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<h2>Welcome</h2>
I'm very glad that you are taking your time to visit my web studio. I hope that you enjoy some of the artwork that I'm presenting here. You can browse the site using the different categories to see recent work or past exhibitions as well as the drawing section.  You can view the detail of each painting by clicking on the chain symbol when the cursor passes over each painting.
It had been more than 30 years dedicated to different aspects of art. That makes my commitment to creating images certainly contemporary where my knowledge of design and illustration converges in the same end. Capturing a painting that provokes the senses and inspire stories in the mind of the spectator. 
If you want to know some more about my career and exhibitions you can click on the plus sign below and read away.

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<h2>About Pablo Montes</h2>
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Pablo Montes O’Neill studied at the Lucchetti School of Visual Arts in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He graduated with high honors in Fine Art and also received the 1982 medal of high honor in painting that is given by  the district of San Juan.He  enrolled in the Fine Arts program at the University of Puerto Rico and had the opportunity to transfer to the Pratt Institute in New York, where he earned a BA in Fine Arts. During 1986, he worked at various advertising agencies. Pablo also served as editorial illustrator for El Nuevo Día newspaper.

In 1989, he went to Chicago, where he participated in several exhibitions held in the Windy City including the’Hispanic Festival’ at the Museum of Science and Industry. During that time, he also worked at various advertising agencies and published illustrations in magazines and newspapers such as Vegetarian Times and Chicago Reader, as well as in the books of "The Discovery Series", among others. In 1990, his ink drawing, titled ‘Dancing with Shadows’ was published on the cover of the Chicago Artist’s News magazine in the October edition.

In 1992, he returned to Puerto Rico and organized several  exhibitions in various galleries in San Juan. In 1994, he started his graphic design studio and also work in various exhibitions. In 1996 won the First Place in the Puerto Rican Athenaeum Competition in the Printmaking Category. In 2013, he was selected by a jury to be the featured artist of the month at Artsyshark.com. In December 2013, Pablo has his exhibition called Fantasies of Time at The Fine Arts Center in Guaynabo and also participates in the group exhibition at Pamil Fine Art Gallery in San Juan. In February 2014, Pablo presents his new work of drawings called Light and Shadows at the exhibition hall of the East University of Carolina, Puerto Rico. Later that year he was selected to be part of the exhibition See the Light at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts.

Pablo has had over 10 solo exhibitions and 18 group exhibitions in Puerto Rico and the United States. Today his paintings can be seen at Éxodo Gallery in Old San Juan and UNIK Prestige Gallery in San Juan.
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	<li>2014 - Exhibition: "Light and Shadows"- "Lumbre y Penumbra” at the exhibition hall of the East University of Carolina</li>
	<li>2013 - Exhibition: "Fantasies of Time"- "Fantasías del Tiempo” at The Fine Arts Center in Guaynabo</li>
	<li>2002 - Exhibition: "The Sleeping Girl"- "La Nena Durmiente” in the Puerto Rican Athenaeum, San Juan</li>
	<li>2000 - Exhibition: "Preamble" -“Preámbulo" on Telemundo Gallery, San Juan</li>
	<li>1999 - Exhibition: "Sun Women" “Mujeres Soles” in the Eclectic Gallery, San Juan</li>
	<li>1997 - Exhibition " liveliness and Sloth of Time "“Viveza y Pereza del Tiempo” in the Citibank Atrium Center , San Juan</li>
	<li>1995 - Exhibition: "Coordinates of Time" “Coordenadas del Tiempo”at the School of Fine Arts, Ponce</li>
	<li> 1994 - Exhibition: "Stages" “Etapas” in the Berlin Gallery Cafe, San Juan</li>
	<li>1992 - Display: "Embedded Images"“Imágenes Integradas” in the Gallery &amp; Restaurant La Bota, San Juan</li>
	<li>1990 - Exhibition: "Opening FX Club", Chicago  1987 - Exhibition: "Aware Images" “Imágenes Conscientes” in Our Theatre, Santurce</li>
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	<li>2014 - Collective Exhibition in UNIK Prestige Gallery, San Juan</li>
	<li>2014 - Exhibition "See the Light" at the Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts.</li>
	<li>2013 - Join of artists cooperative in Art District at Galería Paseos, San Juan</li>
	<li>2013 - Exhibition "Days for Art" Collective in Pamil Fine Art, San Juan</li>
	<li>2012 - Exhibition "Art Night for Business" in the Gallery of the University of the Sacred Heart, San Juan</li>
	<li>2005 - Exhibition of former students of the School of Visual Arts, San Juan</li>
	<li>1999 - Exhibition of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rican Athenaeum</li>
	<li>1998 - Collective Exhibition: "Eclectic Anniversary" in the Eclectic Gallery</li>
	<li> 1997 - Exhibition of Works Winner of the Athenaeum Art Contest • Museum of Art and History • Gallery San Juan San Juan Bautista, San Juan City Hall</li>
	<li>1996 - VII Contest Exhibition of Journalistic Illustration Photojournalism Exhibition for The New Day on Arsenal de la Puntilla, San Juan</li>
	<li>1992 - Exhibition: "Triangle" at the Lyzette  Workshop Gallery, Old San Juan (3 artists)</li>
	<li>1991 - Collective Exhibition of Three Hispanic Artists - Near Northwest Arts Council Gallery, Chicago -National Print and Drawing Exhibition Harper College Palatine, IL - Western Illinois University, Malcolm, IL  1990 - "Hispanic Festival" Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago</li>
	<li>1989 - Exhibition of Alumni Pratt Institute in Bueso Gallery, Hato Rey</li>
	<li>1982 - Collective Exhibition at the Museum of Art and History, San Juan</li>
	<li>1981 - Collective Exhibition at the Carnegie Library, San Juan</li>
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	<li>El Nuevo Dia Newspaper, PR</li>
	<li>Chicago Artist's News, Chicago, IL</li>
	<li>Vegetarian Times , Chicago, IL</li>
	<li>Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL</li>
	<li>Publications International, Ltd ., Chicago, IL (Series of Texts " Discover ")</li>
	<li>Ediciones Santillana, PR</li>
	<li>BEM magazine, Valladolid, Spain</li>
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	<li>2014 - Selected for a national juried exhibition at Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts</li>
	<li>2013 - Selected by a jury to be the feature artist of the month at Artsyshark.com</li>
	<li>1996 - First Place in the Puerto Rican Athenaeum Competition in Printmaking Category</li>
	<li>1990 - Publication of his drawing "Dancing with Shadows" on the cover of the magazine" Chicago Artist's News" in the October issue.</li>
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<h2>-Pablo Montes</h2>
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