María de Mater O'Neill
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María de Mater O'Neill is a Puerto Rican
artist, lithographer
, and educator.
, Puerto Rico
in 1960. She received her B.F.A. from Cooper Union
, NYC in 1984.
She obtained the Second Honorable Mention for the paintings «Balcón» and «Patio» in the 34ème International of the Peinture, celebrated in the Chateau-Musee of the Cagnes-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France (2002). In addition she has been awarded for the lithography «Clasifícame ésta», Prize, XIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe (2001) of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña; the Association of Artists UNESCO
(1999); and First Prize, III Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Ecuador (1991), for the painting «Donde moran los terribles».
She has participated in numerous exhibitions among them: ¡Impresionante!: Innovative Prints by Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists , curators Harper Montgomery and Deborah Cullen, International Print Center, NYC, New York, 2004; Only Skin Deep, curator Coco Fusco
, Online Exhibition, International Center of Photography
, NYC, New York, 2003–04; De Lo Que Soy/Of What I Am (an exhibition of self-portraits by women from Latin America and the Caribbean, February 7 through May 12, 2003), Lehman College
Art Gallery, NYC; Interrogating Diversity, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Institute of Art of Chicago, Chicago (2002); Flight of the Falcon, Girifalco Fortress, Cortona, Italy (2001); El arte en Puerto Rico a través del tiempo, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (2001); Latin Caribbean, Cuba , Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, MOOLA
, Los Angeles, CA (2000); The Richness of Diversity Contemporary Puerto Rican and Mexican Artists, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1997); Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, traveling exhibition, Center for Fine Arts, Miami (1995 a 1996); Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995, Milwaukee Art Museum, traveling exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, The Denver Art Museum, The National Museum of Women in the Arts (1995–96); and, Otro País; escalas africanas, organized by the editor Simmon Njami of the Parisian magazine Revue Noire, traveling exhibition, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Mallorca, Spain (1994).
At the beginning of 1999, she was invited by the Center of Innovative Printmaking and Papermaking, Rutgers University
, New Jersey to give lectures and to create the lithography «Clasifícame ésta» as a resident artist. With this work she becomes part of the delegation from Puerto Rico sent to the exhibition Argentina Contemporary Lithography, 1999: 4th Edition in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
.
In 2000 her work was discussed in the book: "Images of Ambiente: Homotextuality and Latin American Art 1810-today" by Rudi C. Bleys (Continuum Press, London) and a profile was written by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa in the The New York Times, Arts and Leisure section ("Puerto Rican Art Moves Outward, and More Inward", March 11, 2001).
In 2007, a major retrospective exhibition María de Mater O’Neill: Artista Interrumpida, curated by Dr. Elaine King, opened at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Artista interrumpida: selección de obras de María de Mater O’Neill. Del Post al Después (1986–2006).
In 2007, O'Neill began "Painting for a Specific Floor", a collaborative project with architect Andres Mignucci
. O'Neill and Mignucci were invited as artist-in-residence at Casa Poli in Concepción, Chile where they premiered the piece in November 2008.
Maria de Mater O'Neill is an Auxiliary Professor at the Department of Imagen y Diseño. She was one of the founders of the Centro de Diseño at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
artist, lithographer
Lithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
, and educator.
Overview
María de Mater O'Neill (Mari Mater O'Neill) was born in San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
in 1960. She received her B.F.A. from Cooper Union
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...
, NYC in 1984.
She obtained the Second Honorable Mention for the paintings «Balcón» and «Patio» in the 34ème International of the Peinture, celebrated in the Chateau-Musee of the Cagnes-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France (2002). In addition she has been awarded for the lithography «Clasifícame ésta», Prize, XIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe (2001) of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña; the Association of Artists UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
(1999); and First Prize, III Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Ecuador (1991), for the painting «Donde moran los terribles».
She has participated in numerous exhibitions among them: ¡Impresionante!: Innovative Prints by Contemporary Puerto Rican Artists , curators Harper Montgomery and Deborah Cullen, International Print Center, NYC, New York, 2004; Only Skin Deep, curator Coco Fusco
Coco Fusco
Coco Fusco is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer who began her career in 1988. Fusco has performed and curated throughout America and internationally, and currently is full-time faculty in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design...
, Online Exhibition, International Center of Photography
International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
, NYC, New York, 2003–04; De Lo Que Soy/Of What I Am (an exhibition of self-portraits by women from Latin America and the Caribbean, February 7 through May 12, 2003), Lehman College
Lehman College
Lehman College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, USA. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within the City University in 1968. The college is named after Herbert Lehman, a former New York governor,...
Art Gallery, NYC; Interrogating Diversity, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Institute of Art of Chicago, Chicago (2002); Flight of the Falcon, Girifalco Fortress, Cortona, Italy (2001); El arte en Puerto Rico a través del tiempo, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (2001); Latin Caribbean, Cuba , Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, MOOLA
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, Los Angeles, CA (2000); The Richness of Diversity Contemporary Puerto Rican and Mexican Artists, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1997); Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, traveling exhibition, Center for Fine Arts, Miami (1995 a 1996); Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995, Milwaukee Art Museum, traveling exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, The Denver Art Museum, The National Museum of Women in the Arts (1995–96); and, Otro País; escalas africanas, organized by the editor Simmon Njami of the Parisian magazine Revue Noire, traveling exhibition, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Mallorca, Spain (1994).
At the beginning of 1999, she was invited by the Center of Innovative Printmaking and Papermaking, Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, New Jersey to give lectures and to create the lithography «Clasifícame ésta» as a resident artist. With this work she becomes part of the delegation from Puerto Rico sent to the exhibition Argentina Contemporary Lithography, 1999: 4th Edition in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
In 2000 her work was discussed in the book: "Images of Ambiente: Homotextuality and Latin American Art 1810-today" by Rudi C. Bleys (Continuum Press, London) and a profile was written by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa in the The New York Times, Arts and Leisure section ("Puerto Rican Art Moves Outward, and More Inward", March 11, 2001).
In 2007, a major retrospective exhibition María de Mater O’Neill: Artista Interrumpida, curated by Dr. Elaine King, opened at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico Artista interrumpida: selección de obras de María de Mater O’Neill. Del Post al Después (1986–2006).
In 2007, O'Neill began "Painting for a Specific Floor", a collaborative project with architect Andres Mignucci
Andres Mignucci
Andrés Mignucci FAIA is a Puerto Rican architect and urbanist. His work has received recognition for its integration of the disciplines of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture in the creation of public spaces with a sense of place, human scale, and environmental responsibility...
. O'Neill and Mignucci were invited as artist-in-residence at Casa Poli in Concepción, Chile where they premiered the piece in November 2008.
Maria de Mater O'Neill is an Auxiliary Professor at the Department of Imagen y Diseño. She was one of the founders of the Centro de Diseño at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico.
Collections
- Chase Manhattan Bank, Soho, New York
- Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico, San Juan
- Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples, Puerto Rico
- Doral Bank, Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Col. Bienal de San Juan
- International Museum of Women, San Francisco
- Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
- Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá, Panamá
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador
- Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Museo del Barrio, Nueva York
- National Design Museum, Nueva York
- The Cooper Union School of Art, New York
- RG Bank, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
See also
- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- Irish immigration to Puerto RicoIrish immigration to Puerto RicoFrom the 16th to the 19th century, there was considerable Irish immigration to Puerto Rico, for a number of reasons. During the 16th century many Irishmen, who were known as "Wild Geese," fled the English Army and joined the Spanish Army. Some of these men were stationed in Puerto Rico and...