 Portfolio of
Ernesto Arrisueno
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Artist Statement
Biography
Ernesto Arrisueño was born in Lima, Peru in 1957, a time when migration to Australia was almost exclusively from Britain and Europe. In the past decade however, Australian life has been enriched by migration from many South American countries. Arrisueño studied art in Lima before completing a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Ricardo Palma University.
Throughout the 1980's he exhibited widely in Peru in both individual and group exhibitions. Architectural drawing, for which he had won a number of prizes as a student, developed as a major theme in his work where figures and objects are juxtaposed with beautifully rendered building fragments.
He came to Australia in 1989 and soon found success in local exhibitions. The crisp reality of Ernesto Arrisueño's works creates an air of mystical calm, a world of still waters, a myriad of flowers and isolated enigmatic figures. His current work blends memories of his early years in the dry barren landscape of Peru with the new visions and traditions of his life in Australia.
"This world is not a real place. It comes from the mind."
He imagines the boats, the beaches, the weathered surfaces of old timber as he sits and paints in his modern Sydney apartment. This is true, to a certain extent, but it is not just the artist's imagination that creates this space, but memory.
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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2003 "Wanderer`s stories" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2002 "A New Day" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2001 "The Magic of Realism" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2000 "The Magic of Realism" - One Exchange Square, Hong Kong
1999 "Extremes"- Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1997 "Symbolic Realism" -Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1996 "Silencio" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1994 "Symbolic Realism" -Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1993 "Modern Realism and Beyond" -Wagner Gallery, Sydney
1992 "Modern Realism and Beyond"
High Court of Australia, Canberra
1990 Wycombe Art Gallery - Sydney
1990 Artworld Graphics Gallery - Sydney
1988 Georgina Kinch - Art Gallery, Sydney
1987 "Surrealism" - Trapecio Art Gallery, Peru
1986 "A World in the Drawer" - Trapecio Art Gallery
1985 Silk Screen Printings - Praxis Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1985 "Triangles" - Praxis Art Gallery, Peru
1983 "Magic Realism" - Miguel Gayo Art Gallery, Peru
1983 Trapecio Art Gallery
1980 "Symbolic, Hyperrealism" - Miguel Gayo Art Gallery, Peru
1977 "The Spirit of the Tree", Thirteen drawings
Trapecio Art Gallery, Peru
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 "Collectors Choice" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2004 "Realism" - Peruvian Embassy, Washington D.C.
2004 Latin American Festival - Turreganong Art Center, Canberra
2003 "Christmas Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2003 "Collectors Choice" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2002 "Christmas Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2002 "Summer Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2001 "Summer Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
2000 "Summer Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1998 "Christmas Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1997 "Christmas Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
1996 "Three Australian Painters" - Wagner Art Gallery, Hong Kong
1995 "Summer Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery
1993 "Summer Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery
1991 "Summer Exhibition" - Wagner Art Gallery
1991 "See & Sand" - Raglan Gallery, Sydney
1991 "Peruvian Artists" - Montevideo, Uruguay
1990 Wycombe Art Gallery, Sydney
1988 "Contemporary Peruvians"
Honorable Concejo Deliberante de Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988 "Coves & Boats" - Trapecio Art Gallery, Peru
1988 "Contrasts" - Lima Sheraton Hotel, Peru
1987 "Contemporary Creativity" - Art Decore Gallery, Peru
1986 Benefit Exhibition for Child Association,
Lima Golf Club, Peru
1986 "Peruvian Silk Screen Printings" - New York
1986 "Peruvian Silk Screen Printings" - Tokyo, Japan
1986 Silk Screen Printings - Trapecio Art Gallery Peru
1986 "Still Life" - Forum Art Gallery, Peru
1985 The Poor Child of Peru Association Exhibition,
Italian Art Museum, Peru
1985 Benefit Exhibition for Hospital San Juan de Dios,
Trapecio Art Gallery, Peru
1985 Miraflores Art Gallery, Peru
1985 "Noche del Arte" (Art Night) - USA Embassy, Peru
1981 Ivonne Briceno Art Gallery, Peru
1980 "Fifty Peruvian Paintings", Vargas Art Gallery, Peru
1978 "Peruvian Drawings" - Banco Continental Art Gallery, Peru
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1968 Drawing and Painting -
Institute Art Centre - Lima, Peru
1975 Graphical study of human anatomy
Cristina Galvez Workshop - Lima, Peru
1977 Scholarship of Visual Arts
Brazilian Studies Centre - Lima, Peru
1977-83 Bachelor of Architecture, Lima, Peru
Ricardo Palma University - Lima, Peru
AWARDS
1966 1st Prize 'Ventana al Hogar'
(The Window at Home TV Program) Channel 9, Peru
1982-83 1st and 2nd Prizes - Drawings of Historic Monuments
Peruvian College of Architects
1985 Honorable Mention - 'Fundacion por los Ninos del Peru'
Italian Museum, Peru
1993 3rd Prize, Public Choice - Mosman Art Prize
Mosman Council, Sydney
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