ALBERTO CERRITOS
PUBLIC ART - MURALS/MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE
2018 Shortlisted finalist for the Round Street Gateway Public Art Project, City of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2017 Monumental sculpture, Third International Biennale of Art Miramar, Arts and Culture Park of Miramar, Municipality of Miramar in the Province
of Buenos Aires, Miramar, Argentina
2016 High relief mural, First International Encounter of Public Art and Muralism celebrated in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Independence
of the Argentine Republic, Municipality of San Miguel de Tucuman in the province of Tucuman, Argentina
2015 Public artwork commissioned for the Evergreen Line - Inlet Centre Station Plaza by the City of Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada (installed in October of 2016)
Monumental sculpture, Second International Biennale of Arts, Arts and Culture Park of Miramar, Municipality of Miramar in the Province of Buenos Aires, Miramar, Argentina
2014 Portable mural, Third International Encounter of Public Art and Muralism, 'Open to the World, Tlaxcala for the Arts', Worldwide Council of Visual Arts (COMAV),Tlaxcala, Mexico
Mural, Seventh International Encounter of Wine and Art Invited, Uriondo, Tarija, Bolivia
2013 Mural, First South African International Mural Encounter, Secretary of Culture of the City of Limpopo, Tzaneen, South Africa
Mural, Third International Public Art and Mural Encounter “The Children of the World and Human Rights”, International Movement of Muralists 'Italo Grassi', Municipality of Cosquin, Cordoba, Argentina
Mural, First International Biennale of Arts, Arts and Culture Park of Miramar, Municipality of Miramar in the Province of Buenos Aires, Miramar, Argentina
2012 Monumental sculpture, 13th Chanchung International Sculpture Symposium, Jinyue Sculpture Park, Changchun, China
2010 Monumental sculpture, 11th Chanchung International Sculpture Symposium, Automotive International Sculpture Park, Changchun, China
2007 Collective mural, Argentinean/Canadian Mural Project led by La Raza Group, London Downtown Business Association, London, Ontario, Canada
2006 Murals, First Canadian-Argentinian Muralism Encounter, Regional Movement of Argentinean Muralists, Municipalities of Catamarca, Tucuman, Berazategui and Gran Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 Portable mural, Second International Encounter of Public Art and Muralism dedicated to Ecology, Worldwide Council of Visual Artists (COMAV), Tlaxcala, Mexico
2004 Monumental sculpture, 7th Chanchung International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun World Sculpture Park, Changchun, China
1997 Portable Mural, First International Encounter of Public Art and Muralism, Worldwide Council of Visual Artists (COMAV), Tlaxcala, Mexico
1994 'Northern Quetzalcoatl', Mexican-Canadian Cultural Exchange Collective Mural, Arts In Action Society with the support of the B.C. Arts Council, Jericho Beach, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1993 Tour to West Africa sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of International Trade, Canada
Murals painted by the Arts In Action Society in collaboration with local African artists:
'Mosaic', Centre Culturelle Francais, Yaounde, Cameroon
'Brotherhood', The Accra Arts Center, Accra, Ghana
'Red and Black', L'Ecole d'Art Applique de Bingerville, Ivory Coast
'Peace', French Alliance, Yaounde, Cameroon
'Mirrors', Leopold Senghor Cultural Center, Dakar, Senegal
1992 Collective mural, Taller de Las Americas, Municipality of Oakland, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
'Faces', portable mural, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Collective mural, University of Morelos, Arts in Action Society, Morelos, Mexico
1991 Collective mural, Arts In Action Society with the support of the British Columbia Arts Council, York Theatre, Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1989 'Fear of Others', collective mural, Arts In Action Society with the support of the British Columbia Arts Council, created in the Roundhouse Arts Center, installed in the Four Corners Community Bank, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1982 'Nuestro Rostro', multimedia mural, National Auditorium Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
EXHIBITIONS
2019 'Pasion, Agony, Martyrdom and Sanctification of Monsignor Romero', series of digital artworks and the 'Cantata to Saint Romero of America', poetry by Mexican Poet Benito Balam, City of Rapallo and the City of Chiavari, Italy
2014 'Open to the World, Tlaxcala for the Arts', portable murals, Tlaxcala Museum of Art, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2011 'Idea of North- Visual Variations', La Raza Group, Museo Provincial de Artes Plasticas y Diseño, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
