Resumé
Humberto Aquino was born in Lima, Perú on October 20th, 1947. Studied Painting, Drawing and Printmaking at the National School of Fine Arts, Lima, Peru from 1965 to 1971; graduated Summa Cum Laude with the Prize National School of Fine Arts 1971; he also studied Theatrical Costume and Scenography at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Lima, 1967-68. In 1972 he was awarded a British Council Fellowship to study at Cardiff College of Art, Wales, UK. He spent two years in England and had the opportunity to travel and visit the main capitals of Europe and their Museums to study, first hand, the works of his most admired masters, especially Leonardo, Dürer, Holbein, Ingres and the contemporary Austrian master Ernst Fuchs. In 1977 he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and went to New York to study at Pratt Institute. Mr. Aquino lives and works in New York.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1999
Retrospecitve 1966-1999, Peruvian North American Cultural Institute (ICPNA)
Juan Pardo Heeren Art Gallery, Lima, PERU
1998
Wright Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1990
Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, CANADA
1982
Schweyer-Galdo Gallery, Michigan, USA
1978
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington DC USA
1977
Galeria 9, Lima, PERU
1976
Galeria Enrique Camino Brent, Lima, PERU
1974
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, COLOMBIA
1973
Galeria Trapecio, Lima, PERU
Hispanic Council, London, ENGLAND
Ansdell Gallery, London, ENGLAND
1971
Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima PERU
Galeria Trapecio, Lima, PERU
1970
U.S. Embassy, Lima, PERU
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
El Realismo Mágico en la Pintura Peruana, segunda mitad del Siglo
XX
Instituto Cervantes, Tokio, Japan ; in coordination with the Peruvian Embassy in Tokyo; August – September, 2019
2015
Ojo Andino Perú, Peruvian Contemporary Painting; Imago
Mundi,
The Luciano Benetton Collection, Parma, Italy
2014
Mundo Imaginado,
John Harriman Gallery, Peruvian-British Cultural Institute, Lima, Peru
2013
Diverse Visions of Reality, A Selection of Contemporary Realist
Masters,
Diego Salazar Art Gallery. Long lsland City, New York
2012
Mundo Dado,
John Harriman Gallery, Peruvian-British Cultural Institute. (Curated by Elida
Roman).
Book. Lima, Peru
2008
New Acquisitions, Forum Gallery, New York
2005
Contemporary Latin American Realism, University of Connecticut, US
2004
New Acquisitions, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) UK
2003
Obras de Colleccion, Venta Privada,
Galeria Cecilia Gonzales, Brochure. March 2003, Lima, Peru
Pintemos Juntos,
Museo Pedro de Osma. May, 2003, Lima, Peru
La Generacion del 68, entre Ia Agonia y La Fiesta de la Modernidad,
Galeria German Kruger Espantoso. Book. May 7th to June 22nd, 2003,
ICPNA Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Brave Destiny, Today’s Best Art of the Fantastic and Visionary,
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, September 20 to November 2, 2003, New York
2000
Reflections of Time and Place: Latin American Still Life in the 20th Century,
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, US
Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA
Latin American Painters In New York City: Global Art In the Year 2000,
Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, New York
1998
Wright Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1997
Four Corners, Paterson Museum of Art, Paterson, NJ, USA
1993
Miami International Art Exposition, Miami Beach, FL, USA
1991
Latin American Drawings Today, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, US
1988
Art of the Americas, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, CANADA
1987
Latin American Artists in New York since 1970,
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Texas, USA
The Pan-American Games Feature Exhibition,
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
1986
Twenty Latin American Artists, University, Kutztown, PA, US
1985
American Artist’s Egg Exhibit, The White House, Washington D.C., US
1980
III Latin American Art Auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, USA, May 1980
II Latin American Art Auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, USA, Nov. 1980
II Bienal lberoamericana de Arte, MEXICO
XX Aniversario Casa de las Americas, Museo dei Barrio, New York, US
1979
I Latin American Painting,
Art Auction, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, USA, Oct. 1979
De Armas Gallery, The Peruvian Exhibition, Florida, USA
Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chicago IL, USA
1978
Recent Fulbright Artists in Exchange, New York, US
1977
Drawings of the 70s, The Society for Contemporary Art
of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US
1976
Lines of Vision Latin American Drawings
(1969 –1976)
Center for lnteramerican Relations, New York, USA,
organized by the lnteramerican Exhibitions Foundation, Washington D.C.
Travelled to Florida International University, the Arkansas Art Center,
College of Fine Arts of the University of Texas at Austin, Oklahoma Arts Center,
The Indianapolis Museum of Art and Vassar College Art Gallery.
III Biennial of American Graphic Arts, Museo La Tertulia, Cali, COLOMBIA
1975
Light, Form and Shadow, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
1973
Exhibition of Portraits, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London, ENGLAND
Obelisk Gallery, London, ENGLAND
National Museum of Wales, Somerset, GREAT BRITAIN
1972
III Biennial of Coltejer, Medellin, COLOMBIA
International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Santiago, CHILE
1970
Peruvian Painting Festival of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, US