Alberto Cerritos ART SHOWS

Born in San Salvador, El Salvador. March 8th, 1949.
Selected Group Exhibitions, Public Art (Monumental Sculpture and Murals):

CANADIAN STAGE.

2004
Nominated by an International Jury to the Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
Invited by the Government of Changchun City, Xilin Province, China, to the 7th Changchun China International Sculpture Symposium.
2003
Itinerant Art Exhibition, Gentes de Forastia, Rioja, Spain.
2000
HACEMOS Hispanic Heritage Month Art Display, Hispanic Association of Communications Employees of Pacific Bell and "Las Americas Art Studio". Oakland, California. U.S.
1999
"Five Latino Artists from Vancouver", exhibition. Simon Fraser University,. Bby, B.C., Canada.
1997
"Las Americas Art Studio", Art Exhibit. Oakland, California. U.S.
"Muralismo Mundial: a Murals Exhibition"., Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City., Mexico., 1997.
"Primer Encuentro Mundial de Muralismo" organized by Comav,. Mexico City and Tlaxcala,. Mexico.
Representing both Canada and El Salvador.
1996
"Quartet", Paintings and Drawings, Paneficio Studio, Chinatown, Van., B.C., Canada.
1994
"Festival de Pintura y Escultura Contemporanea", 1-2-3 Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador. Central America.
"Day and Night", Paintings, Delaney Gallery, Van, B.C., Canada.
"Diptych", Paintings, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1993
The Canadian Embassy in Mexico sponsored a touring art exhibition to Puebla, Oaxaca and Guadalajara,. Mexico.
Tour to West Africa sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of International Trade, Canada, exhibiting portable murals, triangular paintings and prints:

.Lagos, Nigeria, The Canadian Club, Victoria Island, Exhibition.
.Yaounde, Cameroon. Center Culturelle Francais. Exhibition & Collaboration Mural.
. Accra, Ghana. The Accra Arts Center. Exhibition & Collaboration Mural.
. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Biblioteque Nationale. Exhibition.
L'Ecole d'Art Appliqué de Bingerville. Collaboration Mural.
. Dakar, Senegal. Galerie Nationale. Exhibition.
Senghor Cultural Center. Collaboration Mural.

Soul Art Gallery, Gastown. Vancouver, Canada.
1992
"Las Americas", Collaboration Mural. Oakland, California. U.S.
"Spectrum", Bronzes, Himovitz Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Harrison Festival, Portable Murals exhibition, Harrison, B.C., Canada.
Gabriel Flores Gallery, Paintings, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Cuernavaca-Vancouver International Exchange, Jericho Beach Collective Mural. British Columbia. Canada.
DuMaurier Jazz Festival, Place of Nations Portable Murals Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
"Canadian Expressions", Paintings, Salon de la Plastica Mejicana, Mexico City, Mexico.
1991
"Dices", Paintings, Italian Cultural Center, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
"Peace and Solidarity", Collaboration Mural, Morelos University Library, Cuernavaca, Mo., Mexico.
"Cotorreando", Canadian Group Exhibition, Jardin Borda Museum, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
"Comedie", Collaboration Mural at York Theater, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Mayworks Festival, Cutout Paintings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1990
"Latinoimages", paintings and drawings, Vancouver East Cultural Center, Van, B.C., Canada.
1989
"Contemporary Art", sculpture and drawings, Jacqueline M. Gallery, Van, B.C., Canada.
"Fear of Others", Collaboration Mural, 4 Corners Community Bank, Van, B.C., Canada.
"L'Art Contre le Racism", International Art Show, Roundhouse, Van, B.C., Canada.
"Images of North and South", Sculpture, Drawings and Paintings Robson Square Media Center, Van, B.C., Canada.

MEXICAN STAGE.

