Rolando Briseño
Born
1952San Antonio, Texas
Education
1979MFA Columbia University, New York, New York
1975 BA University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1973 BFA University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Public Art Commissions
2013 Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority (rapid transit station), TX
2012 Puente de los Encuentros, McCullough Avenue Bridge, San Antonio River Foundation, San Antonio, TX
2012Puente de Rippling Shadows, Brooklyn Avenue Bridge, San Antonio River Foundation, San Antonio, TX
2010Gate Ways: The Four Directions, San Antonio International Airport, Terminal B, San Antonio, TX
2006 Public Art Master Plan for the City of San Antonio, Freeman/Whitehurst Group,
Phoenix, AZ
2005Galaxy Way, 131’ long suspended plastic sculpture,Houston Intercontinental Airport, Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, Houston, TX
2005 Cuerpos Celestiales, 30’h x 120 x 205 x 120’, painted steel,Frisco (suburb of Dallas) Convention Center and Hotel Parking Garage
2003 The Learning Tree, 25' x 7'8" bronze grille over water fall in Trinity University’s (San Antonio) new administration building lobby, Robert Stern, arch. NYC
2003 Macro-Micro Culture, 303' x 43" computer generated mural in the Austin Convention Center, Art in Public Places, Austin, TX
1995Family Library Table, 12' x 40' epoxy enamel painted steel and cast aluminum fence and gate at the new Cypress Hills Library, Brooklyn, New York. Percent for Art Program and the Brooklyn Library System. Richard Dattner, arch. NYC
1992Chicken Mole, 36 x 36" enamel plaque, Art for Transit, MTA, Columbus Circle, NY, NY
1992Padre Damien's Table, 6 x 6 x 5' wrought iron and gold sculpture
Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Conception of the City of San Antonio
1992At the Table, 76- 18 x 24 x 3/4" epoxy enamel painted cast aluminum capitols on the columns of the platforms for the North White Plains Train Station, Metro North, Art for Transit, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York, NY
1987"The Big Club," Turin, Italy
1983"Bridges," Brooklyn Bridge Centennial Commission, Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2012"Spinning San Antonio Fiesta, "Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX (Performance)
2011"Spinning San Antonio Fiesta, "Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX (Performance)
2011 Moctezuma's Table, Galeria Ortiz Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2011Moctezuma's Table, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
2010"Spinning San Alamo Fiesta," Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX (Performance)
2009"Spinning San Alamo Fiesta," Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX (Performance)
2008"Rolando Briseno," "Moctezuma's Table," Julia Yates Semmes Library, San Antonio, TX
2007“Celestial Tablescapes”, Ortiz Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2004“La Mesa de Moctezuma”, Instituto de Mexico, Montreal, Canada
2003“Tablescapes”, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2001“Tablescapes”, Galeria Inframundo, New York, NY
“Macro-Micro Culture”, Joan Groana Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2000“New Giclée Print Series,” Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
1998“Moctezuma's Table," Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, TX
1997"Back to the Table,” The Center for Art and Spirituality at The University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
1997“Rolando Briseno: A Survey," MexicArte Museum, Austin, TX
1996“ArtPace, Boardroom & Foyer," San Antonio, TX
1993"The Table: A Survey," Whitehall, New York, NY
1992Universidad Nacional Automona de Mexico at San Antonio (brochure) Governor's Gallery, World Trade Center, New York, NY
1991Rempire Gallery, New York, NY (catalog)
Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX
Macy's Windows, Herald Square, New York, NY
1990Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX (catalog)
1989Maloney Butler Gallery, Santa Monica, California Arte Moderno, San Antonio, TX
1989Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
1987V. S. V., Turin, Italy
1986Idra Duarte, Naples, Italy
1984P.S. 1, Special Projects Room, Long Island, NY
1982Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
1981Cayman Gallery, New York, NY (brochure)
Grants/ Scholarships
2007National Association of Latino Art and Culture
1995Joan Mitchel Foundation
1994New York State Council on the Arts
1987PollackKrasner Foundation
1987Residency, Bellagio Study Center, Rockefeller Foundation, Lago de Como, Italy
1985Awards in the Visual Arts 3 Fellowship
1985National Endowments for the Arts
1984New York State Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship
Selected Group Exhibits
