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Viviana Puello Born in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, internationally acclaimed artist Viviana Puello immigrated to the United States because she was disappointed at the political situation of her country. Growing up in what she calls the most beautiful city, a bohemian town that kisses the Atlantic Ocean, art was always an essential part of her life. Puello started painting at twelve-years-old surprising everyone with her talent. Her first painting was an abstract that she called "The Vase" and it still hangs at her uncle's house. While growing up around important abstract painters, she always followed their path and learned from them. She found a special connection with Alejandro Obregon's use of colors and shapes. But, because she came from a strict home, going to art school was not allowed. Artists were considered bohemians and starving dreamers by the traditional society of that time. So instead, she went to the Colegio Mayor de Bolivar to study Business administration. However, her afternoons were spent studying French at the Alianza Colombo-Francesa, a place where artists gathered in her hometown. It was there where she shared her passion for art and spent time learning their techniques. Before leaving to start a new life in New York City, on her last visit to the studio at Alianza, one of the art teachers gave her his best advice. "Always be yourself let your inspiration lead you and don't let your work be influenced by anyone else". With that in her heart and her passion alive, she migrated to U.S. For the next eight years after arriving to the U.S. Puello she worked as a youth minister for a local church. There she served as a worship leader and gospel songwriter. During that time her inspiration turned to landscapes and she did work for the theater, staging and scenery for local schools and churches. A few years ago she relocated to New York City where she has found a whole new inspiration. Puello's work is full of life with vibrant colors influenced by her passionate Latin background. Puello is collected internationally and has premiered in film, television, and theater. Recipient of the St Valentino 2009 Award in Puglio, Italy. She currently works and teaches in New York City and is the founder of the art education program of the Methodist Church Home for the Aged in Riverdale, NY.

Booming with dynamic, glowing, sweating colors, Colombian-American painter Viviana Puello's canvases range from expressionistic landscapes and cityscapes to completely abstracted compositions. Irrespective of the ostensible subjects in her works, Puello deals in temperatures, movements and sounds arranged within grid-like geometries. Her swooping, scratching, simmering palette of warm, frenetic yellows and reds and more calming, gliding blues and cool greens give her art an edgy multi-sensorial dimension that shifts and mutates as it leaps across different parts of each canvas. The whole creates a sense of operatic build up and accelerating motion, of momentum gathering with each successive brush stroke. Explaining the intense liveliness of her imagery, Puello cites the formative nature of childhood experiences – the bright colors, sounds and smells of her coastal hometown – as a guiding aesthetic principle. Accordingly, her paintings invest everyday scenes (city streets, a chair, a river, gardens) with the magical buzz of memory, of songs half-forgotten, of smells and textures amplified through the intensity of colors and shapes.

Viviana Puello's Artist Statement: I'm so alive! There's this passion inside. It's like a burning fire that cannot be quenched. I fight, but then I realize that pieces of my soul are being implanted on these vivid images of my dreams. I give in with the knowledge that when the time comes to let that eagle in me fly free, these images will remain as silent witnesses of my existence.

Representation

2009 - Artists Haven Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl 2008 - Trevisan International Art Bologna, Itlay 20078 -Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York 2007 - Gallery 364 Brooklyn, NY

Education

2008 New York Academy of Art Workshop with Robert Almeda – Figure Drawing

2006-2007 Saratoga Springs Arts Center Workshop with international artist Trudy Smith Portrait painting/Figure Drawing

1992-1993 Plaza School of Design, Paramus, NJ: Architectural Drafting/Interior Design Mechanical Drawing, Perspective Drawing, AutoCad Specialization

1983-1987 Colegio Mayor de Boliva, Colombia. B.A. Major: Touristic Business Administration Art History/Art Studio. Economics Specialization: Public Policy.

1983-1987 Escuela Bellas Artes, Colombia, Art workshop

Awards & Honors

2009 Artist of the month, Trevisan International Art, Italy

2009 Recipient of, San Valentino 2009 award, Vico in Arte, Puglio, Italy

2009 PR.com New York, Review released by Agora Gallery

2008 Honorable Mention, Gallery 364 “Bay at the Nile”, Bay Ridge, New York (August)

2007 Artist Spotlight of the moth, Divine Revolution Magazine, New York, NY

2007 Artist of the month, The Art Studio & Museum, December edition. Rain Tiger.com

2006 Recipient of Blue Ribbon Award, Best in Show, Juried exhibition, Saratoga ArtsCenter, Saratoga Springs, NY

Publications "A tour through my abstract paintings" Book written by the artist and published on 2009 - The book includes the last three abstract series of Viviana Puello with colorful illustrations. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/733292

Exhibitions

2009

The Revelry of Energy Agora Gallery Group Exhibition Chelsea, NY (January – February)

7 Women from 7 Countries Museum of the Americas, Doral, Fl (January – February)

Vico In Arte, Premio San Valentino Juried Art Show, Puglia, Italy St Valentino 2009 Award (February)

“Angels of Fire” Group Exhibition Newark Arts Council & Coffee Cave Newark, NJ (April - May)

North Manhattan Arts Alliance Art Stroll venue: Art in the Garden 2009 Riverside Inwood Neighborhood Garden (June)

North Manhattan Arts Alliance Open Studios Venue: Artist's Studio, New York, NY (June)

