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  José García Campos
"El pescador de sueños"
 
Project
Area: Open Proposals
Title:
"El pescador de sueños"
Site: Nueva Plaza de la Cultura del Complejo Gubernamental de Minillas
Biography

Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico (1970). García Campos earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts with a major in sculpture at the Puerto Rico School of Fine Arts. He has worked in public and private commissions in collaboration with artists José Ramón Padró (1989); Pablo Rubio (Puerto Rico Pavilion, Seville, Spain: Cristales de la paz - Peace Crystals, 1992); and the Puerto Rican painter Arnaldo Roche-Rabell (1993).

Recently, the artist took part in the Third Biennial of the Steel Industry, held in Puerto Rico (2003). He was a professor of sculpture in metal at the School of Fine Arts between 2000 and 2001.

Awards

2002
First Prize, Solo Show by Medium, International Association of Art Critics (IAAC).

2000
• Third Prize, Painting Contest, Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Commission for the New Milenium and the Puerto Rico Government Development Bank.

1992
• First Prize, Sculpture
• Young Art Contest, Puerto Rico Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Honorable Mention, Sculpture
• First Biennial of Young Art, Casa Roig Museum, Humacao, PR

1991
• Honorable Mention, Sculpture, Chase Manhattan Bank Young Art Contest
• First Prize, Puerto Rico Academy of Arts and Sciences Art Contest

1989
• First Prize in Sculpture, Annual Fine Arts Contest, Puerto Rico School of Fine Arts

Solo shows

2001
• Jardín de Sueños (Garden of Dreams) Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, PR

1999
• Semillas de la vida (Seeds of Life), Botello Gallery, Hato Rey, PR

1995
• Fértil (Fertile), Botello Gallery, Plaza Las Américas, Hato Rey, PR

1992
• Escultura ’92 (Sculpture ’92), Exhibition Hall, San Juan Art Students League, PR
• Esencia dinámica (Dynamic Essence), Exhibition Hall, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, PR

1991
• Color de tierra adentro (The Color of the Earth), Exhibition Hall, Communications Center, University of the Sacred Heart, San Juan, PR
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