Francisco Zúñiga Soledad Acosta (Solitude lies down) 1973
Biography
1912
Born: Guadalupe, San José, Costa Rica
1931
Awarded the 1st Painting Prize and the 2nd Sculpture Prize at the National Exhibition of Plastic Arts, San Jose, Costa Rica
1935
Awarded the 1st Sculpture Prize, National Exhibition of Plastic Arts, San Jose, Costa Rica
1936
Moved to Mexico and starded studying at the Escuela de Talla Directa, Mexico City, Mexico
1958
Awarded the Prize in sculpture by the Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico
1938 - 1970
Taught at La Esmeralda, School of painting, sculptur and print, mexico City, Mexico
1986
Became a Mexican citizen
1987
Became Member of the Academy of Arts of Mexico, Mexico
1990
Became blind, continues to work in terra cotta at his studio, Mexico City, Mexico
1992
Received the National Award for the Arts, Mexico
1996
Awarded the Goya Gold Medal from the Domecq Foundation
1998
Died: Mexico City, Mexico
Exhibitions
2008
"Francisco Zuñiga", Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2004
"Francisco Zuñiga", Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (solo) El Muséo de Arte (MARTE), El Salvador, CA
2002
"Francisco Zuñiga", Pasquale Iannetti Art Galleries, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1998
Meredith Kelly Latin American Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM "Retrospective", The National Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1997
Sinaloa College, Mexico City, Mexico (solo) Museum of the Archbishop, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1995
Oaxaca Contemporary Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1994
Airport Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (solo) "National Homage", The Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1990
Mexican Museum, San Francisco, CA (solo) Brewster Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Sindin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1987
Regional Museum of Guadalajara, Mexico (solo) The Pape Museum-Library, Monclova, Mexico (solo)
1986
Musée de l'Orangerie et Jardin des Tuilleries, Paris, France (solo)
1985
National Museum of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica (solo) Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
1984
Third Sculpture Biennial, Japan (Received the "Kotaro Takamura Prize" for "Group in Front of the Sea")
1983
Sindin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1982
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI (solo)
1981
Galeria de Arte Misrachi, Mexico City, Mexico (solo) Gallery Theo Waddington, London, Uk (solo) Gallery Levy, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1980
Galerie D’Endt, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo) Galerie Carpentier, Paris, France (solo)
1979
Salt Lake City Art Center, Salt Lake City, UH (solo) Gallery Bel Art, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
1978
Brewster Gallery, New York, NY (solo) Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (solo) Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (solo)
1977
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York (solo) DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA (solo)
1974
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (solo)
1973
Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)
1972
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (solo) University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA (solo)
1970
Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, CA (solo)
1969
"Retrospective", Modern Art Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1957
Sculpture Annual, Mexico City, Mexico (Acquisition Prize)
1935
Sculpture Salon, San Jose, Costa Rica (Prize for bronze sculpture, "La maternidad")
Selected Public Collections:
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Muséo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ Ponce Museum of Art, Puerto Rico San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Literature
2005
Ariel Zúñiga.Francisco Zúñiga: Catalogo Razonado/Catalogue Raisonné. Volume III: Dibujos/Drawings 1927-1970, Volume IV: Dibujos/Drawings 1971-1989. Mexico D.F: Albedrio in association with Fundacion Zúñiga Laborde, A.C
1980
Sheldon Reich. Francisco Zúñiga, Sculptor: Conversations and Interpretations. Tucson: Tucson University Press, 1980
