Moises Becerra
(1926 Dulce nombre de Copan, Honduras)

Education

1944-1948 National Fine Arts School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1953-1958 Fine Arts Academy, Rome, Italy

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1956 - Galleria La Fontanella, Rome, Italy
1963 - Galeria Maya, Milan, Italy
1974 - Galleria Fondazione Europa, Milan, Italy
1979 - Galleria Modigliani, Milan, Italy
1983 - Galleria Modigliani, Milan, Italy
1987 - Honduras Institute of American Culture, Tegucigalpa,           Honduras
1993 - Museum of the Honduran Man, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1998 - Exhibition Salon of the Presidential Residence, Tegucigalpa,           Honduras

Selected Group Exhibitions

1955 - III Hispanic American Biennial, Barcelona, Spain
1958 - Galleria La Fontanella, Rome, Italy
1965 - Show Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy
1969 - Menaggio Award, Menaggio, Italy
1972 - International Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
1978 - Museum of Science & Technology, Milan, Italy
1984 - International Exhibition, Paris, France
1989 - International Exhibition, Florence, Italy
1990 - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Palermo, Italy
1991 - International Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
1992 - Academie Internationale de Lutece, Paris, France
1993 - Accademia Dioscuri, Rome, Italy
1994 - International Art Expo, Miami, Florida
1995 - FICESA Bank, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1996 - Central American Biennia, Guatemala City, Guatemala
1997 - American University, Washington, D.C.
2001 - Galeria Trios, "Exhibition of Central American artists honoring           Moises Becerra," Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Selected Awards

1965 - Castello Sforzesco, First Place, Milan, Italy
1975 - I Leone D'oro, First Place, Abbiategrasso, Italy
1982 - Premio Il Marzocco, First Place, Florence, Italy
1987 - Marconi Award, Italy
1992 - Academie Internationale de Lutece, Second Place, Paris,           France
1995 - Museum of the Honduran Man, Gold Crown Award,           Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Commentary on his work

Moises Becerra combines in his works a vast and profound culture, a great sensibility and an extraordinary expressive force. The end result is a poetic interpretation of an apparently simple humanity, but in reality it is profoundly lyrical. In the works of Becerra flows the poetry of human existence.
                        
                        - Claudia Campagnoli, Art Critic for the Italian                             Magazine La Scheggia

The force of his characters reside in a serene and balanced conscience of human dignity. The folkloric themes of some of his works are not tourist enchantments, but instead a reflection of simple, but authentic and genuine values of the human being. In this sense he identifies with the simple campesino or the humble worker, who in turn are the artistic inspiration for Becerra. His artistic language uses simple images to compose a more complex meaning.
                        
                        - Excerpt from the catalogue of the Galleria                              Fondazione Europa, Milan, Italy