Osvaldo Budet (Juan Osvaldo Budet-Meléndez; born 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a contemporary Puerto Rican artist. He is currently based in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Education Budet received a B.F.A. in painting in 2004 from Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto RicoEscuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico and an M.F.A. in Painting from the Hoffberger School of Painting in 2008 at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He was an artist in resident at Museo del Barrio Santurce, Puerto Rico in 2005 and in the Leipzig International Art Program, Germany in 2008.
Work Budet's work is influenced by documentary film,Osvaldo Budet, Painting Documentaries, KX0101. Binary Talk, 2009. and activism. His production of paintings, photographs and videos are characterized as being both "humorous and seriousness"."Humorous and seriousness"Budet, O: Humorous and seriousness, KX0101. Binary Talk, 2009 The work displays a conscious of the problems of identity; a notion of the colonized is at the center of this work.
Budet constructs paintings and photographs which use self-portraiture to explore historical moments, often citing the creation of colonial identity. Budet uses reflective materials, such as diamond dust, iron oxide and glass to reference the material of film. His work has been shown in Puerto Rico, New York City, Chicago,Hildwine, Jeriah. "Romantic Political Affair at the IPRAC". Chicago Art Magazine, 5 January 2010. Los Angeles, Miami, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Ireland and Italy.
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BBC Short Documentary about Osvaldo Budet Eigen+Art LAB MOLAA Walter Otero Artnet Gallery website Artnet Biography The Leipzig International Art Program Maryland institute College of Arts, MFA Thesis USA -vs- Juan Osvaldo Budet-Melendez Vieques Civil Disobedience Case El Status Chicago Art Magazine Art Talk Chicago Publications Painting Documentaries, Video Studio Visit