Salomón huerta
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Salomón Huerta is a painter based in Los Angeles
, California
who comes from Tijuana
, Mexico
and grew up in the Boyle Heights Projects in East Los Angeles. Salomón Huerta received a full scholarship to attend the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and completed is MFA at UCLA in 1998. Huerta gained critical acclaim and commercial attention in the late '90's for his minimalist portraits of the backs of people's heads and color saturated depictions of domestic urban architecture. He was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial and has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the US, Europe, and Latin America such as The Gagosian Gallery in London, England and Studio La Città in Verona, Italy. Salomón Huerta is currently represented by Patrick Painter in Los Angeles, Califorina.
Salomón Huerta Biography
1965 Born in La Colonia Libertad, Tijuana
1991 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1998 MFA, UCLA Graduate School, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Mask, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2005
Portrait of a Friend, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Studio La Citta, Italy
2001
Gagosian Gallery, London
Salomon Huerta Paintings, Austin Museum of Art, Texas (catalogue)
2000
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994
Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993
Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
A Group Painting Show, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2009
Superficiality and Superexcrescence, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Here's Looking at You, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
My Generation, Spichernohe, Koln, Germany
2007
Strange New Worlds, Tijuana, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Exquisite Crisis and Encounters, Asian/Pacific/American Institute, NYU, New York, NY
2006
Strange New Worlds, Tijuana, La Jolla Museum, La Jolla CA
Transactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Diego, San Diego, CA
Retratos, San Antonio Museum, San Antonio, TX, Traveling: National Portrait Gallery at the S. Dillion Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
2005
Group Show, Robert Miller, NY, NY
Group Show, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY
Retratos, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY
High Drama, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Traveling to: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pa
New Watercolors, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
White on White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Intimates, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Great Drawing Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Phoenix Triennial 2001, Contemporary Art: AZ CA MX NM TX, Phoenix Art Museum
2000
Studio la Città Verona
The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts Escondido
East of the River: Chicano Art Collectors Anonymous, Santa Monica Museum of Art
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY NY
1999
Five Countries and One City, Mexico City Museum Mexico City
1998
Patricia Faure Gallery Santa Monica
1997
LA Current, Armand Hammer Museum Gallery Westwood
1995
Vital Signs, Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles
1994
El Expectio Chicano, Mt. San Antonio College Pomona
Selected Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA
Colby College Museum, Waterville, ME
CAA, Beverly Hills, CA
Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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, California
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who comes from Tijuana
Tijuana
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, Mexico
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and grew up in the Boyle Heights Projects in East Los Angeles. Salomón Huerta received a full scholarship to attend the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and completed is MFA at UCLA in 1998. Huerta gained critical acclaim and commercial attention in the late '90's for his minimalist portraits of the backs of people's heads and color saturated depictions of domestic urban architecture. He was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial and has been featured in numerous exhibitions around the US, Europe, and Latin America such as The Gagosian Gallery in London, England and Studio La Città in Verona, Italy. Salomón Huerta is currently represented by Patrick Painter in Los Angeles, Califorina.
Salomón Huerta Biography
1965 Born in La Colonia Libertad, Tijuana
1991 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1998 MFA, UCLA Graduate School, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Mask, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2005
Portrait of a Friend, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Studio La Citta, Italy
2001
Gagosian Gallery, London
Salomon Huerta Paintings, Austin Museum of Art, Texas (catalogue)
2000
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994
Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993
Julie Rico Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
A Group Painting Show, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica, CA
2009
Superficiality and Superexcrescence, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Here's Looking at You, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
My Generation, Spichernohe, Koln, Germany
2007
Strange New Worlds, Tijuana, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Exquisite Crisis and Encounters, Asian/Pacific/American Institute, NYU, New York, NY
2006
Strange New Worlds, Tijuana, La Jolla Museum, La Jolla CA
Transactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Diego, San Diego, CA
Retratos, San Antonio Museum, San Antonio, TX, Traveling: National Portrait Gallery at the S. Dillion Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
2005
Group Show, Robert Miller, NY, NY
Group Show, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY
Retratos, El Museo del Barrio, NY, NY
High Drama, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, Traveling to: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pa
New Watercolors, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
White on White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003
Intimates, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Great Drawing Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Phoenix Triennial 2001, Contemporary Art: AZ CA MX NM TX, Phoenix Art Museum
2000
Studio la Città Verona
The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts Escondido
East of the River: Chicano Art Collectors Anonymous, Santa Monica Museum of Art
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY NY
1999
Five Countries and One City, Mexico City Museum Mexico City
1998
Patricia Faure Gallery Santa Monica
1997
LA Current, Armand Hammer Museum Gallery Westwood
1995
Vital Signs, Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles
1994
El Expectio Chicano, Mt. San Antonio College Pomona
Selected Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA
Colby College Museum, Waterville, ME
CAA, Beverly Hills, CA
Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
External links
- Salomón Huerta: House Painter (kcet.org)
- Artscene
- Artnet, The New Latin Cool
- Artnet Stats
- Austin Museum of Art
- Youtube - MOCA conversation with David Pagel
- Vimeo - MOCA conversation with David Pagel
- The Latino Art Museum
- Artnews
- The Art Reserve
- Flavorpill
- Los Angeles Times, April 2008
- Art in America, January 2009
- Art Limited, Jan/Feb 2009
- Encore Magazine, July 2010