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36
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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0
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
read, travel, walk around the streth, make art. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Drawing Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Modernism - (1890 - 1940)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
munch
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| Favorite Work of Art |
El grito
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
When I am making my work I make me inspirate of the human life, the problem of the human being, the looking of the peace and the love. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Have a long time, when I say than I have to make something with with all the thing than I have in my heart. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
VERSION INGLES
Iris Perez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She studied Art at the National school of Fine Arts and at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). She specialized in painting and attended the sculpture workshops of the masters Leopoldo Perez and Domingo Luz. She also participated in various courses and workshops specialized in ceramics, engraving and Art History in different institutions.
Iris Pérez works as a teacher in the National School of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Drawing and the Latin Academy of Visual Arts. She has also taught in the Faculty of Humanities of the INTEC University, done children’s workshops in the Museum of Contemporary Drawing and given classes in the Central Bank, amongst others. She is an external consultant in the area of capacity building of teachers in the Department of Art Education of the Ministry of Education.
Since 2001 she has been involved in the project of Public Art: Contemporary Actions, doing community work and interventions together with other artists, students of Art and members of the country’s communities. As a result of this project, she was selected to be a member of the jury of the Ford’s Foundation and the Environment International prizes.
Recent Individual Exhibition: 2006 Beginning of a tour of individual exhibitions: 8th March Raku Women of Fire, Museum of las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, RD. 2003 Series Marginal Status, Boricua University, New York, U.S. 2002 Marginal Status, Casa de la Cultura Dominicana, New YorK, U.S. 2000 Hidden Spaces, Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, RD; From the series “Hidden Spaces”: Cuba Collection Fine Art., Miami Florida. Recent National collectives’ exhibitions: 2006 Fair of Drawings, Museum of Contemporary drawings, Santo Domingo, DR. 2005 National Biannual of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, RD.; Collective contemporary Exhibition, Gallery Amicus, East Santo Domingo, DR; Biannual in Paleta de Niquel. Museum Candido Bido, Bonao, DR; Contemporary Women, Casa de la Cultura de Santiago de los Caballeros, DR. 2004 E León Jimenes Art Contest, Centro León, Santiago de los Caballeros, DR; Homage to Ramón Oviedo, Arawak Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR; Hommage to Pablo Neruda, Cariforo Cultural Center/ School of Theatre/ Casa de Teatro/ Embassy of Chile, Santo Domingo, DR; Galleries Fair, Museum of Contemporary Drawing, Santo Domingo, DR; Views of a Mega centre: Centro Commercial MegaCentro, East Santo Domingo, DR. 2003 Caribbean Insitu Collective, Casa de España, Santo Domingo, DR; 22nd National Biannual Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, DR; New Proposals – Exhibition of Installations, Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo, DR. 2002 E León Jimenes Art Contest, Santiago de los Caballeros, DR; 27+27 Freedom Actions, CODAP, Santo Domingo, DR. 2001 Divergent, painting exhibition and installation, for the 4th Caribbean Biannual, Santo Domingo, DR. 2000- Arco iris 2000 Museum of the Dominican Man, Santo Domingo, DR. Recent International events: 2005 Unclaime Luggage, Fine Arts Circle of Madrid, Spain; Collective exhibition of Dominican Artists, Hábitat for Humanity, New York. 2004 Collective exhibition Lotus Art. Gallery, New York, U.S. 2000 Venezuela Aids 2000, Morgan Stantle Deán Witter and Slogan Auction Gallery; Contemporary Visions-Unión Planter Bank, Miami Florida. 2000-2005 World Financial Centre, N.Y., Women's Museum, Dallas, New Orleans Contemporary Art Centre, Simmons College, Boston, Legion Arts. San Francisco; Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, Akureyri Museum, Iceland, Gerduburg Cultural Centre, Reykjavik; International Museum of Women's, Mobile Museum, Alabama, Brenau University, Ga.; University of Maryland, Stockholm Sweden, University of New England, Me., Tucson Museum, Arizona; White Columns, N.Y.C, Flint Institute, Michigan, U.S. Mural and sculptures: 2004-2005 San Francis of Assisi Old Age Home with the help of the Embassy of Japan. 1998 Grand mural of the National Theatre, to commemorate the National. 1997 Collective mural donated by the Chan Aquino Foundation. 1994 Piece of the Poet Lowesky Medina, Central Park of Duvergé. 1991 Mural by Dominican and Cuban artists in Santiago de Cuba. Participated in a collective mural done in El Cabreto in coordination with the United Nations, UNICEF and a mural in the Rehabilitation Centre coordinated by MUDIC. Distintions: 2004 Selected by the organization Artiade to represent her country in the Art Olympiads organized when the 2004 Olympic Games took place in Athens; An award by the Ford Conservation and Environment Prizes; Award by the National School of Fine Arts for her academic work in 2003 and 2004. 1997 Distinguished Guest of the city, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Interregional meeting of the AIP-UNESCO; 1994 Certificate of Gratitude from the Promotion of the Woman; Medal awarded by the FAO for her performance-installation of “the Dance of Hunger”; the 2nd prize of the Pinta de la Paz Contest.
Iris Pérez. Nace en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Realiza estudios superiores de arte en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes y la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD). Cursó una especialidad en pintura y el taller de escultura con los maestros Leopoldo Pérez y Domingo Liz. Ha participado en cursos y talleres de especialización en cerámica, grabado e historia del arte, en varias instituciones del país. Se desempeña como profesora de la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, el Museo del Dibujo Contemporáneo y la Academia Latina de Artes Visuales. Ha impartido docencia en la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad INTEC, también en los Talleres Infantiles del Museo del Dibujo Contemporáneo y del Banco Central, entre otras instituciones.
Facilitadora externa en el área de capacitación para maestros y maestras en el departamento de educación artística de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación.
Desde el año 2001 está trabajando en el proyecto de arte público: Acciones Contemporáneas, realizando un trabajo comunitario e intervenciones en conjunto con otros artistas, estudiantes de artes y personas de diferentes comunidades del país. Por este proyecto fue seleccionada para ser jurado de los Premios Internacionales Ford Conservación y Medio ambiente en su última versión.
Exposiciones Individuales (recientes): 2006 Inicio Circuito exhibiciones Individuales: 8 de Marzo: Rakú Mujeres de Fuego, Museo de las Casas Reales. 2003 De la Serie Estados Marginales, Universidad Boricua de Nueva York, US. 2002 Estados Marginales, Casa de la Cultura Dominicana, New York, US. 2000 Espacios Ocultos: Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, RD; -De la serie Espacios Ocultos, Cuba Collection Fine Art., Miami Florida, US. Colectivas Nacionales (recientes): 2006 Feria de Dibujos, Museo del Dibujo Contemporáneo. 2005 Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, RD; Contemporáneas, Galería Amicus, Santo Domingo Este; Bienal Paleta de Níquel. Museo Cándido Bidó, Bonao, RD; Mujeres Contemporáneas: Casa de la Cultura de Santiago de los Caballeros, RD. 2004 Concurso de arte E León Jimenes, Centro León de Santiago, RD; Homenaje a Ramón Oviedo: Galería de Arte Arawak, Santo Domingo; Homenaje a Pablo Neruda, Centro Cultural Cariforo/Escuela de Teatro/Casa de Teatro/ Embajada de Chile, Santo Domingo, RD; Feria de Galerías: Museo del Dibujo Contemporáneo, Santo Domingo, RD.Vistas de Megacentro, Centro Comercial MegaCentro, Santo Domingo Este. 2003 Caribe Insitu - Casa de España, RD; XXII Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, RD; Nuevas Propuestas, Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo, RD. 2002 Concurso de arte E. León Jiménez, Santiago de los Caballeros, RD; 27+27 Acciones de Libertad, CODAP, Santo Domingo, RD. 2001 Divergente, Exposición de Pintura e Instalación en el marco de la IV Bienal del Caribe, Santo Domingo, RD. 2000 Arco iris, Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, RD. Eventos internacionales (recientes): 2005 Unclaimed Luggaged, Proyecto maletas Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Madrid, España; Artistas Dominicanos, Hábitat para la Humanidad, New York, US; 2004 Muestra colectiva, Lotus Art. Gallery, New York 2000 Subasta Venezuela Aids 2000, Morgan Stantle Deán Witter y Slogan Auction Gallery; Visiones Contemporáneas, Unión Planter Bank, Miami Florida, US. 2000-2005 Women Of. The World, Exposición Itinerante, Facultad de Artes de la Universidad de Meryland, EU: World Financial Center,N.Y., Women's Museum, Dallas; New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, Simmons College, Boston; Legion Arts.San Francisco; International Museum of Women's, Mobile Museum, Alabama, Brenau University, Ga; Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia; Akureyri Museum, Iceland; Gerduburg Cultural Centre, Rejkavik; White Columns, N.Y.C; Flint Institute, Michigan; University of Maryland, Stockholm Sweden, University of New England, Me., Tucson Museum, Arizona; Women's Art Gallery, Ohio, Museum of the Southwest, Tx. Murales y Esculturas: 2005-2004 Mural realizado para el Asilo de Ancianos San Francisco de Asís con la cooperación de la embajada de Japón.
1998 Gran Mural, Teatro Nacional. Como registro del Dialogo Nacional. 1997 Mural colectivo donado a la Fundación Chang Aquino. 1994 Escultura del Poeta Lowesky Medina, Parque Central de Duvergé. 1991 Mural colectivo de artistas dominicanos y cubanos, Santiago de Cuba, Mural colectivo de artistas dominicanos y peruanos Área infantil del Robert Reid Cabral. Mural colectivo realizado en el Cabreto coordinado con las Naciones Unidas, UNICEF. Mural Colectivo, Centro de Rehabilitación. Coordinado por el MUDIC. Distinciones: 2004 Seleccionada por la organización Artiade para representar al país en las Olimpiadas del Arte, Juegos Olímpicos, Atenas; Reconocimiento, Premios Ford Conservación y Medioambiente; Reconocimiento de Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes por su trabajo académico en el 2003 y 2004. 1997 Visitante Distinguida, de la Ciudad de Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Reunión Interregional de la AIP-UNESCO. . 1994 Reconocimiento, Promoción de la Mujer. Medalla "La Danza del Hambre", performance –instalación. FAO Segunda Mención, Concurso Pinta la Paz. Reconocimiento.
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