Curriculum | Antonio Romoleroux

ANTONIO ROMOLEROUX
Quito, Ecuador, April 12, 1968

EDUCATION
2023 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of the Arts, Guayaquil, Ecuador
1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Arts, Central University of Ecuador
1990 Silkscreen and Lithography, Guayasamín Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
1988 Metal Engraving, Taller Grafi-K, Quito, Ecuador

AWARDS
2024 Overall Rank 1, International online Art contest, Talentila Foundation, Hisar, India
2023 Premiazione alla Carriera, Associazione Culturale Narda Martinez Pittrice, Varese, Italy
Recognition of the Artistic Career, Kingman Gallery, Quito
2022 Recognition of the Career, IAEN, The Graduate University of Ecuador
2021 Recognition of the Career, Consulate of the Ecuador, Los Angeles, USA
recognition of the Artistic Career, Metropolitan Cultural Center, Quito
2020 decoration: Doctor Vicente Rocafuerte, for Cultural Merit National Assembly of the Republic of Ecuador
ENDORSEMENT of the Ecuadorian House of Culture “Benjamín Carrión”, Quito
2019 recognition of the Career, Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador
2018 recognition of the Artistic Career, Guayasamín Foundation, Quito
recognition of the Artistic Career, PUCE Cultural Center, Quito
recognition of the Artistic Career, Kunstraum Artescena, Leipzig, Germany
recognition of the Artistic Career, Sara Palacios Gallery, Nayón, Ecuador
recognition of the Artistic Career, Humboldt Association, Quito
recognition of the Artistic Career, Fidal Foundation, Quito
2016 honorable mention, 1st Pan-Amazonian Art Salon, Manaus, Brazil
1996 Special Mention, V International Painting Biennial, Cuenca
1995 First Prize in Painting, National Painting Competition “Mariano Aguilera”, Quito
1991 First Prize in Painting, first national youth art exhibition, Ministry of Social Welfare, Undersecretariat of Culture and National Youth Directorate, Quito
Honorable Mention XVIII National Engraving Competition, Municipality of Quito
1990 Honorable Mention, National Engraving Competition, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
1988 Second Prize XV National Engraving Competition, Municipality of Quito
1987 Honorable Mention, XLV National Engraving Competition, Municipality of Quito

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Biophilic” with Chaquira and Yaku Romoleroux, PUCE Cultural Center, Quito
2021 “The message of the models to humanity” Kunstraum Artescena, Leipzig, Germany
“Amazon, world reserve of the Biosphere”, IAEN, the graduate university of Ecuador
2020 “Materialization of the Spirit”, Benjamín Carrión House of Ecuadorian Culture
2019 “The message of the models to humanity”, Goethe Room, Humboldt Association, Quito
“The power to transform the world”, Institute of Higher National Studies, Quito
2018 “Antonio Romoleroux, Anthology”, PUCE Cultural Center, Quito
2015 “Dass Bewusste Ich”, Embassy of Ecuador in Germany, Berlin
“The conscious self”, Goethe Room, Humboldt Association, Quito
2014 “I love myself”, Kunstraum artescena, Leipzig, Germany
2013 “International Engraving Festival Impress 13”, Museum in the Park, Stroud, UK
“Daughter of Lilith”, Sara Palacios Gallery, Nayón
“My essence in your senses”, Sara Gallery Palacios, Nayón
2012 “Sacred Nature”, Cienfuegos Gallery, Quito
2011 “Antonio Romoleroux”, Galerie Les Alliés, Lausanne, Suisse
2010 “Antonio Romoleroux”, Queens Art Museum, New York, USA
“Art in Spring”, Codelco Gallery, Santiago de Chile
2009 “The Self is Spirit”, Providencia Cultural Institute, Santiago de Chile
“Antonio Romoleroux”, Ecuador Gallery, Quito
“Amazon and Spondylus”, Ocres Design, Quito
“Nature is Sacred and Human Beings Too”, Ministry of Culture and Heritage, Quito
2007 What Do We Give Back to Nature?, Metropolitan Cultural Center, Quito
2006 “Recent Work”, Ethnos Design, Quito
2005 “Diamond Water”, Gallery in Motion, Quito
2004 “Yagé Mandalas”, Gallery in Motion, Quito
2003 “Awakening”, González Guzmán Gallery, Quito
2002 “Return Exhibition”, Provincial Council, Ibarra
2001 “Antonio Romoleroux”, Ocho y Medio, Quito
2000 “Temer-Poder”, Posada de las Artes Kingman, Quito
1999 “Paper and metal”, Artespacio Gallery, Cumbayá
1998 “See with your eyes See”, Museum of the Central Bank of Guayaquil
1997 “See with your eyes See”, Museums of the Central Bank of Cuenca and Loja
1996 “Winners of the Mariano Aguilera Hall”, Alberto Mena Caamaño Museum, Quito
“Recent Work”, Art-Forvm Gallery, Quito
1994 “Amazonian Cultures of Ecuador”, Art-Forvm Gallery, Quito
1993 “Painting in Small Formato”, Proyecto Ecuador-Canada, Quebec, Canada
“Antonio Romoleroux”, British Council, Quito
1992 “Paintings”, Galería Símbolos, Quito
1989 “Engravings”, Galería Tú y Yo, Quito

