Frank Guiller
Frank Guiller | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 Havana, Cuba |
| Nationality | Cuban-American |
| Education | San Alejandro School of Art, Havana, Cuba |
| Known for | Digital C-print photography |
| Movement | Socialist Realism |
Frank Guiller (born 1959) is a Cuban-American artist who emerged during the post-revolutionary period, influenced by the Socialist realism style, which idealized life under socialism.[1]
Education
[change | change source]Guiller studied fine arts and photography at the San Alejandro School of Art in Havana from 1980 to 1984, Mercy College in the Bronx from 1989 to 1992, and Parsons School of Design in New York from 1992 to 1993. He also completed workshops and courses in photography, printmaking, and graphic design.[2]
Career
[change | change source]Guiller has participated in many group and solo art exhibitions in the United States, Latin America, and other parts of the world. He has shown his work in places like New York, Miami, Ohio, China and Spain. Some of his group exhibitions include "Past Forward" (2019) at El Barrio Art Space in New York, "An Island Apart" (2016) at The Frank Museum of Art in Ohio, and "Unbroken Ties" (2011) in Michigan.[3]
His solo exhibitions, include "Revelations of Identity" in 2018 at the William V. Musto Museum in New Jersey and "Portraits" in 2017 at the Musto Museum.[4]
Selected Group Exhibitions
[change | change source]- 2019: Past Forward, El Barrio Art Space, New York
- 2018: Common View Photography, Maggi Peyton Art Gallery, NY
- 2017: Utopias, Curatorial Projects & Project Art Space, NY
- 2016: An Island Apart: Cuban Artist in Exile, The FRANK Museum of Art, OH
- 2015: Boricuba, Pictures of New York, The Clemente Soto Vélez Gallery Center, NY
- 2013: HumanScape, 17 Frost Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY
- 2011: Unbroken Ties: Dialogues in Cuban Art, Michigan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
[change | change source]- 2018: Revelations of Identity, William V. Musto Museum, New Jersey
- 2017: Portraits, Musto Museum, New Jersey
- 1998: Monotype Impressions on Paper, Art Center 4106, New Jersey
- 1997: Monotype y Photography, Art Center 4106, New Jersey
Style
[change | change source]Guiller's work has been influenced by his early training in the Socialist Realism style, but he later developed his own approach. He often explores themes of identity, exile, and urban life in his photography.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Exiled artists provide unusual views of life in distant Cuban homeland". The Columbus Dispatch.
- ↑ "Frank Guiller - Artist". ArtFacts.
- ↑ "In New York, 7 Cuban Artists of the Diaspora". cubanartnewsarchive.
- ↑ "Frank Guiller". Saatchi Art.