Culture Minister Milagros Germán announced Orlando Menicucci is the winner of the National Visual Arts Award. The Ministry of Culture award comes with a cash prize of RD$1 million.
Menicucci is a native of Santiago. He lives in Puerto Plata. He has had a prolific career in painting, sculpture, drawing, performance, installation, and ceramic media.
The 29th Biennial of Visual Arts was dedicated to him.
Menicucci has received significant recognition in the past. In 1970 he won the 2nd Prize for Painting at the IV International Biennial of Ibiza, Spain; in 1974 he won 2nd place in the painting category at the XIII National Biennial in Santo Domingo. In 1978 he received international recognition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bogota, Colombia.
The juror members were:
Federico Fondeur, director of the Museo de Arte Moderno; Abil Peralta, director of the Oficina Técnica de Cultura of the Chamber of Deputies; Marianne de Tolentino, director of the Galería de Bellas Artes; Patrick Landry, president of the Dominican Association of Art Critics; Fidel Munnigh, director of the School of the Arts of the state university UASD; Myrna Guerrero, director of the Museo Bellapart; Sarah Hermann, representing the Centro León Jimenes; and Alexandra Ayala, representing the president of the Colegio Dominicano de Artistas Plásticos, José Sejo.
The past winners of the award have included: Polibio Díaz, José Ramón Rotellini, Vicente Pimentel, Antonio Guadalupe, Darío Suro, Antonio Prats Ventós, Fernando Peña Defilló, Ada Balcácer, Domingo Liz, Elsa Núñez y Ramón Oviedo, among others.
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Ministry of Culture
30 November 2021