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shows, contests, and biennials in Santo Domin-
go, Washington, D.C., Lima, San Juan, Cagnes-
sur-Mer, Paris, and Mexico. The prizes she has
received include First Prize for Drawing in the
Student Competition of the Royal Bank of Cana-
da (1977, Revelation of the Year); Arawak Gallery
Prize, (1986); Víctor Choquet National Prize, Min-
istry of Finance, Paris (1987); and Honorable Men-
tion in Drawing, Domecq Contest, Mexico (1987).
She had her first solo show at La Galería in 1985.
Her work, focusing on drawing, combines images
from the past with blurred texts and unusual de-
tails, forging an idiom that references both cinema
and literature.
Vicente (Tico) Tolentino
(1933-2013). As we
have already seen, the surname Tolentino origi-
nated in Milan. An architect and photographer,
Vicente Tolentino was born in Santo Domingo. A
member of Fotogroup since 1983, he also served
as director of that group on several occasions. He participated in numerous contests and biennials, and in 1990
he received the Best Photograph of the Year Award for Fotogrupo, and first place in the Photography Catego-
ry, at the XVII Biennial of Visual Arts in Santo Domingo for his work
Pobreza Cándida
(Candid Poverty).
Freddy Ginebra Giudicelli
(1944). The surname is of unidentified Italian origin, although his grandpar-
ents were from Corsica. Freddy Ginebra Giudicelli is the nephew of the contemporary artist and instructor
Paul Giudicelli. Founder and director of the Casa de Teatro (1974), Ginebra Giudicelli is also an accomplished
playwright, actor, columnist, and creator of major festivals and competitions, including 7 Días con el Pueblo
(7 days with the People, which ran from November 25 to December 1, 1974). He has been a patron of the arts
throughout his life, as well as a promoter and key figure in Dominican art and culture. Among many other
accomplishments, he opened the Casa de Teatro to photography exhibitions in 1981, a time when the medium
was not considered an art form in the Dominican Republic.
Marcio Veloz Maggiolo
(1936). Maggiolo is an Italian surname originally from Sardinia. Marcio Veloz
Maggiolo is the great-grandson on his mother’s side of the Italian Bartolomeo Maggiolo Pellerano (Genoa,
Johnny Bonnelly,
Tibu tours, 2003,
painted iron and
aluminum sculpture,
70x64x37 cm, Santo
Domingo, Museum of
Modern Art. The work
won third prize for
sculpture at the XXII
National Art Biennial
in 2003.
© Photograph by Mariano
Hernández / Museo de
Arte Moderno
Orlando Menicucci,
El
Trueque
, s.d., acrylic
on canvas, 102x152,5
cm, Santo Domingo,
Museum Casa Mella
Russo.
© Photograph by Mariano
Hernández / Museo Casa
Mella Russo