Dominican Republic artist, Professor, painter and sculptor.
Born July 27, 1937, inLa Vega Real, Dominican Republic.
He studies at the Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Fine Arts) in Santo Domingo, he won two awards in painting and sculpture.
He earning a scholarship to Spain’s renowned Instituto de Cultura Hispánica de Madrid (Institute of Hispanic Culture of Madrid). Upon graduation, he hosted an exhibition of his work, which critics praised.
Susana’s first professional exhibition was held at Instituto Benefactor (Charitable Institute) in 1959. That same year, he hosted his second exhibition at Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano (Dominican-American Cultural Institute).
Four years later, he was awarded as the painter of the year at the 11th Biennial Exhibition held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and was commissioned to exhibit his work at the Puerto Rico Bar Association. In 1963, Susana took his talents to the classroom, becoming an art professor at Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Fine Arts) in San Francisco de Macoris. In 1965, the government named him director of the School of Fine Arts at Academia de Bellas Artes (Academy of Fine Arts) in La Vega Real.
A year later, Susana opened his own gallery in Santo Domingo, while participating in 12 individual and eight collective exhibitions at various locales in Santiago and La Vega, and also the Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts). In 1967, he moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
In 1969, he participated in several exhibitions with Latin American painters, and in another exhibition with 27 painters at the Miami Beach Library.
Afterwards, he relocated to New York, calling the Big Apple home for 17 years. While there, his work was displayed at the Cultural Dominican Institute in Greenwich Village, International Gallery at the BronxMuseum and the Ponce Bank in Queens.
In 1974, Susana founded an Academy of Arts at New York City’s AmericanMuseum of Natural History. That year, he also exhibited his paintings and original songs about world peace at the United Nations, which honored him with the 40th Anniversary Peace Medal.
In 1985, he settled in Miami, Florida and joined the South Florida Art Center Association. He taught classes at MiamiDadeCollege while premiering exhibitions in South Florida.
rom 1986 to 1989, Susana operated an art gallery on Lincoln Road, and held several individual and collective exhibitions in South Florida at The Miami Herald lobby, Merpag Galería in Coral Gables, Genesis Galería in the Design District, Miami Beach Library, Latin American Museum in Miami, María Calas Design in Coral Gables and West Palm Beach Library Gallery. In 1994 and 1995, he traveled to New York to host several more exhibitions. In 1995, The White House congratulated him for all his art achievements and success throughout the years.
In 1999, he held two exhibitions at the Museo del Hombre Dominicano (Museum of the Dominican Man). He held his last U.S. exhibition at DomingoPadrónArtGallery in Coral Gables, Florida in 1999. In 2007, the Museum of the Dominican Man in Santo Domingo names one of its rooms: Temporal Julio Susana. That same year he exhibits “Colores de mi Tierra” at the Secretaria de Estado de Cultura in Santo Domingo.
1966- Opens his own art gallery in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1966- Exhibits at the BellasArtesPalace in the Dominican Republic, participating in 12 individual exhibitions and eight collective exhibitions.
1967- Exhibits in several galleries in Puerto Rico.
1967-1969- He participates in many exhibitions in Miami with artists from Latin America.
1969- Exhibits in New York at Cultural Dominican Institute, Greenwich Village, International Gallery, Bronx Museum and Ponce Bank of Queens.
1974- Exhibits his paintings and songs at the United Nations.
1985- Exhibits in South Florida.
1986-1989- Exhibits in the Art Gallery Lincoln Road in Miami Beach.
1989- Exhibits in Marpag Gallery, Genesis Gallery, CaribbeanArtGallery, Miami Beach’s Library, and in West Palm Beach’s Library.
1997- Exhibits at the BellasArtesPalace in the Dominican Republic.
1997- Exhibits in the Dominican Consulate in New York.
1998- Exhibits in the DominicanManMuseum in the Dominican Republic.
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