Eugenio Abad

 

Cuenca, Ecuador

Residing in Yelm, Washington since 1998

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EDUCATION

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1990

Massana School of Art, Barcelona, Spain, 1990-1991Surrealist Movement (Literature and Visual Art),

Ecuadorian House of Culture, Cuenca, Ecuador, 20 hour course

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1987

Panamerican Current Art, Museum of Modern Art

and the International Biennial of Painting, Cuenca, Ecuador, 40 hour course

The Last 50 Years of Painting in Ecuador, Catholic University of Ecuador and the Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador, 24 hour course

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1982                 

Degree in Architecture, State University of Cuenca, Cuenca,  

Ecuador, 1975-1982

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PERSONAL SHOWS

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2005-    Blue Heron Art Gallery, Vashon, WA

2004-    Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA

2000-    Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA

1999-    Amby Edinger Art Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

1998-    Gnostic Art, El Encantado, Yelm, WA

1997-    The Great Void, Guayasamin Foundation,Quito, Ecuador

1994-    Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador

1992-    Igor Munoz Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

             Manzana Verde Art Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador

1991-    Young Cuencan Artists, Socicultur, Mexico City, Mexico

1987-    Larrazabal Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

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COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

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2002-    Pierce County Street of Dreams, American Design, Dupont, WA

2001-    Central Washington Art Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

2000-    Amby Edinger Art Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

1998-    Amby Edinger Art Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

             Salon of Contemporary Painting, Ecuadorian House of Culture, Cuenca, Ecuador

             From Innocence to Liberty, Cuencan Art of the 20th Century, Cuenca,

             Guayaquil, Quito, Ambato, and Loja, Ecuador 

             Small Formats, D.P.M. Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador

1997-    David Perez Maccolum Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador

1996-    Anniversary Celebration, Ecuadorian Central Bank, Cuenca,

             Loja, Ecuador Salon of Julio, Guayaquil, Ecuador

1995-    Ecuadorian Art Today, “The Tracks of Europe, Ecuador 95” Exposition,

             organized by the European Community, Quito, Ecuador

1994-    IV International Biennial of Painting, Cuenca, Ecuador

1993-    Humbolt House, Quito, Ecuador

             Munoz-Vega Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

             IV Pre-Biennial of Painting, Cuenca, Ecuador

             David Perez Maccolum Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador

1992-    National Salon of Architects, Ecuadorian Architects Association,

             Ambato, Ecuador

             Paris Award, The French Alliance, Quito, Ecuador

1991-    The French Alliance, Cuenca, Ecuador

             Manzana Verde Art Gallery, Quito, Guayaquil, Ecuador

             Tenth Anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador

             III International Biennial of Painting, Cuenca, Ecuador

             Igor Munoz Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

             Larrazabal Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

1990-    III Pre-Biennial of Painting, Cuenca, Ecuador

             Art Museum, Military Geographic Institute, Quito, Ecuador

             Luis A. Martinez Award, Ambato, Ecuador

             Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador

1989-    El Portal Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

             The French Alliance, Cuenca, Ecuador

1988-    National Salon of Architects, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca,

             Ecuador

             Larrazabal Art Gallery, Cuenca, Ecuador

             II Pre-Biennial of Painting, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador

1987-    Ecuadorian Central Bank, Guayaquil, Ecuador

             First November Salon, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador

1986-    I Pre-Biennial of Painting, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca Ecuador

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AWARDS

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1991-    Second Place, Ecuadorian Architects Association, Ambato, Ecuador

             Honorable Mention, Paris Award, Quito, Ecuador

             Coloma Silva Award, III International Biennial of Painting, Cuenca,

             Ecuador

1990-    Honorable Mention, First National Award, Military

             Geographic Institute, Quito, Ecuador

1989-    Third Place, First National Award of the Ecuadorian  

             Architects Association, Cuenca, Ecuador

             Third Place, First National Award of the Ecuadorian

             Architects Association, Cuenca, Ecuador

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OTHER

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1998-   Juror, Regional Paris Award Competition, The French Alliance

            Cuenca, Ecuador

1994-    Instructor, Practical Course in Painting, School of Visual

             Arts, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, 54 hours

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COLLECTIONS

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Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador

Central Bank of Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Ecuadorian House of Culture, Cuenca, Ecuador

Andreas Gomez Icaza, Private Collection

Serrano Gomez Family, Private Collection

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Abad, Eugenio

Ecuadorian Central Bank.  1998.  “The Age of the Body (Notes on the Cuenca post avant-garde)”.  From Innocence

to Liberty.  p. 171-185.  Cuenca, Ecuador:  Monsalve Moreno Printing.

House of Ecuadorian Culture.  1997.  “Los Signos (The Signs)”.  Salon de Pintura Contemporanea (Salon of Contemporary Painting).  p. 58.  Cuenca, Ecuador.  Monsalve Moreno Printing.

Cevallos, Ivan Cruz.  1995.  “Abstraccion (Abstraction)”.  El Arte Ecuatoriano de Hoy (Ecuadorian Art Today).  p.  9.  Quito, Ecuador.  Mariscal Printing.

Biennial of Cuenca.  1994.  IV International Biennial of Painting.  Cuenca, Ecuador.  Monsalve Moreno Printing.

Diners Club of Ecuador.  1993.  “Galeria (Gallery)”.  Revista Diners 130 (Diners Magazine 130).  Quito, Ecuador.  Mariscal Printing.

Biennial of Cuenca.  1991.  III International Biennial of Painting.  Cuenca, Ecuador.  Monsalve Moreno Printing.

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