Winners of the Des Pacio 2011 Arts Exhibition Announced

Last December I was invited to be one of the judges/selectors for the Des Pacio 2011 exhibition award, which consists on a solo exhibition at Des Pacio Gallery in San Jose Costa Rica. After reviewing more than 100 applications and portfolios (of which at least 40% were of good quality work), the jury composed of curator Clara Astiasarán, artist Federico Herrero, and myself, jointly decided on the following:

January 22, 2011
Angelica Teuta, 'Interior Forest' (Forest for inside 4 overhead projectors, paper templates, cellophane, basic engine, computer fans (16x6x4 meters aprox.), 2009

The Des Pacio 2011 Exhibition selected artists were:
Angélica Teuta (Colombia)
Alberto Rodríguez Collía (Guatemala)
Levi Orta (Cuba)
Special Mentions were given to:
Francesco Bracci (Costa Rica)
Fabiola Carranza (Costa Rica-Canadá)
Adrian Mellis (Cuba)
Kate Newby (Nueva Zelanda)
Oscar Pavón (Venezuela)
David Perez (República Dominicana-Guatemala)
Simón Vega (El Salvador)
http://www.des.pacio.org/

  • Angelica Teuta, 'Interior Forest' (Forest for inside 4 overhead projectors, paper templates, cellophane, basic engine, computer fans (16x6x4 meters aprox.), 2009
  • Simón Vega, 'Sub-Tropical Cargo' and 'Enredadera Marginal', 2010
  • Francesco Bracci, 'Marea Plastica', 2008
  • David Perez, 'Estructura Completa', performance/video, (a blind Dominican person carries a handicapped Haitian), 2010
  • Kate Newby, 'Crawl out your window', 2010
  • Alberto Rodríguez Collía, 'La Invasion' (shanty house constructed out of rubbed etched drawings done from remains of existing shanty houses), 2008
  • Fabiola Carranza, 'BEST', 'As Sheep a Trick' and 'The Tropics at Hand', 2010
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