EZEQUIEL TAVERAS
Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1965, Taveras studied Fine Arts, sculpture in particular, at the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo. He was a disciple of Master Omar Rayo, who was very important in the beginning of his career
He has taught at the Altos de Chavon School of Design, (Parsons The New School for Design affiliate in the Dominican Republic), at the Universidad Iberoamericana, at UNIBE and Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña, both in Santo Domingo.
He has had 12 solo national and international exhibitions, including the last solo show, “The Language of the heart”, IDB Art Gallery, Washington DC. And “Pi”, Centro Cultural Español (CCE), Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom.
Taveras works have received numerous prizes in biennials and contests, including: Best Work of Art by a Foreign Artist, at the San Juan Association of Art Critics Contemporary Art Show, Puerto Rico, 2006, and Second Place in the 2nd Latin American Printmaking Biennal, at the Printmaking Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002. He has been recognized by Universidad Iberoamericana, one of the most prestigious universities in the Dominican Republic, for his life’s work and contributions to the fine arts.
Taveras represented the Dominican Republic at the Venice Biennale 2019, He has participated in more than 100 contests and group exhibitions in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Peru, Japan, Bulgaria, Spain, Cuba, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Norway, Brazil, Belgium, Luxembourg and United States, among others.
He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Hunter College Ceramics Department and also Curator of JVS Project Space, both in New York City, where he lives and works
Solo shows
2018 – “π (Pi)”, Centro Cultural Español (CCE), Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. (https://issuu.com/ezequieltaveras/docs/ezequiel_taveras__the_language_of_t_2f4104ae74d0cb)
2017 – “The Language of the heart”, IDB Art Gallery, Washington DC.
2013 - “Recent Works”, Thomas Hunter Project Gallery, Hunter College, City University of New York CUNY, USA
2006 - “Ante la Memoria”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sto. Dgo. Dominican Republic.
2005 - “Obras Recientes”, URI Art Gallery , San Juan Puerto Rico
1999 -“Limites”,( Bounds) Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1996 - ”Mixed Media” Gallery of Lowell Office Of Affair, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
1995 - “Sigilos”, (Sigils) Museo de Arte e Historia, San Juan, and Galería de la Alcaldía de Ponce, Puerto Rico.-“Cantos”,(Songs) Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Nouveau, Santo Domingo, DR. - “Memorias del Silencio”, (Memories of the Silence) Palacio Consistorial, Santiago, Rep. Dom.
1993 -“Presencias”, (Presences) San Juan Conservation Studio, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1992 - “Espacio- Tiempo”, (Space-Time) Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom.
1989 - “Misti- Morpha”, Centro Cultural Español (CCE), Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom.
Awards
2009 - UNIBE Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), gives recognition for their contributions to education, art and culture in the Dominican Republic.
2006 - Award for Best Contemporary Art Exhibition Artist Abroad "Recent Works", URI Art Gallery, Award from the Arts Critics Assn of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2005 - Honorable Mention, Biennial of Visual Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2002 - 2nd. Award, II Latin American Biennial of Engraving, Engraving Museum of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1994 - Acquisition Award, XX Biennial of Visual Arts, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1990 -"Palette of Honor" Award for Best Sculpture Exhibition 1989 Gallery Arawak, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. -1st. Audience Award Category Royalty, XVII National Visual Arts Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1989 - Honorable Mention, Competition - "Bicentennial of the French Revolution", Maison de France, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1988 - 1st Award and Silver Medal Buenos Aires - Salon Art on Paper, Argentina.
