ABOUT THE ARTIST

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IVONNE GALANES SWARD 
an award-winning artist, musician and writer, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the tender age of three, she drew an unusual, detailed depiction of the events of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Since then, she has known she was meant to be an artist. Her parents quickly provided her with art lessons, and her father, artist Ricardo Galanes Lloréns, encouraged and carefully tutored her during her growing years. Under his guidance, she started painting in oils at the age of seven (7).

Galanes graduated from the former Lucchetti School of Visual Arts and went on to further her art education at Pratt Institute, in New York, where she studied drawing, painting and sculpture, learning the techniques of the Great Masters from master teachers. She studied anatomy with Sal Montano, where the class included studying and sketching from real corpses, just like Leonardo Da Vinci did.

Galanes has won several awards during her life as an artist, since 1979, and has shown pieces in numerous art shows in the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico. She is also a proud member of the Portrait Society of America.
COLLECTIONS
  • ​UNITED STATES FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF​ PUERTO RICO
  • BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
  • OTHER INDIVIDUAL PRVATE COLLECTIONS 
Gallery representation by:
Calle Bori # 1556, Urb. Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1897 Glasgow Street, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Ivonne Galanes is a proud member of the
​Portrait Society of America
Galanes is also a proud member of the "Asociación de Artistas Plásticos de Puerto Rico"

AWARDS

  • 2019 - PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD at the Orlando Museum of Art 1st Thursdays "Age of Aquarius" juried exhibit - Orlando FL
  • 1996 - BEST OF SHOW Award at the Lake Worth's Art League's "Summer Memories" juried exhibit - Lake Worth FL
  • 1996 - NAPA VALLEY Award (Honorable Mention) at the Lake Worth's Art League's "Annual Juried Competition"- Lake Worth FL
  • 1981 - 1st PRIZE for Best Design in the annual commemorative poster contest for the "Environmental Health Awareness Week"- San Juan PR
  • 1980 - HONORABLE MENTION  in the Puerto Rico Women's Guild Symphonic Orchestra Annual Contest - San Juan PR
  • 1979 - HONORABLE MENTION in the "8vo Salón Arte Joven" contest- San Juan PR

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS
2022 - EXPOSICIÓN NEGRA - Museo Casa Aboy, San Juan PR
2021 - RESCATANDO LA CULTURA - Salón Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan PR
2020 - KEEPERS OF HERITAGE - EVOLVING IDENTITIES - Albin Polasek Museum, Winter Park FL
2019 January - AGE OF AQUARIUS - Orlando Museum of Art 1st Thursdays, Orlando FL
2019 February - KEEPERS OF HERITAGE Puerto Rican Artists in Central Florida - Crealdé, Winter Park FL
2019 March - THE POWER OF SHE - Orlando Museum of Art 1st Thursdays, Orlando FL
2018 - EPIFANÍA - New Concept Art Gallery, Orlando FL
2018 - HISPANIC ARTISTS AND CULTURE - Osceola Arts, Kissimmee FL
2018 - THE SOUL OF A WOMAN - Valencia College, Orlando FL
2018 - CREATIVA - Osceola Arts, Kissimmee FL
2018 - UP IN THE AIR - City Arts Factory, Orlando FL
2017 - POLICRONISTAS - New Concept Art Gallery, Orlando FL
2017 - DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS - City Arts Factory, Orlando FL
2017 - HISTORIAS - Osceola Arts, Kissimmee FL
2017 - HISPANIC HERITAGE - City Hall, Orlando FL
2016 - EXPRESIÓN ARTÍSTICA - Unik Prestige Art Gallery, San Juan PR
2016 - DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS - City Arts Factory, Orlando FL
2015 - MATERNIDAD - Unik Prestige Art Gallery, San Juan PR
2014 - INAUGURAL EXHIBIT - Unik Prestige Art Gallery, San Juan PR
2013 - TANGO DEL ENCANTO - Cuartel de Ballajá, San Juan PR
2003 - GRAND OPENING EXHIBIT - Panaché Gallery, Aguadilla PR
2002 - ARTE EN EL HILTON - Caribe Hilton Hotel/ Pamil Fine Arts Gallery, San Juan PR
2002 - MUJERES EN EL ARTE - Caribe Hilton Hotel/ Pamil Fine Arts Gallery, San Juan PR
2002 - ESTRELLAS EN EL CIELO - Pamil Fine Arts Gallery, Río Piedras PR
2000 - DUETO PARA LA MUJER - Galerías Prinardi, Río Piedras PR
1996 - SUMMER MEMORIES / JURIED EXHIBITION - Lake Worth’s Art Students League, Lake Worth FL (BEST OF SHOW Award)
1996 - ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT - Lake Worth’s Art Students League, Lake Worth FL (HONORABLE MENTION Annual Juried Competition)
1992 - THE THIRD ROOT/AFRICAN INFLUENCE IN PUERTO RICO’S CULTURAL HISTORY - Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan PR
1981 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK JURIED EXHIBITION - San Juan PR (1st PRIZE for Best Design)
1980 - PUERTO RICO WOMEN’S GUILD SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA JURIED EXHIBITION - Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan PR (HONORABLE MENTION)
1979 - 8VO SALON ARTE JOVEN - The Royal Bank, San Juan, PR (HONORABLE MENTION) 

SOLO EXHIBITS

2012 - VEJIGANTES - Maji Lina Gallery, Palmer PR
2010 - WARRIORS OF THE LIGHT - Fundación Desarrollo Nuevo Pensamiento, San Juan PR
2010 - CREPÚSCULOS PARA EL ALMA - Re-exhibit at El Pocillo, San Juan PR 2009 - CREPÚSCULOS PARA EL ALMA - Biblioteca Carnegie, San Juan PR
2001 - MOVIMIENTOS LÍQUIDOS - Galería Gato Pardo at Jaguar de Puerto Rico, San Juan PR
1999 - SUEÑOS Y VIVENCIAS - Centro de Estudios Avanzados del Caribe, San Juan PR 
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