ABOUT
DYPG is a printmaking collective of artists of Dominican descent who live and work in and around New York City.
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Started in 2010, the artists of the collective are: Carlos Almonte (former member), Pepe Coronado, René de los Santos, Iliana emilia garcía (former member), Reynaldo García Pantaleón (former member), Scherezade García (former member), Alex Guerrero, Luanda Lozano, Miguel Luciano, Chiqui Junior Mendoza (former member), Moses Ros-Suárez and Rider Ureña.
EXHIBITIONS:
May 2021
¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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December 2019
4th LATINX Art Fair: Dominican York Prints
SMV Gallery
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August 2018
La Huella Magistral: Homenaje a Nuestros Grandes Maestros Grabadores
Museo de Historia de Ponce, Puerto Rico.
January 2018
“Intersecting Trajectories”, Rush Gallery, New York.
January 2018
“Uptown prints”, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York.
September-November 2017 The Majestic Impression, Taller Boricua. New York, NY.
June -November 2017
Uptown: Nasty Women, Bad Hombres. El Museo Del Barrio, New York, New York
June 2017
Uptown Prints. Rio Penthouse Gallery Fort Washington Broadway Housing Communities. New York, New York
April 2016
“Powerpoint Presentation of the Uptown Print Project” at the Latino Art Now Conference Chicago.
November 2015
5 Years 10 Voices, Abrazo Interno Gallery CSV, New York, New York
June 2015
Uptown Print Project. The Heights, New York
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April 2015
Caribbean Waves Up North, El Museo Latino, Omaha, NE.
November 2014
Comunidad/ Community. Metropolitan College of New York
October 2014
Narratives of Self-Exile/Narrativas del Auto-Exilio Bronx Art Space, New York.
August 2014
En Colaboración. Casa Michoacan, Chicago
June 2014
Community, Print Portfolio by Dominican York Proyecto Gráfica. Word Up. New York 4
If you build it. Broadway Housing Community at Sugar Hill. New York
June 2014
No Longer Empty -“If you build it”, Broadway Housing Community at Sugar Hill. New York
March 2014
National Dominican Student Conference. Harvard University.
November 2013
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DYPG Momentum
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York
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DUARTE - Visiones colectivas en espacios vinculados.
Centro León. Santiago, Dom. Rep.
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Here and There/Intermedios.
The University of California-Washington Center, Washington, DC
October 10 - November 9, 2013
ImPRESSiones. Fundación Mauricio Báez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
March 2013
Here and There. National Dominican Student Conference at Wesleyan University, Connecticut
11 Enero - 10 Febrero 2013
Aconciencia. Sala de Arte Camilo Carrau, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
November 5 - 30, 2012
Awhere - Stories of Tradition & Change. Print Portfolios by DYPG. Manhattan Graphics Center, New York
November 2012 - February 2013
Artistas Dominicanos, Identidades Entrecuzadas. Jardin de las Esculturas de Xalapa. Veracruz, México. November 2012
Curated by Graciela Kartofel. JEX -Jardín de las Esculturas - IVEC, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
September 17 – October 26, 2012
Print, Essay by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado. Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) New York
June 1st, 2012
Gráfica de la República Dominicana, curated by Graciela Kartofel. Celaya, Guanajuato, México
April-August 2012
El Panal/The Hive Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, Puerto Rico
November 2011
Art From The Dominican Republic and Latin America, curated by Graciela Kartofel.
ETNIA VII, Brussels, Liege, Nivelles and Tournai. 2011-12. Elaxpo 2011 and Espace Wallonie, Brussels, Belgium and The Cultural Center of the Neumünster Abbey, Luxemburgo. November 23rd to June 10th, 2012
March 22 – April 3, 2012
Here and There, Barnard College, New York, March-April, 2012
July 21 – August 19, 2011
Manifestaciones, Palacio Consistorial, Santiago, Dominican Republic
June 09 – July 16, 2011
Manifestaciones, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
* These exhibits in the Dominican Republic were sponsored by grants from the American Embassy in Santo Domingo and the Smithsonian Latino Center, Washington DC.
May 19 – July 29, 2011
Manifestaciones, University of California Washington Center (UCDC) Gallery and The Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR).
Sponsored by the Embassy of the Dominican Republic Cultural Program, Washington DC.
May 5 – June 08, 2011
En Papel: A Contemporary look at Latino Printmakers in the U.S.
