Amalia Tapia

Panamanian Painter, born in Panama on December 30, 1946. She studied at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Panama and at the Institute of International Education.
She has held numerous exhibitions and received the First Prize in the Cervecería Nacional competition in 1986, and the Second Prize in the 1990 J&B competition. She has also been awarded the National Painting Prize.
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Mateo Sariel Gallery, Panama
2002 Mateo Sariel Gallery, Panama
1999 Mateo Sariel Gallery, Panama
1998 Arteconsult Gallery, Panama
1996 Museum Galeria de Arte, Panama
1994 Arteconsult Gallery, Panama
1991 Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama
1987 Mery de Bernal Gallery, Panama
1982 Arte OL Gallery, Panama
1980 Etcétera Gallery, Panama
1979 El Sótano de Panarte, Panama
1978 Panamanian Art Institute, Panama
1975 Etcétera Gallery, Panama
1974 Panamanian Art Institute, Panama
Group Exhibitions
2005 "Arte Américas", Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Director’s Choice", Panama
2004 Mateo Sariel Gallery, Art Miami
2003 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Director’s Choice", Panama
2003 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Muestra 2", Mexico City, Mexico
2002 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Director’s Choice", Panama
2001 Casa de las Américas, "Contemporary Panama", Madrid, Spain
2001 Ibero–American Institute, "Contemporary Panama", Milan, Italy
2001 Museum of Contemporary Art, "Contemporary Panama", Panama
2001 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Director’s Choice", Panama
2000 Italo–American Institute, "Contemporary Panama", Rome, Italy
2000 Arteconsult Gallery, "Memory: 20 Years", Panama
2000 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Director’s Choice", Panama
2000 Allegro, "Traces", Panama
1999 Mateo Sariel Gallery, "Panamanian Art Today", Panama
1999 Bernheim Gallery, "Canalysis", Panama
1998 Altamira Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1998 Valanti Gallery, "The Spirit of Latin American Art", Costa Rica
1998 Arteconsult Gallery, "Premieres", Panama
1997 Caracas International Fair, Venezuela
1997 Bernheim Gallery, "Canalysis", Panama
1996 Casa de América, "Contemporary Panamanian Art", Madrid, Spain
1996 Habitante Gallery, Panama
1996 Arteconsult Gallery, "Small Format", Panama
1993 Art Miami ’93, Miami Beach Convention Center, USA
1992 10th Caribbean Painting Biennial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1992 "Meeting of Two Worlds", Museum of Visual Arts, Hong Kong
1992 Metropolitana Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
1991 Museum of Costa Rican Art, "First Ceramics Contest", San José, Costa Rica
1991 Unique’s Art Gallery, "Sculptures and Ceramics", Panama
1991 Gran Avenida Gallery, "5 Trends of Panamanian Artists", Bogotá, Colombia
1991 INAC Art Gallery, "World Vision of Eight Panamanian Women Painters", Panama
1991 The American Women’s Association of El Salvador, "6th International Art Exhibition", San Salvador
1991 10th Valparaíso Biennial, Chile
1991 3rd International Painting Biennial of Cuenca, Ecuador
1991 Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Lisbon, Portugal
1990 "Expocomer" Exhibition, Panama
1990 Imagen Gallery, "Painting and Ceramics", Panama
1990 New York Auction Gallery, "New Era", USA
1990 Jessy & Raymond Gallery, Panama
1990 Imagen Gallery, "National Painters", Panama
1989 Mery de Bernal Gallery, "Ceramics", Panama
1989 Unique’s Art Gallery, Panama
1989 Habitante Gallery, "Ceramics", Panama
1988 Habitante Gallery, "Refinery Panama", Panama
1988 Mery de Bernal Gallery, "Watercolor Festival", Panama
1988 Habitante Gallery, "Visions of Women", Panama
1987 Etcétera Gallery, Panama
1986 Habitante Gallery, "Women in Panamanian Visual Arts", Panama
1986 Museo Del Mar de Plata, Argentina
1986 National Painting Contest, Panama
1986 Arte OL Gallery, Panama
1986 Cervecería Nacional, Panama
1986 Garden Club, Colón, Panama
1986 Magna Gallery, Panama
1985 Etcétera Gallery, "People, Customs and Landscapes of Panama", Panama
1985 Museum of Contemporary Art, Alternative Room – "Watercolor", Panama
1985 Union Club, "Evolution of Panamanian Painting", Panama
1984 Etcétera Gallery, "Color", Panama
1982 Casa de las Américas, Cuba
1981 Octava Gallery, "The Carnival", Panama
1981 Panarte Competition, Panama
1981 National Institute of Culture, First National Painting Contest, Panama
1980 National Institute of Culture, "Expo–Feacap", Panama
1979 Museum of History, Panama
1979 Honduras Biennial, Honduras
1979 Panorama of Panamanian Visual Arts, "7th International Housing Congress", Panama
1978 Panarte Competition, Panama
1978 INAC – Brazilian Embassy, Panama
1977 Museum of the Panamanian Man, Panama
1977 Second Central American Biennial of Visual Arts, El Salvador
1977 Panarte, "Young Artists in Visual Arts", Panama
1976 Women InterArt Center, "Color, Light and Image", New York, USA
1976 Chase Manhattan Bank Gallery, Panama
1976 Amador Washington Library, Panama
1975 Institute of International Education, New York, USA
1975 Xerox of Panama
1974 DEXA – Department of Artistic Expressions, University of Panama, Panama
1973 DEXA – Department of Artistic Expressions, University of Panama, Panama
1973 Panamanian Art Institute, "International Year of Women", Panama
Auctions
San Felipe Foundation
National Nutrition Foundation
Panamanian Art Institute
Ciudad del Niño
Museum of Contemporary Art
Panama Lions Club
Pro–Impedidos
Awards
1990 2nd Prize – J&B Competition
1990 3rd Prize – III National Cervecería Nacional Competition
1990 Special Honorable Mention – INAC National Painting Competition
1986 1st Prize – II National Cervecería Nacional Competition
1985 First Honorable Mention – INAC National Painting Competition
1981 Honorable Mention – 1st INAC National Painting Competition