Manuel García Fonteboa

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[1]===== Graphic artist and Professor. García studied architecture at Universidad de Puerto Rico (1965-1969), graphics with Antonio Martorell at Taller Alacrán (1968) and post graduate courses at Amherst College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is Professor of Design at the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Puerto Rico. He has received several prizes, such as, First Prize in Printmaking at the United Federal Savings Bank Competition (1975) and First Prize in Printmaking, UNESCO of Puerto Rico (1976). García’s work has been exhibited in and outside Puerto Rico, as in the Museum of the Latin American engraving in San Juan (1972), the national flag of Puerto Rico in Seville, Spain (1992) and several editions of the biennial of San Juan of the Latin American engraving and the Caribbean. =====

  • Education
  • 1984
  • Masters in Visual Arts. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
  • 1965-1969
  • Bachelor of Environmental Design. Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Professional Experience
  • 1990-Present
  • Professor. Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2003-2007
  • Professor. Summer Architecture Workshop, Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 1968
  • Member. Taller Alacrán, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • n.d.
  • Founding Member. Taller El Jacho, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Founding Member. Taller Tiburón, Nueva York, United States

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