Began art studies in 1967 at the Academy of San Carlos of the National School of Fine Arts. From 1969 to 1970 studied mural art at the workshops of Juan O'Gorman and David Alfaro Siqueiros. From 1971 to 1974 functioned as a freelance photographer and also as artistic director of Grupo Belther Advertising. Also studied at the Art School of Vincennes in Paris, the Artists' Collective in Taos, New Mexico and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lived in Chicago since 1976. Executed eight murals in Mexico City and Chicago. Exhibited in one-man shows in Mexico, Italy, Canada, and the United States, as well as group shows in Japan, Germany, Yugoslavia, Spain, Portugal, and Puerto Rico. Permanent collections containing Mr. Romero 5 work include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Latin American Art in Washington, D.C., The Museum of the Print in Mexico City, The Hermitage in Leningrad, USSR, and the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum. INDIVIDUAL SHOWS 1991 MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER MUSEUM, CHICAGO 1990 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PRINT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS , MEXICO CITY, MEXICO TABASCO INSTITUTE OF CULTURE , TABASCO, MEXICO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, LAKE SHORE CAMPUS , CHICAGO, ILLINOIS USA PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO GALLERY OF THE AWAKENING JAGUAR , TABASCO, MEXICO 1989 MUSEUM OF MEXICO CITY , MEXICO CITY, MEXICO TANTON GALLERY , WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, USA 1988 FREEDOM GALLERY , QUERETARO, MEXICO ARTURO PINONES GALLERY , MEXICO CITY, MEXICO LA RAZA GALLERY , SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA 1987 MUSEUM OF MODERN LATIN AMERICAN ART, WASHINGTON, DC, USA GALLERIA AGOSTINIANA , ROME, ITALY THE OCTOBER GALLERY , LONDON, ENGLAND GALERIA SIN FRONTERAS , AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA RECENT GROUP SHOWS 1990 INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, CHICAGO NAVY PIER, REPRESENTED BY OCTOBER GALLERY OF LONDON AND DE GRAAF FINE ARTS GALLERY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA IMAGENES CONTEMPORANEAS, SIX LATINO ARTISTS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DeKALB, ILLINOIS, USA 1989 DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS, NEAR NORTHWEST ARTS COUNCIL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 1988 ADIVINA! LATINO CHICAGO EXPRESSIONS, THE MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 1987 THE BARRIO MURALS, MEXICAN FINE ARTS , CENTER MUSEUM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA 1986 MOSTRA INTERNAZINALE DI ARTE, PALAZZO , VERITZ MONTANARI, VERONA, ITALY XXX SALON DE LA ACUARELA MEXICANA, PALACIO DE MINERIA, UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA CORBETT GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN MICHIGAN, LANSING, MICHIGAN, USA IVEY GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA GRAPHICS, ARTEMESSAGE GALLERY, ROME, ITALY 1985 IMAGES OF PEACE, RING HOUSE GALLERY, ALBERTA, CANADA EGO, JANEZ PIPAN GALLERY, SKOFJA, YUGOSLAVIA SPIRAL, MARK DICEY GALLERY, ALBERTA, CANADA HIP-ART, HIKOUKI YUMISHITA PLACE, KYOTO, JAPAN ELEMENTS, KEITH BATES GALLERY, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND AQUI, 27 LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS, MARY PORTER SESNON GALLERY, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, USA |
