biography

Héctor Villarroel

Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1967
www.hectorvillarroel.com
hector.villarroel[at]gmail.com

EDUCATION

1990   BA in Fine Arts, University of Chile

CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATIONS

PROJECTION ART GALLERY, Brussels, Belgium
RINA BOUWEN GALLERY, Madrid, Spain

AWARDS

2001   DIRAC, Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Chile. ‘Crossing’Publication , UC Berkeley CA, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010   PINTURA, Rina Bouwen Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2008   WORKS, Molí El Canysset, Valencia, Spain
2008   POETRY and PAINTING, Macias-Villarroel, Hispanic Fundation, Madrid, Spain
2007   RECENT WORKS, Chilean Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
2006   RECENT WORKS, Rina Bouwen Gallery, Madrid, Spain
            TRANSFER, Jewish Community, Santiago, Chile
2005   TRANSFER, Chilean Embassy, Washington D.C., USA
            TRANSFER, La Pequeña Galeria, Madrid, Spain
2004   PINTURA RECIENTE,  Rina Bouwen Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2003   SEASON, Atrium Gallery, IMF, Washington D.C., USA
            RECENT WORKS, Rina Bouwen Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2002   RECENT WORKS, Praxis Gallery, Santiago, Chile
            CROSSING, Cultural Center, Major University, Santiago, Chile
2001   CROSSING, CLAS, UC Berkeley, USA
2000   TERRITORY, Viviana Grandi Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1999   TERRITORY, Chilean Consulate, New York, USA
1998   THE HUMAN MAP, Magdalena Baxeras Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
            THE HUMAN MAP, Synchronicity Space Gallery, New York, USA
1996   LA ESTANCIA, Altra Forma Gallery, Santiago, Chile
1995   GALERIA SEUL, Maison de L’Amérique Latine, Brussels, Belgium
1995   FRAGMENTS,  Purgatori Gallery, Valencia, Spain
1994   LA GALERIA, Hyatt Regency, Santiago, Chile
            EL FRUIT DE L’ESTACIO PASSADA, Galileu Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1993   LA GALERIA, Hyatt Regency, Santiago, Chile

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011   ATLANTIC SPACE, International Art Fair, Rina Bouwen Gallery, Vigo, Spain
2009   CAUCE i AFECTO, Arredondo-Gulle-Villarroel, Las Condes Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
2008   GALLERY COLLECTION, Rina Bouwen Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2007   ABSTRACT TENDENCIES, Praxis International Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2006   ART WIZO 2006, Art Gallery, Women’s International Zionist Organization, Santiago, Chile
2004   FAIM, International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
2002   ARTEBA, International Art Fair, Praxis International Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001   MIXED MEDIA EXHIBIT, Studio Gallery, Irving CA, USA
2000   ARTE SANTANDER, International Art Fair, Viviana Grandi Gallery, Santander, Spain
            NEW MILLENIUM, The Artist’s Museum Gallery, Washington D.C., USA
1998   ANNUAL GALA, Atrium Gallery, IMF, Washington D.C., USA
1997   HOW I DREAM NEW YORK, Hilton Towers, New York NY, USA
1996   SUR, The New Gallery, University of Miami, Miami FL, USA
1995   LA GALERIA, Hyatt Regency, Santiago, Chile
1993   SOLID ART, Caves de Cureghem, Brussels, Belgium
1992   500 YEARS OF GENOCIDE AND COLONIALIMS, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Australia
             TIEMPOS DE ARTE, Las Condes Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
1991   ALUMNOS ARTISTAS III, Plastica Nueva Gallery, Santiago, Chile

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Chilean Mission, UN, New York NY, USA
Chilean Mission, OAS, Washington D.C., USA
Chilean Embassy, Washington D.C., USA
Chilean Consulate, New York NY, USA
Hispanic Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Maison de L’Amérique Latine, Brussels, Belgium
LOM Publishers, Santiago, Chile
MERCAZ, Jewish Community, Santiago, Chile
WIZO, Santiago Chile
COPEC, Santiago, Chile
Hyatt Regency Co., Santiago, Chile

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Santiago, Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas, Sao Paulo, Mexico DF, Bogota, Barranquilla, New York NY, Washington DC,
Boston MD, Rockville MD, Los Angeles CA, San Francisco CA, Berkeley CA, Oakland CA, Santa Cruz CA, Ottawa, Vancouver,
Madrid, Barcelona, Castelldefels, Valencia, Santander, palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Alicante, Paris, Ferney Voltaire, Padua,
Cagliari, Brussels, London, The Hague, Luxembourg, München, Freiburg, Bienne, Vilniu, Hong Kong, Tokyo

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010   Library and Center of Information, Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile.
2008   ‘Chilean Painters in Belgium’, Chilean Embassy, Belgium
2009   ‘Universos de Paz’, Anfora Nova Publishers, p. 69, Cordoba, Spain

SELECTED ARTICLES

2008   ‘A dialogue between presence and absence’ by Heriberto Lopez, Panoramica Magazine,  Brussels,
             Belgium
2006   ‘International Artist at MERCAZ’, The Jewish Word Newspaper, Santiago, Chile
            ‘Perpetual traveller’ by Gary Tischler, The Washington Diplomat Newspaper, Washington DC, USA
2005   ‘Transfer’ by Fernando Rincon, El Punto de las Artes, Art Newspaper, Madrid, Spain
2003   ‘Villarroel at Rina Bouwen Gallery’ by Joan LLuis Montane, Artes Plasticas Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
2001   ‘In Memory, September 11’ CA University Newsletter, Berkeley CA, USA
1999   ‘The philosophy of the Creation’ by Carol Cassis-Mcmillan, Ladeco Aboard Magazine, Miami FL, USA
1996   ‘Six Chilean Artist of Today’ by Juana Rosa Pita, Lan Chile Aboard Magazine, Miami FL, USA

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