Biografie von Jose ALICEA (1928)

Birth place: Ponce, PR

Addresses: Rio Piedras, PR

Profession: Printmaker

Studied: Acad. Pov., Ponce; Inst. Puerto Rican Cult, with Lorenzo Homar.

Exhibited: 1st Muestra Int. Grabado, Barcelona, Spain, 1969; 9th & 10th Festival Arte de Cali, Colombia, 1969-1970; 3rd Int. Graphic Biennial, Cracow, 1st & 2nd Biennial Latinamericana Grabado de San Juan, P R, 1970-1972; 3rd Biennial Int Della Grafica, Florence, Italy, 1972; Galeria Santiago, San Juan, PR, 1970s. Awards: Prize for graphic Ateneo Puertorriqueno, 1965; Mildred Boerike Prize, Print Club Philadelphia, 1967; travel grant, Casa Del Arte, San Juan, 1968.

Work: PMA; MoMA; LOC; Boston Pub Libr., Mass.; Mus. Arte Ponce. Commissions: Woodcut mural, Inst. Puerto Rican Cult. for Guayanilla H.S., 1970.

Comments: Positions: asst. to dir., Inst. Puerto Rican Cult. Workshop, 1958-1962; art dir., Inst. Puerto Rican Cult. Workshop, 1958-1962; art dir., Revista del Cafe, Ponce, 1962-. Publications: Illusr., Trovas larenas, 1968; auth., Rio grande de Loiza (portfolio of prints), 1968; auth., Cancion de Baquine (portfolio of prints), 1970; illusr., En las manos del pueblo, 1972; illusr., Calambrenas. Teaching: Instr. printmaking, Escuela Artes Plasticas, San Juan, 1967-.

Sources: WW73; E. Ruiz de la Mata, The art of Jose R Alicea," San Juan Rev Mag (July 1966) & "Graphics" by Alicea, San Juan Star (Aug 9, 1970); Gloria Borras, "El Grabado en la Vida de Jose R. Alicea," El Mundo (1969)."

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