Gilberto Romero
To look at a Gilberto Romero’s sculpture is to open one’s heart to joy and grace of movement – a sense of greater connection with the natural world and its mysteries. Through his shape, line, color, and use of negative and positive space, we experience freedom, flow, a pure and playful wonderment.
EDUCATION:
Apprenticeship, Gino Miles
Apprenticeship, Peter Woytuk
Apprenticeship, Estella Loretto
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Kristin Johnson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 -2013 Pippin Meikle Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Gallery 619, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Gallery 619, Santa Fe, NM
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016 Joy, Winterowd Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Peter Woytuk | Gilberto Romero –Collaborations, Morrison Gallery, Kent, CT
2013 Debut, Kristin Johnson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2009-2014 26thAnnual Sculpture in the Park, Juried Exhibition, Loveland, CO
2009 Renew, Community Gallery, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
2005-2008 Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Annual Invitational Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2004-2006 Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival, Santa Fe, NM
2000-2016 Contemporary Hispanic Market, Santa Fe, NM
COMMISSIONS:
Private Collection, Edmond, OK –Reflection fountain
Private Collection, Tesuque, NM –Resting Place
PUBLIC COLLECTONS:
Broomfield, CO: Morning Gathering
Carlsbad, NM: Gathering Spot
About Gilberto Romero:
Romero is a hands-on artist, completing all of his work from his studio. Even his cast work, though cast in a nearby foundry, is welded and chased by Romero. His patinas are engaging and varied, ranging from monochromatic to mottled with intricate patterns unfolding. An avid outdoorsman, Romero finds much artistic inspiration from his time in nature. “I see shapes everywhere,” he shares, and his patient and intuitive nature help him listen as stones “speak” with the possibility of becoming part of a future piece. Indeed, cast birds play a part in many of his pieces, conjuring for us the idea of flight, expansion, the delightful ability to soar.