Oscar Garces
Born: Santiago, Cuba (1987)
EDUCATION
Nottingham High School (Syracuse NY)
Flanagan High School (Pembroke Pines FL)
New World School of the Art (Miami FL.)
SELECTED EXHIBITION:
2006 Pembroke Pines City Hall, Pembroke Pines, FL (USA)
2011 Warehouse Galley "Transcendence" Syracuse, NY (USA)
2011 La Casita Cultural Center "Motifs, Evocations" Syracuse, NY (USA)
2011 Point Of Contact "Palabras De Hoy" Syracuse, NY (USA)
07/2011 La Casita Collective Exhibition ( Syracuse NY)
09/2011 - 16' x 16' mural at the SU Warehouse Gallery Window Project. (Syracuse NY)
01/2012 - 06/2012 - Seymour of Us youth project (Seymour Elementary) Syracuse NY
2012 Syracuse Stage "Personal Images" Syracuse, NY (USA)
06/2012 - Onondaga Public Library (Aggelos Ink No. 1 )
09/2012 - The Other New York (TONY) Biannual (Syracuse NY)
09/26/2012 Mundy Library Syracuse NY (Old Paintings) 5:30-7:00
10/19/2012 OSCAR GARCES & ABISAY PUENTES Weekend show (Cooming soon )
AWARDS & HONORS
2006 Scholastics Award. Golden Key to Portfolio and art work, Pembroke Pines, FL (USA)
2006 Silver Knight Honorable Mention Award, Pembroke Pines, FL (USA)2005 1st place + Best Show Honorable Mention at Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY (USA)
2004 Scholastics silver keys award + Honorable Mention at OCC Syracuse, NY (USA)
REVIEWS
2011 Syracuse.com http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2011/12/cuban-born_artist_oscar_garces.html
2012 CNY magazine.
Oscar Garcés PROJECTS:
2008 – 4 pieces Displayed at Florida International University (all of
them sold).
– Nottingham High School. Taught 3 classes: the basics of
painting.
Completed 2 large paintings and project documentation.
06/2011 –Directed art workshop and exhibit; supervised and
coordinated participants , mainly local youths and a group of
Syracuse University students who collaborated. Taught the
principles of contemporary art and its movement. Oriented the
creation of the work, designed and installed three large format mural
collages on the wall. Point of Contact Gallery, (Syracuse, NY)
2012-Seymourofus Educational Project @ Seymour Elementary (Syracuse NY)
2013-El punto Project (point of contact) collaborating artist
2013-Reducing teen violence workshops & mural.
2013-Nottingham High School front mural