Osvaldo Budet

Osvaldo Budet (Juan Osvaldo Budet-Meléndez) (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979) is a contemporary Puerto Rican artist. He is currently based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1]

Osvaldo Budet
Born
Juan Osvaldo Budet Meléndez

(1979-06-14) 14 June 1979
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Other namesOsvaldo Budet Meléndez
Alma materEscuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico, Maryland Institute College of Art
Home townSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Websitehttp://www.osvaldobudet.com

Education

Budet received a B.F.A. in painting in 2004 from Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico and an M.F.A. in Painting from the Hoffberger School of Painting in 2008 at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He was an artist in resident at Museo del Barrio Santurce, Puerto Rico in 2005 and in The Leipzig International Art Program, Germany in 2008.

Work

Budet’s work is influenced by documentary film,[2] and activism and his production of paintings, photographs and videos are characterized as being both,"Humorous and seriousness"[3] The work displays a conscious of the problems of identity; a notion of the colonized is at the center of this work.

Budet constructs paintings and photographs which use self-portraiture to explore historical moments, often citing the creation of colonial identity. Budet uses reflective materials, such as diamond dust, iron oxide and glass to reference the material of film. His work has been shown in Puerto Rico, New York City, Chicago,[4] Los Angeles, Miami, Baltimore, Washington DC, Ireland and Italy.

References
  1. "Osvaldo Budet Meléndez". Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019. Currently lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  2. Osvaldo Budet Paintig Documentarys, KX0101. Binary Talk, 2009.
  3. Budet, O: Humorous and seriousness, KX0101. Binary Talk, 2009
  4. Hildwine, Jeriah. "Romantic Political Affair at the IPRAC". Chicago Art Magazine, 5 January 2010.
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