Born
1952     San Antonio, Texas

Education
1979     MFA Columbia University, New York, New York
1975     BA University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1973     BFA University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Solo Exhibitions
2001     "Tablescapes" Galeria Inframundo, New York, New York
2000     "New Giclée Print Series," Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San
             Antonio, Texas
1998     "Moctezuma's Table," Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas
1997     "Back to the Table," The Center for Art and Spirituality at The
            University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
1997     "Rolando Briseno: A Survey," Mexic-Arte, Austin Texas
1996     ArtPace, Boardroom & Foyer, San Antonio, Texas
1993     "The Table: A Survey," Whitehall, New York, New York
1992     Universidad Nacional Automona de Mexico at San Antonio
            (brochure) Governor's Gallery, World Trade Center, NY,NY
1991     Rempire Gallery, New York, New York (catalog)
            Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas
            Macy's Windows, Herald Square, New York, New York
1990     Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas (catalog)
1989     Maloney Butler Gallery, Santa Monica, California
            Arte Moderno, San Antonio, Texas
1989     Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
1987     V. S. V., Turin, Italy
1986     Idra Duarte, Naples
1984     P.S. 1, Special Projects Room, Long Island, New York
1982     Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
1981     Cayman Gallery, New York, New York (brochure)

Selected Group Exhibits
2001      "Figurative Works on Paper" Blue Star Contemporary Art
              Space, San Antonio, TX
2000     "Latino Redux," University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
1998     "Close to the Border," University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1997     "Tres Proyectos Latinos," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1996     "Feast for the Eyes," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1995     "Ponder These Things," New York State Museum, Albany, New York
1995     "Blue Star on Houston Street," San Antonio, Texas
1994     "Icons as Heritage," Carrington/Gallagher Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1993     Henry Street Settlement Gallery, New York, New York
            Columbia University, Teacher's College, Macy Gallery, New York, NY
           Transportation Museum, New York, New York
           "Blue Star Eight," Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
           "Ima Ritma," Cast Iron Gallery, New York, New York (catalog)
           Galena Coabey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992     Jansen/Perez Gallery, Los Angeles, California
           "Off the Wall," Westchester Community College Gallery, Yonkers, NY
           "Latin American Artists from New York in Miami,"
           Javier Lumbreras Fine Art Coral Gables, Florida
           "The Enduring Thread," Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn Boro Hall, Brooklyn, NY
           "Similar/Disimilar", Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Jansen Perez Gallery,
           San Antonio, Texas
           Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas
           Plastica Nueva, Santiago, Chile
1991     "Tejanos," Carillo Gil Museum, Mexico D.F. (catalog)
1990     Swen Parson Gallery, Northern Illinois Museum, Dekalb, Illinois
1989     Inaugural Exhibition, Rempire Gallery, New York, New York
           Scott Alan Gallery, New York, New York
           La Agencia, New York, New York
           Arte Moderno, New York, New York
           "Bridges and Boundaries," Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York, NY
1987     Arco 87, Manolo Rodriguez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
1987-89   "Contemporary Hispanic Art In the U.S." (book with color illustrations)
           Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
           Corcoran Gallery, Washington D C.
           Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
           Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
           Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
           Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn. New York
1986     "Buon Natale," Studio Cristofori, Bologna, Italy
           "East Village Art," Laser Association, Milan, Italy
           "Senza Paura," Wessel-O'Connor Gallery, Rome, Italy
1985     "The Discovery Of America," Wessel-O'Connor Gallery, Rome, Italy
           "The Image as an Image of the Psyche," Sculpture Center,
           New York, New York(catalog)
           Inaugural Exhibition, Artnetwork, Tucson. Arizona
1984     "Awards in the Visual Ans 3''
           San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
           Lock Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida
           Cranbrook Academy of An, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1983     "Creative Artists Public Service Exhibition" Henry Street Settlement,
           New York, NY
           Pyramids Arts Center, Rochester, NY
           Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, Albany, NY
           "Turn It Over," Sponsor: Sandro Chia, White Columns, New York, NY
           "Painting by Young Artists," Farthing Art Gallery (catalog)
           Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
           Hickory Museum, Hickory, North Carolina
           "Contemporary Latin American Art," Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
1982     "55 Mercer Invitational," 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York
           "Untitled, Without Theme," Alternative Museum,
           New York, New York (catalog)
          "New York Artists," Sponsors: Holly Solomon and Mark Twain Bank,
           Kansas City,Missouri
           "Octopus," El Museo del Barrio, Sponsor Exit Art, New York, NY (catalog)
1981     "5 x 5 Artists Introduce Artists," City Gallery, New York, NY
1976     "Arte Hispano," Boston University Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1975    "La Movida," Institute of Texan Cultures, sponsored by Con/Safo,
           San Antonio,Tx

Commissions
2002     Austin Convention Center Expansion Project, Austin, Texas
2002      Houston Intercontintal Airport people mover station. Cultural
           Arts Council of Houston and Harris County.
1995     Entry Grille, Cypress Hills Library, Brooklyn, New York,
           Percent for Art Program
1992     "Chicken Mole," Art for Transit, MTA, Columbus Circle, New York, NY
           "Padre's Damien's Table," sculpture commemorating the
           300th anniversary of the Conception of
           the City of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
            "At the Table," North White Plains
           Train Station, Metro North, Art for Transit, New York, NY
1987     "The Big Club," Turin, Italy
1983     "Bridges," Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Commission, Brooklyn, NY

Grants
1995     Joan Mitchel Foundation
1994     New York State Council on the Arts
1993     Pollack-Krasner Foundation
1990     Residency, Bellagio Study Center, Rockefeller Foundation,
            Lago de Como, Italy
1987-88   Pollak-Krasner Foundation
1985     Awards in the Visual Arts 3
            Fellowship National Endowments for the Arts
1989-83   New York State Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship

Videos
1997    "Rolando Briseño," Producer: Sylvia Orozco, Mexic-Arte, Austin, Texas
1989     "Heritage, Segment Profile," Producer: Joseph Tovares, KLRN,
           San Antonio, Texas Program 911, PBS
1987     "Hispanic Art in the U.S.," The Texas Connection,
           Producer De Colores, Houston, TX, PBS
1986     "Yaddo and the Artists' Retreat," Producer: Steve Dunn,
          WHMT, Rotterdam, New York PBS

