Biography

Born: 1933, Madrid, Spain Education and Early Career 1952–55 – Fashion Illustrator, Spain Prize – Galerías Preciado, Sindicato Nacional Textil, Madrid, Spain Second Prize – Salon Nacional de Dibujos de Alta Costura, Madrid, Spain 1955–57 – Studied drawing at Escuela de Belle Arti, Palermo, Italy Group Show – Mostra Regionale di Arti Plastiche, Palermo, Italy Group Show – Mostra Regionale di Arti Figurative, Palermo, Italy Theatre and costume design, Palermo, Italy 1957–60 – École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France Atelier Branchon (Painting) Atelier Cami (Engraving “Buril”) 1961–68 – Career in advertising, illustration, and interior design, Paris, France 1962 – Exhibition at Galerie Charbonel, Monte-Carlo, Monaco 1964–66 – One-Person Show – Galerie Le Passe-Comose, Paris, France Group Shows – Galleries Adler, Benezit & Primavera, Paris, France 1967 – First Prize – Salon de L'Union des Femmes Peintres, Paris, France 1969–71 – Moved to New York; worked two years in advertising illustration 1971 – Returned to painting and making etchings, New York, USA Selected Exhibitions 1970s–1980s 1976 – One-Person Show – Cordoba Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1977 – One-Person Show – Bryant Public Library, Roslyn, NY, USA 1979 – First Prize – National Arts Club Competition, New York, NY, USA 1979–82 – Exclusive Representation by Bowles/Hopkins, San Francisco, CA, USA 1981 – Designed gates and furniture for The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1983 – One-Person Show – The Hyatt Gallery, Nice, France Group Show – Neville Gallery, Toronto, Canada One-Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA Group Show – The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1984 – One-Person Shows – Art Works Gallery, State College, Boalsburg, PA, USA JoAnn Perse Gallery, Little Rock, AR, USA 1985 – Group Show – New York Hispanic Expressions, City Hall, New York, NY, USA One-Person Shows – De Vecchis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA The Lessing Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1986 – One-Person Shows – Collector’s Guild, Short Hills, NJ, USA Sharon Park Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA De Vecchis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA 1987 – One-Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA 1988 – One-Person Shows – Fontana Gallery, Tokyo, Japan The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1989 – One-Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA One-Person Show – Beaux Arts International Gallery, Toronto, Canada Group Show – Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA, USA 1990s–2000s 1990 – One-Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA 1991 – One-Person Show – Tamames Gallery, Madrid, Spain 1992 – One-Person Show – The Winter Tree Gallery, New York, NY, USA 1993 – Expansion of furniture and jewelry lines 1995 – One-Person Show – Jo Ann Perse Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA 1997–2000 – Annual One-Person Shows – Galerie Select, East Hampton, NY, USA 2001 – One-Person Shows – New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY, USA Frank F. Miele Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2002 – Group Show – Eugenia Cucalon Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2003 – One-Person Shows – JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY, USA Galerie Select, East Hampton, NY, USA Group Show – Frank F. Miele Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2004 – One-Person Show – JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY, USA 2005 – One-Person Shows – JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY, USA The Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, USA 2006 – One-Person Shows – JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY, USA The Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, USA 2007 – The Cordova Gallery, Greenport, NY, USA 2008 – Group Shows – Gallery International Naive Art, New York, NY, USA Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, USA The Winter Tree Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, USA Gina Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2009 – Group Show – Gallery International Naive Art, New York, NY, USA 2010 – Group Shows – Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, USA Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, USA 2013–2016 – Barcelona Design Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2016 – Group Show – Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY, USA