Rosario Ponte

Education

• 2014 — Florence Academy, Italy — Portraiture in Oil, Figure & Cast Drawing
• 2000–01 — Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia — Studio for Advanced Studies
• 1994–98 — Studied under Aleksander Titovets
• 1986–89 — New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts — under Auseklis Ozols
• 1982 — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge — M.A. in Education (Media), Minor in Fine Arts
• 1979–80 — ELS Language Center, Indianapolis — Intensive English Studies
• 1977 — University Pedagogical Institute, Barquisimeto, Venezuela — Bachelors in Education
• 1972–73 — Studied under Venezuelan artist Requena
• 1970 — Technical drawing studies, Technical Academy, Caracas, Venezuela

Workshops

• 2019 — Robert Liberace, Sarasota, FL — Oil Portraiture
• 2018 — Robert Liberace, Washington, DC — Oil Portraiture
• 2017 — Dan Thompson, Sarasota, FL — Drawing Portraiture
• 2016 — Robert Liberace, Sarasota, FL — Figure Painting
• 2014 — Scott Eaton (online, 5 weeks) — Facial Anatomy
• 2012 — Daniel Greene, NY — Portraiture (Oil)
• 2011 — Daniel Greene, NY — Portraiture (Oil)
• 2010 — Daniel Greene, NY — Portraiture (Oil)
• 2009 — Daniel Greene, NY — Portraiture (Oil)
• 2009 — Jeremy Lipking, CA — Figure Painting
• 2008 — Daniel Greene, Spain — Portraiture & Landscape
• 2008 — Daniel Greene, New York — Portraiture
• 2000–01 — Tim Hawkesworth, PAFA (PA) — Figure Drawing
• 2001 — PAFA Museum — Copying from the Masters
• 1998 — Giverny & Monet’s Garden, France — En Plein Air
• 1996–97 — Howard Carr (Las Cruces, NM) — Oil · David A. Leffel (Scottsdale Artists’ School, AZ) — Oil · Ann James Massey (El Paso, TX) — Drawing
• 1994 — Jack Beal, New York — Figure Drawing
• 1993 — Timothy Clark, CA — Watercolor
• 1992 — Benjamin Domínguez, Mexico — Oil
• 1989 — Judy Betts, Baton Rouge, LA — Watercolor · Earlene Barnes — Oil

Professional Experience

Instructor of Painting, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

February 2010 – Present

Faculty appointment in oil painting at UTEP, guiding students through basic and advanced techniques in color theory, composition, drawing, and brushwork. Provided individualized, one-on-one instruction to cultivate each student’s artistic voice. Over the past 25 years, completed numerous commissioned portraits, blending technical precision with a nuanced sensitivity to each sitter’s character. Commissioned to paint a life-size portrait of U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2010.

Professional Associations

Portrait Society of America · Oil Painters of America · National Museum of Women in the Arts · El Paso Art Association

Collections

• New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts
• Embassy of Venezuela, Washington, DC
• Consulate of Venezuela, New York City
• Sierra Private Collection
• Private Collection — Marc Pachter
• Desalination Plant of El Paso, TX — Life-size portrait of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Solo Exhibitions

Collective Exhibitions

Awards

• Best of Show — EPAA Arts International (2002)
• Guaranteed Purchaser Award — EPAA Arts International (2001)
• Guaranteed Purchaser Award — EPAA Arts International (2000)
• Outstanding Painting Award — New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts (1989)

Special Credits

• Illustrator of Love of All Time by Alfonso Chavez, M.D., Editorial EON (Mexico City, 2008)
• Painting chosen for the invitation of “Border Windows 1997” international conference, Washington, DC