Gustavo Schmidt

I started my Art studies at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Santiago, Chile, in 1976. Graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago in 1985. I had various teachers and influences such as the Renascent Masters, Chuck Close, Richard Estes, Miguel Venegas Cifuentes in his early years (teacher of Claudio Bravo), to later on influenced by Claudio Bravo's works among others. This was my inspiration to developing my own methods for realism in oil painting and acrylic. After working as an Illustrator and Art Director in Chile, I earned awards in art competitions to then moving to New York City in 1990 where I became assistant of artists Harry Mc Cormick, Jorge Tacla, Shalom Newman and at Juan Downey Estate Studio. Parallel to this work, from which I participated in several group and solo exhibitions in cities of United States as well as North, Central and South America. I was awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant and recently awarded First Prize, a Solo Show and Representation, at an International Competition of Dacia Gallery in New York City in 2014. I presently lives and works in New York City, working on several projects of Art.

EDUCATION
1997 New York Academy of Arts, Professor Nelson Shanks, Master Class, New York, NY.
1985 BFA, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
1976 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Professor Margot Guerra Vial, Painting, Santiago, Chile.
Miguel Venegas Cifuentes, Painting, Santiago, Chile.

ADVERTISING AND ILLUSTRATION EXPERIENCE
1987 Interlink, Art Director, Santiago, Chile.
1983 J.W.Thompson, Freelance Illustrator, Santiago, Chile.
1982 Wilkins and Associates.

RESTORATION EXPERIENCE
2004 Chilean artist Nemesio Antúnez, painting, oil on canvas, 6 x 12 feet, United Nations, permanent collection, New York, NY.

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Galeria Art Labbe, Santiago. Chile.
2008 Embassy of Chile, Washington DC. USA.
2005 Chilean Consulate, Realism, New York, NY. USA.
1999-00 Chilean Consulate, Parallel Universe, New York, NY.
1978 Craighouse School, Gustavo Schmidt, Santiago, Chile.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA.
2013 Congreso Nacional, Valparaiso, Chile.
National Museum of Catholic Art and Libraries, Washington DC, USA
2012 National Museum of Catholic Art and Libraries at Italian Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Canonized Catholic Saints for the year 2012 exhibition.
Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA.
Galeria Art Labbe, Santiago, Chile.
2011 John Paull II, Cultural Center, Washington DC, USA.
Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA.
2010 Historical Society, Washington DC, USA.
John Paull II, Cultural Center, Washington DC, USA.
National Museum of Catholic Art and History, Washington DC, USA.
Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA.
2009 Historical Society, Washington DC, USA.
The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York, NY. USA.
Klaudia Marr Gallery, 15 th Annual Realism Invi...