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Isaias Mata
Address in El Salvador:
Urb. Nueva Metropolis 2
Pje. Acropolis, Edif. G-1
San Salvador, El Salvador C.A.
tel: 503-274-6147
fax: 503-226-5219
U.S. Mailing Address:
631 Andover Street
San Francisco, CA 94110 USA
phone/fax: 415-641-1731
[email protected]
Professional Background
| 1998 |
First Seminary of Muralism Initiation, Corrientes, Argentina |
| 1997 |
Assistant muralist "Our Dreams Today" at Bryant School, San Francisco, CA |
| 1997 |
Instructor, "Muralism: Humanity's Reflection in Mexico and California,"
Department of Elementary Education, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA |
| 1996 |
Professor, Art School at University of El Salvador |
| 1994-1996 |
Coordinator and Professor, Art Design School at Technologica University, El Salvador |
| 1992-1993 |
Instructor of Drawing for adults and teenagers at Mission Cultural Center, San
Francisco, CA |
| 1990-1993 |
California Arts Council, Artist in Residence, La Raza Graphics Center, San Francisco,
CA |
| 1991 |
Co-Editor, ENLACE, Cultural Magazine, San Francisco, CA |
| 1988-1989 |
Coordinator and Professor of Painting, Cultural Extension Program at University of El
Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1986-1988 |
Coordinator and Professor, Cultural Extension Program at University of El Salvador |
| 1982-1985 |
Proprietor and Director, Tlaolli Art Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1981-1987 |
Teacher, Children's Art Workshop, Tlaolli Art Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1999 |
Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Corrientes, Argentina |
| 1996 |
Art Gallery La Mazorca, Cultural Center, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1994 |
Art Gallery La Mazorca, Cultural Center, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1993 |
Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 1992 |
City Hall, San Mateo County, CA |
| 1991 |
Ventana Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA |
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Macondo Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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SPARC Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1985 |
University of El Salvador, El Salvador |
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Salvadoran-Costa Rica Cultural Center (ICCS), Costa Rica |
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Guatemala French Alliance |
| 1983 |
Tlaolli Art Gallery, El Salvador |
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Asociacion de Ahorro y Prestamo CASA, Bank El Salvador |
| 1982 |
Laberinto Art Gallery, El Salvador |
Group Exhibitions - El Salvador
| Since 1987, participated in over 60 exhibitions in commercial galleries, national
galleries, universities, hotels, and cultural centers. |
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International Group Exhibitions
| 1999 |
"El Canto a la Piel"' (Song of the Skin). Resistencia,
Argentina |
| 1998 |
"El Canto a la Piel"' (Song of the Skin). Resistencia,
Argentina |
| 1998 |
CDX Art Galery, Quito, Ecuador |
| 1997-1998 |
Lansgrove Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1993 |
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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Laney College, Oakland, CA |
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Tell and Show Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Chain Reaction, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1992 |
Centroamerica Contemporary Art, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Beyond the Volcanoes, Mission Center Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA |
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Independence of Americas, levi's Plaza Atrium, San Francisco, CA |
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National Theater of El Salvador, El Salvador |
| 1991 |
Masquerade, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego University, CA |
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Behind the Scenes, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| 1990 |
Hands Off Cuba, Dia de los Muertos, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA |
| 1989 |
Manos de Aztlan, Tenth Annual Chicano Art Exhibition, University of California, Santa
Barbara and Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz, CA |
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Tras las Huellas de los Codices, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
(participant and curator) |
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Golden Opportunity, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1988 |
Salvadoran-Costa Rican Cultural Center, San Jose Costa Rica, Heredia Park, Costa Rica. |
| 1987 |
Italo-Latin American Institute, Rome, Italy |
| 1986 |
Bohio Gallery, New York, NY |
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Second Encounter of Central America Writers for Peace, Tegucugalpa, Honduras |
| 1984 |
Lenoxville, Quebec, Canada |
| 1982 |
La Rotonda Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 1981 |
First Biennial of Plastic Arts, Honduras |
| 1980 |
Guatemala School of the Arts, Guatemala |
Murals
| 1998-1999 |
Homenage to Latinamerican Poetry. Caa-Cati, Corrientes, Argentina. 60
meters. Estrusca Technica, Under Relief (Esgrafiatto). Fresco.
"To Offer My Heart" (3 X 3.5 meters) Under Relief (Esgrafiatto).
Fresco, Corrientes Argentina (II Latinamerican Encounter of Muralism).
"Identity of Formosa" (2 murals, 2 X 2.5 meters). Under
Relief (esgrafiatto). Fresco. Formosa, Argentina.
Guarany Fraternity" (11 X 2.5 meters). Acrylic, Asuncion,
Paraguay.
"Medicine History" (3 X 2.5 meters) Acrylic, Medicine
College, Corrientes, Argentina.
"Three Murals of Holy Week" (3 X 3.5 meters each), Acrylic.
Corrientes, Argentina.
"Times of the Sounds" (Triptic, 90 meters square) Under
Relief (Esgrafiatto). Fresco. Corrientes, Argentina. |
| 1998 |
"Our Legends" (20 X 50 meters. Acrylic. San Salvador, El
Salvador.
"Song to Expression" (2000 meters square) Quito, Ecuador. |
| 1992-1993 |
500 Years of Resistance, Saint Peter's Church, San Francisco, CA (40 X 8
meters) |
| 1993 |
Mural Community, Our Identity, worked with teenagers, Mission Cultural
Center, San Francisco, CA |
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Mural Community, Multiculturalism, Children's Club, worked with children, San
Francisco, CA |
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Mural Community, Save our World, worked with children, San Francisco, CA |
| 1990 |
Solidarity, Burlington University, Vermont (17 X 3 meters) |
| 1989 |
Pathfinder Mural, New York, New York, painted an area of the mural and
participated with another international artist. |
| 1988 |
Peace, University of El Salvador (8.5 X 5 meters) |
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Work and Peace, Union Hall, El Salvador (7.6 meters) |
| 1987 |
The Work, University of El Salvador (12.6 meters) |
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La Raza, University of El Salvador (8 X 4.5 meters) |
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Work and Vindication of Peace, Union Hall, El Salvador |
Work Reproduced in Publications
Conferences and Lectures
| 1998 |
II Latinamerican Encounter of Muralism. "The Battle of Art Against
Hostility." |
| 1996 |
The Future of Salvadoran Paint, University of El Salvador |
| 1993 |
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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New College, San Francisco, CA |
| 1990 |
A week of lectures on Salvdoran Culture in the Eighties, University of California at
Santa Cruz and San Francisco State University |
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Several lectures on Contemporary Art El Salvador, Portland School of Arts, Maine |
| 1988 |
Art and Culture of El Salvador, SPARC Cultural, Los Angeles, CA |
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Problematica do la Pintura Joven de El Salvador, series of lectures presented at the
University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1984 |
Presented various lectures on Arts and Culture of El Salvador at different University
campuses in Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador |
Media
| Oil Painting |
works on paper, canvas |
| Acrylic |
works on canvas |
| Ink, pencil |
works on paper |
| Silkscreen |
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Education
National Center of Arts, El Salvador (1976)
University of El Salvador, Literature, El Salvador (1987)
Lic. En Letras (tercer ano) Universidad do El Salvador UES (1988)
Vice-President and member in El Salvador of the Latin American Union of
Monumental Art Creators (ULCAM). |