2012"¡Viva San Antonio! Works from the Collection of Guillermo Nicolas." San Antonio Central Library, San Antonio, TX
2012"Cultura y Vida: Tejano Art Show." Corpus Christi Art Center, Corpus Christi, TX
2011"The New Old San Antonio: Tales from The Little Big Town." Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2011"Cosas: Art for the Built Environment." Pasa Studio, San Antonio, TX
2010"The White Show." Hausmann Millworks, San Antonio, TX
2010"Segundo de Febrero." Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX
2009"The Power of Then." Museo de las Amerícas, Denver, CO
2009"Mujeres Mentors Muertos y Milagros." Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX
2009"The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup." Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
2009"Caras Vemos, Corazones No Sabemos: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration." Museo Alameda, San Antonio, TX
2009"On and Off Fredericksburg Road." Studio Tour, San Antonio, TX
2009"Soy Ilegal, No Criminal." Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX
2009 "New Prints, 2009/Winter.” International Print Center New York and Anchor Graphics & Columbia College Chicago for Global Implications: Southern Graphics Council Conference
2009 "The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup.” The Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, TX and The Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
2008 "'iPresente!,' Photography and the Art of the Present Moment." Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio TX
2008 "Playing With Time.” Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2007 “Still Life In New Time.” University of Texas at San Antonio Gallery
2006“Caras Vemos, Corazones No Sabemos: The Human Landscape of Mexican
Migration.” Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame (traveling show) (catalogue)
2006 “Olvidate del Alamo.” Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio, TX
2005 “Along the Way:MTA Arts for Transit." UBS Gallery, New York, NY (brochure)
2005 “M.A.S.A.” MeChicano Alliance of Space Artists, Gallista Gallery, San Antonio, Tx
2005 “ Blue Star 20.” Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2005 “Forget The Alamo.” Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, TX (performance, video)
2005 “Along The Way.” MTA Arts For Transit, Brooklyn, NY
2004“Serie Project, Inc.” Tarrant County College, Austin, TX
2004“Arte Contemporaneo.” Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, TX
2004“Food For Thought.” San Antonio Museum of Art.
2004“Chicano Art for Our Millenium.” Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, Arizona (illus.)
“H2O-Considering the Hydrosphrere.” Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2003“Dia de los Muertos.” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2002“Dia de los Muertos.” Instituto de Mexico, San Antonio, TX
2000“Latino Redux.” University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX(catalog)
1998“Close to the Border.” University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM
1997“Tres Proyectos Latinos.” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1996“Feast for the Eyes.” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1995“Ponder These Things.” New York State Museum, Albany, NY
1995“Blue Star on Houston Street." San Antonio, TX
1994“Icons as Heritage.” Carrington/Gallagher Gallery, San Antonio, TX
1993Henry Street Settlement Gallery, New York, NY
1994Columbia University, Teacher's College, Macy Gallery, New York, NY
Transportation Museum, New York, NY
"Blue Star Eight." Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
“Ima Ritma." Cast Iron Gallery, New York, NY(catalog)
Galeria Coabey, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1992Jansen/Perez Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Off the Wall." Westchester Community College Gallery, Yonkers, NY
"Latin American Artists from New York in Miami." Javier Lumbreras Fine Art, Coral
Gables, FL
“The Enduring Thread." Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn Boro Hall, Brooklyn, NY
"Similar/Disimilar." Sculpture Space, New York, NY
Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin, TX
Plastica Nueva, Santiago, Chile
1991"Tejanos." Carillo Gil Museum, Mexico D.F. (catalog)
1990Swen Parson Gallery, Northern Illinois Museum, Dekalb, IL
1989Inaugural Exhibition, Rempire Gallery, New York, NY
Scott Alan Gallery, New York, NY
La Agencia, New York, NY
Arte Moderno, New York, New York
"Bridges and Boundaries." Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York, NY
1987Arco 87, Manolo Rodriguez Diaz, Madrid, Spain
19879"Contemporary Hispanic Art In the U.S." (book with color illustrations)
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
Corcoran Gallery, Washington D C.
Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn Museum, Brookly, NY
1986“Buon Natale." Studio Cristofori, Bologna, Italy
“East Village Art." Laser Association, Milan, Italy
"Senza Paura." WesselO'Connor Gallery, Rome, Italy
1985"The Discovery Of America." WesselO'Connor Gallery, Rome, Italy
"The Image as an Image of the Psyche." Sculpture Center, New York, New York (catalog)
Inaugural Exhibition, Artnetwork, Tucson. AZ
1984"Awards in the Visual Arts 3.'' San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Lock Haven Art Center, Orlando, FL
Cranbrook Academy of An, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1983"Creative Artists Public Service Exhibition."
Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Pyramids Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, Albany, NY
"Turn It Over." Sponsor: Sandro Chia, White Columns, New York, NY
"Painting by Young Artists." Farthing Art Gallery (catalog)
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Hickory Museum, Hickory, NC
"Contemporary Latin American Art." Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
1982"55 Mercer Invitational." 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
"Untitled, Without Theme." Alternative Museum, New York, NY (catalog)
“New York Artists." Sponsors: Holly Solomon and Mark Twain Bank, Kansas City, MO
“Octopus." El Museo del Barrio, Sponsor Exit Art, New York, NY (catalog)
1981"5 x 5 Artists Introduce Artists." City Gallery, New York, NY
1976“Arte Hispano.” Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
1975“La Movida.” Institute of Texan Cultures, sponsored by Con/Safo, San Antonio, TX
Videos
2010"Flipped? Local Artist Spins St. Anthony in Cultural Statement." Kens5, San Antonio, TX
2007“Why Chicano Art Still Matters.” Lecture by Rolando Briseno, UTSA
Rolando Briseño interview by David S. Rubin, curator of contemporary art at San Antonio Museum of Art
2005“La Mesa de Moctezuma.” lecture by Rolando Briseño, San Antonio Museum of Art
1997“Rolando Briseño.” Producer: Sylvia Orozco, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
1988"Heritage, Segment Profile." Producer: Joseph Tovares, KLRN, San Antonio, TX. Texas Program 911, PBS
1987"Hispanic Art in the U.S." The Texas Connection, Producer De Colores, Houston, TX. PBS
1986"Yaddo and the Artists' Retreat." Producer: Steve Dunn, WHMT, Rotterdam, NY. PBS
Selected Book Bibliography
2013"National Geographic Learning Edge, Revision." National Geographic Learning. Cenage Learning. May 2013.
2012Casey, Suzy,Goldberg, Rita, and Stevenson, Claire Rhodes, The Art Lovers' Cookbook.
Newport Beach, CA: SRC Publishing (illus).
2010Cantú, Norma, ed. Moctezuma's Table: Rolando Briseño's Mexican and Chicano Tablescapes. College Station, TX: Texas A&M UP
2009Cordova, Ruben. Con Safo. The Chicano Art Group and the Politics of South Texas, UCLA Press
2008Cuba, Nan, and Riley Robinson, eds. Art at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers and Artists. San Antonio, TX: Trinity UP (illus.)
2007Lundsford, Andea A., Ruszkiewicz, John J. and Walters, Kieth, Everything is an Argument, Bedford / St. Martin Press (illus.)
2006Chabram-Derneresian, Angie, ed. The Chicana/o Cultural Arts Studies Reader. New York: Routledge (illus. cover)
2005New Yorks Percent For Art Program.City Art.Department of Cultural Affairs, Merrel, New York – London
2004Nye, Naomi Shihab, Is This Forever, or What? Poems & Paintings from Texas, New York: Greenwillow (illus.)
2004Chicano Art for Our Millenium. , Bilingual Press
2003Johnson, Katie. Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual (illus.)
1986John Beardsley, Jane Livingston, and Octavio Paz. Hispanic Art in theU.S. New York: Abbeyville (illus.)
1977Bayón, Damián, El Artista Latinoamericano y su Identidad. Caracas, Venezuela: Monte
Avila Editores C.A. (144)
Selected Periodical Bibliography
2013Phillip, Melissa. "MetroRail commissions art for new light-rail stations." Houston Chronicle. August 8, 2013.
