Efren Candelaria

Efren Candelaria

Born 1980, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Education
2003     B.F.A. (Painting and Art History), University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1999     Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Solo Exhibitions
2007    Hardly Smooth, Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
2007    Y-los, The Storehouse Group / La Casa del Arte, San Juan, P.R.
2005     En-Transito, Galeria Tamara, San Juan, P.R.
2003     Easel Riders Exhibit, The Annex, Coral Gables, FL.
2001     One Night Stand, Sculpture and Ceramics Building, Coral Gables, FL

Group Exhibitions
2007     Point of Departure, Dean Project, Long Island City, NY
            New Media Festival ’07, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
            3PQ (Collective), Miami, FL
            Small is Beautiful, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, NY, NY
2005     Omni Art, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
2005     Hollywood All-Media Juried Biennial, Art & Culture Center, FL
2004   Wired 2, Art Plus Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
            Stay Tuned: Hypnotic Videos by Contemporary Artists, The Studio, NY
2003    B.F.A Exhibit, Wesley Foundation, Coral Gables, FL
2002    Group Show, curated by Alfredo Triff, Miami, FL
            Annual Juried Exhibition, Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
        Import Miami, Exhibicion en la Biblioteca Carneggie, San Juan, P.R.
            Group Show, Galerias Prinardi, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
2001     Annual Juried Exhibition, Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables FL
1999     Annual Juried Exhibition, Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables FL

Publications
2004     “Taking In Videos (And Feeling Faint)”, New York Times (23 May 2004)
2000     “En Rojo”, Suplemento Cultural, Periodico Claridad, (June 2001).

Distinctions
2004     Artist in Residence, Universidad del Sagrado Corazon, San Juan, PR
2002     Solo Exhibition, Sculpture and Ceramics Bldg., Coral Gables, FL
             Honorable Mention, Annual Juried Exhibition, Miami Lowe Art Museum
2002/3 University of Miami Art and Art History Departmental Scholarship