biographie de Juan DOWNEY (1940-1993)

Birth place: Santiago, Chile

Addresses: New York, NY

Profession: Sculptor, instructor

Studied: Sch Archit, Cath Univ Chile, BArch, 1961; Atelier 1917, Paris, France, 1963-1965, printmaking with S W Hayter; Pratt Inst, 1967-1969.

Exhibited: Cibernetic Serendipity, Washington, DC & San Francisco, Calif, 1969; Galeries Pilotes, Mus Cantonale Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switz, 1970; Nature et Technologie, Bordeaux, France, 1971; Lucht-Kunst, Stedelijk Mus, Amsterdam, 1971; Art and Science, Tel Aviv Mus, 1971; WMAA; Howard Wise, New York, NY, 1970s, plus many others. Awards: First prize, Casa Americas, Havana, 1964; Orgn Am States fel, 1970; Guggenheim Found fel, 1971.

Work: MOMA, New York, NY; Casa Americas, Havana, Cuba; Tel Aviv Mus, Israel; Bibliot Nat, Paris; Nat Collection Fine Arts, Washington, DC; plus others.

Comments: Preferred Media: Electronics. Teaching: Instr art, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC, 1969-1970; instr archit, Pratt Inst, New York, 1970-; instr art, Hunter Col, New York, 1970-. Publications: Auth, Electronic sculpture, Leonardo, Paris, France, 1969.

Sources: WW73; Howard Wise, Pollution robot" (film), 1970."