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RESIDENCY @ EL STATUS STUDIO
Mario Marzan (Puerto Rico) and Izel Vargas (South Texas) are currently enjoying a two week residency @ El Status Studio in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professors/educators/artists are documenting their stay and work by streaming fotos with an iPhone to Flickr.
> Project: flickr.com/photos/marzan
> Mario Marzan: mariomarzan.com
> Izel Vargas izelvargas.com
> El Status Studio: el-status.com/studio


Arts and Recreation Center ARC in Baldwin Park CASHOW YOUR ART IN CALIFORNIA!
All artists of Puerto Rican origin are invited to get in contact with Phil Correa, an art student who is organizing an exhibition in the Arts and Recreation Center "ARC" in the City of Baldwin Park, California.

According to the young organizer, approx. 45,000 Puerto Ricans live in the Los Angeles area but their culture and especially art is little known in the region. The exhibition is open to artists from graffiti to ceramics. The space is limited and the
confirmation deadline is June 20, 2008.

The exhibition will open on August 8, 9 and 10, 2008 with a gala. The costs for exhibiting 3 (three) art works is $ 35. Artists may set their own prices, Phil keeps 10% of the sales. For entry forms and more information contact Phil Correa in California: phone 626 324 4524 or Phiz41@yahoo.com.

Please spread the word - especially among the California based Puerto Rican artists you might know but also among artists on the Island and elsewhere who are interested in supporting Phil's effort.


Colectivo de NetArt + NetVideoNET ART AND NET VIDEO
From
May 29, 2008 on we can turn to 0508.dondeveoarte.com to see what the Colectivo de NetArt + NetVideo is busy doing... el-status.com supports the activity together with other cultural platforms such as tranceliquido.com, msa Xperimental, El Box Score (blog), dondeveoarte.com, frentesonico.com and Orificio. To see the list of artists, click!


WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON
Several websites are dedicated to listing cultural activities but dondeveoarte.com and Los Balcones de San Juan simply do it best! So while in Puerto Rico, be sure you check these agendas regularly.

Download PUBLiCA 2 flyerPUBLiCA 2: EL-STATUS.COM IN CAGUAS
The PUBLiCA project brings the diversity of local publishing to light: a great opportunity to find magazines and e-zines, stickers and blogs, T-shirts and posters that talk about life, arts and politics. El-status.com will be featured on a computer and offers flyers to take away. ÁREA - Lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico.
May 31 (opening from 4 pm on) till June 7, 2008. Download flyer (jpg).

EL PULGUERO DE LOS ARTISTAS
We're currently preparing a "look back on the event" page under el-status.com/pulguero. Stay tuned to find out, what this April experiment brought to all of us!

SOME STATISTICS
Since its launch on June 30, 2006 the el-status.com database has been growing constantly. On March 31, 2008 it included details on exactly 737 contemporary Puerto Rican artists among other resources. The website visitors (3939 different visitors alone in March 2008, more than 40'000 total) are coming from over 101 countries, from Andorra to New Zealand, and el-status.com has maintained a high ranking in Google. Up to date this project has been financed 100% by the founder.

How come Puerto Rican art is so little known in the international contemporary art circle and even less exhibited or collected? - Is there a connection between this deficit and the unresolved political status of one of the world's last colonies? - Should Puerto Rican art be labeled geographically or politically, as Caribbean, Latin American, American, Global or Colonial?

Trying to answer these questions is one of my research goals since 2004/2005. But starting to change something is the motivation behind this website that went online in 2006.

El-Status.com is an independent platform that helps you to enter the fascinating Puerto Rican art scene (on the island and in the Diaspora) without having to leave your desk.

Also it is a growing tool for artists and institutions in Puerto Rico that want to connect with the outside world through fairs and biennals, contests, field trips and correspondence.

This site is for art lovers, curators, art historians, collectors, art institutions, art critics, students and art dealers around the globe - in short: For you!

Enjoy!