2010 'Horrors of War', digital artworks on canvas, University of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico (solo)
'Idea of North', La Raza Group Art Show, Jose Peon Contreras Art Gallery, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
2009 Mirca Art Group Tour for Human Rights Project, Sweden
Mirca Art Group Expo Vanity Galleries, Russia
Comav Eco Global Art, Puebla, Mexico
2007 Thielsen Gallery, Argentinean/Canadian Mural Project , La Raza Group, London, Ontario, Canada
‘Friendship and Peace’, collective installation, Salon de la Plastica Mejicana, La Raza Group, Mexico City, Mexico
2006 ‘In the World of Singularity’, paintings, drawings on paper and bronze sculptures, First International Encounter of Group 21 Plus, celebrated with an Art Exhibition and Symposium, Casa Do Brasil, Complutence University, Madrid , Spain
‘Madrid in Barcelona’, paintings, drawings on paper and bronze sculptures, international exhibition at the Canals Art Gallery, Group 21 Plus, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
2005 ‘Dual', pastels, inks and acrylics on paper, Regional Museum of San Francisco, Tlaxcala, Mexico
2003 Itinerant Art Exhibition, paintings, Gentes de Forastia, Rioja, Spain
2000 HACEMOS Hispanic Heritage Month Art Display, bronze sculptures, Hispanic Association of Communications Employees of Pacific Bell and Las Americas Art Studio, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
1999 'Five Latino Artists from Vancouver', paintings and bronze sculptures, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
1997 'Primer Encuentro Mundial de Muralismo', portable mural, representing both Canada and El Salvador, organized by COMAV, Mexico City and Tlaxcala, Mexico
1996 'Quartet: Four Canadian Artists', paintings and drawings, Paneficio Studio, Chinatown, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1995 'Carnival', paintings and sculptures, Simon Fraser Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (solo)
1994 'Day and Night', paintings, Delaney Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
'Diptych', paintings, Simon Patrick Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1993 The Canadian Embassy in Mexico sponsored a touring art exhibition to Puebla, Oaxaca and Guadalajara, Mexico
Tour to West Africa sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of International Trade, Canada,
Arts In Action Society, exhibiting portable murals, triangular paintings and prints:
The Canadian Club, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Center Culturelle Francais, Yaounde, Cameroon
The Accra Arts Center, Accra, Ghana
Biblioteque Nationale, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Galerie Nationale, Dakar, Senegal
1992 'Spectrum', bronze sculptures, Himovitz Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Portable murals, Arts In Action Society, Harrison Festival, Harrison, B.C., Canada
Paintings, Arts In Action Society, organized by the Canadian Embassy in Mexico, Gabriel Flores Gallery, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Portable Murals Exhibition, Arts In Action Society, DuMaurier Jazz Festival, Plaza of Nations, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
'Canadian Expressions', paintings, Arts In Action Society, Salon de la Plastica Mejicana, Mexico City, Mexico
1991 'Cotorreando', paintings, Arts In Action Society, Jardin Borda Museum, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Cutout paintings, Mayworks Festival, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1990 'Vancouveriada', paintings and sculptures, Leonardo Da Vinci Art Space, Italian Cultural Center, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (solo)
'Latino Images', paintings and drawings, Vancouver East Cultural Center, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1989 'Mexican Visions', works on paper, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Ill., USA (solo)
'Contemporary Art', sculpture and drawings, Jacqueline M. Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
'L'Art Contre le Racism', International Art Show, Roundhouse Arts Center, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
'Images of North and South', bronze sculptures, drawings and paintings, Robson Square Media Center, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
'Exile', portable mural, Chicago,Ill., USA
1988 'Mexican Copybooks', paintings, De La Ciudad Theatre, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico (solo)
'Seven Latin-American Artists', sculpture and drawings, Jaditte Gallery, New York, USA
'La Raza', paintings and sculpture, V.A.Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
