Saul Balagura - Curriculum Vitae
Saul Balagura
P.O.Box 508
35 Camino Sabio
Tesuque, N.M. 87574
e-mail: saulbala@cybermesa.com
Tel: 505 989-3671
Born in Cali, Colombia in 1943, the artist spent his time divided between science and the arts (the artist holds a MD from Univ. del Valle, a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton University, and a Neurosurgery degree from Albert Einstein Medical Center). Since 1994 he dedicates full time to the arts from his studio in Tesuque, New Mexico. The interaction of these disciplines and his multicultural experience pervade the depth and color of his paintings and poems.
- 1958 - 1st Price Group Show: Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
- 1961 - 20 oils exhibition: Museo La Tertulla, Cali, Colombia.
- 1962 - 19 oils exhibition: El Palique, Cali, Colombia.
- 1987 - 31 paintings exhibition: The Studio, Urbana, Illinois.
- 1992 - 34 paintings exhibition: Mesquite Gallery, Victoria, Texas.
- 1992 - Bronze Medal, American Physicians Art Association, San Antonio, Texas.
- 1992 - Cover Art for Victoria Symphony Orchestra Program.
- 1994 - Establishment of private Studio in Tesuque, New Mexico.
- 1994 - Member, "Live Poets Society", Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- 1995 - Monothon (Group Show): College of Santa Fe.
- 1995 - Master Program (Wolf Kahn), Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- 1995 - "Departures & Disclosures" Group Show, curated by Tamara Lichtenstein, David Rettig Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- 1995 - Selected Works: Expressions in Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
- 1996 - "Hate" Group Show (Jury Competition), Espanola Valley Arts Council, Bond House, Espanola, New Mexico.
- 1996 - Monothon (Group Show): Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N.M.
- 1996 - 17 paintings "Pansophic Pantomimes: Expressions of the Mind", Expressions in Fine Art Gallery, Santa. Fe, N.M.
- 1997 - Monothon (Group Show): Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N.M.
- 1997 - 25 paintings "Emerging Perceptions", Expressions in Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
- 1997 - "I Did See You" Presentation of Holocaust paintings and poems. BUILDING HISTORY: ART, MEMORY, AND MYTH. Organized by The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre, Goethe Institute, etc., Munich, Germany.
- 1998 - Friends of Contemporary Art Artist Group Show (Curated by Helen Heninger), ClineLewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
- 1998 - "Of Flowers and Music", 18 paintings and drawings, Expressions in Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, N.M.
- 1999 - "Clinging to Humanity Holocaust Paintings and Poems", Houston Holocaust Museum, Houston, Tx.