GUILLERMO "CHINO" PORRAS

"CRONOS"

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, SIGNED

COSTA RICA, DATED 2014

60.25 X 65.25 INCHES

Guillermo "Chino" Porras

Born in Limón, Costa Rica 1958

 
1978–1979
La Casa de Artista, San Jose, Costa Rica
1980–1984
BA Fine Arts with an emphasis in painting, School of Fine Arts, University of Costa Rica, San Jose
1984
First Place, Certamen de Paisaje Universitario, (University Landscape Competition),University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
1987
First Place, Certamen de Paisaje Urbano (Urban Landscape Competition) Canatur, San José, Costa Rica
1988
Second Place, Certamen de Paisaje Urbano (Rural Landscape Competition), Guanacaste, Costa Rica
1989
First Place, La Revolutión Francesa y Su Espiritu en el Arte, National Institute of Insurances, San José, Costa Rica
1990
Second Place, Certamen de Paisaje Urbano (Urban Landscape Competition), San José, Costa RicaNational Prize for Painting, Aquileo Echeverría, National Theater, San José, Costa Rica
1994
National Prize for Painting, Aquileo J. Echeverría, National Theater, San José, Costa Rica
1994
First Place, International Barceló Competition, San José, Costa Rica
1995
First place, painting contest, Villas Playa Sámara, Costa Rica

Exhibitions

2003
Piccola Galeria, Bolzano, Italy (solo)
2002
Parallel & Oblique Reality, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
2002
Galería Enrique Echandi, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
2002
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Galería 11-12, San José, Costa Rica
1999
Children’s Museum, Calderon Guardia Hospital, San José, Costa Rica
1999
Galería 1112, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1998
Galería Enrique Echandi, National Theater, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1998
Galería 11-12, San José, Costa Rica
1997
North American-Costa Rican Cultural Center, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1995
Galería 11-12, San José, Costa Rica
1994
Galería Enrique Echandi, National Theater, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1994
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
1992
Biennial of Paintings from Central America and Panamá, Museum of the Central Bank, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica
1991
Certamen Arte a lo Grande, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica
1991
Biennial Francisco Amighetti, North American-Costa Rican Cultural Center, San José, Costa Rica
1991
Nagoya Museum, Japan
1991
111 Biennial de Cuenca Ecuador, Ecuador
1991
National Painting Salón, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica
1990
Nuevas Formas y Conceptos en el Paisaje Costarricence (New Forms and Concepts of the Costa Rican Landscape), National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica
1990
House of the Confederation of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
1990
IV Biennial of Lachner & Sáenz, Museum of the Central Bank, San José, Costa Rica
1990
II Central American Salón of Painting, Honduran Institute of Interamerican Culture, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1990
Galería Enrique Echandi, National Theater, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1989
Faculty of Fine Art, University of Costa Rica, San José Banco Popular, Province of Limón, Costa Rica (solo)
1988
Galería José Figueres, Banco Popular, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1988
Modern Art Museum of Latin America, Washington D.C.
1983
San José Indoor Club, San José, Costa Rica (solo)
1981
National Theater, San José, Costa Rica (solo)