial essay and wall text: “Horizonte empañado”
Artist Juan Carlos Amador Solo Show: “Las máscaras”
Galería Guatíbiri, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, April 2023
Curatorial essay: “Juan Carlos Amador a través de las máscaras”
Artist Julio Lugo Solo Show: Atisbos entre sombras
Sala FAR, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2023
Exhibition Curator
Artist Roberto Silva Ortiz Solo Show: “La prosodia del ruiseñor”
Liga de Arte de San Juan, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 2023
Curatorial essay: “La prosodia del ruiseñor”
Artist Julio Lugo Solo Show: “Something Familiar in the Landscape”
Chapel Hill University, North Carolina, October 2022
Curatorial and wall texts: “Something Familiar in the Landscape”
Group Show: “En/Fuera”
Museo de la Historia de Ponce, August, 2022.
Co-Curators, in collaboration with Glorisabel Santos
Artworks by: Brendamaris Rodríguez, Leeann Vázquez and Valeria Mercado.
Group Show: “Life Framed: Everyday Objects and the Still Life”
WJB Gallery, Florida State University, April, 2022
Member of the curatorial team
Exhibition curated and organized by the students of Dr. Preston McLane’s as part of the course “The Museum Object.”
Artworks by: André Kertész, Andy Warhol, Arthur Taussig, Eileen Axelrod, Georges Braque, Hank Laventhol, Kristen Valle Yann, Liu Nan, Michelle Phillips, Natalia Andreeva y Robert Fichter.
Group Show – “Borimix 2021: Yucayeque de Piedra / Stone Yucayeque”
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, November, 2021.
Exhibition Co-curator in collaboration with Melissa Ramos Borges, Irene Estéves Amador and Miguel Trelles
Artworks by: Rogelio Báez, Grimaldi Báez, Myrna Báez, Colectivo BEMBA_PR, Tari Beroszi, John Betancourt, Lionel Cruet, Tony Cruz Pabón, Fraces Gallardo, Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Colectivo La Puerta, José Lerma, Ada del Pilar Ortiz, Andre Marcel Pagán Rolón, Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Camille Rouzard, Aarón Salabarrías, Garvin Sierra, Nicole Soto Rodríguez, Yiyo Tirado, Migdalia Umpierre, Rebecca Zilenziger.
Group Show: “El bacanal”
Museo de la Historia de Ponce, October, 2021.
Exhibition Co-curator in collaboration with Glorisabel Santos
Curatorial essay: “Bacanal”
Artworks by: Jean Ortiz, Sarah Urbain and Omar Banuchi
Artist Elizabeth Robles Solo Show: “La otra cocina”
Elizabeth Robles’ atelier, March, 2021.
Exhibition Curator
Art Fair Group Show: “Museo del Neón”
REM Project at Zonamaco, February 5, 2020.
Exhibition Co-Curator in collaboration with Roberto Escobar
Artworks by: Carolina Caicedo, Humberto Márquez, Lorna Otero, Yan Oquendo, Bobby Cruz, Mariana Murcia, Ske, Sofía Maldonado, Jesús “Bubu” Negrón, Camila Buxeda, Elkin Calderón, Jufe, Mónica Parada, Studio Madera, Lorraine Rodríguez, Héctor Madera, Elba Meléndez and Javier Bosques.
Artist Jaime Rodríguez Crespo Solo Show: “Plastic Raw Bar”
Recinto Cerra Art Gallery, March 28, 2019.
Author of the curatorial essay: “Plastic Raw Bar”
Group Show: “Pa’ Chilear”
REM Project Gallery, February 14, 2019.
Exhibition Co-Curator in collaboration with Roberto Escobar
Artworks by: Jesús “Bubu” Negrón & Mónica Parada
Art Fair Group Show: “Aftermath”
REM Project Booth G-1 at London Art Fair, January 15, 2019.
Exhibition Curator
Artworks by: Raul Esterás, Ivelisse Jiménez, Jesús “Bubu” Negrón, Juan Alberto Negroni, Mónica Parada, Javier & Jaime Suárez and Rafael Vargas Bernard.
Student Group Show: “Grabados del taller 2017”
Guatibiri Art Gallery, January 25, 2018.
Coordinators: Martín García Rivera and Javier Maldonado
Historic Exhibition: “Un proyecto inconcluso: 45 años de historias”
Borikén Gallery (Torre Norte Students Dorm, First Floor) November 14, 2016.
Exhibition Curator
Coordinator: Donald Escudero
Group Show: “Plataforma”
Galería Casa Jefferson, November 4, 2016.
Exhibition Curator
Artworks by: Ada del Pilar, Fernando Pérez, Ángel Borroto, Indio Carrasquillo, Ángel Lamar, Mario Montilla, Cristina Vélez and Niko Cacho
Group Show: “Grabados del taller 2016”
Guatíbiri Art Gallery, August 11, 2016.
Exhibition Curator
Coordinator: Martín García Rivera.
Students Art Contest and Exhibition: “Artistas en tránsito – Reinterpretaciones”
Borikén Gallery (Torre Norte Students Dorm, First Floor) March 14, 2016.
