ABEY CHARRÓN

 106 Jefferson St., San Juan, Puerto Rico 00911  

Tel. 787.525.9645

Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico on June 29, 1973, Abey R. Charrón Walker is a photographer with extensive and diverse experience in the worlds of professional photography and the arts.  His work has been published in a wide variety of media, including El Nuevo Día, one of Puerto Rico’s top newspapers.  Charrón’s combined use of traditional and unconventional elements has become a personal trademark with which he highlights cultural icons of Puerto Rican & Caribbean life.

In 1992, Charrón studied photography in Everett, WA, and has since participated in over 30 shows.

In 2002, he was invited by the government of Dominican Republic to offer a solo exhibit at the University of San Pedro de Macorís titled “Loíza”—a collection of faces from Santurce, Puerto Rico.

In his 2003 collection, “Loíza+Calle”, Charrón employed tin roofs from old homes as ‘canvases’ that would carry portraits of people from Santurce, thereby documenting the toils of life in this neighborhood.  This medium has since become a signature technique of Charrón’s works.

In 2010, Abey Charrón was selected from among hundreds of artists to have 15 of his pieces exhibited as mainstays in the new W Hotel in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

Charrón’s work has also been included continuously in the prestigious “Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico”, a biannual international photography show in the Museo de las Américas, from 1998 up until the present.

At the end of 2010, Abey had his exhibit entitled “Rejas”.  Demonstrating a variety of security iron works, these photographs critique the confinement under which we are forced to live in our own homes because of crime.

Some of Abey Charrón’s shows:

·      “Pared de Rejas” Museo Dos TT, Puerto Rico, (solo Intervencion) May 2011.

·      “Candados y Rejas” Tay’cho Gallery, Florida, May 2011.

·      “12X12” – Galería Yemayá, Dec. 2010.

·      “Rejas” (solo show) – La Respuesta, Nov. 2010.

·      “Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico” – Museo de las Américas, 2010.

·      “SCAR” – La Respuesta, 2009.

·      “La Muerte” – La Respuesta, 2009.

·      “Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico” – Museo de Las Américas, 2008.

·      “Salitre” – Galería Yemayá, 2008.

·      “Caminos” – Galería Yemayá, 2008.

·      “A la rubia le gusta la salchicha italiana” (solo show) – Café Seda, July 2007.

·      “Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico” – Museo de las Américas, 2006.

·      “Loíza+Calle” (solo show) – Inter American University of Puerto Rico, March 2004.

·      “Loíza+Calle” pre- “Bienal Internacional de Puerto Rico” – Museo de Las Américas, February 2004.

·      “Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico” – Museo de Las Américas, 2004.

·      “Loíza+Calle” (solo show) – OM Studio San Juan, Sep. 2003.

·      “Loíza” (solo show) – Museo de la Universidad de San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, Sep. 2002.

·      “Pequeño formato” – Museo de Liga de Arte de Puerto Rico, 2001.

·      “Primavera” – Museo de Las Américas, 2001 & 2002.

·      “Photo T” – 2001.

·      Café marquesina, February 2001.

·      “Apariciones” I & II – Enlaces, 2001 & 2002.

·      “Bienal de Fotografía de Puerto Rico” – Museo de las Américas, 2000 & 2002.

·      Recovering Spaces, 1999.

·      Dell Exhibition, Museo de las Américas, 1999.

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