FERNANDO UREÑA RIB
Born in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in 1951, Fernando
Ureña Rib began his Art training at the Age of twelve cumulating with a
degree and designation as Professor of Drawing from the National School
of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo. (1968) During his post graduate work he
studied with Jaime Colson, a recognized master of Dominican Painting
(1969-1971) In the early seventies he lived and studied in Spain.
(1973-1976) During this time he traveled extensively throughout Europe
and North Africa developing a more comprehensive understanding of fine
Arts as cultural expression.
In 1977 he received an invitation from the State Department of the
United States to acquaint himself with the major museums, universities
Art schools and galleries of this country. Returning to the Dominican
Republic he was named Director of the Art Department of APEC University
(1978) and later he was appointed Public Relations Director of the
National Museum of Modern Art (1981) He is a past president of the
Dominican Artist Association. (1992-1994) Fernando Ureña Rib’s work has
been exhibited in museums and galleries in Soul, Madrid, Soria, Malaga,
Ponce, Bonn, Mainz, Bad Kissingen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Rome, Paris,
London, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, San Juan, Miami, Ottawa, Quebec
City, Montreal, Bogota, Caracas, Santiago, New York, Detroit, Chicago,
and Santo Domingo
Fernando Ureña Rib is a former President of the Dominican
Artist Association, member of AICA, (Association International de
Critiques d' Art, Paris) and AIAP (Association International des
Artistes Plastiques, Paris