The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA), San Francisco, California
March 9 – April 28, 2011
Manifestaciones, Empire State College Metro Gallery, New York
October 10 – December 23, 2010
Manifestaciones, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Gallery, The City College of New York
PANELS:
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Latino Art Now! Conference. University of Illinois at Chicago. April 8, 2016
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Uptown Print Project, New York City May 2015
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Artists panel, Auditorium Centro Cultural Mauricio Báez, Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic. October 2013
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Artists panel, Centro Camilo Carrau, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. January 11, 2013
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Artists panel, Barnard College, New York. March 22, 2012.
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IUPLR Conference, Panel presentation, New York, 2012
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Artists panel, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. October 9, 2012
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Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic. July 19, 2011.
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Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. June 15, 2011
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En Papel: A Contemporary look at Latino Printmakers in the U.S. June 1, 2011(via Skype)
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The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA), San Francisco, California
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University of California Washington Center UCDC Gallery, DC. May 19, 2011
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Empire State College Metro Gallery, New York, New York. March 22, 2011
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Hablemos de Arte XVI. Rio Gallery, Washington Heights, New York. February 19, 2011
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Latino Art Now! Conference. Los Angeles, California. November 12, 2010
ESSAYS (English version):
– E. Carmen Ramos
Independent Art Curator
– Graciela Kartofel
Art Historian, Critic/Curator
Spanish version:
– E. Carmen Ramos, Independent Art Curator
– Graciela Kartofel, Art Historian, Critic/Curator
– Betty Wilde-Biasiny, Profesora Asociada SUNY /
Empire State College
– María Elena Ditrén, Directora del Museo de Arte Moderno
Here and There CATALOG:
(English version published in 2012)
VIDEO INTERVIEWS:
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Global Foundation for Democracy and Development:
GFDD Interviews Dominican-York Proyecto Grafica
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CIDAV:
Proyecto Grafica by Marcos Lora Read
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PORTFOLIOS:
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Uptown Print Project, 2015-2016
Edition: 25 - Studio proofs: 3
Image: varies
Paper: 11 x 1 5 in. Rives BFK white
Portfolio box: 12 x 16 x 1 in. Stonehenge Fawn
Community, 2014
Edition: 25 - Studio proofs: 3
Image: 7 x 9 in
Paper: 11 x 1 5 in. Stonehenge grey
Portfolio box: 12 x 16 x 1 in. Stonehenge Beige
Here and There 2012
Edition: 25 - Studio proofs: 3
Image: 7 x 7 in.
Paper: 7 x 7 in.
Portfolio box: Wood
Manifestaciones, 2010
Edition: 25 - Studio proofs: 3
Image: 7 x 9 in
Paper: 11 x 1 5 in. Rives BFK white
Portfolio box: 12 x 16 in. with wine color book cloth
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS:
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Printmaking workshop Series. Uptown Print Project, New York City May 2015
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Printmaking workshop. Centro Cultural Mauricio Báez, Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic, October 2013
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Printmaking workshop. Queens Museum, New York, 2012, 2014, 2015
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Printmaking workshop. Centro Camilo Carrau, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic January 12-13, 2013
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Printmaking workshop, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, (NoMAA). September 22, 2012
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Printmaking workshop, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA). New York, February 11, 2012
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Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 15, 2011
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Palacio Consistorial, Santiago, Dominican Republic, June 09 – July 16, 2011
ESSAYS:
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– Maja Horn, Assistant professor of Spanish literature at Barnard College, NY
– Paula Gomez, Art Historian, Critic/Curator
PUBLICATIONS:
– El Caribe, August 11th, 2011 by Lilian Carrasco
– El Caribe, July 28th, 2011 by Lilian Carrasco
– Listin Diario, July 15th, 2011
– Artelia, June 30th, 2011 by Danilo de los Santos
– Periodico Hoy, y Cielo Naranja, July 7th, 2011 by Miguel Mena
– ART NEXUS (spanish), December 10th, 2010 by Graciela Kartofel
– DNAinfo Manhattan News, New York, October 14th, 2010 by Carla Zanoni
– Amsterdam News, New York, April 14th, 2011 By Juan Espinal
COLLECTIONS:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire
El Museo Latino, Omaha, Nebraska
CUNY Dominican studies Institute, The City College of New York, New York
Gilberto Cardenas & Dolores Carrillo, Notre Dame, Indiana
Eduardo Diaz, Washington, DC
Joanne Flores, Washington, DC
Rita Milena Garcia, Miami, Florida
Bill Aguado, New York City
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AWARDS:
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Lower Manhattan Council for the Arts Grant, 2015
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Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) Grant 2012
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American Embassy in the Dominican Republic and the Smithsonian Latino Center. 2011
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American Embassy in the Dom. Rep. and the Centro Cultural Mauricio Baez. 2013