1988
"Seven Latin-American Artists", sculpture and drawings, Jaditte Gallery, New York, U.S.
"La Raza", paintings and sculpture, V.A.Gallery, Concorde University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
"Dos", paintings and sculpture, Gallerie Des Creatures Associes de Val David, Quebec, Canada.
"Maximum", paintings and sculptures, Gallerie Maximum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
"Colectiva de Otoño", bronzes, Aura Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
1987
"Por la Paz y el Desarme", Drawings, Universidad Obrera y Somart. Mexico City, Mexico.
"Colectiva de Invierno", Bronzes, Marstelle Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Subasta por la Paz", Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico.
1986
"Colectiva", Bronzes, Marem Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Colectiva de Primavera", Bronzes, Poliforum Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico.
1982
"Nuestro Rostro, Multimedia Mural, National Auditorium Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico.
"Ollin-Movimiento Cuarto", Bronzes, Jardin de la Escultura, Museo de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico.
1981
"Solidaridad", Bronzes and Drawings, Centro Cultural de Copilco, U.N.A.M., Mexico City, Mexico.
"Solidarity in Art", Bronzes, Instituto de Artesanias E.D.A., Mexico City, Mexico.
1980
"Pueblo", Drawings and Sculpture, Taller de la Grafica Popular T.G.P., Mexico City, Mexico.
"Canto", Espacio para las Artes, Universidad Catolica U.C.A., San Salvador, El Salvador.

SALVADORIAN STAGE.

1979
"Colectivas":
Signo Art Gallery, Sculptures. San Salvador.
Alexis Art Gallery, Sculptures. San Salvador.
Cactus Art Gallery, Sculptures. San Salvador.
"Sacred Woman", Sculptures, Leon Campos Art Gallery, Guatemala City.
1975
"Soteer", Paintings and Sculptures, Artisan's Union Hall, Nueva San Salvador.
"De Mujeres y Cantaros", Paintings and Sculptures, City Hall Art Gallery, Nueva San Salvador.
1973
"Duo", Drawings, City Hall Art Gallery, San Salvador.
1972
"Mayan Festival", Sculptures. Nueva San Salvador.
1971
"Silence", Drawings and Sculptures. City Hall Art Gallery, Delgado City.
"Yab Tuntun", Ceramics, Atlacatl Bank, San Salvador.
1970
"MarthaDora", Drawings, Balboa National Park, San Salvador.
"Uquxkah", Drawings and Sculpture, National Gallery, Cuzcatlan Park, San Salvador.

COMISSIONS:

2001-Orca Cafe, "Zodiac", Portable Mural. Van., B.C., Canada.
1989-Catholic Hispanic Mission, "Transfiguration", Portable Mural. Van., B.C., Canada.
1980-El Calvario Church, "Padre Garassino", Sculpture. San Salvador.
1979-"Mother Memorial", Three meters granite sculpture. Cojutepeque, El Salvador.
"Commemorative Obelisk", Six meters relief in volcanic rock., Tonacatepeque, El Salvador.
1975-1978-"Family Memorial", Seven meters volcanic rock sculpture. Destroyed.
1974-"Piscis Allegory", Three meters granite sculpture, -private home-. San Salvador.
Sculptural work, Hilasal Industrial Complex, San Andres, El Salvador.
1973-"Mother Memorial", Four meters volcanic rock, Central Park, Coatepeque, Santa Ana, El Salvador.
1973-"Madame Fountain", life-size sculpture and "Tropical Ocean", mosaic. Vistalago Hotel. Ilopango Lake, Ilopango. El Salvador.
1971-"Music", 20 meters large size mural on steel and copper, Kismet Shop, San Salvador. With Uquxkah Group.
"Sea Memorial", Seven meters granite sculpture, inspired by a maquette by Spanish sculptor B.Saul., Fuente Luminosa, Avenida Universitaria, San Salvador. With Uquxkah Group.

