CURRICULUM VITAE

AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS, CONGRATULATIONS (SELECTION) 

Abdías MéndezRobles

In art 
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  • High Honor Recognition Medal in Industrial drawing. c 1973
  • Honorable Mention in the Young Art Salon of the Royal Bank of Canada. c 1979
  • Resolution of the Senate of Puerto Rico number 1383, recognition as an exponent of the visual arts. 1998
  • Cultural Promotion Award, Revista al Margen. 2000
  • Honor Roll for the School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico (various years).
  • Member of the National Dean’s List.
  • Recognition as a painter. UNESCO Cultural Center, Puerto Rico. 2005
  • Honorable mention in the annual awards of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). 2005
  • Honorary Mention, Hispanic Heritage, Museum of America, Doral-Florida. 2007
  • Annual art award from the Abud Family Foundation for Art. 2008
  • Malmö Award, Honorable Mention, Svenska Konstgalleriet in Sweden. 2009
  • Silver Award, ArtMajeur Award. 2011
  • Certificate of Appreciation as a Jury of the Peace Poster, International Association of Lions Clubs 51- East. 2018
  • Recognition for commitment and dedication, Puerto Rican Association of Plastic Arts. 2019
  • Participation Certificate 6th International Congress of Visual Artists, Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. 2019
 
In other areas

  • Recognition as an educator, in the municipality of San Juan by Dr. Hernán Padilla, mayor. 1981 
  • President's Club Award, Altus Bird. Shaklee Corporation. 1986
  • Award and Medal of Excellence. Popular Bank of Puerto Rico. 
“No es el hecho de ser, sino accionar como somos, SER nosotros mismos, no importa el disfraz o la máscara del rol que seleccionamos lucir. En el drama o la historia que viviremos, somos-(SER) el personaje, TÚ ERES y YO SOY; Pero en nuestro SER, ¿quiénes somos?”

 (Publicado en 1997, Para la obra Ser Drama de la Vida).
​“It is not the fact of being, but acting as we are, BEING ourselves, no matter the costume or mask of the role that we choose to wear. In the drama or story that we will live, we are-(BE) the character, YOU ARE and I AM; But in our BEING, who are we?”

 (Published in 1997, For the play Being the Drama of Life).