Luis Borrero was born in 1975 and is a visual artist whose career encompasses painting, portraiture, and figurative art. His artistic development has been shaped by formal academic training, international study, and extensive participation in exhibitions throughout Puerto Rico and the United States.
He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1994 to 1999 and attended the University of Pennsylvania in 2000. In 1997, he received the prestigious Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship, which allowed him to pursue independent artistic studies in Spain and Italy, expanding his knowledge of European artistic traditions.
Throughout his career, Borrero has developed a body of work associated with figurative painting, portraiture, and classical artistic traditions. His exhibition history includes presentations exploring contemporary interpretations of the human figure, realism, and the relationship between traditional painting and modern visual expression.
His work has been featured in numerous solo and collective exhibitions in Puerto Rico and the United States, including galleries and cultural institutions in San Juan, Philadelphia, New York, and Ithaca.
His solo exhibitions include Sonámbulos, Tragedias y Triunfos, and Los Días que Son de Noche.
Borrero has received several awards and grants recognizing his artistic abilities, including the Cecilia Beaux Portrait Painting Prize, the Arthur De Costa Painting Prize, and individual artist grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts.
In addition to his artistic production, he has participated in educational lectures and demonstrations, including a presentation on seventeenth-century European studio practices at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca, New York.
His works are represented in public and institutional collections, including the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Henry Investment Trust Collection in Philadelphia.
Education and Artistic Training
2000 — University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1994–1999 — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1997 — Independent Artistic Studies in Spain and Italy, Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship.
Solo Exhibitions
2011 — Los Días que Son de Noche, Galería Senatorial, Capitolio, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 — Tragedias y Triunfos, Galería Senatorial, Capitolio, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2005 — Sonámbulos, Museo Casa Escuté, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
2003 — Solo Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2000 — Solo Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Selected Collective Exhibitions
2015 — 16 Artistas en un Espacio, SPACE, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
2015 — Naturaleza sobre Papel, SPACE, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
2014 — 15 Artistas, SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2014 — Beyond the Threshold, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, United States.
2014 — Voyeur, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, United States.
2014 — Dibujos, Museo Francisco Oller, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
2013 — Interpretando el Retrato de Hoy, Obra Galería, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2013 — Faculty Exhibition, Community School of Music and Art, Ithaca, New York, United States.
2013 — Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, United States.
2012 — Salmagundi Non-Members Exhibition, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, United States.
2011 — Celebration of Music Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2008 — Colección Reyes Veray, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2008 — Juried Alumni Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2008 — La Incoherencia de lo Coherente, Galería Prinardi, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 — La Figura Contemporánea, Foro Galería, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 — Saint Sebastián Exhibition, Galería Primer Piso, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 — In Focus, Galería Primer Piso, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 — Puerto Rico Art and Wine Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2004 — Masters and Mavericks, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2003 — Group Exhibition, Museo Serrallés, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
2002 — Group Exhibition, More Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2002 — Group Exhibition, Galería Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2002 — Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2002 — Group Show, Galería Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2001 — Celebration of Art Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2001 — Alumni Exhibition, Riverside Community College, Riverside, California, United States.
2001 — Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Exhibit, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, New York, United States.
2001 — 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2000 — Celebration of Music Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
2000 — Juried Show and Auction, Need in Deed, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1999 — Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1999 — New Talent Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1998 — Annual Student Exhibition, Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1998 — Artists' House Prize, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1997 — Annual Student Exhibition, Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1994 — Juried Exhibition, Riverside Community College, Riverside, California, United States.
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
2012 — Best of Show, Salmagundi Non-Members Exhibition, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, United States.
2000 — Individual Artist Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Canada.
2000 — Individual Artist Grant, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, New York, United States.
1997 — Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1997 — Franklin Watkins Memorial Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1997 — Cecilia Beaux Portrait Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1997 — Arthur De Costa Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1996 — Samuel David Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bibliography
2010 — Al Gury, Color for Painters: A Guide to Traditions and Practice, Random House Press, October 2010.
2008 — Otto Reyes Casanova, Colección Reyes Veray: El Placer del Color, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 2008.
Press and Publications
2015 — Eduardo Texidor and Madeleine Díaz, Luz a Través de la Habitación, Viva Mayagüez, November 2015.
2012 — Jorge Rodríguez, Realismo Íntimo en Imágenes de Luis Borrero, El Vocero, June 2012.
2006 — Lorna Zayas Rodríguez, Luis Borrero Revive el Renacimiento, Caras, February 2006.
2005 — Jorge Rodríguez, Luis Borrero: Neobarroquismo al Desnudo, El Vocero, October 2005.
2005 — Tatiana Pérez, Reunión de Sonámbulos, El Nuevo Día, October 2005.
2005 — Georgie Vega, Presencia Boricua, Caras, August 2005.
2005 — Lorna Zayas Rodríguez, Presencia Boricua en Miami, Imagen, July 2005.
2004 — Robin Rice, Go Figure, Philadelphia City Paper, May 2004.
2000 — Diane Cercone Harris, The Sights of Music, Art Matters Magazine, November 2000.
Radio and Television Interviews
2007 — Interview with Johanna Rosaly, WIPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2007.
2005 — Interview with Desirée Lowry, WAPA TV, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 17, 2005.
2003 — Expresiones, Interview, WIPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2003.
Visiting Artist Lectures and Demonstrations
2013 — Studio Practice in Seventeenth-Century Europe, Demonstration, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, United States.
2010 — Visiting Artist Lecture, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Public Collections
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico — Portrait of the Chief Justice of Puerto Rico.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Henry Investment Trust Collection, L.P., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Spanish
Luis Borrero nació en 1975 y es un artista visual cuya trayectoria abarca la pintura, el retrato y el arte figurativo. Su desarrollo artístico ha estado marcado por una sólida formación académica, estudios internacionales y una extensa participación en exposiciones en Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos.
Realizó estudios en la Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts de Filadelfia entre 1994 y 1999, y asistió a la Universidad de Pensilvania en el año 2000. En 1997 recibió la prestigiosa Beca de Viaje Cresson Memorial, que le permitió realizar estudios artísticos independientes en España e Italia, ampliando sus conocimientos sobre las tradiciones artísticas europeas.
A lo largo de su carrera, Borrero ha desarrollado una producción artística vinculada a la pintura figurativa, el retrato y las tradiciones pictóricas clásicas. Su historial expositivo incluye presentaciones dedicadas a interpretaciones contemporáneas de la figura humana, el realismo y la relación entre la pintura tradicional y la expresión visual moderna.
Su obra ha sido presentada en numerosas exposiciones individuales y colectivas en Puerto Rico y Estados Unidos, incluyendo galerías e instituciones culturales de San Juan, Filadelfia, Nueva York e Ithaca. Entre sus exposiciones individuales destacan Sonámbulos, Tragedias y Triunfos y Los Días que Son de Noche.
Borrero ha recibido diversos premios y becas que reconocen sus habilidades artísticas, incluyendo el Premio de Pintura de Retrato Cecilia Beaux, el Premio de Pintura Arthur De Costa y subvenciones individuales de la Fundación Elizabeth Greenshields y la Fundación Saltonstall para las Artes.
Además de su producción artística, ha participado en conferencias y demostraciones educativas, incluyendo una presentación sobre las prácticas de taller de la Europa del siglo XVII en el Museo de Arte Herbert F. Johnson de Ithaca, Nueva York.
Sus obras forman parte de colecciones públicas e institucionales, incluyendo el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico, la Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts y la Colección Henry Investment Trust de Filadelfia.
Educación y Formación Artística
2000 — Universidad de Pensilvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1994–1999 — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1997 — Estudios Artísticos Independientes en España e Italia, Beca de Viaje Cresson Memorial.
