Alejandro Gutierrez
USA (United States)
www.alejandrogutierrez.org
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Mischtechnik
Stil: Abstrakt
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Born and raised in Colombia, Alejandro is a multi-instrumentalist who writes and produces a wide range of music, singing in English and Spanish. He is often compared to David Bowie, Brian Eno, Nine Inch Nails, NIck Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Flaming Lips meet The Jesus and Mary Chain with the attitude of early British punk (Stranglers/Clash). In the 80's he produced the Internationally syndicated radio series "Playing it By Ear", and that influence still permeates his music, adding the more theatrical elements to the darker pieces.
Alejandro began his art studies at the David Manzur Academy in Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia in 1972. For the last 24 years the artist has studied and worked in the Western New York area. He graduated from the State University of New York College at Fredonia , and the SUNY Buffalo Law School. He is President of the Board of the Western New York Artists Group.
Alejandro has spent his life exploring the seemingly coincidental occurrences that lock a chain of events together into a new something. He has pursued his calling since he was six years old, when he would scrounge around the basement garage of his apartment building for paints, oils and wood. There began the magical alchemy. He would burn, scrape, mix and mangle whatever he could get his hands on ... whether visual, sonic or textural.
Experimenting in the darkroom he discovered the "controlled accident", of how so many times seemingly accidental procedures bring forth an artistic result. That became his process. He was thrilled by the raw yet delicate balance between the forces of change, of the unstopped creative flow. It wasn't about picturing, but about expression..
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
BORN: Medellín, Colombia
ONE - PERSON SHOWS:
1992 ART DIALOGUE GALLERY, Buffalo, New York. July - August.
1991 EL BUEN AMIGO, Buffalo, New York. July - August.
THREE - PERSON SHOWS:
2007 TRILOGIES XVIII. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. May.
1993 LA VISTA HISPANICA. Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York. April - May.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2008 29TH NIAGARA FRONTIER EXHIBIT. Juried by Nancy Weekly, Burchfield-Penney Art Center.
Kenan Center. Lockport, New York. July-August.
4th ANNUAL NATIONAL SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION. Juried by Dr. Sandra Olsen, Director, University at Buffalo
Art Gallery. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. June-July.
AREA COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS. Collector�s Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York.
May 2 - June 8.
AREA ARTISTS COLLECTION. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York.
12th ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW - MODERN. Juried by Benjamin Dunkle, MFA, Canisius College. Western
New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. April.
MY BEST WORK. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. January.
2007 ARTFUL GIVING. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. December.
3rd ANNUAL NATIONAL SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION. Juried by Michael Beam, curator, Castellani Art Museum. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. October.
16th ANNUAL REGIONAL ARTISTS EXHIBITION. Juried by Richard W. Christian, II, Rochester Institute of
Technology. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. September.
AREA ARTISTS: CURATOR�S CHOICE. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York. July 18 - September 2.
AREA ARTISTS COLLECTION. Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York.
11th ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW - CONTEMPORARY. Juried by Robert Scalise, Anderson Gallery. Western
New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. April. Winner - Third Place Award.
2006 ARTFUL GIVING. Western New York Artists Group/Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. December.
1997 CORPORATE EXHIBIT. URS Greiner. Buffalo, New York.
1996 MEMBER EXHIBIT. Oxford Gallery. Rochester, New York.
1995 BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS BENEFIT. Just Pasta. Buffalo, New York.
REGIONAL EXHIBIT. Art Dialogue Gallery. Buffalo, New York. August - September.
BUFFALO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS SPRING EXHIBITION. Big Orbit Gallery. Buffalo, New York. July - August.
ACCESS INVITED REGIONAL EXHIBIT. Adams Art Gallery. Dunkirk, New York. May - June.
ANNUAL REGIONAL OPEN EXHIBITION. Carnegie Art Center. North Tonawanda, New York. January.
9TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART. Del Bello Gallery. Toronto, Ontario. December - January.
1994 HOLIDAY SHOW. Oxford Gallery. Rochester, New York. December.
HOLIDAY SHOW. Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo, New York. December.
CORPORATE EXHIBIT. Greater Buffalo Partnership. Buffalo, New York. October - December.
45TH IN WESTERN NEW YORK EXHIBITION. Juried by Andrea Miller-Keller. Albright-Knox Art
Gallery, Buffalo, New York. July - September. Winner - Chemical Bank Western Region Watercolor Award.
SUMMER SHOWCASE. Oxford Gallery. Rochester, New York. July - August.
REGIONAL EXHIBIT. Art Dialogue Gallery. Buffalo, New York. July - August.
26TH ANNUAL NIAGARA FRONTIER EXHIBIT. Juried by Clyde E. McCulley. Kenan Center. Lockport,
New York. May - June. Winner - Award of Excellence.
1993 FALL SHOW. Four Members. Buffalo Arts Studio Gallery. Buffalo, New York. October - November.
REGIONAL EXHIBIT. Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. July - August.
IDENTITIES - Six Latino Artists. Ikenga Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. April - May.
CORPORATE EXHIBIT. Outokoumpu American Brass, Buffalo, New York. April - July.
MEMBERS SHOW. Buffalo Arts Studio Gallery, Buffalo, New York. March - April.
1992 REGIONAL EXHIBIT. Art Dialogue Gallery, Buffalo, New York. May - July.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1992 COLOMBIAN�S LANDSCAPES BLUNTLY ELEMENTAL by Richard Huntington, The Buffalo News, July 29.
1991 FROM THE CATALOG OF MODERNISM by Elizabeth Licata, The Buffalo News, June 4.
EDUCATION:
� Juris Doctor from the State University of New York, Buffalo Law School. May 2001.
� Bachelor of Science in Communication/Media, Art minor in Studio Painting from SUNY at Fredonia, cum laude.
May 1988.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Member of the Buffalo Society of Artists and President of the Board of the Western New York Artists Group.
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