ARNALDO MORALES
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Arnaldo Morales was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1967 and has lived in the New York area since 1996.

He has exhibited internationally for over 20 years. His work has been included in key projects such as Wizard Chamber (Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland, 2013); Deluxe (Sala Plaza de España, Madrid, and traveling, 2003); Pay Attention Please (Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Sardinia, 2001); Greater New York (PS1-MoMA, NY, 2000); and Así está la cosa (Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporánea, Mexico DF, 1997). 

He has shown at Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe (Valencia), The Living Art Museum (Reykjavik), Rice University Art Gallery (Houston), Galería de la Raza (SF), Real Art Ways (Hartford), Islip Art Museum, El Museo del Barrio, The Americas Society, Exit Art, White Box (all NY), as well as with Galería Botello (San Juan), Galería Salvador Diaz (Madrid), Galería Casas Riegner (Miami), and De Chiara/Stewart Gallery (NY).

His awards include a John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency (WI, 2008); an Islip Art Museum Carriage House Residency (NY, 2006); and a Jerome Foundation Award for Residency at Franconia Sculpture Park (MN, 2002); fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts (2001) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation (2000), and a commission from the Public Art Fund (NY, 1997). Morales’ work is included in private collections across the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as the Permanent Collections of the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte Contemporánea, and 
Museo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (all San Juan); El Museo del Barrio and Chase Manhattan Bank (NY); and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI).