Lisa Ladner, founder

Search the ARTISTS DATABASE to learn more about the following...
Manuel Acevedo
Elías Adasme
Rebecca Adorno Dávila
Ramón Agosto Rosario
Ernesto Akabá
Elia Alba
Martín E. Albarrán López
Roberto Alberty
Olga Albizu
Rafael Alcalá
Eduardo Alegría
Marcos Alegría
José R. Alicea
Jennifer Allora
Jessica Almy Pagán
Luis Alonso
Haydee Alvarado
Luis Alvarez
Patricia Alvarez
Juan Alvarez O'Neill
Melissa Alvarez Xiloj
Liz Damaris Amable Fantauzzi
Mercedita Andrew
Frank Andújar
Angelilah
Carlos Aponte
Gonzalo Andrés Aponte
Inés Aponte
Alfonso Arana
Hector Arce-Espasas
Luis Arias Montalván
Myrna Arocho Martínez
Emilio Arraisa
Alexandre Arrechea
Rafael Arroyo Gely
Ricardo Ávalo
Myrna Baéz
Rogelio Baéz Vega
José Balay Ruiz
Diógenes Ballester
John Balossi
Randy Barceló
Migdalia Barens-Vera
Federico Bares
Elí Barreto
Elizabeth Barreto
Jean-Michel Basquiat
BAST
Eduardo Beale
Luis R. Beauchamp
Tony Bechara
Sylvia Benitez
Isabel Bernal
Roberto Berrera Rodríguez
Ramón Berríos
Rosamary Berríos
Luis Berríos Negrón
Carlos Betancourt
Jeannette Betancourt
John Betancourt
Clarissa Biaggi
Roberto Biaggi
Charles Biasiny-Rivera
Bikismo
Sylvia Blanco
Jeannette Blasini
Lorraine Blasor
Carmen Inés Blondet
Ada Bobonis
Felix Bonilla Gerena
Félix Bonilla Norat
José Bonilla Ryan
María Luisa Borrás
Luis Borrero
Angel Botello
Arturo Bourasseau
Nathan Budoff
Andrés Bueso
Andy Bueso
Nicole Bueso
Roxane Bueso de Magno
Anailda Burgos
Annex Burgos
Joseph A. Burgos
Miriam Eunice Burgos Sosa
Ramón Cabán Brizzie
Ivette Cabrera-Vega
Luis Germán Cajiga
Melissa A. Calderón
Guillermo Calzadilla
Paul Camacho
Pablo Cambó
Javier Cambre
Leslie Camille Calero
Maribel Canales Rosario
G. Nemyr Canals
Carlos Cancio
Jorge Cancio
Mariana Cancio
Efrén Candelaria
Alicia Candíani
Hubert Caño
Jesús Cardona
Luis Carle
Ivonne Carlo
Iván Carmona
Williams Carmona
Amanda Carmona Bosch
Jaime Carreño
Jaime Carrero
Ricardo Carrión
Camilo Carrión Zayas
Aileen Castañeda
Ada Castillo
Moisés Castillo
Myritza C. Castillo Irizarry
Rebecca Castrillo
Orlando Castro Ortiz
Fran Cervoni
Wilfredo Chiesa
Barlaam Cintrón
Eduardo Cintrón
Carola Cintrón Moscoso
Stanley Coll
Raphael Angel Collazo
Carlos Collazo Mettei
Nayda Collazo-Lloréns
Papo Colo
Ivonne Colóm
Mariestella Colón Astacio
Julio Colón Bermúdez
Oscar Colón Delgado
Wilmer Colón Echevarría
Fernando Colón González
Cecilio Colón Guzmán
Miguel Conesa Osuna
Jacqueline Cooper Sanromá
Felix Cordero
Jorge Cordero
Cristina Córdova
Mayra Cordova Amy
Cristina Córdova Soto
Carlos Correa
Lourdes Correa
Mara Corsino
José Luis Cortés
Antonio Cortés Rolón
Karla A. Cott
Daniel Cotté
Brenda Cruz
José Cruz
Juan Alberto Cruz
Bobby Cruz López
Lydia Cubano
Felipe Cuchi
Elvira Dafne
Alison Daubercies de Morán
Diana Dávila
Patricia Davila
Carlos Dávila Rinaldi
Agustín de Andino
María de Azúa
Lorraine de Castro
Adam de Croix
Alejandro De Jesús
Enrique de Jesús Torres
Diego de la Cruz
María de Mater O'Neill
Rubí del Mar Ramírez
Redo del Olmo
Juan Antonio del Rosario
Irene Delano
Jack Delano
Osiris Delgado
Ralph DeRomero
Fabián Detrés
Dex
Carlos Díaz
Eddy Díaz
Lope Max Díaz
Miguel Guela Díaz
Rabindranat Díaz Cardona
Bárbara Díaz Tapia
Marcos Dimas
Eluard Dobal
