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Third City Studios

Inaugural Group Exhibition

Oct-Dec 2025

El Shomberg Art Gallery

2nd Solo Mask, Art, & Photo Exhibition

Chicago, Illinois

March 2025

National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture

Vejigante Mask Making Workshop

Chicago, Illinois

Feb 10, 2024

National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture

Resilience:  Group Exhibition

Chicago, Illinois

Nov 2023 - Feb 2024

Hispanic Heritage Month Group Exhibition

Anatomically Correct

Venue:  Devonshire Cultural Center

Skokie, Illinois

Oct 1 -  30, 2023

Vejigante  Mask Making 

Kipp One Academy

After School Club

Sep-Dec., 2022

Hispaninic Heritage  Month

Vejigante Mask Making

Live  Art Demonstration

Vernon, Illinois Public  Library

October 15, 2022

Courage:  Art by 1st Responders

Anatomically Correct

Venue:  Devonshire Cultural Center

Skokie, Illinois

March 1 - April 3, 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Art Exhibition

Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University

425 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois

2 Masks in group exhibition

September 15 - October 6, 2021

" Theatrum Mundi" a book by Anthony Alan Shelton.

Pictures of 2 of my masks, and, of me working on a current one Included in this 2021 published book on Latin American masks.  

2019

Day of the Dead Exhibition 

Anatomically Correct

Venue:  Devonshire Cultural Center

Skokie,  Illinois 

National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (NMPRAC)

Chicago, Illinois

Barrio Arts Fest 2019

July 13-14, 2019

Puerto Rican Arts Alliance

20th Anniversary year

Solo Exhibition of Vejigante masks, Photography, & Drawings

October-December 2018

Museum of Anthropology

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

2017

2nd Vejigante Mask in the museum collection

search "vejigante"

http://moa.ubc.ca/ 

1st Annual Bombazo Navideno

Humboldt Park Field House

1440 N Sacramento Ave.

Chicago, Illinois

December 10, 2016

1st Annual Hermosa Festival

Venue:  Kelvyn Park

4438 W. Wrightwood Ave.

Chicago, Illinois

August 1, 2015

16th Annual National Cuatro Festival

Venue:  Harris Theater for Music and Dance

Artisan table:  Vejigante Masks and ornaments

Chicago, Illinois

November 8, 2014

Commission Mask along with an additional mask

in the collection at the World Music Venue “Meridian 23”

161 W 23rd St., New York, NY 

2014

Milwaukee Ave. Art Fest (MAAF)

Venue:  Popup Gallery sponsored by PRAA

2777N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago  (Formerly Young Shoes)

June 28-30, 2013

Skokie Art Walk

Venue:  Libertad Restaurant

7931 Lincoln Ave.

May 1-31, 2013

2nd Annual Navi-Arts 

Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC)

December 1-2, 2012 

Barrio Artfest 2012

Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC)

September 2012

Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA)

Humboldt Park Field House Exhibit Site

Chicago, Illinois

Paper Mache Vejigante Carnival Masks 

Jan - April  2012

Puerto Rican Arts Alliance (PRAA) 

Studio Arts Project

Vejigante Maskmaking Class  (Grammer School Students)

Fall 2011

6th Annual Highland Park Artwalk 2011

Highland Park, Illinois

June 1-30, 2011

Museum of Anthropology

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

2011

Vejigante Mask in the online collection

search "vejigante"

http://moa.ubc.ca/

5th Little Village Art Festival

Chicago, IL

October 1-3, 2010

Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC)

Barriofest 2010 

Venue:  Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture

August 2010

Chicago, IL

1st Annual Southport Art Walk

Venue:  Repose Interior Design Studio

3544 N Southport Ave., Chicago

July 1-31, 2010

Norwood Crossing 2009 Fall Art Show

November/December 2009

Chicago, IL

Andersonville Arts & Home Weekend

Venue:  The Paper Trail

October 2009

Chicago, IL

Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC)

Barriofest 2009  

Venue:  Humboldt Park Field House

August 2009

Chicago, IL

Chicago Children’s Museum

Venue:  Community Artist’s Marketplace, Navy Pier

Chicago, IL

October 16, 2008

Portage Park Arts & Craft Fair

Portage Park

Chicago, IL

2008

Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IPRAC)

Barriofest 2008  

Venue:  Humboldt Park Field House

August 2008 

Chicago, IL

Andersonville Art Weekend

Venue:  The Paper Trail

October  2008

Chicago, IL

Andersonville Art Weekend

Venue:  The Paper Trail

October  2007

Chicago, IL

Andersonville Art Weekend

Venue:  The Paper Trail

Chicago, Illinois

October  2006 

    As a Puerto Rican born artist raised in Chicago, I’ve managed to preserve a cultural foothold in both worlds.  This, of course, is made easier by regularly visiting the island, and, also by being a 1st generation mainland “ Rican “.  

    In the reality of globalization, the challenge, at this time, becomes: 

How do you preserve the Puerto Rican culture and advance it for the succeeding generations, or, any other culture for that matter, in mainland America?    

    In the age of AI, as well as texting, tweeting, and email as a dominant form of 

communication, It has become even more important to make time for non-electronic personal interaction and communication that is engaging, pleasant, and enjoyable.  The viewing of art with someone else is an easy, gratifying way of balancing this. 

    My goal is to bring the traditional Vejigante mask into a 21st century Puerto Rican expression of art.  I make traditional and contemporary style Puerto Rican Vejigante carnival masks.  In addition, I create other multimedia art that is an expression of ideas and occurrences that have affected me as a human being, whether positively or negatively, and have compelled me to form an opinion and express it visually through art.   I also strongly believe that the arts are important, and mentoring, especially our children, is a way to preserve our various cultural and artistic traditions.