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Hector Rene Membreno-Canales
B. 1988 San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Lives and works in Boston, MassachusettsEDUCATION
2018 M.F.A. CUNY Hunter College, City University of New York
Dept. of Art & Art History
2014 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York City
Dept. of Photo + Video
2013 Cert. U.S. Dept. of Defense Information School (DINFOS), Ft. Meade, Maryland
Public Affairs & Print Journalism
AWARDS & HONORS
William R. Kenan Jr. Grant, Phillips Academy, Andover
Kossak Painting Research & Travel Grant, Hunter College CUNY
Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIII
The New York Times Portfolio Review
Magnum Foundation Project Development Grant
Red Bull Arts Grant
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, National Juror
Graphis New Talent Photo Annual
ASMP Image 14 Awards
AI-AP Fotografia 3
School of Visual Arts Alumni Scholarship Award
SELECTED EXHIBITONS
2023 Chicago Cultural Center, Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine,
2021 Boston Center for the Arts, ACCESS: Art, Boston
2020 Housed 2020, Online Exhibition
Collarworks - Far X Wide, 2020 Flat File, Troy, NY
2019 ATHICA, Losing Control: Guns, Government, and Group-Think, Athens, GA
School of Visual Arts, Alumni Biennial: Truth & Reconciliation, NYC
2018 Lesley University College of Art and Design, AANEPS Faculty Show, Cambridge, MA
The Heinz Endowments, Rethink Perception, The office of Public Art, Pittsburgh PA
NY State Office of Parks, Capture Your Freedom: UPI, FDR Four Freedoms Park NYC
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, ReThink Vets: Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
Field Projects, Typical America, New York City
St. Martin’s Episcopal, International Independent Art Fair (IIAF NYC), Harlem NYC
Hunter College Art Galleries, Spring MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York City
Columbia University, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Love:2018 Purple Hearts, New York City
2017 Delaware Contemporary Museum of Art, MFA Biennial, Wilmington, DE
Athens Cultural Ministry, Xsouthou Project, City of Athens Greece
Aperture Foundation, Summer Open: For Freedoms, New York City NY
Hunter College Art Galleries, Happy Hunting, New York City, NY
2016 Osnova Gallery, A Great Sum (In Parts), Moscow Russia
Capital One Financial, My Kingdom for a Stage, Richmond, VA
Photo L.A., 25th Annual International Photographic Exposition, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Miami Project Art Basel, artMRKT, Miami, FL
Hillyer Art Space, FotoWeekDC, Washington D.C.
Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg, Germany
Slideluck Potshow, Austin VII, Austin Texas
FotoFest, International Discoveries V, Houston Texas
Pierogi Gallery The Boiler, WagMag Benefit Auction, Brooklyn NY
Open Source Gallery, Annual Silent Auction, Brooklyn, NY
Foto Em Pauta, Epson Gallery, Tiradentes, Brazil
Glasshouse Art Projects, Drums on Paper, Brooklyn NY
Root Studios, WORK IN PROGRESS, Brooklyn NY
2014 International Photo Festival Leiden, Photoville, Leiden Netherlands
The Grand Masonic Lodge, AI-AP, Epson: Los Diez, New York , NYC
Photoville, Hegemony or Survival, Brooklyn (Curated by Julie Graham & Sam Barzilay)
Coohaus Gallery, Horses and Bayonets, New York City
New Hope Art League, Invitational, New Hope, PA
Visual Arts Gallery, Mentors, Curated by Stephen Frailey, NYC
ARTIST TALKS
2023 Columbia University School of the Arts
2021 Boston Center for the Arts
2019 National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago
Lesley University, Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge MA
2018 ISAIA Conference Elson Arts Center, Andover MA
Magnum Foundation Photography Expanded Symposium, Parsons School of Design NYC
2017 City University of New York, Silberman School of Social Work, NYC
Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
Marble Hill Camera & Supper Club, Bronx NY
2016 School of Visual Arts, Acceptance Day, Chelsea Piers, NYC
2015 University of Houston at FotoFest International, Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX
Collin College at FotoFest International, Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX