Chiqui Mendoza
Born: 1965, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Lives and Works: New York, New York
Education
1978 – 1982 Escuela de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1984 – 1989 Architecture, Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA)
1989 – 1990 Drawing at The Art Students League of New York
1995 Print Workshop with Robert Blackburn at Alto de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Como Si Fuera Domingo, Centro de la Cultura, Santiago, Dominican Republic
2016 Open Mind, Centro Cultural de las Telecomunicaciones, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2015 Made In New York, Rio Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Bananhattan, Oficina del Concejal Ydanis Rodríguez
2003 Drawing (2 dólares de agua), Centro Cultural Dominico Americano, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1997 – 1998 Hacia la Luz, Palacio Consistorial, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1989 Tiempo Paralelos, Museo del Hombre Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Group Exhibitions
2020 Manifestaciones, Printmaking Portfolio (multiple showings)
2016 Here and There, Printmaking Portfolio, Barnard College, New York, NY
2015 20 Years On The Road, LyleOReitzel, Dominican Republic
2012 Manifestaciones, Printmaking Portfolio (exhibited at multiple venues)
2011 Manifestaciones, Printmaking Portfolio
– Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
– University of California Art Gallery
– Empire State College Art Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Manifestaciones, Printmaking Portfolio, Dominican Studies Institute, City College of New York
2008 Artists Award Winners, Grants from Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), Malcolm X Memorial, New York, NY
2007 Los Códigos Visuales del Merengue, Museo de las Américas, Washington, D.C.
2006 Los Códigos Visuales del Merengue, Museo de Barrio, New York, NY
2005 Que no me quiten lo pintao; Los códigos visuales del merengue, Centro León, Santiago and Museo Bellapart, Santo Domingo
2001 Religiosidad Popular, Centro Cultural de España, Dominican Republic
2000 Solo Installations, Palacio Consistorial, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1999 Entre las Piedras de Chavón, APLAU, Galería Altos de Chavón, La Romana, Dominican Republic
1998 Visiones Quisqueyanas, Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico
1997 Origen – Esencias, Leo Núñez and Chiqui Mendoza, Estante Listín Diario, First Regional Book Fair, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1997 El Norte, First Regional Book Fair, Gran Teatro del Cibao, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1997 UTESA Architecture Alumni, Casa de Arte, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1996 El Cuerpo, Galería Último Arte, Santo Domingo
1996 Casa de Arte Anniversary, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1996 XVI E. León Jimenes Competition, Santiago and Santo Domingo
1995 IV International Drawing Salon, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
1995 Selected Works of Dominican Painting, Galería Sumayas y Saya, Centro de la Cultura, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1995 Opening of Galería Zukiya, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
1995 Christ Arts/Canne/Hotel Martinez, France
1995 Arte Dominicano, Community Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Art Expo, New York / Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center, New York, USA
1994 XIX National Visual Arts Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
1994 XV E. León Jimenes Biennial, Santiago and Santo Domingo
1994 II Caribbean and Central American Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
1994 El Poder Oculto del Arte, Palacio Consistorial, Santiago, Dominican Republic
1994 IV International Painting Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador
1994 XXVI International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
1994 Pequeño Formato Latinoamericano, Galería Luiggi Marocini, Puerto Rico
1994 San Juan Conservation Studio, Puerto Rico
1993 Hotel Barceló Competition, Gran Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1993 First Summer Salon, Galería de Arte Nouveau, Santo Domingo
1992 XVIII Visual Arts Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
1992 X Anniversary, Galería de Arte Nouveau (Todos Juntos)
1992 Los Otros Premios, La Galería, Santo Domingo
1992 Hotel Barceló Exhibition Competition, Hotel Lina, Santo Domingo
1992 Grupo Panterra, Fortaleza Ozama, Dominican Republic
1992 XIV E. León Jimenes Exhibition Competition, Santiago and Santo Domingo
1991 15 Emerging Painters of the Dominican Republic, Washington, D.C. (Museum of the Americas, OAS)
1990 E. León Jimenes Exhibition Competition, Santiago and Santo Domingo
Awards & Distinctions
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) Grand Award
Second Place in Drawing, XVI E. León Jimenes Biennial
Special Prize, IV International Salon of Drawing, Arawak Foundation, Santo Domingo
First Prize, Poster Contest, Carnival of Santiago
First Place in Painting, XVI E. León Jimenes Biennial
Special Mention, XXVI International Painting Festival, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
Special Mention, Pintura Hoteles Barceló, Santo Domingo (awarded twice)
Second Place in Painting, XIII E. León Jimenes Biennial
Special Prize, BID, XVIII National Biennial of Visual Arts
First Place, Poster Contest “Don Tomás Morel”, Plaza de la Cultura Santiago Apóstol
Third Place in Painting, XII E. León Jimenes Biennial
Public Collections
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo Art Collection, Washington, D.C., USA
Cámara de Diputados Collection, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Collection of the Dirección General de Aduanas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Fundación Arawak Drawing Collection, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic