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Happy, Creative and Prosperous 2008 !! P R E V I O U S A N N O U N C E M E N T S: Summer 2008 Onda Art Gallery (www.ondagallery.com) is permanently representing ARCESIO in Oregon, which obviously means that he is now sketching, painting and creating artworks 24/7 with the help of double espresso shots and divine inspiration!! Mauricio is now spending time in Victoria, British Columbia, exploring the islands, hiking, camping, communing with Mother Nature and sampling the local treats and flavors. Spring 2008 "The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place." February, 2008 According to Mayan and Toltec legend, the Caribbean Gods and Goddesses needed to be worshipped constantly and mostly on clear, hot, sunny, blue-sky days. Mauricio is seriously interested in researching this Mayan tradition and how it affected their lifestyle so he's now spending time in Cancun and the Yucatan Peninsula, visiting Chichen Itza, Tulum, Coba and Xel-Ha, looking to find a meaningful explanation and a connection between white-sand beaches, aquamarine crystal clear waters, 92-degree temperatures, succulent, mouth-watering seafood, mohito drinks, strawberry margaritas, pina coladas, solera-rum cocktails...and why the Mayans loved to live in a place like this !! January, 2008 "When you are on a journey, the only thing that is ultimately real about it is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is. Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. Presence is the reality that dissolves the illusion of the past and the future. Die to the past every moment, the present moment is all we ever have. Step out of the time dimension as much as possible in everyday life. There is no greater obstacle to God than time" ...and a tribute to all of 2007: After a successful experience at the Florence Biennale 2007, Mauricio is now exploring the Tuscan landscape visiting tiny out-of-the-way, unknown churches in Siena, Asciano, San Gimignano, Montereggioni, Lucca and Venice.......in which the paintings and frescoes hypnotize and absolutely blow one's mind away!! With no deadlines, no schedules and no road map to worry about, it definitely feels like being a little kid in a 24-hour-a-day immense Italian candy store !! December, 2007 New Art Exhibit: 2007 Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea, in Florence, December 1-9, 2007 at the Fortezza da Basso, Firenze - Italia. November, 2007 As a preamble to the upcoming art exhibit in Italy, Mauricio is exploring the German and Swiss landscapes, soaking up the art scene, culture, history, architecture, visiting friends and relatives in Berlin, Dresden, Radebeul, Stuttgart, Tubingen and Zurich. So much chocolate to sample, so little time !! ..... oh well, such is the life of a chocoholic artist. August, 2007: New Art Exhibit: "Summer Gold" in Portland, OR June, 2007: "Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Picasso "The aim of life is to live, April, 2007: Ahhhh, Spring in the Northwest !! ...what a magical experience !! Experimenting with new ideas, techniques and mediums. Sketching, drawing, painting and getting to know the neighborhood, spending bohemian and hedonistic nights at local cafes, exhibiting a few paintings in the Alberta Arts District; hanging out with fellow artists in P-town, and celebrating the wonderful manifestations of Life !! February, 2007: Arte Divino Studio is opening its doors to the public at a new location in Portland, Oregon. This colorful and spacious studio is located in the heart of the Alberta Arts District and features new series of drawings and paintings. Welcome to the Northwest !! November, 2006: Mauricio is exploring the Mediterranean and visiting various Greek isles (Corfu, Katakolon, Rhodes, Mykonos and Santorini) as well as Turkish ports and a beautiful seaside town called Dubrovnik, in Croatia. More than anything else, architecture and archaeological sites are the main focus of Mauricio's expedition this time as he studies, photographs, records and sketches fascinating and spectacular locations throughout Greece. History is a great teacher, very humbling and so very inspiring !! September, 2006: One of Mauricio's life-long dreams just came true: with the Columbia river as a backdrop and a spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting and venue located right on the majestic cliffs of The Gorge, in Washington state, Mauricio attended a 3-hour live concert of the Dave Matthews Band that topped off a fabulous trek through the Northwest that included camping, river canoeing, hiking, wine-tasting and succulent bonfire-cooking. Visit The Gorge for cool pics. July, 2006: Life in the open air: Mauricio has been exploring the Oregon coastline, camping, hiking, fishing, river-canoeing and endlessly sketching spectacular plein-air vistas from Astoria down to Cannon Beach, Tillamook Bay and deep into the Siuslaw National Forest. In the words of Picasso: "Art washes from the soul, the dust of everyday life !!" June, 2006: Getting ready for the first of several summer events and setting up materials, inventory, new images and a booth to be showcased at the upcoming 2006 Bend Summer Festival: a 2-day celebration of fine art (with 200 fine artists), performance arts, live music (jazz, blues, rock, reggae, international rhythms), the best of Bend's local cuisine (20 of the best local restaurants, micro-breweries and wineries), children's activities and the spirit of Summer Fest in downtown Bend !! Visit at www.bendsummerfestival.com and www.c3events.com. May, 2006: Mauricio enjoyed white-water rafting down the Deschutes river and camping near Crater Lake in Central Oregon. While hiking and camping, he observed breath-taking panoramic vistas and the abundant bounty of lush flora and magnificent fauna in habitats native to the Pacific Northwest. Hiking so many spectacular trails and canoeing down wilderness rivers provided plenty of sketching and photographic opportunities - lots of scenes to give birth to brand new paintings. Stay tuned !! April, 2006: ARCESIO is setting up and opening a new art studio in Bend, Oregon. The newest, coolest and most eclectic art gallery in the Northwest !! January - February, 2006: Taking some time off, enjoying the winter season, planning and scheduling new art projects for 2006. Stay tuned and visit us soon for the latest !! October - November, 2005: SOhO in Victoria Court hosted another exhibit by ARCESIO entitled "Por aquí, rumbo al Corazón", a new collection of original monotypes and paintings. See the announcement postcard in PDF or JPG. Visit SOhO at www.sohosb.com. October, 2005: ARCESIO co-hosted an art booth for Arts Alive!! Creativity Center - www.artsalivesb.com in the Gardens of santa Barbara County Courthouse during the 3rd Annual Santa Barbara Festival of Art & Jazz. www.santabarbarafestival.com. September, 2005: The Studios were opened to the public during the Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Fourth Annual Open Studio Tour to benefit Direct Relief International. Receptions were held for several artists, and their studios were then opened to the public in a tour forum. sb-studioartists.org July, 2005: Mauricio was invited for the second year to host an art exhibit booth on the lawn of the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard during the annual Salsa Festival. Kids and adults alike visited and learned a little bit about art!! Carnegie Art Museum April - May, 2005: Three of Mauricio Arcesio's paintings and drawings were exhibited at David Ryan Gallery in Orcutt, 55 mi. North of Santa Barbara, as part of a group show examining abstract expressionism. www.DavidRyanGallery.com March - April, 2005: Mauricio exhibited his latest works of art at Whistle Stop Art Studios concurrently with two other artists, Josepha DI RADO and Ruth Ellen HOAG. See their website at www.WhistleStopArtStudios.com. February, 2005: ARCESIO exhibited at Red's Art Gallery in the Heart of the Funk Zone in Santa Barbara all of February and March. His latest set of charcoals complemented Red's cozy ambience See the Full Screen 360 VR Tour of his exhibit at Red's HERE. January, 2005: Mauricio Arcesio continues to teach drawing and painting classes at ARTS ALIVE!! CREATIVITY CENTER in Santa Barbara, CA (www.artsalivesb.com). He has been teaching at ARTS ALIVE!! since April of 2004. Teaching continues to give Mauricio a great opportunity to share his passion for the Arts and to practice joy, oneness, abundance, imagination and love with in our wonderful community. December 2004 - January, 2005: Mauricio spent some time in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, on the Espiritu Santo islands, where he had the great privilege of scuba diving and swimming with wild, graceful and very playful seals and sea lions. These islands are home to a very large colony of seals and marine birds. Given the spectacular habitat in and around the islands, Mauricio had the opportunity to do some underwater and landscape photography as well as day-long excursions to sketch and document great ideas as part of his ongoing marine-life series of paintings. October, 2004: Mauricio Arcesio traveled to the South Pacific Islands of Fiji (at Nananu-I-Ra and surrounding isles) and was blown away by the infinite richness of coral reef life, the ultra-vivid colors, patterns and textures found under water, and the awesome variety of fish and marine creatures living down under. The scuba diving was simply spectacular and the Fiji islands were truly a fantasy world, above and below water, so magnificent and unbelievably inspirational. Watch out for Arcesio's new paintings infused with the marine flora and fauna as well as the beautiful, serene and majestic settings of Fiji. Bula !! August, 2004: Mauricio visited the Florida Keys and spent some time scuba diving and sailing around Key Largo and Key West. The daily underwater expeditions generated myriad marine-themed concepts and amazing underwater inspiration for his upcoming series of reef-life paintings and sketches. April, 2004: Mauricio Arcesio was invited to exhibit his paintings and a few Chocolate Sculptures at the Arts Alive!! opening Fri., April 23, 2004. Mauricio will be teaching drawing and painting at Arts Alive this Spring and Summer. March, 2004: Arcesio's paintings were selected to be exhibited for the month of March at the saks Fifth Avenue 2004 "Arts Primavera Extravaganza" in Santa Barbara, CA. December, 2003: EUROPEAN EXHIBIT ANNOUNCEMENT: Mauricio Arcesio was invited to exhibit his paintings at the 2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy in December 2003. As of this writing, this was Arcesio's third major European exhibition. Congratulations Mauricio !! November 7-8, 2003: Arcesio joined Santa Barbara Studio Artists for the Open Studio Tour 2003 and opened his sudio to the public along with several other local artists. The event was sponsored by the Santa Barbara Studio Artists. October 1 - November 30, 2003: Arcesio exhibited a new collection of charcoals and oil pastels titled "FULL BRAIN EXCURSION: From the Left Brain to the Right Brain" at the Optical Underground, 280 Sutter St. @ Grant in downtown San Francisco (415-982-5106). This was Mauricio's first San Francisco exhibit, and it met with rave reviews from visitors and passersby alike. October 16 - November 4, 2003: Mauricio Arcesio travelled through Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Pemba Island) to observe, sketch and brainstorm ideas while on a photographic safari observing wildlife in the Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Lake Manyara National Parks. The last 6 days were spent scuba diving near Zanzibar and in and around Pemba Island, in the Indian Ocean. August, 2003: On Friday, August 1, Mauricio Arcesio was selected as a Finalist and then awarded Second Place in Painting (Inner Peace, oil pastels) at the Carnegie Art Museum's 10th Annual Classic Competition. The reception and award ceremony took place in Oxnard, CA. May, 2003: Mauricio was invited to give an art lecture on painting with oil pastels at Arcesio was also selected as the cover artist for "Harvest 2003," a 175-page Fine Arts magazine published by Allan Hancock College and its editorial staff. February, 2003: Mauricio Arcesio was invited to give a lecture and demonstration of his oil pastels paintings at Ventura College in Ventura, CA, on February 12, 2003 at 10:30 AM. This event took place in Ms. Hiroko Yoshimoto's classroom. January, 2003: The December-January 2003 issue of Tinta Latina, a bilingual magazine published monthly and distributed in Southern California, featured an article written about Mauricio Arcesio’s artwork and his studio in Santa Barbara, CA. For further information, please visit www.tintalatina.net. December, 2002: Mauricio Arcesio was invited by the Carnegie Art Museum to give Art Lectures and Demonstrations to High School Students throughout Santa Barbara And Ventura Counties as part of the "One-on-One" Art Program. First Lecture: December 19, 2002 at Santa Paula High School. These lectures will continue through 2003 at various locations. Check back often for future dates and places. Mauricio Arcesio was commissioned to design the cover artwork for a book. Title: Hear the Angels Whisper by Vanessa Ebner - 2002 - 1st books Publishers - www.1stbooks.com. Title of Painting: Jennie’s Golden Spirit.
November, 2002:
Arte Divino Studio was open to the public during the Artist's Open Studios 2002 along with 26 other prominent Santa Barbara artists. The event was sponsored by the Santa Barbara Studio Artists. October, 2002: Mauricio Arcesio showed his latest artwork at La Arcada Open Air Art Fesitval 2002 October 26th and 27th at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art courtyard in downtown Santa Barbara... October 5th and 6th, 2002: Arcesio exhibited his artwork at FINE ART SANTABARBARA 2002, Fifth Edition (ranked in the Top 100 Art Festivals in the United States). The exhibit was held at the historic Santa Barbara Courthouse, in its sunken gardens. Over 150 Artists participated in the exhibit. Mid-August to September, 2002: Mid-August 2002: Mauricio Arcesio networked with art galleries, did plein-air sketching and painting, and scuba-diving in Guanacaste, Costa Rica - (Central America). August, 2002: Mauricio Arcesio was presented with the "Judges' Choice Award 2002" at the Carnegie Art Museum on Friday, August 2, 2002. Before an audience of about 150 people, the judges selected Mauricio's painting "Will Work for Hope" for its powerful composition, its spiritual imagery and beautiful rendering of oil pastels. . . Click for PHOTO June through July, 2002: Arte Divino Studio was on vacation, networking with art galleries, scuba diving and hiking into rain forests in Hawaii !! Happy summer !! May 25-26, 2002: One of 23 featured artists, Mauricio participated in this year's Artists' Open Studios Tour in Santa Barbara, CA. The Gallery was open to the public for two days. May 11-12, 2002: Mauricio Arcesio accepted an invitation to participate in The SCAPE (So. CA Artists for the Protection of the Environment) Show Open-Air Exhibit at La Arcada Court and the Library Arts Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara, CA. The event was sponsored by Santa Barbara Visual Arts, Southwest Art Magazine, and SCAPE. March through April, 2002: Arte Divino Studio exhibited their 10 most recent paintings at David Ryan Gallery in Orcutt, CA January 2002: Arte Divino Studio exhibited at Gallery 113 for the last three weeks of January, 2002. The theme was "RELATIONSHIPS FOUND IN LIGHT, COLOR AND MOVEMENT." Gallery 113 is at La Arcada Courtyard, 1114 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. October 2001: Mauricio Arcesio was invited to exhibit six of his paintings at Saks Fifth Avenue in downtown Santa Barbara as part of a month-long, visual-arts festival and celebration entitled Art in October. October 12-13-14, 2001: Mauricio Arcesio was invited to exhibit his artwork at an Open-Air Art Festival held at the La Arcada Courtyard in Downtown Santa Barbara from October 12th through the 14th, 2001. www.ArtesaniaDeSantaBarbara.com www.sbva.org The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Museum of Contemporary Art Biagiotti Contemporary Art Gallery The National Museum of Women in the Arts New Museum of Contemporary Arts Whitney Museum of American Art |
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