Osvaldo Budet
Painting, Visual Artist
1979 –
Who is Osvaldo Budet?
Osvaldo Budet born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979 is a contemporary Puerto Rican artist living in Berlin, Germany. Budet received a BFA in painting in 2004 from Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico and an MFA in Painting from the Hoffberger School of Painting in 2008 at Maryland Institute College of Art. He was an artist in resident at Museo del Barrio Santurce, Puerto Rico in 2005 and in The Leipzig International Art Program, Germany in 2008.
Budet’s work is influenced by documentary film, and activism and his production of paintings, photographs and videos are characterized as being both,"Humorous and seriousness" The work displays a conscious of the problems of identity; a notion of the colonized is at the center of this work.
Budet constructs paintings and photographs which use self-portraiture to explore historical moments, often citing the creation of colonial identity. Budet uses reflective materials, such as diamond dust, iron oxide and glass to reference the material of film. His work has been shown in Puerto Rico, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Baltimore, Washington DC, Ireland and Italy.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Jun 14, 1979
San Juan - Nationality
- Puerto Rico
- Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Maryland Institute College of Art
- Lived in
- San Juan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Osvaldo Budet." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/osvaldo_budet>.
Discuss this Osvaldo Budet biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In