María Dominguez
Calin Dover Tarrats
Nicolás Dumit-Estevez
Dzine
Ana María Economou
Elpho
Eric Emmanuelli
Hector Escalante Jr.
Hector Escalante Sr.
Esco
Elizam Escobar
Susana Espinosa
Braulio Espinosa Castillo
Rolando Esteves
Exor
Carlos Fajardo
Federico Farrington
Manuel Feliciano
Ramón Feliciano
Marcial Feliciano Ramos
Jorge Fellín
Javier Fernández
María Angélica Fernández
Victor Alejandro Fernández
Alberto Fernandez Zequeira
Edward Ferraioli
Augusto Ferrer
Rafael Ferrer
Edmée Feyjoo
Dionys Figueroa
Eddie Figueroa
Ismael Figueroa
Josean Figueroa
Nelson Figueroa
Raimundo Figueroa
Guillermo Figuoli
Eduardo Firpi
Christiane Flores
Liliana Folta
Antonio Fonseca Vazquez
Carmelo Fontánez
Ozzie Forbes
Arturo Fort
Jaime Fournier
Moisés Fragela Zayas
Eric French
Teo Freytes
Tania M. Frontera Bosch
Fulana
Yolanda Fundora
José Galarza
Eduardo Gil Galué
Sylvia Ganganelli Angulo
Alex Garcia
Awilda Garcia
Daniel Garcia
Iliana Emilia Garcia
José García
Scherezade Garcia
Ettiene García Aguayo
Domingo García Dávila
Manuel García Fonteoba
Martín García Rivera
Luis García-Nerey
Roxana Gata
Peter Gaztambide
Luisa Géigel Brunet
Iván Girona
David Goitia
Lourdes Gomez
Adelino González
Betzaida González
Celso González
Joeanally González
Michael Anthony González
Cari González Casanova
José Manuel González Encarnación
Luis Manuel González Pérez
Heriberto González Sánchez
Félix González Torres
Antonio González-Walker
Consuelo Gotay
Franklin Graulau
José Graziani-Waldy
Marina Grzinic
Josué Guarionex
Tania Guerrera
Edwin Guevarez
Marina Gutierrez
Carlos Guzmán
Erik Shorrock Guzmán
Carlos Luis Haddock Rivera
Rosita Haeussler
Toni Hambleton
Esteban Helfeld
Esteban Hermida
José Hermitaño
Anaida Hernández
Gilberto Hernández
Loredana Hernández
Marlene Hernández
Miguel Hernández
Miriam Hernández
Norah Hernández
Ricardo Hernández
Teresa Hernández
Waldemar Hernández
Yasmín Hernández
Manuel Hernández Acevedo
Luis Hernández Cruz
Vanessa Hernández Gracia
Rachel Hernández Pumarejo
Susana Herrero Kunhardt
Bernardo Hogan
Lorenzo Homar
Lyn-Go-Tee Hurtado Hurtado
Karlo Ibarra
Rosa Ibarra
Rosa Irigoyen
Carlos Irizarry
Marcos Irizarry
Luis Ivorra Inés
Domingo Izquierdo
Diego Jacobson
Ivelisse Jiménez
Jorge Jímenez
Felipe R. Jiménez Marcel
Jomi
Roxanna Jordán
Charles Juhász-Alvarado
José R. Juliá
Wilfredo Labiosa
Marta Lahens Conde
Haydée Landing Gordon
Ignacio Lang
Olga Lang
Luis Larrazábal
Lilliam Larregoity
Edgardo Larregui
Brian Larrosa
Roberto Laureano Rodas
Antuán Lázaga
Georges Le Chevallier
Zuleika Lebrón
Eric Leclerces
Robert Leith Pérez
Glenda León
Janet León
Joe León
José Lerma
Amber Lia-Kloppel
Taira Liceaga
Michael D. Linares
Daniel Lind Ramos
Rick Lipsett
Julio Llort Guindulain
Domingo López
Teresa López
Zoraida López
Rafael López de Campo
Rolando López Dirube
Carlos Marcial López Reyes
Miguel Luciano
Dorian Lugo
Lizette Lugo
Nitza Luna
Héctor Madera González
Luis A. Maisonet Crespo
Luis A. Maisonet Espinosa
Luis A. Maisonet Ramos
Adál Maldonado
Antonio Maldonado
Sofía Maldonado
Javier Maldonado O'Farrill
Malika
Adriana Mangual
Maricel Marantoni
Miguel Angel Maravic Rivera
Soraya Marcano
Pablo Marcano García
Jeannine Marchand
Ivonne María Marcial
Carlos Marcial López
