Basic information

Name: Luis “Luigi” Benjamin Pinedo
Date of birth: July 23, 1926 – march 28, 2007
Place of birth: Curaçao
Discipline: Painting

EDUCATION

Attended workshops in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico, and Colombia

BIOGRAPHY

Luis ”Luigi” Benjamin Pinedo was a Curaçaoan painter known for landscapes and cityscapes and, later, abstract and Cubist-influenced works. Many of his images circulated widely through postcards. He taught children and adults in Curaçao and also taught at the Instituto Venezolano para la Cultura y la Cooperacion Curazao. Pinedo died on March 28, 2007.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1965 — Certamen Simon Bolivar, Venezuela; Curaçaosche Museum, Pinta Papia
1966 — Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
1968 — Centro Pro Arte, Curaçao; Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1969 — Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands; Het Curaçaosche Museum, Sociedat Bolivariana, Curaçao
1980 — Ponce de Leon, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1989 — Curaçao Seaquarium, Curaçao
1991 — International Trade Center, Gala di Arte, Curaçao
1992 — Maduro Plaza, Clowns, Willemstad, Curaçao
1993 — EFEX’93, Local Art on Silk Ties, Curaçao
1995 — Curaçaosche Museum, Muziek, Poesie en Schilderkunst, Curaçao
1997 — Gallery ’86, Willemstad, Curaçao
1999 — Kleine Werf, Arte’99, Willemstad, Curaçao; Sentro di Bario Otrabanda, Metamorphosis, Willemstad, Curaçao

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Curaçaosch Museum, Curaçao
Bank of Curacao and St. Marten
Painting under the Viaduct of Otrobanda

AWARDS

1966 — Fifth place, international painting competition in Caracas, Venezuela, organized in memory of Simón Bolívar
1982 — Recipient of the Order of Orange-Nassau

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Through my Eyes ISBN 978-99904-068-2