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Tomas Oliva
In Puris Naturalibus (DETAIL) [filesize 10K]
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Dripping Beauty [filesize 40K]
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General View- Assembled [filesize 14K]
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 Back to the Goddess [filesize 31K]
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Artists Statement [filesize 28K]
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Artist's Resume
EDUCATION | |||||||
| 1998-99 | Lake Washington Technical College Computer Graphics (Certificate of completion) | ||||||
| 1988-89 | State Fine Arts Institute of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, Post - graduate training, Courtesy member of the Department of Sculpture. (Certificate of completion) | ||||||
| 1988 | Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba, Post - graduate course: Introduction to Sculpturing and Landscaping, held by Professor Ramon de Soto from The Polytechnic Institute of Valencia, Spain. (Certificate of completion) | ||||||
| 1984 | MFA, State Fine Arts Institute of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine, Degree attained: Master of Fine Arts | ||||||
| 1972-76 | BS with high Honors- Awarded scholarship to continuing education- San Alejandro Fine Arts School, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |||||||
| 2006 | "In Puris Naturalibus" Patricia Cameron Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA | ||||||
| 2004 | "Little Daytime Paranoia" Patricia Cameron Gallery, Seattle, WA | ||||||
| 2000 | "Marble Players" The Fountainhead Gallery,
Seattle, WA "Cuban Perspective X 2" Washington State Capitol, WA | ||||||
| 1997 | "Featuring Sculptures" 2121 NE Park Road, Seattle, WA | ||||||
| 1991 | "States" 23 & 12 Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1989 | "Proposal I" 10 of October Art Gallery, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1984 | "Graduation Exhibit" State Fine Arts Institute of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS | |||||||
| 2006 | "West Edge Sculpture Invitational" Benaroya Hall
and The Harbor steps in Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA 1st Biennial of Postmodern Art "Posmopolis" Córdova, Veracruz, Mexico | ||||||
| 2005 | "America, the Colors of the Continent; Arte Latino from the Pacific Northwest" TCC, Tacoma, WA | ||||||
| 2004 | "Remembranza : Reminiscence" Kinsey Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, WA | ||||||
| 2003 | "Latino Hispanic Heritage Celebration" Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA | ||||||
| 2002 | "Cinco de Mayo Fine Art Competition 2003" Pier
62-63, Seattle, WA "La Casa de Artes Annual Auction" Hyatt Hotel, Seattle, WA | ||||||
| 2001 | "Bellevue Art Museums 2001 Art Auction" BAM,
Bellevue, WA "Altares" Phinney Art Gallery, Seattle, WA | ||||||
| 1997 | "Aspects of Cuba, Guatemala and Mexico in Seattle" La Llorona Art Gallery, Chicago, IL | ||||||
| 1995 | "Works on Paper" Opus de Artes Art Gallery,
Tacoma, WA
"Hermitage Art Union"(grand opening exhibition) Hermitage Gallery, Seattle, WA "Fifteen Ex Soviet Union Artists" Hermitage Gallery, Seattle, WA | ||||||
| 1993 | "Sociedad de las Pinturas Muertas" Santa Teresa Cultural Center, Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||
| 1991 | "Death Alive" House of Mexico, Havana,
Cuba "Juntos y Adelante" Young Creators House, Havana, Cuba "Fourth Biannual of Havana Contemporary Sculpture Hall" Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1990 | "Professors Works" Leopoldo Romanach Gallery, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1989 | "Promoting Young Values" Central Exhibition Hall, Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||
| 1986 | "Second Biannual of Havana" Contemporary Cuban Sculpture Hall, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1985 | "Sculpture Exhibition" Servando Cabrera Gallery,
Havana, Cuba "Professors Works" Leopoldo Romanach Gallery, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1984 | "Cubans at Kiev" Exhibition Hall at Civil Aviation
Institute of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine "The State Fine Arts Institute of Kiev First Exhibition of Top Students Works, Main Art Exhibition Hall of Kiev, Ukraine | ||||||
| 1978 | "First Triennial Small Sculpture" Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1977 | "First National Hall of Small Sculpture" Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1976 | "Slave Rebellion of Triumviratus Selected Projects" Havana, Cuba | ||||||
AWARDS | |||||||
