Felix Berroa

Born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic and living in the United Estates since 1981.


"The subject in Art has to be found
in the happiness and in the sadness
in the well-being and in the pain
in the beauty and in the ugliness
in the maternal love and in the passionate
in the smaile of a child
or in the softness of an old man.
In short, the life, the dreams
and death of all human beings"
Felix berroa, 1881.

I began drawing and carving wood and common stones during my childhood in the 60s. From the beginning, it was faces, the human figure, self-portraits, or just a pretty girl who would catch my eye. My later work had been realistic, but during the last stage of my studies at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, in the Dominican Republic, my work began to transform into what it is today. My ability was forged by a team of some of the most recognized artists of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

In my art, "the lines" wish to be seen in order to more definitely mark the "expressions" of our joy, dreams, and suffering. The idea of those "small lines" was taken primarily from my work as an etcher. By observing the Old Masters of that discipline, Durer, Rembrand...

Studies:

1970-1972: "Wood Carving". Centro Nacional de Artesania, CENADARTE (Under Direction of sculptor Joaquin Priego), Santo Domingo, dominican Republic.

1970-1972/1974-1978: "Fine Arts". National School of Fine Arts. (Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas). Teachers: Rosa Tavarez, Norberto Santana, Vicente Pimentel, Guillo Perez, Leopordo Perez (LEPE), Domingo Liz, Amable Sterling, Rotellini, Elsa Nunez, Angel Hache, Marianela Jimenez,...

1975-1978: "Fine Arts Education" (Profesorado en Artes Plasticas). Teachers: Norberto Santana, Amable Sterling, Pedro Mir, Rotellini, Cuquito Pena, and others. Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, UASD, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

1979-1980: "Graphic: Etching, Intaglio, Serigraphy (Silk Screen), Lithography, Collagraphy, and Experimental Drawing. Teachers: Jose Alicea, Antonio Navia, Mirna Baez, and Manuel Fonteboa. Escuela de Artes Plasticas (School of Fine Arts), Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

OTHER STUDIES:
2003-2004: "Computer Graphic Design" and "English as Second Language". Easter Suffolk VOCE, Long Island, New York.

1981: "Theory and Practice of the Foklore Investigation". Ditacted by Dr. Ralph S. Boggs and...