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Antonio Guadalupe .:
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).
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