Jaime Margary
Carlos Marichal
Poli Marichal
Augusto Marín
Margarita Marini
Roberto Márquez
Dalia Marrero
Darla Marrero
Ricardo Marrero
Julio Marrero Nuñez
Luis Francisco Marti
Yamil Rosa Martí
Ivan Martin
Christian Martínez
Eddie Martínez
Javier Martínez
Melvin Martínez
Oscar L. Martínez
Sandra Martínez
Wareco Martínez Díaz
Manuel Martínez Vega
Alejandra Martorell
Antonio Martorell
Mario Marzan
Luis A. Matos
Marta Matos
Catherine Matos Olivo
Edwin Maurás Modesti
Frieda Medín Ojeda
Brizaida Medina
Félix Medina González
Julio Medina González
Jorge Luis Medina López
Elsa María Meléndez
Reyes Meléndez
José Meléndez Contreras
Jochi Melero
Jason Mena
Frank Méndez
Héctor Méndez Caratini
Jorge Mendoza
Carlos Mercado
Freddie Mercado
Wilfredo Mercado
Soto Merian
Mero
Carmen Messon
Oscar Mestey Villamil
Alberto Mier
Néstor Millán Alvarez
Leonella Minano Roldan
Michelle Miner
Rafael Miranda
Rubén Miranda
Ramón Miranda Beltrán
Carmen Mojica
Antonio J. Molina
Cecile Molina
Richard Monge
Estela Monserrate de Mari
Raphael Montañez Ortiz
Fernando Mora
Arnaldo Morales
José Morales
Liza Morales
Ben Morales Correa
Ricardo Morales Hernández
Jacob Morales Marchosky
Eduardo Moras
Michael Morris
Roberto Moya
Hilda M. Muñiz
Alfonso Muñoz
Gloriela Muñoz Arjona
Pedro Muñoz Marín
Antonio Navia
Jesús Bubu Negrón
Juan Negroni
Angel Nevárez Ríos
Anna Nicholson
Javier Nicolau-López
Gladys Nieves
Heriberto Nieves
Lilliam Nieves
Nora Maité Nieves
Alex Nogueras
William Ocando
José R. Oliver
Teofilo Olivieri
Javier Olmeda Raya
Carmen Olmo-Terrasa
María Antonia Ordoñez
Rebeca Orro Iglesias
Cecilia Orta
Delvis Griselle Ortiz
Jesús Ortíz
Joabel Ortíz
Katsí Ortiz
Lionel Ortiz
Luis Abraham Ortiz
Wanda Ortíz
José A. Ortiz Pagán
Carlos Osorio
Pepón Osorio
Carlos Antonio Otero
Néstor Otero
Angel Otero Vega
Yazmin Padilla-Luciano
Betsy Padín
Fernando Paes
Cyndia Pagán Figueroa
Amárilis Pagán-Jiménez
Abigail Pantoja Bermúdez
Patricia Paravisini
Jorge Luis Pardo
Carmen Iris Parilla
Elsie M. Parra
Yolanda Pastrana Fuentes
Ramiro Pazmiño
José Peláez Muñoz
Josué Pellot
Omar Obdulio Peña Forty
María Luisa Penne de Castillo
María Elena Perales
Alexander Percy
Rosamarie F. Perea Ruiz
Enoc Pérez
Marta Pérez García
Marta Pérez García
Marta Mabel Pérez Maldonado
Marnie Pérez Molière
Eliades Petit
Michael Piazza
Frances Picó
Fernando Pintado
Marisol Plard
Ivonne Prats
Ernesto Pujol
Nick Quijano
Raquel Quijano Feliciano
Lee Quiñones
Mercedes Quiñones
Pedro Quiñones
Rigoberto Quintana
Alejandro Quinteros
Peter Radosta
Héctor Rafael
Gamaliel Ramirez
Rafael Ramírez
Ricardo Ramírez
Javier David Ramos
Hatuey Ramos-Fermín
Carlos Raquel Rivera
Guillermo Real
Jorge Rechany
REK
Myrna Renaud
Enrique Renta
Aixa Requena
Fabián Rey
Carlos Reyes
Joaquín Reyes
Martha Reyes
Tristán Reyes Alvarado
Iván Reyes García
Doris Ríos
Ruben Ríos
Vladimir Rios
Carlos Rios Muñoz
Rafael Ríos Rey
Ada Rosa Rivera
Ana Delia Rivera
Angélica Rivera
Boricua Rivera
Christopher Rivera
Dennis Mario Rivera
Dhara Rivera
Gadiel Rivera
Lilliana Rivera
Miguel Rivera
Noin Rivera
Radames Rivera
Romualdo Rivera
Rubén Rivera Aponte
Tamara Liz Rivera Boria
Artemio Rivera Casillas
Ana Rosa Rivera Marrero
Rafael Rivera Rosa
Nelson Rivera Rosario
