Héctor Román

The artist was born in 1965 in Chicago, IL. In 1992 completed his Bachelor in Arts with a concentration in Painting and Graphic Arts. In 1996, finished his Master in Fine Arts, with a mayor in Painting and a minor in Alternative Photography at the Pratt Institute, of New York.

The artist also has a vast teaching experience as Art Instructor in 2006 at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce Art Appreciation and Fine Arts. Art Instructor during 1996- present at Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Bayamón, San Germán and Aguadilla Campuses in Photography, Fine Arts and Art Apreciation. Art Instructor between 2000- 2001 Gear-up Trio Program Interamerican University of Puerto Rico San Germán, PR. Lajas Elementary School Drawing and painting and as Visual Arts Consultant in 1994 on the Department of Social and Community Services New York City Housing Authority in Painting classes.

Héctor Román has showed his work in nationals and international exhibitions, among others, in 2007 Revelations Galería Sánchez Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 2005 Fosas y Espadas Sin Título, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1996 Moon Eclipse Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 2003 Muestra Nacional de Artes Plásticas Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española La Puntilla, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001 Ceramic in Arquitecture Arquitecture in ceramic Galería de Arte, Chardón Building UPR, Mayagüez, PR. And in 1998 Bienal Internacional de Fotografía Museo de las Américas, Cuartel de Ballajá Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

In his new series of abstract paintings and instalations Héctor Román is exploring the Invasion of a Space. Throughout the existence of time, cultures have been adapting to their environment, blending with the flora and fauna, keeping in peace and respecting their surrounding as sacred. With the development of their need for survival they have acquired for thousands of years of knowledge on how to adapt and conserve their traditions in order to pass on generations to generations. Every activity that they do from hunting to dancing involved respect to their ancestors and mother earth. Sadly nowadays everything has changed; the concept of conservation is substituted for greed and selfishness. Traditions are disappearing as fast as the rainforest; encyclopedias of knowledge from our elder disintegrate like burning lands ready for “modernism”. Where is the balance? We have broken the cycle!

“With this in mind I would like to contribute my thoughts on this issue with my art. My work is influenced by indigenous cultures from the Caribbean to all around the world. Thousands of year’s worth of knowledge disappearing before our eyes. With my recent pieces I’ve been focused on “invasion of a space”, to destroy and to erase any trace of a sacred land. Asphalt and earth is my medium to represent my paintings, asphalt representing our use of highways and fuel, dividing, contaminating and creating boundaries reducing space. Earth representing the sacredness of land, cultures and traditions.“ Héctor Román.

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Arte puertorriqueño. Galería de arte contemporáneo. En galeria Sanchez podras encontrar una excelente variedad de arte contemporáneo de artístas puertorriqueños y latinoamericanos de excelente calidad plástica y para todos los presupuestos. Pintores de la talla de Héctor Román, pintor abstracto, obras de materiales no tradicionales. Asfalto, enamel, uretano, tierra, barro. Rituales indigenas