1986 -2nd Prize Sculpture Competition Young "Gabriela Mistral" Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -1st. Drawing Award, National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Project Coordination & Curator
2019 - “Light and Poetics. The bridges of Central Park”, by José Thomas ( solo show) JVS project space , New York - “6x6 Ceramic Tile”, group show, SMV Gallery, New York -“ Reconstrucción de la Memoria” (Memory Reconstruction) by Felix Hernandez, solo show, Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2018 - “6x6 Ceramic Tile”, group show, IDB Art Gallery, Washington DC. -“Corpus and Auto-Objectification”, by Paula Saneaux, solo show, IDB Staff Association Art Gallery, Washington DC, United States
2017 - “New York City Visions”, group show, JVS Project Space, New York -“ Figure and Perception” Group Show, JVS Project Space, new York
2016 - “New York City Visions”, group show, JVS Project Space, New York - “ Espacio Ceramico” (ceramic Space) , (group show) National Gallery, DR
2015- “Insular Dialogues / Dialogos Insulares”, photographs and video work by Polibio Diaz and Joiri Minaya, group show, JVS Project Space, New York - “Riverdere”, by Erick Santos ,(solo Show) Café Simpan, Simrishamngata, Malmo, Sweder -“Conection”, Jeffrey Morgrain & Nicholas Kripal, Museum of Modern Art, DR
2014 - “Associate Artists Exhibition and Holiday Show Artist Showcase”, group show, JVS Project Space, New York - “6x6 Ceramic Tile”, group show, JVS Project Space, New York
2011 - “Criollos, Art in the City”, Urban interventions (group show), 10 Public Murals and Photo expo , Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2010 - “Psiquis” by Joel Bordas, Galeria de Funglode, Solo show, Dominican Republic
2009 - “Who killed the king?” The Fashion Exhibition (group show)
Cultural Center of Spain, Dominican Republic
2006 - III International Ceramic Tile Triennial, elit-tile, (group show)
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2002 - II International Ceramic Tile Triennial, elit-tile, (group show)
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1998 - I International Ceramic Tile Triennial, elit-tile, (group show)
Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - "Art and Object" Exhibition, Nouveau, Foundation for Contemporary Art, (group show), Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic
1997 - "First International Print in Small Format", Nouveau, Foundation for Contemporary Art, (group show), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Group shows
2019 - Taveras represented the Dominican Republic at La Biennale di Venezia 2019, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Sala de lla Pace, Venezia, (official representation of the Dominican Republic).- ; New York Latin American Triennial, Lehman College, New York. - Graphic celebration of the tales of Juan Bosch, Chapel of Remedies, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2017 -Otra Dimención (Another Dimension / New Dominican Sculpture) Museo Fernando Peña Defillo, Dominican Republic.- Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA.-RESILIENCE, Inter-American Development Bank IDB Washington, DC.
2016 -5th Bronx Latin American Art Biennial Longwood Art Gallery, Hostos Community College / CUNY, NY. -BORINQUEYA an evolving travesty, Borimix The Clemente Soto Velez, NYC.-CASTAWAY, Wagner College, Spotlight Gallery, Staten Island. -Espacio Cerámico, National Gallery, Palace of Fine Arts, Dominican Republic. -Tyranny’s Tear, Mending a Dominican Trauma Bronx Art Space, Bronx , NY.
2015-Art of the 5: We’ll take Manhattan, The Interchurch Center, NYC. - Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA -“X”, Casa Quien Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -Away Game, Hunter Ceramic at Queens College, Klapper Hall Gallery, Queens College, CUNY, NY -CERAMIC, Susan Stair & Ezequiel Taveras, The Project Space, NYC -La Lucha : Dominican Republic and Haiti, Visions of Tomorrow, Andrew Freedman Gallery, New York.
2014 -Elit -Tile, Fifth Ceramic Tile Triennial, Museo de Arte Modern, Dominican Republic. -Annual Spring Exhibition, Julio Valdez Studio, NY - Duarte, Visiones Compartidas , (Duarte, Shared Visions), Centro Leon, Santiago, Dominican Republic. -Port Richmond Transient Art Project, Staten Island, NY. -“With or without You”, Rene Melle Gallery, NY. - Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA.
