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Carreno's Quasar Series 2014-2015
Melody from the Silence of the Soul by Marcia Corbino
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BIOGRAPHY
ANTONIO CARRENO
Born in 1963, Antonio Carreno, is an abstract painter, whose work has been receiving accolades nationally and in his birthplace, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he gained his academic background at the National School of Fine Arts. His paintings burst with abstract vitality. Abstraction offered Antonio the freedom he wanted to express finding that his subconscious would often take an unpredictable course and that his conscious thoughts engage formal artistic qualities of structure, color, and line.
Weather permitting, Carreno prefers to work outdoors where nature inspires his paintings. He lays his canvases or board-backed paper on a flat surface that becomes a painting table, thus, he can move around it as the painting grows. He states that many of the quick-drawn elements in his pictures come from nature that can be seen in the woods around his home. The first process he uses is a ground layer of sand and polymer. He proceeds to apply color and drawings over this shallow relief map. The application of paint is similar to fresco painting if the polymer and sand are still wet.
His paintings are obvious and mysterious. He feels that his best works are done quickly, preferring to work fast. Antonio now resides in a rural area of New Jersey. Since 1982, he has had numerous solo exhibitions and has also shown his work in many group exhibitions around the United States and in his homeland. His work is in many selected public collections.
EDUCATION
1976-1982
National School of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1988, 1999
Art Students League, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
2015
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
N’Namdi Contemporary, Miami, FL
2014
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
The Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
2011
Messineo Art Project, New York, NY
Wyman Contemporary, New York, NY
2010
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wallace Fine Art, Long Boat Key, FL
2008
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
Messineo Art Project, New York, NY
2007
Peg Alston Fine Art, New York, NY
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
Messieno Art Project, New York, NY
Wyman Contemporary, New York, NY
2006
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Peg Alston Fine Art, New York, NY
Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
2005
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
Joysmith Gallery, Memphis, TN
Madelyn Jordon, Scarsdale, NY
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2004
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL
Concordia University Museum, MI
Stella Jones Gallery New, Orleans, LA
2003
Joysmith Gallery, Memphis, TN
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
2002
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
2001
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
Bomani Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Leonora Kreiger Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
G.R. N’Namdi Galleries, Chicago, IL
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Bender Gallery, Atlanta, GA
J. Rainey Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL
Bender Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997
Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Sindin Galleries, New York, NY
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
1996
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL
La Vita Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Drew Cryst Gallery, Sparta, NJ
1995
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
Medicci Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Drew Cryst Gallery, Sparta, NJ
1993
Infinity, Art Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Centro de la Cultura, Santiago, DR
1985
Dominican American Institute of Culture, Santo Domingo, DR
1982
The Reserved Bank of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, DR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
N’Namdi Art Center, Detroit, MI
Peg Alston Fine Arts, New York, NY
2011
Philharmonic Art Center, Naples, FL
Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010
G.R. N’Namdi Art Center, Detroit, MI
2007
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Seven Voices, New York, NY
Parish Gallery, Group show, Washington, DC
2004
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, FL
G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, NY
Henoch Gallery, New York, NY
Stella Jones Gallery, BAF, New York, NY
2002
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
A.A.F. New York, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, NY
Stella Jones Gallery, New York, NY
Kenkeleba Gallery, Rutgers University, New York, NY
2001
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
Stella Jones Gallery, New York, NY
Stella Jones, Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Madelyn Jordon Fine Arts, Scarsdale, NY
2000
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
Bender Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
G.R. N’Namdi gallery, Chicago, IL
Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
1999
Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington, DC
Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Amalia Mahoney, Chicago, IL
1998
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Stella Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1997
Sindin Galleries, New York, NY
Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
1995
Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL
1994
Carib Art Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA
1992
Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY
1991
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, DR
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Dillar University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Dominican America Institute of Culture, Santo Domingo, DR
Latin American Museum of Modern Art, Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, DR
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
The Reserved Bank of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, DR