Raul Vasquez Saez

Born in the town of Villa de Los Santos on February 6, 1954, he received a scholarship from the Institute for the Training of Human Resources (IFARHU). His works are represented in the "Permanent Hall of Panamanian Art History" at the Panamanian National Institute; in the "National Gallery of Contemporary Art" at the Costa Rican Art Museum (Costa Rica); in the Visual Art Record of Art Lucyan Al Cardio (Naples, Italy); and at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama.
He has offered poetry recitals, lectures, and seminar-workshops in Costa Rica and Panama. He has published two books: "Cerrojo profundo" and "En tu Piel Anónima". He won the National Painting Prize and participated in National Art Auctions.
MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1990 – "LAS CUEVAS DE PAPEL" (PAPER CAVES), Galería Habitante, Panama.
1989 – "ÚLTIMA OBRA PICTÓRICA" (LATEST PICTORIAL WORK), Galería Habitante, Panama.
1988 – "APRENDIZ DE BRUJO" (SORCERER'S APPRENTICE), Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama, Panama.
1987 – "UN OJO EN LA SOMBRA" (AN EYE IN THE SHADOW), Galería Habitante, Panama.
1986 – "DUENDES Y EL ERMITAÑO" (GOBLINS AND THE HERMIT), Galería Habitante, Panama.
1984 – "EL HIJO DE RAÚL Y ELIDA" (THE SON OF RAÚL AND ELIDA), Galería Habitante, Panama.
1982 – "SANGRE SALVAJE" (WILD BLOOD), Galería Habitante, Panama.
1979 – "TECHUMBRES, GUIJARROS Y PUEBLO" (ROOFTOPS, PEBBLES AND PEOPLE), Museum of Nationality, Los Santos, Panama.
1977 – "PAINTING EXHIBITION BY RAUL VÁSQUEZ SAEZ", Museum of Nationality, Los Santos, Panama.
1976 – "25 FORMAS PARA UNA AGONÍA" (25 FORMS FOR AN AGONY), Los Santos, Panama.
1975 – "LA LLAGA INFINITA" (THE INFINITE SORE), Center for Art and Culture, Panama.
– "TUBERCULOSIS", Universidad Popular de Azuero.
MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1992 – CARACAS ART FAIR – June.
1992 – ART MIAMI – January.
1991 – Latin American Art Group Exhibition. Nagoya, Japan.
1990 – Latin American Visual Expression. Galería Habitante, Panama.
1989 – Panamanian Art Pavilion (Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama).
– EXPOCOMER 89, ATLAPA, Panama.
– 1st International Art Festival José Alfonso. Setúbal, Portugal.
– International Art Exhibition, Castel San Giorgio, Italy.
– III International Biennial of Visual/Experimental/Alternative Poetry, Mexico City, Mexico.
– THE TOWERBANK COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN ART,
alongside: Antonio Araral, Humberto Calzada, Benjamin Canas, Wilfredo Chiesa, Enrique Grau, Armando Morales, Perez Celis, Alicia Vileri,
Francisco Zúñiga, Brooke Alfaro, and Coqui Calderón. Miami, Florida, USA.
1988 – IX International Art Biennial Valparaíso 1989, Valparaíso, Chile.
– Re-inauguration, Galería Habitante, Panama.
– PANAMANIAN PAINTERS, Coconut Grove, Miami, USA.
– LATIN ART SOUTH OF MIAMI, Helene Grubair Gallery, with:
Armando Morales, Fernando de Szyszlo, Francisco Toledo, Wilfredo Lam,
Rene Portocarrero, Guillermo Trujillo, Rafael Soriano, Elmar Rojas,
Perez Celis, Benjamín Canas, Antonio Seguí, Antonio Amaral, Alejandro Aroslequi, among others. Miami, Florida, USA.
– YEAR-END GROUP SHOW. Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama.
1987 – Juan de Juans Gallery Exhibition, Alicante, Spain.
– Juan de Juans Exhibition, Orihuela, Spain.
– 19th São Paulo Biennial, Brazil (Erotic Mixed Media).
– TOKYO-TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan.
– CONTURBERNIO, Erotic Mixed Media Work.
1986 – COLOR AND LATIN FEELING, TRIBUTE TO PEACE, Santiago, Veraguas, Panama.
– First International Biennial of Visual and Experimental Poetry in Mexico, 1985–1986.
– EVOLUTION OF PANAMANIAN PAINTING (1980s, Part 1), 12 painters presented by Club Unión de Panamá.
1985 – PLASTIC EXPRESSIONS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA, Group Show of Central American and Panamanian Masters, Galería Habitante, Panama.
– Art Action by the Nuvo Group of Panama. Sala Jorge De Bravo, San José, Costa Rica.
1984 – LATIN BLOOD, Santiago, Veraguas, Panama.
– Inauguration of Galería Plaza, David, Chiriquí, Panama.
– MATERIAL PAINTING, Group Exhibition of Costa Rican and Panamanian Painters. Jade Museum, San José, Costa Rica.
– A LOOK AT OUR SURROUNDINGS, Group show of 82 Central American and Panamanian painters. Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, San José, Costa Rica.
– 12 Painters. Galería Habitante and Plaza Paitilla, Panama.
1983 – Inauguration with Latin American painters at Galería Expresión, David, Panama.
– "EXPRESIÓN 83" Group Show, La Nación Newspaper Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.
– ENCOUNTERS, Latin American and Panamanian Painters, “EXPRESIÓN 83” Group, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Chiriquí.
– Group exhibition with “EXPRESIÓN 83”, San José, Costa Rica.
1982 – DISTINCT DIFFERENCES, Inauguration of Perez Art Gallery (Lambert, Ruiz Melgar, and Raul Vásquez Saez), San José, Costa Rica.
– In Panama, at Galería DEXA, Exhibition "PLASTIC OCCURRENCES", with acclaimed painter JUAN BASTISTA JUAN.
1980 – CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION, with painters from Guatemala and Panama.
– Museum of Fine Arts of Toluca, Mexico.
– At the Dr. Jorge Jiménez Canlu Cultural Center, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, with artists from Guatemala, Venezuela, and Panama. Exhibition "LATIN AMERICAN UNION".
– In Panama, Exhibition "SANTEÑO PAINTERS OFFENSIVE TO THE CAPITAL".
– At the Jade Museum, San José, Costa Rica. Exhibition "THREE YOUNG PANAMANIAN PAINTERS", with Adonai Rivera and Eduardo Augustine.
1979 – "PILGRIMS: THE CHILDREN OF THE EARTH", Caja de Ahorros, Chitré, Panama.
– With Mexican and Panamanian painters, group show at "El Polvorín" Museum, Monclova, Mexico.
1978 – Museum of Contemporary Art of Michoacán, Mexico (Mexican and Panamanian painters).
1977 – "YOUNG ART IFARHU 77", Panama City, Panama.
1974 – "THREE GROUP EXHIBITIONS", Azuero, Panama.
1973 – "FIRST SHOW", Los Santos, Panama.