Carlos A. Rivera Villafañe
Quintín Rivera-Toro
Arnaldo Roche Rabell
Francisco Rodón
Guillermo Rodríguez
Herminio Rodríguez
Jaime Rodríguez
Julio César Rodríguez
Mónica Rodríguez
Nicole Rodríguez
Nora Rodríguez
Yamir Rodríguez
Gamaliel Rodríguez Ayala
Félix Rodríguez Báez
Gloria Rodríguez Calero
Angel Rodríguez Díaz
Víctor Rodríguez Gotay
Luis M. Rodríguez López
Edgard Rodríguez Luiggi
Luis Rodríguez Munet
Andrés Rodríguez Santos
Carlos Romaguera
Arnaldo Roman
Héctor Román
Ivette Román
José Jorge Román
Juan A. Román
Reynaldo Román
Jaime Romano
Jorge Romero
Luis Romero
José Rosa
Milton Rosa-Ortiz
Alexander Rosado
Francisco Rosado
Julio Rosado del Valle
Hiram Rosado Poupart
Marxz Rosado Ríos
Chemi Rosado Seijo
Edwin F. Rosario
Gaddier Rosario
Rafael Rosario Laguna
Melquíades Rosario Sastre
Carlos Rubin
Harak Rubio
Pablo Rubio
Noemí Ruiz
Ernesto Ruíz de la Matta
Abismael Ruíz Figueroa
Marcos Ruiz Pérez
Carlos Ruiz-Valarino
Aaron Salabarrías Valle
Orlando Salgado
Fernando Salicrup
Manuel Salvador
Nelson Sambolín
Cheli Sanabria
Erick Sánchez
Juan Sánchez
Samuel Sánchez
Zilia Sánchez Domínguez
Linda Sánchez Pintor
Catalina Santamaría
Alfredo Santiago
Carlos Santiago
Coqui Santiago
Gustavo Santiago
Richard Santiago
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Denise Santiago Rodríguez
Eric Schroeder
Francis Schwartz
Magali Schwartzkopff
Jason Seda
Abdiel Segarra
Noemí Segarra
Carmen Seijo
Manuel Sepúlveda
Rosa M. Serrano Sánchez
Kristine Servia
SEZ
Sheto
Garvin Sierra
Imel Sierra Cabrera
Gerard Silva
Gian Carlo Silva
Rufino Silva
Carlos Iván Silva Caraballo
Ske
Skunk
Aina Smid
Carmelo Sobrino
María Emilia Somoza
Irene Sosa
José Chico Sosa
Edra Soto
Cacheila Soto González
Grisselle Soto Vélez
Leticia Stella-Serra
Awilda Sterling-Duprey
Bibiana Suárez
Julio Suárez
Mariana Suárez
Jaime Suárez Berrocal
Javier Suárez Berrocal
Jaime Suárez Toro
Carlos Sueños
Eric Tabales Vega
Marisel Tavarez
Eduardo Texidor
Filipo Tirado
Mariemma Tischer
Nelly Toledo
José Tomás
Samuel Toro Rosa
Beto Torrens
Admin Torres
Jessica Torres
Victor Torres
Wanda G. Torres
Wichie Torres
Zamaslie Torres
Miguel Ángel Torres Aponte
Omar Torres Calvo
José Antonio Torres Martino
Alejandro Epifanio Torres Solís
Brenda Torres-Figueroa
Luis Torruella
Miguel Trelles
Rafael Trelles
Rafael Eugenio Trujillo
Cristina Tufiño
Nitza Tufiño
Rafael Tufiño
Rafael Jr. Tufiño
Migdalia Umpierre
Julio Valdéz
Orlando Vallejo
Sebastián A. Vallejo Rivera
Fernando Varela
José Antonio Vargas
José Luis Vargas
Rafael A. Vargas Bernard
Ralph Vázquez
Tontxi Vazquez
Victor Vázquez
Viveca Vázquez
Zinthia Vázquez
Isabel Vázquez Maldonado
Juan Ramón Velásquez
Edwin Velázquez
Yolanda Velázquez
Omar Velázquez Román
Edín Vélez
Mimi Vélez
Pedro Vélez
Edna Lucila Vélez Ayala
Javier A. Vélez García
Eduardo Vera Cortés
Giovanna Verní
Norma Vila Rivero
Juan Villafañe
William Villalongo
Rafael Villamil
Fernando Villanueva
Pepe Villegas
Mark Vinsun
Javier Viqueira
Yelyn Vivoni
W & N
George Warreck
Alex Yabey Torres
Zaps
Izam Zawahra
David Zayas
Raúl Zayas López
Luis Zegarra
Jorge Zeno
Rebecca Zilenziger
Sue Zinkowski

... and other PUERTO RICAN ARTISTS!

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