We’re pleased to share that one of our 2014 Clark Hulings Foundation finalists Gonzalo Fuenmayor currently has an exhibition “Tropical Mythologies” on display at the Museum of Fine Arts- Boston . It will be display on April 18, 2015 to September 13, 2015. If you’re in Boston, be sure to check it out.
A little background on Gonzalo Fuenmayor
Gonzalo Fuenmayor was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1977. He received an MFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA in 2004, and a BFA in Fine Arts and Art Education from School of Visual Arts in 2000, where he was awarded a full tuition scholarship from the Keith Haring Foundation. His drawings are included at the Drawing Center’s Flat Files, and has been awarded numerous awards including first prize at the 6th Bidimensional Salon at Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation in Bogotá, Colombia, 2013, a Traveling Fellowship by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2013, and a Silas Rhodes Family Award in 2000. Among his projects for 2014- 2015, is an Artist Residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, as well as a solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2015. Fuenmayor has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in USA, Latin America and Europe; his work was recently showcased at the “Caribbean Crossroads” Exhibition at the Queens Museum, NY, “Florida Contemporary 2011” at the Naples Museum, FL and the New American Paintings Edition #106 Publication. He currently lives and works in Miami, FL and is represented by Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami and Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco.
Photo credit: Gonzalo Fuenmayor’s email blast
