- Amaya Salazar
Infobox Artist
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name = Amaya Salazar
caption = Amaya Salazar
birthname = Amaya Salazar
birthdate =1951
location =Santo Domingo ,Dominican Republic
nationality = Dominican
field = Painting, Sculpture, DrawingAmaya Salazar (b. 1951,
Santo Domingo ,Dominican Republic ) is an established artist renown for her faceless personas that inhabit mystical and magical environments where light and the Antillean flora are ever present.Salazar is mostly inspired by the female form and by mother and child images. Capturing those intimate moments where women are free from the reality of life. Her art represents the working mother, the single mother, the wife, the soul of the household, but she doesn’t paint them in those moments but at the time where they are escaping reality and entering the warmth of the Caribbean light.
Her figures are not the main characters of her art work. The light and the flora play an important role in Salazar’s work. She shows the viewer how the rays of the sun and moon create kaleidoscope of tones throughout the landscape. In the nightscapes the palette turns dark almost black, but there is always an internal light that shines. Her brighter works, something she is most known for give us the different tonalities that the sun create as it warms the landscape.
The flora is an integral part of Salazar’s work. The banana leaves, the palm trees, the bamboo trunks are part of the environment that surround the characters; in some cases they are the only element of the piece.
Salazar talent extends beyond the canvas. She also works in bronze, steel, and marble as well as creates charcoal on paper drawings and water color and Chinese ink on paper.
Her work can be found in important collections world wide and she has participated in public auction.
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Public Auctions2008 Two works were selected for the October auction that will be held at the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA),
Long Beach , Ca.2007 A painting was auctioned and sold at the International Kids Funds auction,Miami , Fl.Important CollectionsABN/AMOR, Miami, FloridaAdmiral Club American Airlines, Santo Domingo, DR Banco Popular, Santo Domingo, DRBilbao Biscay, Kutxa, Bilbao, SpainBPD International Bank, New YorkCaja de Ahorros de Vitoria, Vitoria, Spain.Compañía Dominicana de Teléfonos, (CODETEL), Santo Domingo, DRMuseo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, DR Museo Hermanas Mirabal, Salcedo, DR.The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York, NY Voluntariado del Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, DR
Important Solo Exhibitions: "2008" Conference: Landscapes and Mother and Child Images in the Work of Amaya Salazar, conference by Marianne de Tolentino in celebration for the 60 years of the State of Israel., Santo Domingo, DRMerrill Lynch Arteamericas, Miami, Fl."2006" Illuminated Forests, Arte Berri, Santo Domingo, DRAntillean Colors, Sociedad Renovación, Puerto Plata, DR "2005"Chromatic Fusion for the opening of Arte Berri"2004, 2000, 1997" Galería Imagen, Panamá. "2003" Atlas Art, San Juan, PR. "2002" Exhibition and book signing Amaya Salazar Atmospheres of Light, SD. "1996" La Galería Santander, Miami. "1991" Galería de Arte Nader, retrospective exhibition and book signing, Amaya SD."1990" Galleria d’Arte La Torre, Milan, Italy and itinerary exhibition in the Basque Country. "1987" Itinerary exhibition with Caja Madrid en Barcelona, Madrid and other cities.
Important Group Exhibitions: "2008" The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York, NY this exhibition will travel to Washington DC in October "2001" Atlas Galleries, Chicago. "2000" Conference organized by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiative. "1996" Maison de l’Amerique Latin, Paris. "1995" Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France. "1994" Invited artist to give the speech for the opening of the II Biennial of Caribbean and Central American Painting, Museo de Arte Moderno, SD, DR, "1990" Montecampione, Italy, Musée de Luxembourg, Paris. Other group exhibitions in Israel, Canada, New York, Curazao, etc.
Art in Public Spaces: Salcedo, Mural for the region, 2007.Hotel Hilton, Fountain Mural 7m x 3m. Monumento el Obelisco Mural. Iglesia Santo Tomás de Aquino Relief resin and mahogany wood 86 cm x 117 cm., Iglesia de Santo Toribio Christ bronze 230cm, Iglesia de San Mauricio Christ bronze 160 cm.
Other Activities: 2006 taught a class on how to Saint a mural, organized by the office of the First Lady and Department of Education of the Dominican Republic. Selected Book Illustrations: A GIFT OF THANK YOU: the legend of the Virgin of Altagracia,
Julia Alvarez . 2006 Las Mariposas, Rosa Francia Esquea, Cover in the magazine Alabanza. 2002 Critical Essays about Dominican Writers from the XX Century, Miguel Collado, Rafael García Romero. 1996. Azar de Lluvia, Roberto Sánchez.LiteratureAmong numerous articles and mentions in several books about Dominican art there are two monographs about the artist’s work and a third one is being produced.
Born in 1951 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Studies at Academia Artium, Madrid, Spain, School of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A.
External links
* [http://www.arteberri.com] Salazar's dealers in English and Spanish
* [http://www.amayasalazar.com. official site of the artist]* [http://www.aafnyc.com/exhibitors.php?exhibit=7&artist=334] - Salazar at
Affordable Art Fair website
* [http://www.latinartmuseum.com/amaya.htm] - Latin Art Museum in SpanishPersondata
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DATE OF BIRTH=1951
PLACE OF BIRTH=Santo Domingo ,Dominican Republic
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