Hendrick Gil.Artista plastic. Born in Valverde Mao Province, Dominican Republic in 1958. His first forays into the visual arts went through graphic design, from where he discovered his passion and encouragement and fascination with color, both in their values as in the monochromatic polychromatic, visual and psychological experience essential to the administration of his current work coloristic .
Interested in reaching their desired academic and artistic training, he traveled from his home province to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, north of the Dominican Republic for the purpose of registration as a student in the National Teacher Workshop Yoryi Morel. Under the direction of the famous Impressionist painter, precursor of modern painting Dominican young Hendrick experienced his first formal encounter with the arts. In 1979 he set up his residence in Santo Domingo, capital of the Republic, which joined the Department of Fine Arts at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), obtaining a college degree in art.
After graduation, he worked as a graphic designer at several advertising agencies and corporations. Initially he worked as an illustrator, reaching the position of Art Director. Gradually he discovered his skill and sensitivity for the portrait, beginning with the creation of corporate portraits, creating important portraits for Heads of State, Judges and personalities of national prestige.
In 1986, Hendrick Gil is installed in the United States North America seeks to broaden their education in the visual arts, starting a program of study at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. Later receive teaching at the prestigious International Art Students' League in New York. In this scenario achieves a higher level of perception of art as well as sufficient levels of maturity to acknowledge its responsibility and challenges as a professional artist, allowing his vision to combine the country's island home, with universal ideas of modern art. Hendrick is a senior artist at his craft that currently goes in time and creative agenda to produce and display their works, both at home and in major cities in Europe and USA.
Solo and Group:
2009
Group Exhibition, Art Gallery Nader. Santo Domingo, DR
Group Exhibition, "The Mega Cities and the Mini Cities Stufembau im." Berrna, Switzerland
Solo Exhibition, Art Gallery Sumter, Sumter, SC
Group Exhibition, "Generations", Shanell Art Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2008
Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
2007
Solo Exhibition, Amaze Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
2006
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
2005
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
Solo Exhibition, Collectible Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
International Fair Art Expo California, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Group Exhibition, Conacher Galleries, San Francisco, CA
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
2002
Cellebration Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2001
Atlanta Art Festival, Atlanta, GA
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
2000
International Art Fair Expo Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
International Fair Art Expo New York, New York City, NY
1999
Group Exhibition, Read Gallery, Caramel, CA
1998
"Caribbean Lights" Solo Exhibition.
Collectible Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997
"Echoes of the Tropic" Solo Exhibition. Collectible Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996
"Myths of my Homeland" Individual.Collectible Art Exhibition Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Uptown Art Festival, Minneapolis, MN
1994
Ann Arbor State Street Art Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
1993
Cellebration Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
1992
Boston Mill Art Festival, Boston Mill, Ohio
1988
Group Exhibition, Hotel El Embajador, Santo Domingo, DR
1987
Scenic Painting for the movie "The Serpent and the Rainbow," directed by Wes Craven, RD - Haiti
1985
Gallery de Soto, Santo Domingo, DR
1984
Gallery de Soto, Santo Domingo, RD
1977
Selected in the National Competition of Art and Literature. Royal Bank of Canada. Santo Domingo, DR
1976
Selected in the National Competition of Art and Literature. Royal Bank of Canada. Santo Domingo, DR
Hendrick Gil. Artist's Statement.
"Using the principle stylistic incongruity of style, constantly change my room painting as nomads their stores."
"These changes are the result of my constant search for that elusive ideal that consistently see in my mind's eye. Self-satisfaction may signal the death of the artist's creative vision. It is the restlessness, anxiety, dissatisfaction and agony of my mind what nourishes my creativity. I respect the link between the figurative and abstract as a valid strategy for expropriation of reality. My primary objective is the process of painting itself. The result should be a work that satisfies me and that both have a human dimension, and formal or technical. "
"As an artist, I am always traveling and never arriving. The important thing is the journey, anticipation, surprise, adventure and creativity experienced in path. "
Dominican Republic