2013Briseño, Rolando. "Reweave 'spun' story of Alamo." San Antonio Express News June 10
2013BOMB Digital Archive. BOMB Magazine, 2013. Web. 2013.
2013Marini, Richard A. "The History of San Antonio in 50 Objects."San Antonio Express News. January 13, 2013. J5
2012Moorman, David. "Moctezuma's Table: Rolando Briseno's Mexian and Chicano Tablescapes." Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture Summer 2012 pgs. 113-114.
2012Santos, John Phillip. "The Education of Mi Hijita." Texas Monthly September pg. 187
2012Silva, Elda and Bennett, Steve. "The Season for Love, and photography, handcrafts." San Antonio Express News August 26
2012Hurtado, Roberta. "Spinning San Antonio: Latina/o Resistance to Cultural Erasure in the Heart of San Antonio." La Voz de Esperanza June pgs. 3-4 (illus)
2012Bennett, Steve. "Making a living in art." San Antonio Express News June 3 (illus)
2012Andrews, Scott. "Viva Fiesta! (Now about that Alamo...)." San Antonio Current April 18-24 (illus) pgs. 19-24
2012Bennett, Steve. "River Walk bridges made in the shade." San Antonio Express News June 10 (illus)
2011Silva, Elda. "Exhibits in England and Buenos Aires Feature S.A. Artists." San Antonio Express News August 12.
2011Andrews, Scott. "Flippin' San Antonio." San Antonio Current June 23 (illus).
2011"Cultural Adjustment." San Antonio Express-News Metro SectionJune 14 (illus).
2011Andrew, Scott. "Art/Artifacts/Notes on Culture." San Antonio Current June 8 (illus).
2011Daydi-Tolson, Dr Santiago. "El Admirable Arte de Rolando Briseño." La Revist Mexicana Paral El Empresario Hispano En San Antonio, Texas, EU Feb-Mar (illus.).
2010Bennett, Steve. "Briseño's 'Table' a Feast for the Senses." San Antonio Express-News December 5 (illus).
2010Morris, Jerid. "Food Fight: Briseño's 'Tablescapes' Tells Tales of a Culinary Culture War." San Antonio Current December 1 (illus).
2010Bennett, Steve. "Food for Art." San Antonio Express News November 18 (illus).
2010Pack, William. "Doors Opening On New Terminal." San Antonio Express News Business Section October 23 (illus).
2010"Expansion Brings More Public Art to the Airport." San Antonio Express News October 17 (illus).
2010Silva, Elda. "Artist Serves up Book Touting Food of Mexico." San Antonio Express News October 6 (illus).
2010"The Metaphor of Food." View Fall (illus).
2010Silva, Elda. "Curator Getting Down to Essentials." San Antonio Express-News July 16. (illus.).
2010Silva, Elda. "Briseno Remembers Alamo in Rotating Work of Art." San Antonio Express-News June 10.
2010Wolff, Elaine. "Rock the Cradle." San Antonio Current June 09.
2010Belasco, Jessica. "Meal is a Century in the Making." San Antonio Express-News February 25
2009Schreyach, Michael. "Approaching Abstract Art." Trinity: The Magazine of Trinity University July.
2009 Paglia, Michael. Denver Arts: Westword Denver, CO September 29.
2009Goddard, Dan. "Art Runs Through It: New Works will Permeate River Walk Expansion." San Antonio Express-News March 29.
2008 Rockwell, Steve. Dart International Spring.
2008 Rissman-Sherr, Claire. "An Artful Abode." Brilliant May.
2008 Silva, Elda. "So Whatcha Doin'?: Rolando Briseno." San Antonio Express - News, January 13.
2008 Fisch, Sarah. "'Water under the bridge(s),' A Quickie Guide to the River Project's Public Art." San Antonio Current December 10-16.
2008 Interviewed by David S. Rubin, The Brown Foundation Curator of Contemporary Art, "Conversations with Artists in the Collection." San Antonio Museum of Art
2007 Avila, Wilfrido. "La Mesa de Moctezuma: Historia y Tradición de Rolando Briseño." El Sol de Cuernavaca December 14.
2007 Franco, Ira. "San Art-onio Texas: Existe Arte Más Allá de Los Malls." Vuelo September
2007 Kartofel, Graciela. "Multiple Visions: Multicultural Exhibition." Multiple Visions
2007Rolando Briseño, essay by Scott A. Sherer, Ph.D.
