Sebastián Vallejo 
 

My paintings describe the aesthetic relation between organic and inorganic forms and its visual and social implications. The paintings are inspired by the expansive and improvisational qualities that exist in nature and by the light and colors of the Caribbean where the light seems to emanate from almost any direction, sometimes even from the ground. This is especially true in Puerto Rico, where I was born and raised.  The materiality of painting amplifies light and form, and by extension all natural phenomena it attempts to capture.  The works make allusions to the classical Apollonian-Dionysian split, where presentation and negation, organization and disorder, become ever-present.

contact: www.sebastianvallejo.com

Alvaro Ramirez

Born: 1978, Chicago, Illinois

Education:
University of Illinois at Chicago 2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting

St Xavier University, Chicago 1997-1998

Solo Exhibitions:
No Sure Thing, Alvaro Ramirez: 32nd&Urban Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007

Nothing is Sacred, Alvaro Ramirez: Northeastern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago IL 2006

Industrial Temples, Alvaro Ramirez: Translucent Gallery 718, Chicago IL 2006

Group Exhibitions:
Framed: A Group Exhibition, 32nd&Urban Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008

Those Who DO, Teach: Susan and Steven Berkowitz Gallery, Chicago IL 2000-2004

Industry and Religion, Senior Thesis: GBU Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 2002

Site-ing the Wall: GBU Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 2001

Site-ing the Wall: Rome Center, University of Washington, Rome Italy 2001

Prints: GBU Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL 2000

Color: The Chicago Fine Art Exposition, Chicago IL 2000

Upcoming Shows:
National Museum of Fine Art, June 2009