About the artist
Enriquillo Amiama
Enriquillo Amiama is a Dominican contemporary artist with more than four decades of international career. His work moves between painting, collage, and mixed media, weaving references to Western art history with the visual culture of the Caribbean.
He has held 21 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries in the Dominican Republic, Korea, Germany, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Canada, and the United States. His work has been presented at Art Miami, the Toronto International Art Fair, the Seoul Open Art Fair, and the Korea International Art Fair, among others.
His works are held in institutional, private, and corporate collections in more than 30 countries, including the Museo de Arte Moderno of the Dominican Republic, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Santo Domingo.
He wrote art criticism for the Listín Diario (1987–2000) and has lectured at the IDB in Washington D.C., the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, and the Santo Domingo Book Fair. He is also the author of several unpublished novels.
- Origin
- República Dominicana
- Based in
- Santo Domingo
- Practice
- Painting, Collage, Mixed Media
- Solo exhibitions
- 21
- Collections
- More than 30 countries
- Career
- Since 1982
“I paint from the tension between what we inherit and what we invent.”
— Enriquillo Amiama
Solo exhibitions (selected)
XXI Exposición Individual. Retrospectiva 1982–2022
Museo de Arte Moderno — Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Pasión Tropical
Colonia, Alemania
Pasión, sensibilidad y estética del montaje
Galería Bellarte — Seúl, Corea
Mujeres y frutas, la belleza de los símbolos
Jadite Galleries — Nueva York
Metáforas
Galería Centro — San José, Costa Rica
Dieciséis años de emoción (Retrospectiva 1984–2000)
Museo del Voluntariado Las Casas Reales, Casa de Bastidas — Santo Domingo y Santiago de los Caballeros
Melodía del Recuerdo
Galería Mateo Sariel — Panamá
Concierto de Pasiones
Galería Centro — San José, Costa Rica
La Persistencia del Romance
Galería del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) — Washington D.C., Estados Unidos
Para construir tus sueños
Casa de Bastidas y Museo de Arte Moderno — Santo Domingo
Works in collections
Works held in institutional, private, and corporate collections in more than 30 countries: Museo de Arte Moderno of the Dominican Republic, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Tomato Savings Bank of Korea, Banco Central RD, and collectors in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, the UAE, and Korea, among others.
Awards & honours
Premio de Adquisición XXI Bienal Nacional
Museo de Arte Moderno — Santo Domingo
Tercer Lugar, Painting Competition
Vermont Studio Center (patrocinado por USIS)
Mención de Honor, 1er Centenario San Pedro de Macorís
Premio Concurso Arte Joven
Banco de Reservas
1er Lugar Concursos Arawak
Primer Premio, Concurso CAASD «El Agua Que Se Pierde Es Vida Que Se Va»
Corporación de Acueducto de Santo Domingo