2013 -20 Visual arts Group Show, Celebrate The Founding Father Bicentennial, Bronx Museum, New York - Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA. -50 Cajas Pintadas, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dominican Republic.
2012 - Interwoven Identities, Veracruz Institute of Culture (IVEC), Mexico. - Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA. - DREAM Project, Auction Benefits, Museo del Barrio, New York. - Espace Wallone, Bruselas, Belgica. - XVI century neumunster abbey, Luxemburgo
2011- 6eme Forum Transculturel D’Art Contemporain 2011, Port-au- Prince, Haiti. - Imágenes Sagradas Espacios Profano (Sacred Images – Profane Spaces), Identidad, Vanguardia y Religiosidad en la Plástica Dominicana, Museo de Arte Moderno, MAM, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. - Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA - Troyart Internacional Exhibition at Mube, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brasil. - Percepciones de la Virgen (Perceptions of the Virgin), Made en alto contraste, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2010 - Cerámica Contemporánea (Contemporary Ceramics ) Arcilla, Esmaltes y Fuego,
Galería Arawak, Dominican Republic. -Elit -Tile, 4th Ceramic Tile Triennial, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic. - II FiArt, (Feria Internacional de Arte) Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, DR.
2010 - Dream Box Project”, District Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. - Orígenes, (Origins) Galería Praia, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic. - StandArte, Casa Club Punta Cana, Fundación Un techo para mi país, Punta Cana, DR
2009 - Realiza dos murales, “ Cronología sobre un Patriota” y “Encuentro de dos Razas”, Acero, Resina Plástica y Cerámica, Centro cultural Elías Piña, Frontera Dominico Haitiana, (Make two murals on the Haitian Dominican border). - Objetos en Papel, Galería Arawak, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. - Cierra los Ojos y Mira, Exposición Táctil, con motivo del bicentenario de Louis Brailer, Alianza Francesa, Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic.
2008 -Abro Art Gallery, WynWood Art District, Miami, FL. -XXII Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménes, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic. -Memorias por los Menos, Galería Alianza Francesa, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. -CER4MICA, Sala Ramón Oviedo, Ministerio De Cultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. -Seda Aguatinta: Grafica Pictórica/ Silk Aquatint: Painterly Graphics, Baruch College’s Mishkin Gallery, USA
2007 - Persistencia en el Grabado Puertorriqueño, Museo de las América, San Juan, Puerto Rico. - 27 Artistas Visuales Dominicanos, Centro Cultural de España, Lima, Perú
2006 - Elit -Tile, 3rd Ceramic Tile Triennial, Museo de Arte Modern, Dominican Republic.
2005 - Artistas en Residencia, Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Rep. Dom. - Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo Rep. Dominicana. -Seda Aguatinta, Grafica Pictórica, San Juan, San German, Mayagüez, PR. Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, USA.
2004 -Artistas en Residencia, Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic. -Tokyo International Mini-Print Trienal 2005, Tama Art University, Japon.
2203 -“Doboq”, Primera muestra de obras sobre papel de plátano, Museo del Dibujo, DR -XI International Print Bienal Varna 2003, Graphic Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria. (Artista Invitado)
2002 -1ra. Bienal Argentina de Gráfica Latinoamericana, Museo del Grabado, BB AA, Argentina. - II Trienal Internacional del Tile Cerámico, elit-tile 2002, Museo de arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. -“El Cuerpo del Delito”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Artista Invitado.
2001 -“Intercambio 3 + 2”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, SJ, Puerto Rico. -”XIII Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe” San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2000 -1ra. Bienal Argentina de Gráfica Latinoamericana, Museo del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1999 -Litografía Contemporánea, Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. -International Small Engraving Salon, Romania. -Papeles Preciosos, Casa Jardín, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1998 -Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial , Tama Art University, Tokio, Japón -Exposición “Arte y Objeto”, Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo Nouveau, Santo Domingo DR. -”XII Bienal del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe” San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1997-International Independent Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa, Japón. -”Primer Encuentro Internacional de Grabado en Pequeño Formato”, Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo Nouveau, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. -“QUINTAESENCIA”, Museo de Arte e Historia, San Juan, Puerto Rico. -“Homenaje al Poeta”, Galería Fundación Manuel del Cabral, Dominican Republic.