'Dos', paintings and sculpture, Gallerie Des Creatures Associes de Val David, Quebec, Canada
'Maximum', paintings and sculptures, Gallerie Maximum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
'Colectiva de OtoÒo', bronze sculptures, Aura Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
1987 'Por la Paz y el Desarme', drawings, Universidad Obrera y Somart, Mexico City, Mexico
'Colectiva de Invierno', bronze sculptures, Marstelle Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
'Subasta por la Paz', Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
1986 'Colectiva', bronze sculptures, Marem Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
'Colectiva de Primavera', bronze sculptures, Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico
1982 'Ollin-Movimiento Cuarto', bronze sculptures, Jardin de la Escultura, Museo de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
1981 'Solidaridad', bronze sculptures and drawings, Centro Cultural de Copilco, U.N.A.M., Mexico City, Mexico
'Solidarity in Art', bronze sculptures, Instituto de Artesanias E.D.A., Mexico City, Mexico
1980 'Pueblo', drawings and sculpture, Taller de la Grafica Popular T.G.P., Mexico City, Mexico
'Canto', Espacio para las Artes, Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Cañas, San Salvador, El Salvador
1979 'Colectivas':
Signo Art Gallery, sculptures, San Salvador, El Salvador
Alexis Art Gallery, sculptures, San Salvador, El Salvador
Cactus Art Gallery, sculptures, San Salvador, El Salvador
'Sacred Woman', sculptures, Leon Campos Art Gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala
1976 'Soteer', paintings and sculptures, Casa de la Cultura, Nahuizalco, El Salvador (solo)
1975 'De Mujeres y Cantaros', paintings and sculptures, City Hall Art Gallery, Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador (solo)
'Soteer', paintings and sculptures, Artisan's Union Hall, Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador
'De Mujeres y Cantaros', paintings and sculptures, City Hall Art Gallery, Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador
1973 'Duo', drawings, City Hall Art Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador
1972 'Mayan Festival', sculptures, Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador
1971 'Ceremonials of Silence', drawings, Ciudad Delgado, El Salvador (solo)
'Yab Tuntun', ceramics, Atlacatl Bank, San Salvador, El Salvador
1970 'MarthaDora', drawings, Balboa National Park, San Salvador, El Salvador
'Uquxkah', drawings and sculpture, National Gallery, Cuzcatlan Park, San Salvador, El Salvador
COMISSIONS - MURALS/MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE (SELECTED)
2001 'Zodiac', portable mural, Orca Cafe,Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1989 'Transfiguration', portable mural, Catholic Hispanic Mission, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1980 'Padre Garassino', marble sculpture, El Calvario Catholic Church, San Salvador, El Salvador
1979 'Mother Memorial', monumental sculpture, granite, Municipality of Cojutepeque, Cojutepeque, El Salvador
1979 'Commemorative Obelisk', monumental sculpture, volcanic rock, Municipality of Tonacatepeque, Tonacatepeque, El Salvador
1976 'Maternity', monumental sculpture, granite, Municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan , Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
1975-1978 'Family Memorial', monumental sculpture, volcanic rock, Municipality of Antiguo Cuscatlan, Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
(Destroyed during the civil war in El Salvador)
1974 'Pisces Allegory', monumental sculpture, granite, private residence, San Salvador, El Salvador
1974 'Mayan Glyph', monumental sculpture, volcanic rock, Hilasal Corporation, Hilasal Industrial Complex, San Andres, El Salvador
1973 'Mother Memorial', monumental sculpture, volcanic rock, Municipality of Santa Ana, Central Park, Coatepeque, El Salvador
1973 'Madame Fountain', life-size sculpture, Vistalago Hotels, Ilopango Lake, Ilopango, El Salvador
1973 'Tropical Ocean', mosaic, Vistalago Hotels, Ilopango Lake, Ilopango, El Salvador
1971 'Music', 20 meters high relief mural on steel, bronze and copper, Uquxkah: Group of Artists, Kismet Corporation, San Salvador, El Salvador
1971 'Sea Memorial', monumental sculpture, concrete and volcanic rock, inspired by a maquette by Spanish sculptor Benjamin Saul, Uquxkah: Group of Artists, Fuente Luminosa, Municipality of San Salvador, Avenida Universitaria, San Salvador, El Salvador
COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)
Museum of Art of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
Changchun International Automotive Park Art Museum, Changchun, China
Casa Do Brasil, Madrid, Spain
