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Artist Statement:
Born: Brooklyn; New York.
Raised:New Haven; Connecticut.
"I am completely self-taught.
& although I work in all
mediums, I consider myself
first & foremost a Painter. My
subject matter is everything
having to do with life. Love,
hate, joy, fear, pain,
happiness, sorrow, &
everything in between. I Paint
what others can't or won't. I
believe that ideas are only as
good as the content that
embodies them. I Paint the
truth. I have no time to
waste. Neither the viewers,
nor mine. I leave that to the
pretenders & posers, content
on ideas without substance &
clean hands. Painting should
be as real as the Paint on the
canvas, or piece of paper; or
what have you. I do not mean
that it has to be figurative,
but that it should carry the
weight & conviction of a soul.
Then if it is any good, the
viewer will either love it, or
hate it. & this is what I am
after."
pedro ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
2012
The Waterbury Observer, 'Gift
of Contemporary Art at
Mattatuck Museum',February 6,
2012...
2010
Examiner.com, 'A cultural look
at "Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness"',
February 10, 2010...
The Washington Times,
'Baltimore Restaurant Week:
Corks & Mr. Rains Fun House',
January 27, 2010...
2009
Connecticut Post, 'Celebration
of '...
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Collections:
Collectors
Ms.Sonia Angelica Cruz,
Clinton; Ct.
Mr.Manuel Tomas Cruz, Fremont;
California.
Mr. Angel Cruz Jr., Newport;
Virginia.
Ms. Sonia Vazquez Cruz,
Florida; Puerto Rico.
Ms. Sherrica Moore, Westbrook;
Ct.
Mr. Corey Moore, Westbrook;
Connecticut.
Jennifer Mc Donold Peltier &
Richard & Jaden Yu, Berkeley;
California.
Mr. Dan Wallace Smith
"Louisiana ...
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Exhibitions for Pedro Martin De Clet:
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Mattatuck Museum Exhibits Gift of Contemporary Art
February 14 - June 1, 2012
Opening Reception February 14 5:30-7:30pm
The Mattatuck Museum will present
Many Visions/One Community
featuring an array of art mediums by contemporary artists.
New York CityThe Mattatuck Museum is pleased to announce a donation of contemporary art by collectors Benjamin Ortiz and Victor Torchia, Jr. Given at the time that Marie Galbraith is stepping down as director of the museum and moving to Director of Education and Public Programming, the donation reflects Marie's outreach to the various communities that make up our audiences.
The gift of paintings, sculpture and works on paper by 31 artists celebrates each year of Marie's tenure. It includes works by artists of diverse backgrounds, some well-known and others just emerging. Galbraith, who is stepping down in February to work on the more creative aspects of museum programming and education, is delighted with the gift which represents multicultural diversity in both its creators and its subjects.
Eva Fuka - ReflectionsThe donation contains a variety of art forms including painting, photography, watercolors, etchings and mixed media. It represents such movements as figurative realism, feminist art, social commentary, color and abstract art. Included in the donated is a 1955 black-and-white photograph, Grand Central Station, by Larry Silver, Antonio Frasconi's colorful woodcut Sioux Chief, 1971, and a mixed media work, Esperanza, 1995, by Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli along Antonio Frasconi - Sioux Chiefwith; Imna Arroyo, Milton Bond, Evelyn Longman Batchelder, Paul Camacho, Ann Chernow, Alberta Cifolelli, Colleen Coleman, Pedro Martin DeClet, Carlos Hernandez Chaves, Eva Fuka, Nathaniel. W. Gibbons, Karin Hillmer, Nash Hyon, Andy Jones, Ben Johnson, Nancy Lasar, Ernest Lopez, Osvaldo Lugo, Francis Luis Mora, Deborah Dancy, Jan Murdock, Robert Natkin, Robert Andrew Parker, Longworth Nicholas Powers, Julia Milch Singer, Adam Waimon, Deborah Weiss and Joan Brinton Wheeler.
This contribution by Benjamin Ortiz and Victor Torchia Jr. is important as it significantly increases the museum's holdings in 20th and 21st century art. Their desire to share their remarkable collection reflects their philosophy that art reflects our culture and that art can inspire us. Additionally, this gift can be used for teaching as well as the enjoyment of our audiences.
Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli - Esperanza
The opening reception is free and open to the public.
RSVPs are required and can be made by calling Cathy Filippone at (203) 753-0381 ext 10.
Or go to the website at www.MattatuckMuseum.org for more information and to register online.
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street &<903; Waterbury, CT 06702
203.753.0381 &<903; www.MattatuckMuseum.org
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
Pedro Martin de Clet "Patriot", York Square Cinema Gallery, New Haven; Connecticut. September 29 - November 8, 2004
2003
"Self-Portraits" The New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven; Connecticut. October 1 - 31, 2003.
2002
"A Year Later", The New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven; Connecticut. September 3 - 30.
"Protest", The Buttonwood Tree Gallery in Middletown; Connecticut. April 15 - May 31.
2001
"Collages": 1993-2001, The New Haven Public Library, New Haven; Connecticut. September 7-October 31.
"The Fall of Icarus" & Other Works, The Henry Carter Hull Library, Clinton; Connecticut. September 1-November 30. Reception: November 24, 4 - 8 pm.
"La Ventana Abierta" (The Open Window), Ninth Square, New Haven; Connecticut. June 30-September 15th.
1999
"The Fall of Icarus", Norwalk Community Technical College Gallery; August 25-October 8.
1998
"Immortal: Pedro Martin De Clet, The Paintings of a Demi-God", The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport; Ct. Sept.6-Oct.31.
"The Odyssey: 2 & a Half Years after 6 & a Half", CPA Annual Show, Hartford Civic Center Mall, May 6-31.
1997
"Boricua", The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown;Ct. Sept.1-Oct.10.
1996
Night Gallery, Dagget Square, New Haven;Ct. March - April. Solo
Parkville Business Center, Hartford;Ct. February-April. Solo
1995
Parkville Business Center, Hartford;Ct. August-October.
1993
"Pedro Martin DeClet - Born Behind Bars", The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown;Ct. November-December.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Mattatuck Museum Exhibits Gift of Contemporary Art
February 14 - June 1, 2012
Opening Reception February 14 5:30-7:30pm
The Mattatuck Museum will present
Many Visions/One Community
featuring an array of art mediums by contemporary artists.
New York CityThe Mattatuck Museum is pleased to announce a donation of contemporary art by collectors Benjamin Ortiz and Victor Torchia, Jr. Given at the time that Marie Galbraith is stepping down as director of the museum and moving to Director of Education and Public Programming, the donation reflects Marie's outreach to the various communities that make up our audiences.
The gift of paintings, sculpture and works on paper by 31 artists celebrates each year of Marie's tenure. It includes works by artists of diverse backgrounds, some well-known and others just emerging. Galbraith, who is stepping down in February to work on the more creative aspects of museum programming and education, is delighted with the gift which represents multicultural diversity in both its creators and its subjects.
Eva Fuka - ReflectionsThe donation contains a variety of art forms including painting, photography, watercolors, etchings and mixed media. It represents such movements as figurative realism, feminist art, social commentary, color and abstract art. Included in the donated is a 1955 black-and-white photograph, Grand Central Station, by Larry Silver, Antonio Frasconi's colorful woodcut Sioux Chief, 1971, and a mixed media work, Esperanza, 1995, by Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli along Antonio Frasconi - Sioux Chiefwith; Imna Arroyo, Milton Bond, Evelyn Longman Batchelder, Paul Camacho, Ann Chernow, Alberta Cifolelli, Colleen Coleman, Pedro Martin DeClet, Carlos Hernandez Chaves, Eva Fuka, Nathaniel. W. Gibbons, Karin Hillmer, Nash Hyon, Andy Jones, Ben Johnson, Nancy Lasar, Ernest Lopez, Osvaldo Lugo, Francis Luis Mora, Deborah Dancy, Jan Murdock, Robert Natkin, Robert Andrew Parker, Longworth Nicholas Powers, Julia Milch Singer, Adam Waimon, Deborah Weiss and Joan Brinton Wheeler.
This contribution by Benjamin Ortiz and Victor Torchia Jr. is important as it significantly increases the museum's holdings in 20th and 21st century art. Their desire to share their remarkable collection reflects their philosophy that art reflects our culture and that art can inspire us. Additionally, this gift can be used for teaching as well as the enjoyment of our audiences.
Yolanda Vasquez Petrocelli - Esperanza
The opening reception is free and open to the public.
RSVPs are required and can be made by calling Cathy Filippone at (203) 753-0381 ext 10.