MAIN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 “winter in Santa Cruz”, Perito Moreno, Argentina
“Free Palestine”, The reflection of arts, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
International online Art contest, Talentila Foundation, Hisar, India
“International Art Exhibition” Academy of Arts Prabal Pramanik’s, Bhamlada, India
“International Pictorial Poetic Exhibition”, Asunción, Paraguay
“Ecuadorian Art” La Nacional, Spanish Benevolent Society, New York
“3rd International Virtual Art Meeting”, CDMX, Mexico
“Cave of the hands” Perito Moreno, Argentina
2023 “Romoleroux”, 1913. Io gallery, Calgary, Canada
2022 “Art collection, Sarmiento-Archer Foundation”, The Union City Museum of Art, New Jersey
“Tribute to the poet Miguel Hernández”, La Nacional Develop Spanish Society, New York
“Ecuadorian artists”, La Nacional Spanish Benevolent Society, New York
2021 “Beyond the Borders”, Fantapia Museum, Republic of Korea
“Transitions: Mariano Aguilera”, Contemporary Art Center, Quito
“Elixir”, Syria
“Lotus Libya”, Libya
2020 “Antonio Romoleroux”, ArteLatam, New York
2019 “Live Painting”, Worktech, Ekopark, Quito
2017 “Sinfín”, intergenerational project, Pentasiete Gallery, Cumbayá
2016 “1st Pan-Amazonian Art Show”, Manaus, Brazil
2015 “Ecuador loves life”, Veracruz, Mexico
2014 “Latin American Art”, El Refugio Leipzig, Germany
2013 “First Pan-Amazonian International Exhibition”, Manaus, Brazil
“Antonio Romoleroux, intaglios”, Royal Gloucester Hospital, Gloucestershire, UK
“Antonio Romoleroux, intaglios”, Little Buckland Gallery, Stroud, UK
2012 “From the mask to the mirror”, Metropolitan Cultural Center, Quito
2011 First Meeting of Creators “Urban Visions” Benjamín Carrión Cultural Center, Quito
2010 “Mariano Retro”, Contemporary Art Center, Quito
2007 “Landscapes”, Cultural Center Arts, Quito
2005 “Green Wind Green Branches”, Itchimbia Cultural Center, Quito
2003 “Painters for Peace”, Mirarte Gallery, Quito
2002 “Memory and Present”, PUCE Cultural Center, Quito
2000 “Coirruption”, National Theater of the Ecuadorian House of Culture, Quito
1999 “Festival of the Arts”, Gaithesburg, Meriland, USA
“Art 100”, Ecuadorian House of Culture, Quito
1998 “One of a Kind”, Foundation For Today´s, Arts Nexus, Philadelphia, USA
1997 “Art on paper”, Art-Forvm, Quito
1996 “Paper and paper, Latin American art”, Central Bank, Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca and Manta
1994 “Panoramic view of engraving”, House of Ecuadorian Culture, Quito
1993 paintings, “Carrión Vivar” gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1991 “Ecuador Week”, La Paz- Bolivia
1989 Spanish Cooperation Agency, Madrid, Spain
1987 “Engravings”, San Sebastián Cultural Center, Quito

BIENNIALS
2023 “Second International Art Biennial”, Panama, Panama
2021 “First International Art Biennial”, Panama, Panama
2001 VII Cuenca Biennial, National Art Salon, Globalization, Nomadism, Identity
1996 V Cuenca International Painting Biennial
1994 “Troisième Triennale Mondiale D’estampes”, Chamalières, France

