Hugo Sánchez Bonilla

Hugo Sánchez Bonilla (born February 1, 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is an artist.^[1]

Career

Sánchez taught at the University of Central America (UACA). Since 1984 he has continued to teach at his personal art school.

Individual shows

• 1977 La Nación Main Hall
• 1978 Costa Rica Country Club.
• 1978 Surgeons and Doctors Association Board.
• 1980 Kamakiri Gallery
• 1983 Enrique Echandi Gallery
• 1991 Heredia City Hall
• 2001 Club Union

He has participated in over 170 group artshows in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Spain, Germany, Venezuela, Brazil, United States, France, Colombia, England and Tokyo.

Awards

• 1972 First Prize: Latin American reform for penitentiary system symposium.
• 1978 Honor Certificate for Annual Watercolor Hall of the Costa Rican Art Museum
• 1979 First Prize: Oil paint, Heredian painters contest, sponsored by Max Jimenez association (painting: "un amigo").
• 1979 First Prize: National Association of professors' contest. (painting: "los canasteros" -native bags hand crafters-)
• 1982 Honor Certificate for the Chinese Culture contest with the painting "bodegon"
• 1982 Silver Medal for the Second Watercolor Art show Margarita Berthau. (painting: "exterior" -owned by the Costa Rican Art Museum)
• 1982 Honor Certificate for the National Insurance Company 60th anniversary contest. (painting: "psicosis")
• 1985 Gold Medal for the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism 30th anniversary. (painting: "callejón" -the ally- )
• 1994 Gold Medal for Pfizer Grand Prize "Costa Rican Watercolor 5th homenage". (painting: "entrada" -entrance-)
• 1996 "The Best of the Year Award", granted by Costa Rican Government, for his personal add and his art school work.
• 1996 Double Honor Certificate for the Pfizer Grand Prize "Costa Rican Watercolor 7th Homenage" (paintings: "interior" and "exterior" -intaglio technique)

References

1. Ángulo, Francisco (21 December 2006). "Hugo Sánchez retrata la espiritualidad en el retablo". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2011.