Mejicanos, San Salvador, El Salvador
Romeo Galdamez was born in Cinquera, Cabañas, El Salvador in 1956, he studied at the National Arts C...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(15 Followers)
Romeo Galdamez was born in Cinquera, Cabañas, El Salvador in 1956, he studied at the National Arts Centre CENAR in 1978 and obtained a degree in visual arts, awarded by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (Brazil). From 1983 to 2003 Romeo resided, taught and practiced in his studio in Morelia, Mexico, during which time he completed major commissions in both Mexico and El Salvador, as well as expanded his portfolio of serigraph and oil and mixed media works, including a decade-long artistic reflection on identity, memory and globalization.
A committed educator of young people and other artists, he has taught art and design formally as Profesor de la Escuela Popular de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México (2002-2003); Profesor de Asignatura en Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad Latina de América, Morelia, Michoacán (1966-1997); Profesor de la Escuela Michoacana de Diseño, Morelia, Michoacán (1986-1996); and Comunicador Gráfico en la Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México (1981-1983).
In 2003 Romeo returned and resettled permanently in El Salvador, where he has built his studio and continues to make new works and installations as well as serve in curatorial and art direction roles for important Salvadoran exhibitions and cultural events. Since 2004 he has held a number of positions in cultural and external affairs for the government of El Salvador, including Coordinador de Artes Visuales de la Secretaría de Cultura de la Presidencia y del Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes de El Salvador (2003-2012) and Director Nacional de Artes de la Secretaría de Cultura de la Presidencia de El Salvador (2012 -2013). Since 2014 Romeo serves as Director de Promoción de Cultural, Ministerio de R...
EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES: (selección)
2019. IDENTIDAD Y GLOBALIDAD. Espacio Cultural, Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador.
2018. CON(CIERTO) COLLAGE: Identidad en la globalidad Galería de Pascal, Suchitoto. El Salvador.
2018. CON(CIERTO) COLLAGE: Identidad en la globalidad . Espacio Cultural, Embajada de México. San Salvador.
.2010. @QUÍ ES: REAPROPIACIONES DEL TERRITORIO, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador, San Salvador.
2008. POSDATA: IDENTIDADES COM(PARTIDAS) Centro Cultural de España. San Salvador, El Salvador.
2004. PÁGINAS UNIDAS EN EL BARRIO.El Atrio, La Ventana y Photo-Café. San Salvador.
2003. OH! WHAT´ MY CODE?. Malaspina Printmakers Gallery, Vancouver, Canadá.
1999. CO(RAZÓN) COLLAGE. Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canadá.
1998. CO(RAZÓN) COLLAGE. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “Alfredo Zalce”, Morelia. México.
1997. FRAGMENTS OF IDENTITY. Durham Art Guild, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
1992. AMERICA LATINA: 500 AñOS. Fifty Six Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
1981. REGISTROS VISUALES. Museo Universitario del Chopo. México,D.F.
1978. GALERÍA TURMA. Porto Alegre, RS. Brasil.
EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS: (selección)
2018. INFLUENCIAS DA ARTE POP EM ACERVOS DE PORTO ALEGRE. Museo de A...