Gilberto Almeida

Gilberto Almeida Egas (30 May 1928 – 20 April 2015) was an Ecuadorian painter born in San Antonio de Ibarra, in Imbabura Province. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Quito from 1953-1957. His early work was in many media, especially paintings of buildings and views in old Quito; his later work concentrated on large black-and-white drawings, in a baroque, expressionistic, and dramatic style.

Contents

• Casa de la Cultura rindi homenaje pstumo al pintor Gilberto Almeida
• Invitational exhibitions
• Awards
• Honours
• References

He has exhibited in major Ecuadoran cities including Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. In 1963 he was invited to exhibit in Chile, and he subsequently exhibited in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Galería de la Asociación de Artistas Plásticos. In 1969 he exhibited at the museum of the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C.

Works by Almeida are included in the collections of museums and galleries in Sweden, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Israel, Australia, the United States, and Canada in addition to Ecuador, and in major private collections.

He died on 20 April 2015.

Invitational exhibitions

1963 Invited exhibitor, Third São Paulo Art Biennial

1963 Guest of honor, spring salon, Mendosa, Argentina

1965 Guest of honor, spring salon, Viña del Mar, Chile

1967 Invited exhibitor, Cali Biennial, Colombia

1969 Invited exhibitor, Colteger Biennial, Medellín, Colombia

1970 Invited exhibitor, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC

1985 Nominated as Artist of the Year, Asociación de Periodistas (Press Association)

1993 Nominated for Premio Eugenio Espejo

1996 Invited exhibitor at the trimillennial celebration of the city of Jerusalem, Israel

1998 Homage to the artists of De Vanguardia, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Quito

2000 Exhibition in Lima, Peru, at the invitation of the Ecuadorian Embassy

2001 Invitational exhibition in Australia

Awards

First prize, V Bolivarian Games

First prize, Casa de la Cultura Núcleo Azuay

First prize, fiesta de las frutas y de las flores Ambato

Third prize, Mariano Aguilera Award, Quito

Second prize, July salon, Guayaquil

First prize, October exhibition (Guayaquil, 1959)

Second prize, Bolivarian salon, Guayaquil

First prize, mural project

First prize for culture of the Ministry of Public Works

First prize, Mariano Aguilera Award, (Quito, 1964)

First prize, July salon, Guayaquil

Second prize, International independence salon, Quito

First prize, National Salon of the Plastic Arts, Quito

First prize of the national exhibition in the House of Culture, (Quito, 1976)

Second prize, Banco Central del Ecuador National Arts Awards, Quito

First prize International Biennial, Cuenca, critics' choice

Honours

21 February 2002: Order of Merit, Official Grade, conferred by President Gustavo Noboa Bejarano

4 June 2003: Doctor Vicente Rocafuerte Award of the National Congress of Ecuador, conferred by its president, Guillermo Landázuri Carrillo

June 2003: Award of Artistic Merit, San Antonio de Ibarra

June 2003: Award from the Council of the Province of Imbabura

June 2003: Award of Artistic Merit, Casa de la Cultura Núcleo, Carchi.

September 2006 Homage and recognition of lifetime artistic achievement on the occasional of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Spanish foundation of the city of Ibarra

September 2006: Homage and recognition of lifetime artistic achievement, Instituto Superior Tecnológico de Artes Plásticas "Daniel Reyes"