COLLECTIONS
MUSEUMS
Fantapia Museum, Republic of Korea
Banco Central Museum, Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador
Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Museum, Benjamín Carrión, Quito

GALLERIES
1913.io Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Sara Palacios Gallery, Nayón, Ecuador
Pentasiete Art Estudio Gallery, Cumbayá, Ecuador
Tullpukuna Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador Gallery, Quito
Moving Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
CDX Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
Mirarte Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
Latina Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
Art-Forvm Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
Contemporary Art Gallery, Quito, Ecuador

CULTURAL CENTERS
Kumstraum Artescena, Leipzig, Germany
Providencia Cultural Institute, Santiago, Chile
Gloucestershire printmaking co-operative, Stroud, UK
Troisième Triennale Mondiale D’estampes”, Chamalières, France
Metropolitan Cultural Center, Quito, Ecuador
Cultural Center of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito
Trude Sojka Cultural Center, Quito, Ecuador

FOUNDATIONS
Sarmiento-Archer Foundation, New York, USA
Luciano Benetton Foundation, Ojo Latino Collection, Italy
Luciano Benetton Foundation, Ecuador: Light of Time, Contemporary Artists from Ecuador Collection, Italy
Foundation for todays, Art Nexus, Philadelphia, USA
Fidal Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Pedro Moncayo Foundation, Ibarra, Ecuador
Indigo Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Ponte en mi Piel Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Estampería Quiteña Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Sinchi Sacha Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Edgar Palacios Foundation, Quito, Ecuador
Guayasamín Foundation, Quito, Ecuador

INSTITUTIONS
Banco Central del Ecuador
Banco Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador
Banco Atlántico, Quito, Ecuador
Diners Club, Quito, Ecuador
Provincial Council of Pichincha
Fonsal, Quito, Ecuador
Dinediciones S. A. Quito, Ecuador
Mercaquímicos S.A., Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kleintours, Galapagos, Ecuador
Contract Workplaces, Quito, Ecuador
Jersey, Quito, Ecuador
Flores House Group, Quito, Ecuador
Grupo Futuro, Quito, Ecuador
Ethnos Desing, Quito, Ecuador
BoConcept, Quito, Ecuador
CTC Consultores, Quito, Ecuador
Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Quito, Ecuador
Centro Comercial Iñaquito, Quito, Ecuador
Radio “La Luna”, Quito, Ecuador
AH editorial, Quito, Ecuador
Proyecto Ecuador-Canada, Quebec, Canada

MURALS
2004 Atenas School Private Educational Unit, Quito
1997 Mrs. Gill Christie residence, Nayón
1995 Edgar Palacios Foundation, Quito
1994 Edgar Palacios Foundation, Quito

TEACHING
2012 – 2024 drawing, painting and engraving, Humboldt Association, Quito
2017 – 2019 anatomy, drawing and painting, Pentasiete Art Studio, Cumbayá
2016 artist book, Sara Palacios Gallery, Nayón
2014 engraving, Sara Palacios Gallery, Nayón
2012 – 2013 life drawing and painting, Georgina Luna, Quito
2003 – 2011 drawing and painting, Guadalupano School, Quito
1999 – 2000 painting and making handmade paper, Raíces Private School, Quito
1994 – 1995 visual arts, Edgar Palacios Foundation, Quito

CURATORSHIP
2023 “Biofíco” by Chaquira, Yaku and Antonio Romoleroux, PUCE Cultural Center, Quito
2020 “Felipe Galarza”, Eduardo Kingman Museum, San Rafael, Ecuador
2019 “Bifurcations” by Xavier Medina, Humboldt Association, Quito
2017 “Overposts” by Tracy Caldwell, Pentasiete Gallery, Cumbayá
“3plus2, three German photographers and two sculptors” Humboldt Association
2016 “The 2014 “Cuerpographies” by Carolina Salamea, Café Libro, Quito

CONFERENCES
2023 “Panel on Interculturality: art and education”, XIII Andean Region Meeting, UDUALC, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.
2022 “The Andean worldview: an interdisciplinary look”, XII Andean Regional Meeting, UDUALC, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru
2022 “Temporales del Arte”, Faculty of Arts of the Central University of Ecuador and IAEN, the Postgraduate University of Ecuador, Quito
2019 “The power to transform the world” Humboldt Association, Quito
2016 “Resilience” Sustainability Week, Habitat III, Itchimbia Cultural Center, Quito
2007 “Contemporary art”, Salesian Polytechnic University, Quito.