Exposiciones Individuales
2011 — Los Días que Son de Noche, Galería Senatorial, Capitolio, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 — Tragedias y Triunfos, Galería Senatorial, Capitolio, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2005 — Sonámbulos, Museo Casa Escuté, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
2003 — Exposición Individual, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2000 — Exposición Individual, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
Exposiciones Colectivas Seleccionadas
2015 — 16 Artistas en un Espacio, SPACE, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
2015 — Naturaleza sobre Papel, SPACE, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
2014 — 15 Artistas, SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2014 — Beyond the Threshold, Mark Miller Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2014 — Voyeur, Lyons Wier Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2014 — Dibujos, Museo Francisco Oller, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
2013 — Interpretando el Retrato de Hoy, Obra Galería, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2013 — Faculty Exhibition, Community School of Music and Art, Ithaca, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2013 — Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2012 — Salmagundi Non-Members Exhibition, Denise Bibro Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2011 — Celebration of Music Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2008 — Colección Reyes Veray, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2008 — Juried Alumni Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2008 — La Incoherencia de lo Coherente, Galería Prinardi, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 — La Figura Contemporánea, Foro Galería, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2007 — Saint Sebastián Exhibition, Galería Primer Piso, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 — In Focus, Galería Primer Piso, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2006 — Puerto Rico Art and Wine Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2004 — Masters and Mavericks, Seraphin Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2003 — Exposición Colectiva, Museo Serrallés, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
2002 — Exposición Colectiva, More Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2002 — Exposición Colectiva, Galería Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2002 — Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2002 — Group Show, Galería Mehr Licht, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2001 — Celebration of Art Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2001 — Alumni Exhibition, Riverside Community College, Riverside, California, Estados Unidos.
2001 — Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Exhibit, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2001 — 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2000 — Celebration of Music Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2000 — Juried Show and Auction, Need in Deed, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1999 — Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1999 — New Talent Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1998 — Annual Student Exhibition, Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1998 — Artists' House Prize, Artists' House Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1997 — Annual Student Exhibition, Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1994 — Juried Exhibition, Riverside Community College, Riverside, California, Estados Unidos.
Premios, Becas y Reconocimientos
2012 — Mejor Obra de la Exposición, Salmagundi Non-Members Exhibition, Denise Bibro Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2000 — Subvención Individual para Artistas, Fundación Elizabeth Greenshields, Montreal, Canadá.
2000 — Subvención Individual para Artistas, Fundación Saltonstall para las Artes, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
1997 — Beca de Viaje Cresson Memorial, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1997 — Beca Franklin Watkins Memorial, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1997 — Premio de Pintura de Retrato Cecilia Beaux, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1997 — Premio de Pintura Arthur De Costa, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
1996 — Premio Samuel David Memorial, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
Bibliografía
2010 — Al Gury, Color for Painters: A Guide to Traditions and Practice, Random House Press, octubre de 2010.
2008 — Otto Reyes Casanova, Colección Reyes Veray: El Placer del Color, San Juan, Puerto Rico, octubre de 2008.
Prensa y Publicaciones
2015 — Eduardo Texidor y Madeleine Díaz, Luz a Través de la Habitación, Viva Mayagüez, noviembre de 2015.
2012 — Jorge Rodríguez, Realismo Íntimo en Imágenes de Luis Borrero, El Vocero, junio de 2012.
2006 — Lorna Zayas Rodríguez, Luis Borrero Revive el Renacimiento, Caras, febrero de 2006.
2005 — Jorge Rodríguez, Luis Borrero: Neobarroquismo al Desnudo, El Vocero, octubre de 2005.
2005 — Tatiana Pérez, Reunión de Sonámbulos, El Nuevo Día, octubre de 2005.
2005 — Georgie Vega, Presencia Boricua, Caras, agosto de 2005.
2005 — Lorna Zayas Rodríguez, Presencia Boricua en Miami, Imagen, julio de 2005.
2004 — Robin Rice, Go Figure, Philadelphia City Paper, mayo de 2004.
2000 — Diane Cercone Harris, The Sights of Music, Art Matters Magazine, noviembre de 2000.
Entrevistas en Radio y Televisión
2007 — Entrevista con Johanna Rosaly, WIPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico, noviembre de 2007.
2005 — Entrevista con Desirée Lowry, WAPA TV, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17 de octubre de 2005.
2003 — Expresiones, Entrevista, WIPR, San Juan, Puerto Rico, junio de 2003.
Conferencias y Demostraciones Artísticas
2013 — Prácticas de Taller en la Europa del Siglo XVII, Demostración, Museo de Arte Herbert F. Johnson, Ithaca, Nueva York, Estados Unidos.
2010 — Conferencia como Artista Invitado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Colecciones Públicas
Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico — Retrato del Presidente del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico.
Colección de la Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
Colección Henry Investment Trust, L.P., Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