Selected Bibliography
2000     Goddard, Dan R. "South Texas Works Look to Define Ethnicity,"
           San Antonio Express-News, Thursday March 30 (illust.)
           Martin, Deborah. "Art Good Enough to Eat," San Antonio
           Express-News, Monday, March 13 (illust.)
1999     Tobar, Hector. "A Cultural Diamond in the Rough," The
           Los Angeles Times, Monday, August 2 (illust./front page)
1998     Moore, S. Derrickson . "Close to the Border Exhibit Opens June 20,
           " Sun-News, Friday, June 19 (Las Cruces, New Mexico)
1996     Austin Museum of Art Quarterly, "Fatso-Watso Table" (illust.)
1994     Grimes, William. "Raising Artistic Sights of Riders in Nether and
           Upper Regions" The New York Times, Monday, August 22
           Holtz, Sallyanne, "Images," San Antonio Express & News, August 28
           Goddard, Dan R. "Artists Merge Pop, Ancient Cultures with High Tech,"
           San Antonio Express & News April 17
           "Art en Route, Your Guide to Art in the MTA Network"
1993     Goddard, Dan R. "Blue Star VIII Uneven but Willing to Take Risks"
           San Antonio Express & News, July 11
1992     "The Enduring Thread," Gally Gide, Art Nexus
           Ferrer, Elizabeth, "Lo Blanco, Lo Negro y El Metal" Intro. (illus.)
           Universidad Nacional Automona de Mexico. San Antonio, Texas Sept.
           Ferrer, Elizabeth, "The Enduring Thread" catalog (illus.),
           The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York April
           Sichel, Berta. "The Enduring Thread," Art Nexus
1991     Fusco, Coco, "Rolando Briseño" catalog (illus. ), Rempire Gallery,
           New York, New York
           Quirarte, Jacinto, "Tejanos 15 Pintores, 3 Escultores Tejanos"
           catalog (illus)
           Santos, John. "El Chicanismo Vivo de Rolando Briseno"
           Mas Magazine, Sept.
           Ames, Lynne. "Critics on the Run: Commuters
           Appraisea New Art Project"
           The New York Times, August
1990     Olson, Jack. "Imagenes Contemporaneas," catalog (illus.) North Illinois
           University Art Museum, January
           MacMasters, Merry. "Pintores y Escultores Tejanos en el D.F."
           Excelsior, Mexico D.F.November 14
           "Arte Chicano en el Museo Carillo Gil," La Plastica
           "Texano-Mexicana de Hoy," Novedades, Mexico November 11
1989     "The Artist Palette," The New York Times, June 28 (illus.)
           Abrms. Leonard, "Pardon the Expression, but...," Details, June
           Praders, Enrique, "Plastica Hispana en Norteamerica Formas Plasticas,"
           Revista de Arte, Spring, Madrid (illus.)
           Stellweg, Carla, "Stepping Into the Mainstream,"
           Latin American Art, Spring
           Artists interview, Rakan ( Placere) Magazine, Tokyo, Japan
           "Sztuka Hispano-Amerykanska," Ameryke, Poland
1988     Fusco, Coco, "Hispanic Artist and Other Slurs,"
           Village Voice, Sept. 9 (illus.)
           Goddard, Dan, "San Antonio-Austin Letter," Art Space Southwestern
           Contemporary Arts Quarterly, Summer (illus.)
           Bennett, Steve, "New Views," San Antonio Light, March 13 (illus.)
1987     Beardsley, Livingston, "Paz, Hispanic Art in the U.S."
           Abbeyville Press, (illus.)
           Carandente, Giovanni di Mauro Edoardo, "Roland Briseno" catalog
1986     Diwan, Fiona, "I nipotini della Pop Art," Il Giornale, October 17 (illus.)
           Hart, John, "Wessel O'Connor Expands: Naples Sees After the Fire,"
           Rome Daily, April 27 (illus.)
           Brenson, Michael, "The Figure as an Image of the Psyche"
           The New York Times
1984    Ferraro, Geraldine, "The Queen of Queens",
           Life Magazine, October (illus.)
           Yau, John, "Awards in the Visual Arts 3," catalog, May (illus.)
1983     Brenson, Michael, "Sculpture of Summer is in Full Bloom,"
           The New York Times, July 8
           Linker, Kate, "Bridging the Gaps in Public Sculpture,"
           Bridges catalog, May (illus.)
1982     Kingsley, April, "Untitled, Without Theme," catalog, May
1981     Smith, Roberta, "Spacewalk," Village Voice, June 10
1977     Bayón, Damián, El Artista Latinoamericano y su Identidad,
           Caracas: Monte Avila Editores C.A. (page 144)

Public Collections
Museum of South Texas, Corpus Cristi
Universtiy of Texas at Austin
University of Arizona, Tempe, Arizona
MexicArte Museum Austin, Texas
Texas A & M University
University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Contemporary Art Museum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Queensborough Community College Gallery/Museum, Queens, New York
Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, New York
New York National Bank, New York, New York
Valley National Bank, Phoenix, Arizona
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Private Collections
Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio, Texas
Manolo Rodriguez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
Giovanni Carandente, Rome Italy
Antonio Presti, Messina, Italy
Henry Cisneros, Los Angeles, California
Joel Shapiro, New York, New York
John Wessel, New York, New York
Marilyn Butler, Phoenix, Arizona

Rolando Briseno Links

Express News Article on Rolando

North White Plains Station - Public Art

Cypress Hill Library - Public Art

"Bucking Texas Myth" An Exhibit in Texas

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