Curriculum Vitae
Born Ponce, Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Sculpture, Escuela de Artes Plasticas (San Juan, PR)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
Manta-raya No. 14, Liga Estudiantes de Arte de San Juan (PR)
Animal Instinct, Art Sites (Riverhead, New York)
Weapons of Mass Seduction, CIRCA-First Contemporary Art Fair of the Caribbean (San Juan, PR)
Dragonfly No.02, Sculpture Garden, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (San Juan, PR)
Armas de seducción masiva, Galería Salvador Diaz (Madrid, Spain)
Weapons of Mass Seduction, Galería Carlos Irizarry (San Juan, PR)
The Fixer, Galería Casas Riegner (Miami, FL)
Organícom, Galería Botello (Hato Rey, PR)
Rhythm, White Box (NYC)
Cuarto Negro, Galería Botello (Hato Rey, PR)
Animalítica No. 99, Galería Botello (Hato Rey, PR)
Triobegun Ironik No. 98, DeChiara/Stewart Gallery (NYC)
Alto Riesgo: Electrobjetos de Arnaldo Morales , Museo de Historia, Antropologia y Arte, UPR 
A Mayor Intensidad, Galería Leonora Vega (San Juan, PR)
Contra Tiempo, San Juan Conservation Studio Gallery (San Juan, PR)
Causa y Efecto, El Punto Espacio Experimental (San Juan, PR)
Peso y Solución, El Punto Espacio Experimental (San Juan, PR)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
BRIO VI: Material, Culture + Conditions, Longwood Arts Project, BCA Gallery at Hostos Community College, Bronx (NY)
​Hot or Cold? BronxArtSpace (NY)
​Bronx Speaks: Making Place, Bronx Arts Alliance at Bronx Museum of the Arts (NY)
Source Material, Lehman College Art Gallery (NYC)
NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Art & Design (NYC)
Cosas, Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (San Juan, PR)
El Artista coleccionista, Museo de Arte Dr. Pío López Martínez, UPR Cayey (PR)
Wizard Chamber, Kunsthalle Winterthur, (Switzerland)
Junkies’ Promises, Paul Kasmin Gallery (NYC)
El Panal/The Hive, La Casa de los Contrafuertes, Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan (San Juan, PR)
Tentaculosa, Galería Carlos Irizarry (San Juan, PR)
Brave New World, Solar (East Hampton, NY)
Electric Lab, Exit Art (NYC)
Caribbean Crosscurrents, 4-person exhibition, Art Miami (Miami, FL)
Happily Ever After, Hardcore Contemporary Art (Miami, FL)
Every Line Means Something, Galería Cr3ma (San Juan, PR)
Projects ’06, Islip Art Museum Carriage House (East Islip, NY)
Hot Latin Artists, Magnan Emrich (NYC)
Wunderkammer, The Institute of Cultural Inquiry (LA)
Democracy Was Fun, White Box (NYC)
Terrorvision, Exit Art (NYC)
None of the Above: Contemporary Work by Puerto Rican Artists, Real Art Ways 
(Hartford, CT; traveled to Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan 2005)
Muestra Nacional, Invited Artist (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Deluxe II, Galería Casa Riegner (Miami, FL) 
Viology: Cultures of Violence/Violence of Culture, Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, California; traveled to University of California, Stockton, CA 2003)
Jerome Foundation Commission Exhibition, Franconia Sculpture Park (Shafer, Minnesota)
Deluxe, Sala Plaza de España (Madrid, Spain; traveled to Valladolid, Spain 2003)
Pay Attention Please, Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro (Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy)
Voices from Our Communities: Perspectives on a Decade of Collecting, El Museo del Barrio (NYC)
Danger, Exit Art (NYC)
Arte atraves de los tiempos, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (San Juan, PR)
Piedra, Metal y Madera: La Escultura en Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce, PR)
Observatori 2000, Museu de les Ciècies Príncipe Felipe (Valencia, Spain)
Ambiguo, Fortaleza 202 (San Juan, PR)
Greater New York, PS I (Long Island City, NYC)
The End, Exit Art (NYC)
Icon + Grid + Void, The Americas Society (NYC)
Shout Outs, Rice University Art Gallery (Houston, TX)
Whippersnappers, Vedanta Gallery (Chicago, IL)
Culturama, GenArts Festival (NYC)
Parking, May Day Productions & NY Restoration Project (High Bridge Park, NYC)
Doce Propuestas Electrónicas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Santurce, PR)
The (S) Files/The Selected Files, El Museo del Barrio (NYC)
Three Suitcases, Art & Idea (Mexico DF, Mexico)
Espacios en transición/transición en espacios, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (San Juan, PR)
Ruido, Taller Boricua (NYC)
Cien Años de Invasión, Museo Arsenalde la Puntilla (San Juan, PR)
Wild, Exit Art (NYC)
In the Public Realm, MetroTech Center, Public Art Fund (Brooklyn, NY)
Así ésta la cosa, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo (México DF, México)
Zooisla, Museo de las Americas (San Juan, PR)
IV Bienal de Arte Joven, Chase Manhattan Bank (Hato Rey, PR)
New York/Nylo: 10 Islanders from America, The Living Art Museum (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Tercer Certamen Nacional, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, (Santurce, PR)
“. . . O Siete Generaciones Sufriran”, Galería Raices (San Juan, PR)
Pequeño Formato ’94, Robinson School (San Juan, PR)
Nestor Otero y Arnaldo Morales, Galería Leonora Vega (San Juan, PR)
Pequeño Formato ’93, Galería Luigi Marrozzini (San Juan, PR)
III Bienal de Arte Joven, Chase Manhattan Bank (Hato Rey, PR)
Muestra Nacional, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueño (San Juan, PR)1992 
Primer Bienal de Arte, Casa Roig Museum (Humacao, PR)
Pequeño Formato ’92, Galería Luigi Marrozzini (San Juan, PR)
Encuentro y Resistencia, Museo de Arte y Historía (San Juan, PR)
Grupo FIN, Francisco Oller Gallery, Universidad de Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras, PR)
Pequeno Formato ’91, Galería Luigi Marrozzini (San Juan, PR)

SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
Grant, Bronx Council on the Arts "BRIO" Award ("Bronx Recognizes Its Own")​
Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency (WI)
Commission, Jerome Foundation Award, Franconia Sculpture Park (MN)
Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYC)
Fellowship, The Joan Mitchell Foundation (NYC)
Commission, The Public Art Fund (MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY)
Fellowship, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena (San Juan, PR)
Fellowship, Fondo Permanente para las Artes (San Juan, PR)
Award, Best Individual Exhibition/Sculpture, Puerto Rican Critics Association (San Juan, PR)
Purchase Award, IV Biennial of Young Art, Chase Manhattan Bank (Hato Rey, PR)
Fellowship, Rochester Endowment for the Arts (Rochester, NY)
Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts (San Juan, PR)
First Prize/Sculpture, III Biennial of Young Art, Chase Manhattan Bank (Hato Rey, PR)

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
JP Morgan Chase Art Collection (NYC)
John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI)
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (San Juan, PR)
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (Santurce, PR)
El Museo del Barrio (NYC)
Museo de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras, PR)