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Alfredo Arreguin
August 4, - August 27, 2011
Reception for the Artist : Thursday, August 4, 5-8 pm
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Alfredo Arreguin has a long and distinguished list of
accomplishments. In 1979 he was selected to represent the US at the 11th
International Festival of Painting at Cagnes-sur Mer, France, where he won
the Palm of People Award. In 1980 he received a fellowship from the National
Endowment for the arts. In 1988 Arreguin won the commission to design the
poster for the Centennial Celebration of the State of Washington (the image
was his painting Washingtonia). In 1994 the Smithsonian Institution acquired
Arreguin's triptych Sueno (Dream: Eve Before Adam) for inclusion in the
collection of the national Museum of American Art. A year later, in 1995,
Arreguin received an OHTLI Award, the highest recognition given by the
Mexican government to the commitment of distinguished individuals who
perform activities that contribute to promote Mexican culture abroad. In
2007, Arreguin was invited to show his work in the Framing Memory:
Portraiture Now exhibition, at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
One of his paintings included in this show, The Return to Aztlan, will
remain in the permanent collection of the gallery. In 2008, Arreguin was
awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Arts from the, University of
California Riverside, Riverside, CA.
Arreguin is currently featured in the group exhibition, "Seattle
as Collector, Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs 40th Anniversary
Exhibition," at the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, WA.
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