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DENNIS
LEDER, SJ
UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL LANDÍVAR
1946 Born in
New Jersey, United States of America. July 15, 1946.
1964 Member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Ordained Catholic
priest June 12, 1976.
2000 Dean of Theology, Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala.
EDUCATION
1969 Bachelor
of Arts in Philosophy and Letters, Fordham University, Bronx, New
York.
1970-1973 Private studies in painting, New York.
1973-1977 Studies in Theology, Weston Jesuit School of Theology,
Cambridge, MA.
1977(autumn semester) Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum
of American Art, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1978 Open studio,
P.S. 1 (Center for Experimental Art), New York.
1979 One Hundred Artists' Exhibition - Ten windows on 8th Avenue
and 53rd Street, NYC.
1980 Fourth Annual Small Works Exhibit, New York University, NYC.
1981 62 X 12, Sixty-two works by twelve artists. The Drawing Center,
NYC.
1980-1981 "Rituals", Saint Peter's Church, NYC.
1981 Fifth Annual Small Works Exhibit, New York University, NYC.
1981 Third Annual One Hundred Artists' Exhibit - Ten windows on
8th Avenue & 53rd Street,
NYC.
1982-1983 New Drawing in America. The Drawing Center, NYC. Shown
in New York and Venice,
Italy.
1982-1983 Invitational Exhibition, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, NYC.
1983 "Paper Transformations", The Organization of Independent
Artists. NYC.
1984 "Emblems of Imagination", Islip Art Museum, East
Islip, New York.
1995 Small Works, Gallery El Túnel, Guatemala.
1995-1996 Collective Exhibition, Sol del Río, Gallery of
Contemporary Art, Guatemala.
1996 "Visual Thinking", Plástica Contemporánea,
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Guatemala.
1997 Collective Exhibition, Sol del Río, Gallery of Contemporary
Art, Guatemala.
1997 "Contemporary Guatemalan Sculpture", Poliedro Gallery,
Guatemala.
2000 Collective Exhibition, Sol del Río, Gallery of Contemporary
Art, Guatemala.
2000 Contemporary Sculpture, El Attico, Gallery of Contemporary
Art, Guatemala.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1985 Relief
Paintings, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey.
1995 Paintings-Sculptures 1995, Plástica Contemporánea,
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Guatemala.
1996 Sculptures 1996. Gallery El Túnel, Guatemala.
1998 Maquettes 1994-1998, Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala.
1998 New Works 1997-1998, Sol del Río, Gallery of Contemporary
Art, Guatemala.
INSTALLATIONS
1980 Abandoned
Boiler Room, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.
1981 Two-sided room, University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan.
1998 Points and Lines (a collaboration of sound and images with
the composer Renato Maselli),
Guatemala.
1998 The Invention. Sol del Río, Gallery of Contemporary
Art, Guatemala.
GRANTS AND
AWARDS
1983 Residence
at YADDO artists´ retreat, Saratoga Springs, New York.
1998 Honorable Mention, XI Paiz Biennial Art Exhibition, Guatemala.
WORK INCLUDED
IN COLLECTIONS
Boston College,
Chestnut Hill, MA.
Karen Shaw, New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala (on loan).
Fordham University, Bronx, New York.
ARTICLES
AND REVIEWS
Martha Beck
and Marie Keller, NEW DRAWING IN AMERICA. Catalogue essay. The Drawing
Center, NYC.
John Russell, ENGLISH PAINTERS AND AMERICAN DRAFTSMEN. The New York
Times. Sunday, March 21, 1982.
Susan Lubowsky, PAPER TRANSFORMATIONS. Catalogue essay. The Organization
of Independent Artists, 1983.
Karen Shaw, EMBLEMS OF IMAGINATION. Catalogue essay. 1984.
Helen A. Harrison, "A Show To Challenge Our Perceptions".
The New York Times. Sunday, June 3, 1984.
Adelma Bercián, Interview, Siglo Veintiuno (daily newspaper),
Guatemala. September 28, 1995.
Silvia Lanuza, THE PLAY OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS, Crónica (weekly
magazine), Guatemala. September 29, 1995.
León Aguilera Radford, SCULPTURED BOOKS, Crónica,
Guatemala. August 16, 1996.
María del Carmen Pellecer, AN INTRODUCTION TO DENNIS LEDER´S
DIALOGUE.
Diario de Centro América, Guatemala. December 3, 1996.
Jorge Carro L., REFLECTIONS AND ENTHUSIASTIC HOMAGE TO A JESUIT.
Siglo Veintiuno, Guatemala. December 4, 1996.
_________. POINTS AND LINES. Prensa Libre (newspaper), Guatemala.
June 29, 1998.
_________. A SCREENING OF POINTS AND LINES. Siglo Veintiuno, Guatemala.
June 29, 1998.
_________. THE ART GAMES OF DENNIS LEDER. Siglo Veintiuno, Guatemala.
July 11, 1998.
Jorge Carro L., DENNIS AND THE GAMES OF THE IMAGINATION. Siglo Veintiuno,
Guatemala. July 19, 1998.
Juan B. Juárez, THE SCULPTURES OF DENNIS LEDER. Sol del Río,
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Guatemala. September 1998.
_________. TWENTIETH CENTURY RENAISSANCE PERSON. Crónica,
Guatemala. October 16, 1998.
_________. THE NEW AESTHETIC FORMS OF DENNIS LEDER. Siglo Veintiuno,
Guatemala. October 29, 1998.
_________. DENNIS LEDER, SCULPTOR. La Hora (newspaper), Guatemala.
November 2, 1998.
Irma de Luján, THE WORK OF DENNIS LEDER. Prensa Libre, Guatemala.
November 24, 1998.
María del Carmen Pellecer, DENNIS LEDER AND THE SCULPTURE
OF CHANGE. La Hora, Guatemala. December 5, 1998.
Irma de Luján, FINE ARTS IN GUATEMALA, 1998. Prensa Libre,
Guatemala. January 4, 1999.
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