2006 Malagamba, Amelia. "Caras Vemos, Corazones No Sabemos: Faces Seen, Hearts
Unknown." Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame (illus).
2006 Wolff, Elain, "The Alamo Lives." San Antonio Current March 1-7.
2005 Becker, Jack. “Public Art Survey.” Public Art Review Spring/Summer (illus).
2005 Ganizaro,Vincent B. “Less Is More; More Is Loss.”Texas Architect January/Febuary
(illus. on cover}.
2005 Yerkes, Susan “ The Alamo in Legend, Buckskin and Piñata.”San Antonio Express-
News March 9.
2005 Leigh, Bobbie “ Art of the City” Art & Antiques March 2005.
2005Vaca, Natalia, "Rolando Briseno: Un Artista de Dimensiones Espaciales." El Dia Houston, TX. Sabado/Domingo January 15-16.
2005Tijerina, Edmund. San Antonio Express-News Friday, January 14.
Wolf, Elaine, San Antonio Paintings, San Antonio Current, January 27 – February 2.
2004Goddard, Dan R. “Murals give airport a …” San Antonio Express-News August 22 (illus).
2004Silva, Elda. “Learning Ingrained in Briseno Piece.”San Antonio Express-News April 5. (illus.)
2004Goddard, Dan R.“Film fest offers food and food for thought.”San Antonio Express-News
February 25
2004Goddard, Dan R. "Exhibits: Water, water…"San Antonio Express-News February 20
2004Goddard, Dan R. “Water Works.” San Antonio Express-News February 18.
2004Yerkes, Susan. “Macro-Micro Mural.” San Antonio Express-News February 1.
2004Wolf, Elaine. "Watered Down." San Antonio Express-News February 5-11
2004Walworth, Catherine. "H2O Considering the Hydrosphere." Voa Magazine 12.1
2004Goddard, Dan R. "Art." San Antonio Express-News January 25.
2000Goddard, Dan R. “South Texas Works Look to Define Ethnicity.” San Antonio Express-News March 30 (illus.).
Martin, Deborah. “Art Good Enough to Eat.” San Antonio Express-News, March 13 (illus.).
1999Tobar, Hector. “A Cultural Diamond in the Rough.” Los Angeles Times August 2 (illus./front page).
1998Moore, S. Derrickson. “Close to the Border Exhibit Opens June 20.” Sun-NewsLas Cruces, NM, June 19.
1996“Fatso-Watso Table.” Austin Museum of Art Quarterly (illust.)
1994Grimes, William. "Raising Artistic Sights of Riders in Nether and Upper Regions."
New York Times August 22.
Holtz, Sallyanne. "Images." San Antonio Express & News August 28.
Goddard, Dan R. "Artists Merge Pop, Ancient Cultures with High Tech." San
Antonio Express-News April 17.
"Art en Route, Your Guide to Art in the MTA Network."
1995Goddard, Dan R. "Blue Star VIII Uneven but Willing to Take Risks." San Antonio
Express-News July 11.
1992"The Enduring Thread." Gally Gide, Art Nexus
Ferrer, Elizabeth, "Lo Blanco, Lo Negro y El Metal." Intro. (illus.) Universidad
Nacional Automona de Mexico. San Antonio, TX September.
Ferrer, Elizabeth, "The Enduring Thread." The Rotunda Gallery Catalog (illus.) Brooklyn, NY, April.
Sichel, Berta. "The Enduring Thread." Art Nexus
1991 Fusco, Coco, "Rolando Briseño." Rempire Gallery Catalog (illus. ) New York, NY
Quirarte, Jacinto, "Tejanos 15 Pintores, 3 Escultores Tejanos." Catalog (illus.)
Santos, John. "El Chicanismo Vivo de Rolando Briseno." Mas Magazine September.
Ames, Lynne. "Critics on the Run: Commuters Appraisea New Art Project." New York Times August.
1990Olson, Jack. "Imagenes Contemporaneas." North Illinois University Catalog (illus.) January.