Canals Art Gallery, Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
Changchun World Sculpture Park Art Museum, Changchun, China
Orozco Foundation, Guadalajara, Mexico
Svend Robinson, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Hispanic Catholic Church Foundation, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Ill., USA
Jadite Art Gallery, New York, USA
Lazaro Cardenas Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico
Marem Art Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Sagrera Foundation, San Salvador, El Salvador
FILMS AND PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)
2019 'Pasion, Agony, Martyrdom and Sanctification of Monsignor Romero', digital artworks and the 'Cantata to Saint Romero of America' poetry by Mexican Poet Benito Balam published by Entretextos – Digital Online Magazine, Ibero- American University of Leon, Mexico
https://revistasacademicas.iberoleon.mx/index.php/entretextos/article/view/167
http://entretextos.leon.uia.mx/num/31/espacios-vacios/PDF/ENTRETEXTOS-31-E1.pdf
'Pasion, Agony, Martyrdom and Sanctification of Monsignor Romero', digital artworks and the 'Cantata to Saint Romero of America' poetry by Mexican Poet Benito Balam, published in CD format, the resulting funds will support the development of the Ragazzi Hostel located in San Salvatore di Cogorno, City of Rapallo and the City of Chiavari, Italy
2007 'The Argentinean/Canadian Mural Project in the heart of London, Canada', Saby and Streamline Sirens Productions, London, Ontario, Canada
1993 'AFRICAN BRUSHSTROKES', National Film Board of Canada/Telefilm Canada, documentary, cultural encounter between Canadian Arts In Action Society and West African Visual Artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHyOeSQYQ-8
1988 'The Art of Alberto Cerritos', short video of my work produced by the Mexican Maestro Jose Hernandez Delgadillo, Mexico City, Mexico
ART CRITIQUES
2004-2006 Joan Lluis Montane, 25 Art Critiques ( in Spanish) on the art of Alberto Cerritos
http://cerritos.cyberbro.com/RutaCritica/IndiceR.html
1995 Dr. Grazia Merler, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery Director (1998-2002), Catalogue, 'Alberto Cerritos and The Carnival Tradition'
Solo Show at Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
1991 Siqueiros Atelier, muralism, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
1989 Bill Reid's Studio, wood carving, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
1986-1988 Mario Aguirre's Foundry, metal casting, Mexico City, Mexico
1985-1989 Jose Hernandez Delgadillo's Atelier, muralism, Mexico City, Mexico
1983-1985 Gustavo Martinez Bermudez's Atelier, monumental sculpture II, Mexico City, Mexico
1981-1983 Jesus Alvarez Amaya's Atelier, muralism, Mexico City, Mexico
1976-1979 Rodolfo Estrada's Foundry, metal casting, San Salvador, El Salvador
1975-1980 Atelier Soteer, monumental sculpture I, Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
1968-1970 National Academy of Sculpture Uquxkah, San Salvador, El Salvador
1963-1967 The National School of Fine Arts, specialization in painting, San Salvador, El Salvador
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1975-present Artist talks/conferences in cultural exchanges/events/exhibitions attended
1985-89 Full-time Faculty, Itinerant Workshops in Painting and Sculpture, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Seguro Social, Mexico
1980-82 Full-time Faculty, Taller de la Grafica Popular, Mexico City, Mexico
1975-80 Full-time Faculty, Centre for the Arts Soteer, Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador
MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2004-present Founder and chairman of Group 21 Plus which represents visual artists from 34 countries
1991-present Member of Advisory Council of (COMAV) The Worldwide Visual Arts Council which he represents in Canada
1987-present Member of the Sociedad de Artistas Plasticos Mexicanos (SOMART) based in Mexico
1988-present Member of the Canadian Art Group La Raza based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2007-present Member of the Canadian Art Organization La Raza based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2008-2011 Founder of online Artists For Peace Group which represented 283 Artists from 58 countries
1990-1994 Board member of the Burnaby Arts Council, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
1990-1994 Board member of the Burnaby Multicultural Society, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
1989-1993 Member of the Canadian Arts in Action Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1997-2002 Member of UNARTES - Salvadoran Society for Artists and Writers, El Salvador
1975-1980 Founder of Centre for the Arts Soteer, Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador