Hugo Bastidas

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hugo Bastidas
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Aug 18, 1955(1955-08-18)
Age	69
Birthplace	Quito
Country	Ecuador
Birth City	Pichincha
Horoscope	Leo

Hugo Bastidas Biography

Hugo Bastidas is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on August 18, 1955 in Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador. Hugo Bastidas was a Quito, Ecuadorian, native, and he moved to the United States in 1960. He graduated with a B.A. He graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in

1979. In 1979, he was awarded a Robert Smithson scholarship to the Brooklyn Museum School of Art Program for sculpture. He then completed his MFA at Hunter College, City University of New York, in 1986.

Bastidas was in Ecuador as a Fulbright Fellow from 1990-1991. Dominique Nahas, an art critic, wrote in 2002 that Bastidas’ paintings had “put forth a plea to cultural integrity”.

From 1996 to 2007, Bastidas served on the board of trustees at the Aljira Center for the Arts in New Jersey. In 2000, he served on the board of trustees of the National Academy in New York, NY. He has been a member of the Century Association in New York City since 2000.

In 1998, art critic Graciela Kartofel wrote about contrasting Latin American and American influences in the Ecuador-born artist’s work:

Bastidas spent his Fulbright Fellowship (1990-91) on painting and sculpture in Ecuador (teaching, curation). His first assignment as a teacher was at La Universidad Central. He was responsible for advance sculpture. Later, he was made honorary full professor by the dean and art faculty. Bastidas has been an associate professor of art at New Jersey City University since 1998. Since 1999, he has also taught at the Art Students League of New York. He also taught at Bennington College and at the National Academy Museum and School in New York City.

Hugo Bastidas Net Worth

Hugo Bastidas is one of the richest Painter from Ecuador. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hugo Bastidas 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hugo Bastidas, an American painter, was born August 18, 1955. His black and white paintings often imitate grisaille effects and look like black and white photos. Bastidas’ paintings often reference architecture, water and vegetation, as well as art history. They also reflect his concern about globalization and the effects it has on the Earth’s well being.

Bastidas received a Robert Smithson Memorial Scholarship for Sculpture from the Brooklyn Museum Art School in 1979-1980. In 1990, Bastidas was granted an honorary full professorship by Central University in Quito (Ecuador). Bastidas received a Fulbright Fellowship in the same year. He was awarded a Pollock- Krasner Foundation grant in 1992. Bastidas was elected a National Academician in New York, NY, in 2009. He was elected a member in 2000 of the Century Association, New York, NY.

After returning to New York from a Fulbright Fellowship in his native Ecuador in the early 1990s, Bastidas began using a restricted color palette of black and white, alluding to black-and-white photography. His medium- and large- scale paintings featured contrasting zones of high and low detail. By making thousands of marks with a size No. 1 hog’s bristle brush on linen primed with rabbit-skin glue, Bastidas achieved a high level of image definition. He also works in digital photography, which informs his subject matter without rendering a photo-realistic effect.

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From 2017 to 2019, Bastidas has collaborated with CITYarts, Inc., a non-profit organization in NYC, as the lead artist of their Following in the Footsteps of Alexander Hamilton program, a 3-piece mural (each spanning 80ft H X 25ft W) currently in progress at the Alexander Hamilton Playground in West Harlem.

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Hugo Ranked on the list of most popular Painter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ecuador. Hugo Bastidas celebrates birthday on August 18 of every year.

[Bastidas’] painting can be appreciated as a second generation of the rebirth of representational painting in the late 20th Century in the United States…As a second-generation practitioner, Bastidas also joins the mission to rethink representation, and to look more closely at the content of representational modes of expression, to exploit the language of the embedded idea within the pictorial structure itself. His subjects vary from social and or political concerns, to complex pictures that conflict visual perception against cerebral comprehension.

Top Facts about Hugo Bastidas

1. Hugo Bastidas is an American painter born in Ecuador.
2. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
3. His work has been exhibited internationally, including in Spain and China.
4. Bastidas’ paintings often explore themes of identity and social justice.
5. He has received numerous awards and grants for his artwork.
6. Bastidas’ work is included in several public collections, such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Brooklyn Museum.
7. He has been featured in publications such as The New York Times and Artforum.
8. Bastidas is known for his large-scale, highly detailed oil paintings.
9. His artwork often incorporates political commentary and cultural references.
10. Bastidas currently lives and works in New York City.