Alfredo Arreguin







Alfredo Arrdguin was born in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico in January of 1935. He lived there for thirteen years. He then moved to Mexico City, where he lived until he was 23 years old. Since 1959 he has lived in Seattle, where he received his B.A. and M.F.A degrees from the University of Washington.


This website features artists and has a good biography and an excellent presentation of Alfredo's work:
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu./issuedos/pages/webzine_2c.html


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art
Washington, DC
"Sueño (Dream: Eve before Adam)"
spacerRated by the Smithsonian as "one of its seven most
spacerimportant acquisitions from among more than 600
spacerworks of art collected by the museum in 1994."

National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC

National Association for Chicano Studies

Washington State Department of Ecology

Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson, Arizona

University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
Port Angeles, Washington

Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington

The Mexican Museum
San Francisco, California

San Francisco Museum of Art
San Francisco, California

Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, Illinois

Chicano Humanities and Art Council
Denver, Colorado

San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, Texas

The Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque, New Mexico

San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego, California

Mi Raza Arts Consortium (MIRA)
Chicago, Illinois


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITS
1996 "Viva la Naturaleza"
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC.
1996 Sunrise Museum
Charleston, West Virginia
1995 Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
1995 University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
1994 National Association for Chicano Studies
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington
1994 Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane, Washington
1994 Clark College
Vancouver, Washington
1992 "Viva la Vida: Paintings by Alfredo Arreguin"
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, Washington
1990"Designs of Magic"
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, Illinois
1989 El Museo Regional Michoacano
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
1989 "Dimensions of Color"
Centennial Exhibition
North Central Washington Museum Gallery
1979 National Council De La Raza
Washington, DC
1978 Mocha Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art
New York, New York


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
1997 "Art Patterns"
Austin Museum of Art
Austin, Texas
1997 Wichita Art Museum
Wichita, Kansas
1997 Bridge Center for Contemporary Art
El Paso, Texas
1996 Lower Columbia College
Longview, Washington
1996 Seattle Central Community College
Seattle, Washington
1996 Portsmouth Museum
Portsmouth, Virginia
1996 Metropolitan State College
Denver, Colorado


SELECTED HONORS
1993 Wing Luke Asian Museum
Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of generous support
1993 Washington State Hispanic Bar Association
Community Award in recognition of cultural
contributions to the Hispanic people.
1988-1989 Designer of the White House Easter Egg
1985 UNICEF Greeting Card, a work in oil on canvas
for European distribution
United Nations
New York, New York
1980-1982 Seattle Arts Commissioner
Seattle, Washington


EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, 1969
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Bachelor of Arts, 1967
University of Washington
Seattle, WA



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