1996 -XVI Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménes, Centro de la Cultura, Santiago, Republica Dominicana. - Circuito, Galería Ultimo Arte, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. -V Trienal Internacional de Arte Sztuki, Majdanek, Lublin, Polonia. -III Exposición de Arte Sacro, Parroquia San Vicente de Paúl, Sto. Dog. Rep. Dominicana. -XX Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.
1995 -“Homenaje al poeta Manuel del Cabral”, Hostal Nicolás de Ovando, Sto. Dom., Rep. Dominicana. -”La Impronta Española y la Pintura Dominicana Contemporánea”, Centro de Cultura Hispánica, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana. -Colectiva “III Aniversario San Juan Conservation Studio”, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1994 -XIX Bienal de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sto. Dgo., Rep. Dominicana. -I Trienal Internacional de Grabado, Bitola, República de Macedonia. -XV Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménez, Centro de La Cultura, Santiago; Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.
1993 -“La Joven Estampa”, Casa de Las América, La Habana, Cuba. -III Salón de Dibujo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana. -“La Facultad”, Altos de Chavón / La Escuela de Diseño, La Romana, Rep. Dominicana. -“Artistas en Residencia, Otoño 1993", Altos de Chavón, La Galería, La Romana, Rep. Dominicana. -X Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico. -XX Bienal Internacional de Grabado Ljubljana, Galería Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
1992 -X Trienal Internacional de Grabado de Noruega, Biblioteca Municipal de Fredrikstad, Noruega. -XIV Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménez, Centro de la Cultura, Santiago; Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana. -“AMÉRICA” Universidad Federal de Juiz de Fora Minas Gerais, Brasil.
1991 -“15 Emergent Painters from the Dominican Republic” Museo de Arte de Las Américas, Organización de Los Estados Americanos (OEA) Washington, DC, USA -IX Bienal de San Juan de Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, Intituto de Cultura, San Juan, Puerto Rico. -“Festival de la Cultura Caribeña”, Santiago de Cuba. -“MUROS DE PAPEL” de Q-atro XXI, Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Rep. Dominicana.
1990 -“Gran Colectiva de Artistas Visuales”, Centro de La Cultura, Santiago, Rep. Dominicana. -XVII Bienal De Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana. -“MUTATIS MUTANDIS”, Galería Mi Galería, Chicago, EUA. -“Generación de los 80", Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. -XIII Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménez, Centro de la Cultura, Santiago; Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana. -“Mini Print Internacional de Cadaques” Museo de Gava, Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona, España; Osaka, Kochi, Tokio, Sapporo, Japón.
1989 -Expo-Conjunta “PRESENCIAS” del Grupo Q-ATRO XXI, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico. -Concurso “Bicentenario de la Revolución Francesa”, Casa de Francia,. Rep. Dom. -“Cinco Talentos Jóvenes”, Galería ‘La Galería’, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.
1988 -“10 Sobre Papel desde la República Dominicana”, Museo RAYO, Roldanillo, Valle, Colombia. -Expo-Conjunta “DESMITIFICACIONES” de Q-ATRO XXI, Galería Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano y Galería Principal de Altos de Chavón, Rep. Dominicana. -Primer Festival de Las Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Rep. Dominicana. -II Salón de Arte sobre Papel, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1987 -XII Concurso de Arte E. León Jiménez, Centro de la Cultura, Santiago, Rep. Dominicana.
1986 -Concurso de Escultura Joven “Gabriela Mistral”, Casa de Bastidas, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana.