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Nathan Budoff
Born in Boston, Massachusetts
ACADEMIC STUDIES
2003-present University of Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, PR (PhD)
Ph.D Program, Caribbean Studies, English Department
1989-1991 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois (MFA)
1982-1985 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (BFA)
1982 Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid, Spain
1981 School of Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts
SOLO SHOWS
2007
Diplomacía cotidiana, Galería 356, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
Roundtrip- Ida y Vuelta, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
El tigre de Amalfi esta vivo, Museo Pedro Nel Gomez, Medellín, Colombia
2003
El Rebote Incierto, Arte-Papel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Con las cotorras, 42-foot mosaic commissioned for the ceiling of the Martínez Nadal Station of the new San Juan Metro system
2002
Espejerías and Recent Paintngs, Galeria Viota, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
1999
Follaje-Nathan Budoff, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museo Fortín Conde de Mirasol, Vieques
1996
Fragmentos de una utopia, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo-
Centro Europa, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Uno con el Otro, Museo de Arte e Historia , San Juan, Puerto Rico
1995
Geografía y gula, Galería de la Liga de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1994
Planeta torcido, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
1992
Nathan Budoff, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1990
Bankston, Budoff, Lane, Sjovold and Verna, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
1989
Thinking of the Lost World, Parttime Gallery, New York, New York
GROUP SHOWS
2009
CIRCA International Art Fair, Galería 356 Booth San Juan, P.R.
2008
El T-Shirt Show, Galeria 356 San Juan, P.R.
En sus marcas, Sagrado Corazon Gallery, San Juan, P.R.
Te quiero, Galería 356 San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007
PINTA Art Fair, with Latitude Arts, New York, NY
La Feria de Julio, =Desto, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sin Envoltura, Galería 356, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
Honorable mention (one of fifteen finalists)-1ª Bienal de Dibujo de las Américas Rafael Cauduro-Tijauna 2006, Tijuana, México
Emergencias, convergencias y divergencias, Galería 356, San Juan, PR
Nuestra Obra, Museo de Historia, Antropologia y Arte, UPR, San Juan, PR
Objetos de gravamen y causa, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Tumbando caña-Raising Cane, Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix, U. S.
Virgin Island
La Gran Subasta, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Muestra Nacional de Bellas Artes, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño, San Juan, PR
2005
VI Certamen Nacional de Arte Plásticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce,
Puerto Rico
Galería Botello, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
2004
La Gran Subasta, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Exposición Inaugural, Colección Permanente, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, SJ, PR
Reconocimiento al Artista Contemporáneo, Galería Senatorial, Capitolio, San Juan, PR
2003
Cien años de Enseñanza: Arte en la Universidad, Museo de Arte, Antropología Historia,
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR
Obra Reciente de la Facultad, Galería Francisco Oller, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
Reality Check, Nandi Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2002
Inaugural Exhibition, Pavlova M Gallery, Miami, FL
Finalist–V Certamen Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
Flora, Casa del Libro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Correspondencias-un dialogo con Ramon Frade, Museo Pio López, Colegio Universitario de Cayey, Univ Puerto Rico, Cayey
2001
Libros de Artista, Diseño Isleño. Puerto Nuevo, PR
La Palabra Dibujada, Museo de las Américas, San Juan, PR
Bare Walls, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Four Corners of the World, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Projects from the Abbey Memorial Workshop in Mural Painting, National Academy of Design, NY, NY
Arte Contemporáneo Puertoriqueño, Centro Cultural Español, Miami, FL
Arte Puertorriqueño en Guadelupe, Centro de las Artes Pointe-a- Pitre, Guadelupe
Muestra Nacional de Arte Puertorriqueño-año 2001, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR
2000
Exposición Colectiva, Casa del Libro, San Juan, P R
Objetos de amor...y esperanza, Galería Botello, Hato Rey, P R
10” x 10” x 10”, Galeria Raices, Santurce, PR
Creo en Vieques, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce, P R
Museo Fortín Conde de Mirasol, Vieques, PR
El Diluvio, Mon Petit Art Gallery, San Juan, P R
1999
Tu-Trans, a Charles Juhasz Project, Fundación Miro, Barcelona, España Exposición de
la Facultad, Galería Francisco Oller, Departamento de Bellas Artes, University of Puerto
Rico, Rio Piedras, P R
100 Años, 100 Artistas Contemporaneos, Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan, P R
Parejas, SA;10 Artistas, 5 Obras, Liga Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, PR
STOP- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile
1997
Arbol de Navidad, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce, PR Exposición de la
Facultad de la Escuela de Artes Plásticas, Museo de Arte e Historia, San Juan, PR
1996
Exposicion de la Facultad, Museo de Arte, U.P.R., Rio Piedras, P R
Gallery Artists, Galeria Palomas, Old San Juan, P R
Gallery Artists, Swanson Cralle Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1993
Art Furniture, Ab Imo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992
The Next Generation: Impact of Race, Class and Sexuality on Family Life,School of the
Art Institute of Chicago Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
1991
Lacking Any Persuasive Theory, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL
Messy, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1990
Sixth Annual Jones Graduate Art Exhibition, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Window to the Imagination, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
1987
Mon Amour, Circlework Visions Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Budoff and Tamarchenko, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
1984
Woodstock Annual Exhibition, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY
New England Open, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2006
Network Summer-Faculty Resource Network, New York, University, New York, NY
2005
Finalist–VI Certamen Nacional de Artes Plásticas-Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
Network Summer-Faculty Resource Network, New York, University, New York, NY
2002
Finalist–V Certamen Nacional de Artes Plásticas-Museo de Arte 2002, Santurce, PR
National Endowment for the Arts-Programa de Subvencion Básica para los Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarship for Mural Painting, Mural Painting, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2000
National Endowment for the Arts-Programa de Subvencion Básica para los Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1999
Fondo Puertorriqueno para el Financiamiento del Quehacer Cultural, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1998
National Endowment for the Arts-Programa de Subvencion Básica para los Artes, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1997
Fondo Puertorriqueno para el Financiamiento del Quehacer Cultural, Merit Grants, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1993
Fulbright Fellowship, to paint and teach in Colombia Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, IL
1992
Ucross Foundation Fellowship-October 1992, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2007
BFA Exhibition, Galería Francisco Oller, Universidad de PR
2002
Co-founder and Curator-First Annual Ephemeral Artistic Installation
2002
Project, School of General Studies, University of PuertoRico, Río Piedras, PR
2001
Curator-Dibujo Electoral, Comisión Estatal de Elecciones, San Juan, PR
2000
Curator- Annual Student Exhibition, Liga de Arte, San Juan, PR
1999
Curator-Annual Exhibition, Watercolor Society of Puerto Rico, Carnegie Library, San Juan, P R
Member-Comite de los Cien, Curating and co-ordination of the exhibition, One Hundred Years, One Hundred Contemporary Artists, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the US invasion of Puerto Rico
1997
Juror-Annual Student Exhibition, Liga de Arte, San Juan, P R, Member-Committee for Cultural Affairs (Exhibitions and lectures), Department of Fine Art, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, P R
1996
Member-Committee for Cultural Affairs (Exhibitions and lectures), Department of Fine Art, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, P R
1995
Arte con diente, University of Puerto Rico Art Gallery, Rio Piedras, P R
1990-1991
Curatorial Assistant, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL
PRESS
Nathan Budoff dirige creación de mural en Nuevo Mexico,” Art Premium, 3:15, julio-agosto 2006
Nathan Budoff’s New Artwork Aims to Embrace Wonder and Possibility,” Lorraine Blasor, Caribbean Business, August 18, 2005
“An Uneasy Trip: Budoff And Cristancho at the DAI,” mnartists.org, January , 2005
“Culture Colors Latin Art Show,” Duluth News Tribune, December 9, 2004
“Latin American Artists bring new flavor to the Northland,” Kyle Eller, Duluth Budgeteer News, December 5, 2004
“Galería con rieles,” El Nuevo Día, December 12, 2004
“Imagen revivida de Pedro Nel,” Beatriz Mesa Mejía, El Colombiano, August 10 2004
“NathanBudoff,” Maribella Martínez, Art Premium, 1:3, 2004
“Puerto Rico’s Programa de Arte Público,” Ingrid Jimenez, Art Nexus,#53, April-July 2004
“UPR Professor’s Mosaic Caps Train Station,” Suzanna Engman, Inventio, 1:1, 2004
“Budoff: imagen y palabra,” Mario Alegre Barrios, Por Dentro, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, January
16, 2002
“Nathan Budoff,” Espacio Abierto, Revista Domingo, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, April 22, 2001
“La Ultima Noche de Galerías, Manuel Alvarez Lezama, Por Dentro, El Nuevo Dia, San Juan, April 8, 2001
“Follajes y locura,” Jorge Rodríguez, Escenario, El Mundo, San Juan, Oct 14, 1999
“Nathan Budoff,” Espacio Abierto, Revista Domingo, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, March 14, 1999
“Budoff’s Follaje...”, Manuel Alvarez Lezama, the San Juan Star, February 26 , 1999
“Variaciones de Paisaje,” Larissa Vázquez Zapata, El Nuevo Día, San Juan, February 7, 1999
“Dos en un Museo”, Enrique Garcia Gutierrez, Revista Domingo, El Nuevo Dia, San Juan, July 28, 1996
“Budoff: The aesthetics of color”, Manuel Alvarez Lezama, San Juan Star, July 18, 1996
“Nathan Budoff,” Manuel Alvarez Lezama, San Juan Star, March 23, 1995
“Nathan Budoff: an Interview,” Penelope Richardson, Colombia Post, July 1994
“On View: Chicago,” Michael Bulka, New Art Examiner, January 1991
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museo de Historia Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR
Colección Puertorriqueña, Biblioteca José M. Lázaro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, PR
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, PR
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL
Museo de Arte e Historia, San Juan, PR
Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia
