PABLO SHINE
Pablo Shine was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1961. He first studied painting under the direction of his father, Professor James Shine at the Art Student League in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 1978 he became a member and co-founder of “Workshop 78”, a nonprofit organization, directed by his father, to promote young talent in the field of visual arts in San Juan.
From 1980 to 1983 he furthered his studies in art history, painting and printmaking at the University of Puerto Rico and the Interamerican University in San Juan. During that time he also exhibited his work in many art galleries and museums of the Island including the Ponce Art Museum, the Institute of Puertorrican Culture and Botello Gallery. In 1983 he continued his studies in art at SUNY New Paltz where he earned a Masters degree in Fine Arts in 1988.
Since 1983 he has had many exhibitions in the Hudson Valley area, NYC, Washington DC, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gallery showings include Caiman Gallery(NYC), Ariel Gallery (NYC), Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (NYC) and Cueto Gallery in San Juan, just to name a few. Pablo's work is presently represented in the area by Wired Gallery in High Falls. His painting "Graceful Warrior" recently won the first prize award at Woodstock Artist Association & Museum.
Pablo teaches Drawing and Painting at Ulster County Community College where he has been a member of the Visual Arts faculty since 2000. He has taught drawing and/or painting at The Barrett House(Poughkeepsie), Marist College(Hyde Park), SUNY New Paltz,The Woodstock School Of Art and Dutchess Community College.
His work is in private collections in the Hudson Valley area, New York City, Los Angeles, London, Japan and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Statement
My work is inspired by a variety of sources...The flora and folklore of my
native Puerto Rico. The African presence, manifested in the music and
spirituality, brought to the island by the African slaves during the age of
colonization.
Latin American literature has also been another source of inspiration.
Authors like Neruda, Garcia-Marquez, Lorca and Borges have nurtured my
portraiture and still life paintings.
Abstraction was a vital way of expression in my creative endeavors during
the1980ʻs.Currently I am revisiting my relationship with abstraction while
continuing my exploration and development of figurative work.
Exhibitions (selection)
Wired Gallery
High Falls, NY, 2015
"Collectors Curate" Group Show
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
Woodstock, NY, 2015
Juried Show “Noteworthy”
*Received the Doris Lee/ Elfriede Borkman Award
Wired Gallery
High Falls, NY, 2014
"First Generation" Group Show
Art Bar Gallery
Kingston, NY, 2014
Group Show
Store Front Gallery
Kingston, NY, 2010
Solo Exhibition
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
Woodstock, NY, 2009
Active Member Solo Show
Mezzaluna Gallery
Saugerties, NY, 2006
Solo Exhibition
Muroff Kotler Gallery Ulster County Community College, 2006 Faculty Show
Kleinart James Art Center
Woodstock, NY 2005
Group Show (From private collections)
"Passionate About Art"
Muroff Kotler Gallery
Ulster County Community College, 2004
Individual Exhibition," Shades of Darkness"
Muroff Kotler Gallery
Ulster County Community College, 2003
Faculty Show
Museo de Bellas Artes
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2003
Celebrating 25th Anniversary
Art Student League of San Juan
Cueto Gallery
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001
Individual Exhibition
Boriquen Gallery
New Paltz, New York, 2000
Individual Exhibition
Woodstock Artists Association
Woodstock, NY, 1999
Mark Gruber Gallery
New Paltz, NY, 1997
Woodstock School of Art
Woodstock, NY, 1996
Faculty Exhibition
Marist College
Hyde Park, NY, 1996
Faculty Exhibition
Donskoj Gallery
Kingston, NY, 1995
Recent Paintings, Individual Exhibition
Museo de las Americas
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1992,
Inaugural Group Show
Celebrating the Quincentennial Anniversary
of the discovery of America
Art Students League
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1992
Recent Works on Paper
Individual Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art
New York, NY, 1991
Lithographs and Works on Paper
Individual Exhibition
Mid-Hudson Arts And Science Center Poughkeepsie, NY, 1991
Recent Drawings, Individual Exhibition
SUNY New Paltz Art Gallery
New Paltz, NY, 1991
Hudson Valley Artists ’91
Myth, Spirituality and Culture
Juried by Connie Butler, Curator of Artists Space, NYC and Gary Sangster, Curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Kleinert Center
Woodstock, NY, 1990
Oil Paintings and Watercolors
Individual Exhibition
(Continued)
Somos Uno Conference
Puerto Rican Silk Screen Poster Exhibition Albany NY 1989
Ariel Gallery
Soho, NYC, NY, 1988
“Focus on Light”
Summergroup Gallery
Poughkeepsie, NY, 1987
“Paradise” Individual Exhibition
Museum of the University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico,1983
UNESCO of Puerto Rico contest
Art Students League
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1982
Oil Paintings, Individual Exhibition
Cayman Gallery
New York, NY, 1982
Contemporary Puerto Rican Drawings
Ponce Art Museum
Ponce, Puerto Rico, 1980
Workshop ’78, Three Artist Exhibition
Museum of the University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1980
Workshop ’78, Three Artist Exhibition
Publications:
Biography and Work
Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico
from 1950-1983
Manuel Perez Lizano, 1983
Awards:
First Prize in Oil Painting
Barrett House
Dutchess County Art Association Poughkeepsie, NY,1986
First Prize in Oil Painting
Mobile Oil Caribe Juried Annual Exhibition, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1982
Honorable Mention
Woodstock Artists Association
Woodstock, NY, 2000
Educational Travels:
Paris
London
Dublin
Edinburgh
Rome
Florence
Venice
Padua