Was born in Moca, Dominican Republic in 1941. He
held his first individual exhibit in 1968 at the Dominican- American
Cultural Institute (ICDA) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. His
first artistic orientation in painting was received from professor
Poncio Salcedo in his hometown. Artistically, he was “discovered” by
poetess and art critic Aida Cartagena Portalatin and the famed poet
Maximo Aviles Blonda, both having encouraged him to take steps in his
pictorial career. Today, after 20 years of artistic work in Dominican
plastic arts, Guadalupe has held 17 individual shows and more than 100
national and international collective expositions.
In the Dominican Republic his works are displayed at the most important
museums in the country: the National Museum of Dominican Man, the
Modern Art Museum and other public institutions and private
collections. His mural art works cover our national contemporary
history, from the myths and symbology of the Taino Indians culture, the
Discovery of America and the Spanish Conquest through some of the
aspects in our folklore and magical religious customs, including the
different modalities of our Afro-Antillean richness as expression of
cultural identity. Collective Expositions: 1972-1982, Casa de Teatro
Expo Young Painters, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, National
Theater; Tribute to Jaime Colson, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;
Shop and Gallery Giotto, Tribute to Orlando Martinez, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic; Alliance Française, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic; Gallery of Modern Art, Cultural Plaza, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic; Casa de Teatro, Tribute to Authonomous University
of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Expo Anniversary of the Bank of
Reserves of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; FAO National Contest
(Honor Mention), Santo Dorningo, Dominican Republic; National Contest,
San Pedro de Macoris, Centennial (Honor Mention), San Pedro de Macoris,
Dominican Republic; Nouveau Art Center, Expo Miniatures, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic; University Pedro Henriquez Ureña, Expo- Dominican
Identify, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Banca Colectiva 82
(Anniversary), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Contemporary Plastic
Arts, Collective Expo in Tribute to Cotal 82, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic. 1983: Expo Dominican Current Art, Caracas, Venezuela, Mural
Contest of City Bank, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Expo Resident
Artists of Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic. From 1986 to
1988 he presided the Colegio de Artistas Plasticos (Plastic Artists
Association) of Dominican Republic.
Individual Expositions: Prisca Gallery, New York, USA (1965);
Dominican-American Institute, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1968);
Armifio Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (1968); Ateneo Amantes de la Luz,
Santiago, Dominican Republic (1979); Alliance Francaise, Santiago,
Dominican Republic (1971); Dominican American Institute, Santiago,
Dominican Republic (1972); Workshop and Gallery Giotto, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic (1975); Gallery of Modern Art, Cultural Plaza, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic (1977); Art Gallery Paiewonsky, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic (1982); Nouveau Art Center, Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic (1983 and 1984); Gallery Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic (1985); La Galeria (Art Center), Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic (1986); Cogefisa, Financiera y Corredores de Seguros
(Insurance Brokers), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1987);
Guayasamin Foundation, Quito, Ecuador (1988); Institute of Hispanic
Culture, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1988); Museum of the
Dominican Man, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1989); Praxis
International Art Foundation, Lima, Peru (1989).
