Biografie von Jaime (Luis) ROMANO (1942)

Birth place: Santurce, PR

Addresses: Hato Rey, PR

Profession: Painter

Studied: Univ. PR (B.A. humanities, 1966); Am. Univ. (M.A., 1969)

Exhibited: Certamen Navidad Ateneo Puertorrique-o, San Juan, 1966-68 & 1971; David Lloyd Kreegar Award Exhib., Washington, 1969; Expos Panamericana Artes Gr·ficas, Cali, Colombia, 1970; Primera & Segunda Bienal Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, 1970 & 1972; Galeria Santiago, San Juan, PR, 1970s. Awards: first prize in painting, Soc. Amigos de Cristobal Ruiz, 1967; first prize in painting, David Lloyd Kreegar Award Exhib., 1968; first prize in painting, Certamen Ateneo Puertorriqueno, 1968.

Work: Mus. Bellas Artes, Ponce, PR; Ateneo Puertorrique-o, San Juan, PR; Inst. Cult. Puertorrique-a, San Juan; Mus. Antropologia y Arte, Univ. PR, Rio Piedras; C. Law Watkins Mem. Collection, Am. Univ., Wash., DC.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics. Positions: v. pres., Fondo Becas Artes Pl·sticas, Inc., San Juan, 1970-. Teaching: instr. advan. drawing & painting, Univ. PR, Rio Piedras, 1969-71, acad. adv., 1970-71. Publications: auth., "Ernesto Alvarez," 1966; auth., "Art in Puerto Rico-Boom or Bust?", 1971; auth., "On Criticism, Critics & Criteria," 1972.

Sources: WW73; Ernesto Alvarez, Jaime Romano (Artes Graficas, 1966); Antonio Molina, Lo Ultimo de Romano," El Mundo (1968); "The Seven Minutes," San Juan Star, Oct. 15, 1972."