Solo Shows:

1995
"Carnival", Paintings and Sculptures, Simon Fraser Art Gallery, S.F.U. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
1990
"Vancouveriada", Paintings and Sculptures, Leonardo Da Vinci Art Space, Italian Cultural Center. Van., B.C., Canada.
1989
"Mexican Visions", Paintings. Mexican Fine Art Center Museum. Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.
1988
"Mexican Copybooks", Paintings. Teatro de la Ciudad, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
1975
"Ceremonials of Silence", Drawings, Native Village of Nahuizalco, El Salvador.

PUBLISHING ONLINE:

Narcissus Guide (Contributions for an aesthetics of the third millennia)., Essay., 1999.
Aquarius for Peace (A large body of written poetry about the end of the 20th Century)., 1999.
Rey Mercurio (Poetica de la Pintura)., 1999.
Digitalis: Venus de Aromatica. (Diary-Manifesto Online)., 2000-2001.
Teatralia Narciso Especular (Comedy)., 2001-2002.
Cronologia de Heliotropos (Prosa Collage)., 2002-2003.
Complex Digital Art (A body of digital art online: 17 Collections)., 1997-2004.

AFFILIATIONS:

UQUXKAH Group, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1970.
Yab TunTun Group, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1971.
Soteer Group, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1975-1979.

S.O.M.A.R.T. (Mexican Society for Visual Artists) since 1987 up to the present.
La Raza Group., 1987 to 1989. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A.I.A., (Arts in Action) from 1989 to 1993. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Burnaby Arts Council from 1990 to 1994. Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
B.M.S.(Burnaby Multicultural Society) from 1990 to 1994. Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
Visual Arts World Council (Consejo Mundial de Artistas Visuales, COMAV) since 1992 up to the present. Mexico City., Mexico.
Vancouver Mandolin Society from 1990 to 1996. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Unartes (Salvadorian Society for Writers and Artists) since 1999. San Salvador, El Salvador.

EDUCATION:

The National School of Fine Arts. 1962-1967., San Salvador, El Salvador., 1963-1967.
Academy of Sculpture Uquxkah, San Salvador, El Salvador. 1968-1970.
Mural Training with Mexican Masters. Mexico City., Mexico. 1985-1987.
Casting Metals (Aguirre's Foundry), Mexico City., Mexico. 1987-1988.

EXPERIENCE:

Monumental Sculpture I.
Soteer Atelier, San Salvador, El Salvador. 1975-1979.

Monumental Sculpture II.
Gustavo Bermudez Atelier, Mexico City, Mexico. 1983-1985.

Docent. Drawing,
Taller de la Grafica Popular, T.G.P., Mexico City, Mexico. 1981-1983.

Workshops. Sculpture,
ISSTE-Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico. 1986-1988.

Seminars. Art Theory,
ISSTE-Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico. 1986-1988.

Casting.
Rodolfo Estrada's Foundry, San Salvador, El Salvador. 1976-1979.
Mario Aguirre's Foundry, Mexico City, Mexico. 1987.

Muralism.
Delgadillo's Atelier, Mexico City, Mexico. 1988.
Siqueiros Atelier, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. 1991.
West Africa (Canadian Tour to Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal)., 1993.

Carving.
Bill Reid's Studio, Granville Island, Van,. B.C., Canada. 1989.

Written Poetry
(Fifteen Titles), from 1970 to 1996.

Drawing.
Canadian Copybooks Collection 1989 -1994.
Chita's Copybooks sized 9" x 12":
-"Chita, the Shining Muse", (forty one originals),
-"The Blind Bride", (ninety eight originals),
-"The Cherub Cat", (fifty two originals). All black ink on white paper. 1995. Ready for Publication.

Digital Artist and Webmaster.,
(Online Art Gallery: http://cerritos.cyberbro.com), Complex-Visual Arts Studio, Burnaby, B.C., Canada., 1999-2005.

Seminars.
Art Theory, SFU (Simon Fraser University), Burnaby, British Columbia., Canada., 1999.

Painting.
Master of all Techniques. Has exhibited in both Solo and Group Shows the last Thirty Five Years: (1969-2004).