Pedro Pacheco Galvan

Descripción del Artista

Pedro Pacheco's artistic career encompasses over forty nine years of creativity with paintings and photographs exhibited around the world.  He was born and educated in Spain. Citizen of United States.  Is Master in Fine Art by The University of Barcelona (Spain). His exhibitions have included the following cities around the world from 1970 to present: London, Antwerp ( Belgium), Glasgow (Scotland), Venice (Italy), Barcelona (Spain), Madrid (Spain), Tel-Aviv (Israel), Jerusalem and New York.  These exhibitions number 23 solo and 72 select group exhibitions. He has received 21 awards in his career starting with the Silver Medal SENAL 70, where he exhibited with Joan Miro.  He received The Card of Gold given to the Best Foreign Artist in Treviso, (Venice) Italy. In 1973 The BBC in London filmed a report on his life and artwork. In 1995 he was invited by the Municipality of Jerusalem as a guest to work in a studio in the International Cultural Residence Mishkenot Sha'ananim. He created an art installation located in The Caves of Qumram by burying one of his large paintings there. In 2001 hi has received a grant award for his career from THE POLLOCK KRASNER FOUNDATION OF NEW YORK. His painting "When the Morning was Broken", about September 11, is in permanent exhibition in THE PATRIOT MEMORIAL HALL in Washington DC. As an artist-photographer he worked for the previous New York Senator, Mrs. Hillary R. Clinton. In 2006 he received recognition for the quality of his photographs by The Professional Photographer's Society of The State of New York. His other positions involving art include as gallery director, curator, judge and art critic.  IN SEPTEMBER 2011 TWO OF HIS PAINTINGS IN THE GLASGOW MUSEUM ARE INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL PATRIMONY OF U.K.. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL CATALOG. His artwork is located in Museums in Glasgow, Venice, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem and Barcelona, also in private collections throughout the world, and in The Collections of The Queen of Spain, Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark. He presently lives and works in New York City.