Or go to the website at www.MattatuckMuseum.org for more information and to register online.
Mattatuck Museum
144 West Main Street &<903; Waterbury, CT 06702
203.753.0381 &<903; www.MattatuckMuseum.org
2011
LACW
Latin American Cultural Week in New York City
November 10 - 17
@ Dwyer Cultural Center
258 St. Nicholas Avenue • New York, NY • 10027
Entrance on 123rd Street between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard
Telephone: (212) 222-3060
Fax: (212) 222-2562
General information: info@dwyercc.org
2010
"Figure Them Out/ Imagínelos" Caribbean, Latin American & Latino
Portraits & Figurative Images from the Benjamin Ortiz Collection
September 11 through October 31, 2010
Fairfield Public Library Bruce S. Kershner Gallery,
Fairfield, CT.
2009
"DEM BONES, DEM BONES", The Carriage Barn, New Canaan; Ct.
November 1, 2009 – December 13, 2009
Opening reception: Sunday November 1, 2009, 4-6pm
'Defense Mechanisms', PS122 Gallery, New York, NY.
October 17th - November 8th
Opening Reception: October 17th 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
"Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness", American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore; Maryland.
October 4, 2009 - September 5, 2010...
"Transplanting Roots / Transplantando Raices: Caribbean, Latin American & Latino Artists Living & Creating in Connecticut..."
City Lights Gallery & Frame Shop, Bridgeport; Ct.
September 9 - October 16...
"La Lucha por la Identidad / The Struggle for Identity"
The Akus Gallery: Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic; Ct...
Aug. 20 – Oct. 4, 2009
2008
Ideat Village, New Haven; Ct.
June 14th - June 28th.
2007
'Creating Second Chances', Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport; Ct.
March 1 - 31.
2005
CPA Prison Arts Program Alumnae Show, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford; CT., November 3rd - December 30th.
2003
Made In Prison: Contemporary Art by Incarcerated Men and Women
Curated by Julia Dzwonkoski and Kye Potter, Herndon Gallery: Antioch College, 795 Livermore Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387, November 7, 2003 - February 6, 2004.
City-Wide Open Artists Studios, Science Park, New Haven, CT, October 7 - 29, 2003.
"THE ART OF HISTORICAL REVELATION: THE DIVIDED WORLD," The York Square Cinema Gallery, New Haven, CT, June 19 - July 18, 2003.
Hygienic Art 24, Hygienic Gallery, New London; Connecticut. January 25 - February 9.
2002
City-Wide Open Artists Studios, Chamberlain Building 50 Orange Street, October 14-31 & Pirelli Building on Long Wharf, New Haven; Connecticut. October 26 & 27.
' Outsider In/Sight' *Silent Auction for Fellowship Place, Yale University Art Gallery Sculpture Garden & Lecture Hall, New Haven; Connecticut. May 30
2001
"Reflections" September 11, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk; Connecticut. November 16 - January 11.
City-Wide Open Artists Studios, New Haven; Connecticut. October 15-31.
New Haven Healing Arts Collective: An Exhibition of Works & Words by New Haven Artists, New Haven Public Library, New Haven; Ct., May 3-June.
2000
City-Wide Open Artists Studios, Smoothie Building, New Haven; Ct. October 6-21.
1999
"In Bloom", Norwalk Comm. Tech. College Gallery; June 4-August 17.
1997
"39 Annual Barnum Festival Juried Art Exhibition, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport;Ct. June 26 - August 1.
CPA Annual Show, Civic Center Mall, Hartford;Ct. June 5-28.
"Out of Into", Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University; February 24-March 21.
"Heaven & Hell", Real Art Ways, Hartford;Ct. January 17 - March 9.
1996
CPA Annual Show, Hartford Civic Center Mall, Hartford;Ct. May
1995
"Art from Connecticut's Prisons", New haven Free Public Library, Ct. November- January,1996.
CPA Annual Show, Tower Business Center, Hartford;Ct. May
1994
CPA Annual Show, Tower Business Center, Hartford;Ct. May
1993
"A Wealth of Grays", Uncommon Perspectives From Ct. Artists", Silvermine Guild, New Canaan;Ct. June-July.
CPA Annual Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford;Ct. May
1992
CPA Annual Show, Jewish Community Center, West Hartford;Ct. May
* C.P.A.- Connecticut Prison Association
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