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Francisco Zúñiga    (Mexican, 1912-1998)




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Biography
1912 Born in 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 Studied at the Escuela de Talla Directa, Mexico City, Mexico
1957 Acquisition Prize, Sculpture Annual, 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, sculpture and print, Mexico City, Mexico
1984 Received the Kotaro Takamura Prize, Third Sculpture Biennial, Japan
1992 Received the National Award for the Arts, Mexico
1998 Died, Mexico City, Mexico

Exhibitions
2013 Intersections - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
The Legacy Project - Museo de las Américas, Denver, CO
2012 Francisco ZÚÑiga - Museo Nacional de Arte - MUNAL, Mexico City
2008 Francisco Zuñiga, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2007 Francisco Zuniga: Woman as Icon - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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)
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, NY (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)
1935 Sculpture Salon, San Jose, Costa Rica

Literature
2006 Zúñiga, Ariel. Catalogue Raisonné, Francisco Zúñiga, Volume III: Drawings (1927-1970) & Volume IV: Drawings (1971-1989). Mexico: Fundacion Zúñiga Laborde, 1999
2003 Zúñiga, Ariel. Catalogue Raisonné, Francisco Zúñiga, Volume II: Oil Paintings, Prints & Reproductions. Mexico: Fundacion Zúñiga Laborde, 2003
2002 Prampolini, Ida Rodriguez. Ida Rodríguez Prampolini. Mexico: Fundacion Zúñiga Laborde, 2002
2001 Zúñiga, Ariel. Francisco Zúñiga Travel Sketches 1. Mexico: Fundacion Zúñiga Laborde, 2001
1999 Zúñiga, Ariel. Catalogue Raisonné, Francisco Zúñiga, Volume I: Sculpture. Mexico: Fundacion Zúñiga Laborde, 1999
1980 Echeverria, Carlos. Francisco Zúñiga. Mexico City: Misrachi Art Gallery Editions, 1980
1980 Sheldon Reich. Francisco Zúñiga, Sculptor: Conversations and Interpretations. Tucson: Tucson University Press, 1980
1969 Chumacero, Ali. Francisco Zúñiga. Mexico City: Misrachi Art Gallery Editions, 1969
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