Contest Judge and Exhibition Curator
Coordinator: Donald Escudero
Group Show: “Otra mirada a Otelo”
51st Theatre Festival of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, El Corralón de San José,
October 2, 2015.
Exhibition Curator
Artist Elizam Escobar Solo Show: “Crescendo”
Francisco Oller Gallery, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus: May 2015
Assistant of Curator Mercedes Trelles Hernández, PhD
Extracurricular
Anti-Racism and Equity Committee
Art History Program, Florida State University
Committee Member: Fall Semester, 2022
Athanor– Florida Online Journal
Art History Program, Florida State University
Layout Editor (39th Volume), Fall Semester, 2022
39th Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium
Art History Program, Florida State University
Organizer Committee: Fall Semester, 2022
Art History Association (AHA)
Art History Program, Florida State University
Active Member: August 2021 – Present
Undergraduate Art Critic Journal “Puntos de Fuga”
Founder and Director: April 2015 – August 2017
http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/puntodefuga/
Art History Students Association
Art History Program, University of Puerto Rico
Director of Publications: August 2014 – May 2017.
Exhibition “El Objeto” (The object), 2nd Contemporary Art Contest; Social a Recreational Activities Program, University of Puerto Rico.
Museography Assistant: November 2012
Coordinator: Dra. Lyzette Cabrera
Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Volunteer Archive Assistant: August 2016 – May 2017
Supervisor: Jessica Valiente, Archivist
Volunteer in the Department of Education: February – May 2012
Supervisor: Lisa Ortega, M.A.
Grants & Awards
Tuition Fellowship – City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Art History PhD: August 2023 – Present
State E & G Award – Florida State University, Tallahassee Campus
Latin America-Caribbean Scholarship: August 2021 – May, 2023
Research Assistantship – Florida State University, Tallahassee Campus
Art History Department award for graduate students: August 2021 – December, 2022
Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades
Non-Profit Cultural Fund
Grant co-author
Grant Awarded to Visión Doble, October 2020.
Project director and main author: Laura Bravo, PhD
Ángel Ramos Foundation
Non-Profit Cultural Fund
Grant co-author
Grant Awarded to Visión Doble, February 2019.
Project director and main author: Laura Bravo, PhD
International Association of Art Critics (AICA), Puerto Rico’s Chapter
Young Critic Award, Honourable Mention, November 2016.
Art Critic: Tres por tres igual a diez
Publications
Mid-Career Book: Aby Ruiz: Sin pena ni gloria [Aby Ruiz: It is What It is] – February, 2024
L’Artban Gallery
Artist Aby Ruiz Mid-Career Book
Essay: “Cuerpo, espacio y objeto: Aby Ruiz tras veinte años de creación artística”
Exhibition Catalog: “Cuatro brochazos, tres trazos, dos rayados y un borrón” – August 31, 2023.
Liga de Arte de San Juan
Artist Ramón Bulerín solo show
Curatorial text: “Del individuo a lo atemporal”
Claridad – August 1, 2023.
Digital version of the Newspaper Claridad
Exhibition text re-published: “Horizonte empañado”
Claridad – May 3, 2023.
Digital version of the Newspaper Claridad
Exhibition Review: “Trillizos fraternos de Maribel Canales Rosario”
Claridad – February 2, 2023.
Digital version of the Newspaper Claridad
Exhibition text re-published: “La prosodia del ruiseñor”
Exhibition Brochure: “Atisbos entre sombras”
Artist Julio Lugo Rivas Solo Show
Short Essay: “Atisbos entre sombras”
Exhibition Brochure: “La prosodia del ruiseñor”
Artist Roberto Silva Solo Show
Essay: “La prosodia del ruiseñor”
Intervenxions– July 5, 2022.
New York University’s Latinx Project publication
Exhibition Review: “Caribbean Artists Erodin Sandcastles at Wave Hill”
90 Grados– May 20, 2022.
Digital Tabloid of Design
Exhibition Review: “Jun Martínez y el reverdecimiento de la pintura”
Exhibition Catalog: “Frío de noche / (con) ventanas oscuras / rosa opaco” – April 2022.
Artist Víctor González Ortiz Solo Show
Texts by Breyner Huertas Redón, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz and Carlos Ortiz Burgos
Essay: “Estar en el paisaje”
Exhibition Catalog: “As Far as the Eye Can See” – March, 2022
Artist Lionel Cruet Solo Show
Texts by: Manuel de J. Vázquez, Lionel Cruet, Carlos Ortiz Burgos and Bettina Pérez Martínez
Essay: “Rojo del mar”
Book: “The Amazing SKE: History of graffiti in Puerto Rico narrated by a pioneer” – July, 2021.
Introduction: “Graffiti in Puerto Rico: time, form and circumstances”
Interviewer of main text: “Conversations with SKE: a portrait of Puerto Rico’s Graffiti”
80 Grados: Prensa sin prisa – May 14, 2021.
Digital Newspaper
Curatorial Essay of artist Elizabeth Robles solo show: “La otra cocina”
Visión Doble – April 4, 2021.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “A María le dio Covid, ¡Qué DeSastre!”
