Roberto Moya
Puerto Rican painter, printmaker and digital artist
A life dedicated to color, form and innovation
Image: Campesino (Jíbaro) 2004 Oil on canvas 70 x 52 inches
"I see myself as a figurative or traditional painter. My earliest influences were Joaquin Sorolla and John Singer Sargent. Later, the San Francisco Bay Area movement from abstract to figurative, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, and Wayne Thiebaud. I abandoned purely abstract painting for more stimulus and the production of objective surroundings."
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Born in New York City of Puerto Rican parents, and raised between Puerto Rico and New York, Roberto Moya developed a unique artistic voice rooted in color, movement, and experimentation. He returned to his roots in Puerto Rico as he began to establish himself as a painter inspired by his childhood memories and the vivid colors of the island.
TIMELINE
1930s to 1940s Born in New York City in 1931, grows up in Cayey Puerto Rico. Stays in New York City for the duration of the war remaining thereafter.
1950s Drafted to the US Air Force where he worked on graphic design. Starts art studies at Eastern New Mexico University followed by the Pratt Institute and the New School upon his return home.
1960s Scholarship and prize winner for three consecutive years at the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition in New York City.
1970s Returns to Puerto Rico full-time to critical acclaim. Invited to local and international exhibitions throughout Latin America, as well as important corporate and museum collections. In 1978 together with his wife Sharon, he becomes co-founder of Galería Palomas.
1980s to 2008 Among the first artists to explore digital applications in art as demand for commissions grow. Led seminars on the subject at the Pratt Institute. Takes up teaching at the University of Puerto Rico as artist in residence. Paid posthumous homage in 2008 at the National Gallery of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
1950s Drafted to the US Air Force where he worked on graphic design. Starts art studies at Eastern New Mexico University followed by the Pratt Institute and the New School upon his return home.
1960s Scholarship and prize winner for three consecutive years at the Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition in New York City.
1970s Returns to Puerto Rico full-time to critical acclaim. Invited to local and international exhibitions throughout Latin America, as well as important corporate and museum collections. In 1978 together with his wife Sharon, he becomes co-founder of Galería Palomas.
1980s to 2008 Among the first artists to explore digital applications in art as demand for commissions grow. Led seminars on the subject at the Pratt Institute. Takes up teaching at the University of Puerto Rico as artist in residence. Paid posthumous homage in 2008 at the National Gallery of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Image: Palmeras del Yunque, 2006 Oil on canvas 60 x 72 inches