| 2003 | Second prize Cinco de Mayo Fine Arts Competition 2003 (Seattle, WA) | ||||||
| 1997 | First prize on the contest for the monument at the Salvador Allende Hospital | ||||||
| 1990 | Honorary Mention at Nueva Gerona Park and Plaza CODEMA Contest (Island of Pines, Cuba) | ||||||
| 1986 | Honorary mention Topes de Collantes Sanatorium Ambiance Project CODEMA Contest (Cuba) | ||||||
| 1985 | First Prize Alexander Pushkin monument project contest | ||||||
| 1983 | Third prize at the State Fine Arts Institute of Kiev Spring Annual Contest (Ukraine) | ||||||
| 1979 | Second Prize at the State Fine Arts Institute of Kiev Spring Contest | ||||||
| 1976 | Awarded Scholarship to continue education in Kiev, Ukraine (Cuba) | ||||||
SELECTED PUBLIC ART WORKS | |||||||
| 2002 | Frida Inquebrantable (limestone, steel), 10 feet tall, Permanent Public Exhibit at Sculptures Park Cementerio de Carretas, Putaendo, V Region, Chile | ||||||
| 1999 | Frida (granite), 10 feet tall, Permanent Public
Exhibit at the International Sculptures Garden
Adichunchana Giri School of Medicine, Mandya District, Karnataka, South India The Way (Honduran mahogany) 10 x 8 feet, St. Andrew Catholic Church front doors, Sumner, WA | ||||||
| 1998 | Bareboned, (Alaskan marble) 7 feet tall, Permanent Public Exhibit at the International Sculpture Park at Monarch Contemporary Art Center, Tenino, WA | ||||||
| 1991 | Statue of The Fairchild for the International Cinema School Films Curse project, San Antonio de Los Ba-os, Cuba | ||||||
| 1989 | Commissioned Bust of Poet Taras Shevshenko , (Bronze) Heroic size, for T.Shevshenko Museum, Borshov, Ukraine | ||||||
| 1988 | Commissioned Monument to Pablo Lafargue
(Bronze, concrete) 8 feet tall, for the P. Lafargue
Foreign Languages, Institute, Havana, Cuba Commissioned Bronze Statue of S. Allende for the S. Allende Hospital, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1986 | Biomass & Energy (Wood, bronze) Commissioned Environmental Sculpture for The Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology Research Center INGEBIOT, Havana, Cuba | ||||||
| 1984 | Moon-Railroad (Steel) 7 x 9 x 5 feet, Environmental Sculpture for the Railroad Union at "Casa Mayor", Havana, Cuba | ||||||
SELECTED ART PUBLICATIONS | |||||||
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"Americas Magazine" Vol. 54, #2 "From Carts to Art in Aconcagua" by Luise von Flotow, p.24 Ð31, April 2002, USA "Sculpture Magazine" "Chiles First International Sculpture Park" p.14-15, Vol. 20, #9,November 2001 "Arte Al Da International Magazine" "Documenta" 76 Latin American Artists, p. 96, #84, February 2001 USA-Argentina "Metropolitan Living" "Cultivating Art in My Garden", by Felicia Gonzalez, p.41, October 2000 "El Nuevo Herald" Miami, FL, "Artistas Cubanos en Seattle", by Armando Alvarez Bravo, p.2E, Sunday, September 10, 2000 "Latino Northwest magazine" (Cover) Seattle, The Way Of Tomas Oliva (Interview), by Martha Isabel Sanchez, April-May 2000 "El Nuevo Herald" Miami, FL, Esculturas De Tomas Oliva En La India by Armando çlvarez Bravo, p.2E, Sunday, January 9, 2000 "El Diario de las Americas" Miami, FL, Literatura y Arte, by Juan R. Remos, p. 12B, January 1, 2000 "Tacoma News Tribune" Tacoma, WA "Images of99", by Steve Maynard, p.B5, January 1, 2000 "El Nuevo Herald" Miami, FL, "Las Puertas de Tomas Oliva", by Armando çlvarez Bravo, Section E, Sunday, September 19, 1999 "The Seattle Times"(Front page-Local News) Seattle, WA Interview, by Jack Broom, section B, June 14, 1999 "The News Tribune" Tacoma, WA, "Sculptor Carves His Way" Interview, by Steve Maynard, p. B4, June 12, 1999 "Progress" (CNS Washington DC), "Inspiring story lies behind Sumner church doors" by Lou Paranale, p. 2, May 27, 1999 "Vsiesvit" (Art & Literature Magazine) Ukraine (Interview) by Mikola Riabchuk, Ukraine, p. 150, #1-January 1, 1983 | |||||||
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS | |||||||
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Paul G. Allen Art Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA Andres Institute of Art Sculpture Collection, Brookline, New Hampshire, USA Agrawal Family Art Collection, San Jose, California, USA Leslie - Tweten Family Art Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA Monarch Contemporary Art Center Collection, Tenino, Washington, USA Neagle Family Art Collection, Tacoma, Washington, USA REB Enterprises Art Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA Other private collections in: Spain, Italy, Ukraine, India, Mexico, USA, Cuba, Canada, France, and Russia. | | ||||||
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