Visión Doble – January 2, 2021.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Peer-reviewed article: “Desarrollo de un artista moderno: Narciso Dobal Guliani”
Visión Doble – September 02, 2020.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “A través del ojo de la arcilla”
Visión Doble – June 15, 2020.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “Fuera de la burbuja: obra reciente de José Ballester”
Visión Doble – February 9, 2020.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “Retrato de una isla que no existe”
Visión Doble – November 10, 2019.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “El hilo como medio artístico”
Visión Doble – June 15, 2019.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “Sobre le vacío y la ausencia”
Arte y Políticas de Identidad – July 2018.
University of Murcia Art Journal, Vol. 18 PP. 201-204
Exhibition review: “La fibra óptica como sala de exhibición: política, videos y acuerdos en el arte”
Visión Doble – October 15, 2018.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal,
Exhibition review: “Retratar la longevidad”
80 Grados: Prensa sin prisa – May 11, 2018.
Digital Newspaper
Essay: “Un proyecto inconcluso: la residencia Torre del Norte”
Co-author: Donald Escudero
Event Catalog: “Ventus/Food Meets Art” – November, 2017.
arte_FITS.FOUNDATION Coordinator, by invitation of Think Food Group
LSL Hotel, South Beach, Miami.
Essay: “Its all about the people”
Visión Doble – September 15, 2017.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Exhibition review: “Bregando con arte”
Visión Doble – May 15, 2017.
University of Puerto Rico Art Journal
Article: “Crónica de un performance inadvertido”
Puerto Rico Art News – June 10, 2017.
Art blog
Exhibition review: “Continuidad anti-gráfica”
Puerto Rico Art News – May 5, 2017.
Art blog
Exhibition review: “Bomba afuera y hip hop adentro”
Puerto Rico Art News – September 12, 2016.
Art blog
Exhibition review: “Del círculo a la esfera: una dinámica del origen”
Exhibition Brochure: “Rutas Orgánicas” – February 11, 2016.
Artist Orlando Castro Ortiz Solo Show
Interpretative Essay: “Cuerpos elípticos”
Exhibition Catalogue: “Merge” – February 3, 2016.
Artist Raymond Cruz Corchado Solo Show
Interpretative Essay: “Re-emerger mediante la amalgama”
Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña – December 2015.
Cultural Journal, 3rd Series, Num. III, PP. 140 – 149,
Peer-reviewed article: “Un disparate internacional”
iINAS’ Student Congress – December 2015.
Undergraduate Investigation Program, University of Puerto Rico
Research Poster: “José López de Victoria”
Authors: Awilda M. Martínez, Carlos Ortiz Burgos y Donald C. Escudero.
Mentors: Prof. Johnny Lugo Vega y el Antonio Martínez, PhD
Undergraduate Dissertation – May 2015.
Art History Program, University of Puerto Rico
Dissertation: “La modernidad filtrada: relación entre el arte de Puerto Rico y el de los Estados Unidos en la primera mitad del S.XX”
Thesis Director: Mercedes Trelles Hernández, PhD
Literary Publication: “Mentir la verdad: antología de auto-ficción” – May 2015.
La Maga Editorial, Short Stories compilation
Short Stories: “Pentayó”; “Cincuenta libras de vida”; “Una vida haciendo fila”; “Incendiario se entrega y afirma que fuego se trató de obra de arte.”
Mentor: Mayra Santos Febres, PhD
Puntos de Fuga – May 2015 – April 2017
Undergraduate Art Critic Journal, University of Puerto Rico
Exhibitions Reviews: “Bloques hilados en la memoria;” “Tres por tres igual a diez;” “De poetas, artistas y… cuerdos;” “La pintura escultórica de Raymond Cruz Corchado;” “Sueño, luego existo;” “¡La Madre Tuya!”
Project Mentor: Laura Bravo, PhD
iINAS’ Undergraduate Congress – August 2014.
Undergraduate Investigation Program, University of Puerto Rico
Research Poster: “La arquitectura religiosa en Puerto Rico”
Authors: Carlos Ortiz Burgos, Laurie Urdaneta, Marisely Cortés y Paul Ramos
In Colaboration with the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society
Project Mentor: Nilsevady Fussá, PhD
Symposiums and Lectures
Symposium: Transgression and Liminality in Iberian and Latin American Art: Emerging Researchers Symposium
Zurbaran Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art, Durham University, U.K., July 7, 2022.
Presented Paper: “…and Caribbean Pop Expressions?”
Symposium: Nuevas Lecturas Sobre el Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo del Caribe
University of Costa Rica and the Red Latinoamericana de Estudiantes de Historia del Arte.
Presented Paper: “La modernidad según Narciso Dobal”
Exhibition Panel in the Exhibition: Eje textile
Museo del Reciclaje, September 26, 2020.
Lecture: “Hilo conductor en el arte latinoamericano”
First Art History Symposium
Museo de Arte de Ponce, April 29, 2017.
Presented Paper: “Narciso Dobal, un artista de su época”
First Visual Arts Congress: Migración, geo-política y arte global: Puerto Rico como el contexto
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña & Museo de San Juan, April 2015
Lecture: “Un disparate internacional”