Artist Haven Gallery Collective Anniversary Exhibition Ft lauderdale, Florida (July)

Artist Haven Gallery semi-solo exhibition Ft lauderdale, Florida (September)

Collective Exhibit CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE LOUVRE MUSEUM, Paris (October) Trevisan International Art Imaginary Journeys An Exhibition of International Art Curated by Paola Trevisan Ferrara Museum of the Estense Castle (October)

2008

Traces of Memory International Art Exhibit Imbarcadero Rooms Estence Castle, Ferrara, Italy (November – December)

Hispanic Heritage in America 2008 Museum of the Americas Doral, Fl 33122 (October - November)

“Exhibition of Latin American Art XI” Broward Community College South Campus Gallery Pembrooke Pines, Florida (September - October)

"Expressions of Colors" Solo Exhibition CSI Group, Hackensack, NJ (August-September)

Hugh O'brian Youth Foundation silent auction (March)

"Expressions of Colors" Solo Exhibition Beal Bocht Cafe, Riverdale, NY (January)

2007

“Seasons” Gallery 364 Brooklyn, NY Honorable Mention "Bay at the Nile" (November-December)

“Latin Artist in NY” -HBO Headquarters – (November)

"Angels of Fire" Solo Exhibition. Luna Bar & Lounge Brooklyn, NY(November)

"Colors in my universe; windows" Solo Exhibition. Nashawannuck Gallery Easthampton, MA (October-November)

911 Before & After Gallery 364, Juried Exhibition. Brooklyn NY. (September-October)

“Bridges” Gallery 364, Juried Exhibition. Brooklyn NY. (August-September)

“Summer Exhibition” Focal Point Gallery, City Island NY. (July)

Adult Drawing, Arena, New York, NY. (May)

“About Nature & Creation” Solo Exhibition. Saratoga Springs Visitor Center Saratoga Springs, NY (March)

2006

“Volcanic Hearts” Solo Exhibition- Crimson Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY (November-December)

“Vivid Images” Kismet Gallery, Troy NY. Contemporary art exhibition. (November-December).

Saratoga Arts Center, Art in the Park. Juried Exhibition. Blue Ribbon Winner with the painting Sunflower. Saratoga Springs, NY. (August)

“Emotions in Motion 2006” Solo Exhibition. Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY (July)

“A landscape Show” - Crimson Gallery, Group Exhibition, Saratoga Springs, NY. (May-June)

Saratoga Hospital Foundation, Group Exhibition, Saratoga Springs, NY (May)

Mothers & Midwives pro Natural Birth, Beekman St Artist Co-op. Saratoga Springs, NY. (March)

2005

“Emotions” Solo Exhibition - Crimson Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY. (November)

“Vivid Images” Arte Caliente Studio, Beekman St Arts District, Saratoga Springs, NY. (December)

Collections:

Saratoga Hospital Foundation, Saratoga Springs NY St. Marys Hospital, Amsterdam, NY

Reviews/Publications

2009 Artwork featured at CBS Morning News New York, NY (April)

2009 Featured as “Woman in the arts” at the “Empowered Women” project by Georgine Benvenuto for the Brooklyn Women's Services health center, Brooklyn, NY

2009 Artwork featured “The Art Journal” magazine, Bologna, Italy February Edition

2008 Art featured at the “Exhibition of Latin American Art XI” Broward Community College South Campus Gallery

2008 Art reviewed article at the Brooklyn Eagle (August)

2007 Raintiger.com The Art Studio & Museum Magazine Spotlight Artist December 2007 Edition

2007 Artwork featured at Strange Fruits TV & Fruta Extrana TV, Music Video New York, NY.

Quotes: "I'm so alive! There's this passion inside. It's like a burning fire that cannot be quenched. I fight, but then I realize that pieces of my soul are being implanted on these vivid images of my dreams. I give in with the knowledge that when the time comes to let that eagle in me fly free, these images will remain as silent witnesses of my existence"

"I paint for the joy of creating a piece of art that reflects the colors of a universe in constant motion, it's my way of sharing my thoughts and dreams with the viewer". "My art reflect the colors of a universe in constant motion"

"If I can't say it with words I will tell you with colors"

References:

Trevisan International Art http://www.trevisan-international-art.com/ Agora Gallery: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/viviana_puello.aspx Newark Arts Council: http://www.newarkarts.org/artist_directory/viviana_puello/puello.html Manhattan Times: http://www.manhattantimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333%3A06-25-09-stroll-on-in-artists-offer-rare-peek-into-their-workspace-during-uptown-arts-stroll&catid=72%3Ajune-25-2009&Itemid=111&lang=en Art Studio & Museum: http://www.raintiger.com/artstudio/spotlight/archives.php?aID=0712002 Museum of the Americas: http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Museum_of_the_Americas.html NYC Art & Culture: http://experiences.noo.com/fun-things-to-do-in/New-York/Exhibitions-and-Galleries/Agora-Gallery-NYC-ART-SHOW-Figuratively-Speaking-In-Reverie-of-Form-The-Revelry-of-Energy/660 Absolute Arts: http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2008/11/27/35292.html Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/733292 Divine Revolution Magazine: http://divinerevolutionmag.com/tableofcontents.aspx Blurb - For the book "A tour through my abstract series" http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/733292

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