Puerto Rican Art

Carlos Cancio (San Juan, PR., 1961) Painter. Contemporary Puerto Rican Art. After graduating from

Culture Prize (in art) from the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. His work has been shown in over fifty

Ponce artists Horacio Castaing, Librado Net, and Miguel Pou. He studied at the Art Students League in

San Fernando in Madrid before moving to Puerto Rico. Once on the island, in 1913, he established an

Carlos Cancio (San Juan, PR., 1961) Painter. Contemporary Puerto Rican Art. After graduating from

studied at the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture’s School of Plastic Arts. Throughout his artistic career

of Arts in Education with a specialization in Art from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of

Culture Prize (in the art) from the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. His work has been shown in over

arrived in Puerto Rico at the age of three. In 1979 he studied at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts

with that country’s art and culture. He has had solo shows at the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture

, revealing the Caribbean essence and his childhood memories of Puerto Rican life with humor and wit.

of Arts from the Provincial Institute of Puerto Rico, he worked as a teacher with the Department of

Rico. In 2006 he participated in ARWI, the Puerto Rico Art & Wine Fair. He has received awards from

the foremost exponents of primitive art in Puerto Rico.

studied at Escuela de Artes Plásticas of Puerto Rico, where he obtained his BFA with a major in Painting

arrived in Puerto Rico at the age of three. In 1979 he studied at the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts

Juan Sanchez commemorates the achievements of Puerto Ricans in this celebratory print. The embossed

, Norwegian, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish, Thai, and Visayan. These unprecedented photographs expand the

Arlene Gottfried’s work chronicles the people and landscape of New York City in the 1970’s and 80’s with classic black and white photography. Born in Brooklyn, Gottfried started ...

his return to Puerto Rico in 1950, Homar co-founded the Center for Puerto Rican Art. From 1951 to 1956

Latino museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art. In 2006 he was awarded first

Latino museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art. In 2006 he was awarded first

Rafael Rivera Garcia, born 1930 in Puerto Rico, is an artist and muralist. This large abstract

Rafael Ferrer (b. 1933 in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican artist. He attended the Staunton Military

expressionism and minimal art. Figueroa has maintained a studio in Puerto Rico since the 1980s, though his

return to Puerto Rico in 1950, Homar co-founded the Center for Puerto Rican Art. From 1951 to 1956 he

, Lorenzo Homar, and José A. Torres Martinó co-founded the Center for Puerto Rican Art. In 1952, he joined

Frank Diaz Escalet is a Puerto Rican artist born in 1930 in Ponce. Before embarking on an art

was known more in New York City than in Puerto Rico during his active period, and was relatively well

Barrio, New York's only Latino museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art. In

Latino museum dedicated to Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American art. In 2006 he was awarded first

Exposicion Noticias Del Nuevo Mundo, Casa Del Libro, Puerto Rican Exhibit Poster 1965 Rafael Tufino

Neues in 1992 and printed in Germany. This image features the Puerto Rican Parrot, one of the most

. Back to Puerto Rico, he organizes sixteen art workshops in collaboration with the Department of

Rafael Ferrer (b. 1933 in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican artist. He attended the Staunton Military

Washington D.C. What makes him stand apart from the other Puerto Rican artists is that his art work is owned

This circa 1960s Modernist oil on masonite portrait is by Puerto Rican artist Santos Rene Irizarry

This 1967 charcoal on paper angular drawing is by Puerto Rican artist Santos Rene Irizarry (1934

selected by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture to study art at the National School of Plastic Arts

of Puerto Rican Culture to study art at the National School of Plastic Arts Academy of San Carlos in