Patricio Moreno Toro Explained

Patricio Moreno Toro
Other Names:Patricio Toro
Birth Name:Patricio Salvador Moreno–Toro
Birth Date:21 December 1942
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Nationality:Chilean, American
Spouse:Mary Lovelace O'Neal
Occupation:Visual artist, painter
Website:http://patriciomorenotoro.com

Patricio Salvador Moreno Toro (born December 21, 1942) is a Chilean-born American visual artist and painter. His work is associated with abstract expressionism and incorporates Chilean forms and details.

Biography

Toro was born on December 21, 1942, in Santiago, Chile. He attended the University of Chile.[1]

He immigrated to the United States in 1978, and he moved to Oakland, California, in 1981.[2] In 1983, he met Mary Lovelace O'Neal and they married shortly afterward.[3]

Exhibitions

Toro has exhibited his works at Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago; Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in San José; Örebro läns Museum in Örebro; University of Oxford in Oxford; Smithsonian Institution Offices in Washington, D.C.; California Science Center in Los Angeles; Kenkeleba Gallery in New York City; the San Francisco Public Library in San Francisco; Berkeley Art Center (1995);[4] Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1981, solo exhibition);[5] University of Hawai'i at Hilo (1990); Casa de las Américas (2017) in Havana;[6] among others.[7]

Toro was part of the exhibition Mano A Mano (1988), which featured 16 Chicano and Latino artists from the San Francisco Bay Area, shown at both the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County and at the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery at the University of California, Santa Cruz.[8]

Toro was part of the Carlos Villa–curated project, Rehistoricizing The Time Around Abstract Expressionism (2010), which highlighted more artist diversity within abstract expressionist art history.[9] [10] The Rehistoricizing project included a symposium, a website, and related art exhibition at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco.[11]

Collections

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carrillo, Eduardo. Mano a Mano: Abstraction/Figuration. 1988. Art Museum of Santa Cruz County. Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery. 978-0-939982-09-7. 12, 57. en, es.
  2. Web site: December 10, 1990. International Exhibition Opens: UHH gallery features work of 20 artists. subscription. 2022-02-17. Newspapers.com. Hawaii Tribune-Herald. 3. en.
  3. Book: Ownby, Ted. The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Wilson. Charles Reagan. Abadie. Ann J.. Lindsey. Odie. Thomas Jr.. James G.. 2017-05-25. University Press of Mississippi. 978-1-4968-1159-2. 960. en.
  4. Web site: October 15, 1995. Art: Berkeley Art Center. subscription. 2022-02-17. Newspapers.com. The San Francisco Examiner. 279. en.
  5. Web site: November 5, 1981. Pick of the Week: Patricio Moreno-Toro. subscription. 2022-02-17. Newspapers.com. LA Weekly. 78. en.
  6. May 2017. Artes Plastics. La Habana. es. 59.
  7. Web site: "Vorágines" New Works by International Artist Patricio Moreno Toro at V Vorres Gallery October 17-November 16, 2013 . August 17, 2021.
  8. Web site: April 22, 1988. Latino American Influence. subscription. 2022-02-17. Newspapers.com. Santa Cruz Sentinel. 87. en.
  9. Web site: Patricio Moreno Toro. 2022-02-17. Rehistoricizing The Time Around Abstract Expressionism. en-US.
  10. Book: Johnson, Mark Dean. Carlos Villa: Worlds in Collision. Goldberg. Trisha Lagaso. Rio. Sherwin. 2022-01-25. Univ of California Press. 978-0-520-34889-9. 173. en.
  11. Web site: Baker. Kenneth. 2013-04-16. Carlos Villa, artist and teacher, dies. 2022-02-17. SFGATE. en-US.
  12. Web site: Rooflessness - Patricio Toro . FAMSF Search the Collections . en . 8 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Patricio Toro. City of Berkeley, California.
  14. Web site: Teknos. Surdoc.cl. es.

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