Collection: Ada Balcacer

 Ada Balcácer recognized artist, designer, printmaker, painter, muralist, cultural promoter, theorist and teacher who has spread her knowledge and experiences in various parts of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the United States, where she lives today.

She's an artístic personality of Caribbean descent, whose aesthetical, theoretical approaches, and quality of work, make her an essential figure in the history of art from the Caribbean and Latin America.

Personal circumstances offered new opportunities for growth in her artistic training. Her marriage to a baseball player presented the opportunity to travel to Puerto Rico. There she had the chance to work with artists like Eugenio Fernández Granell at Mural Workshop at the University of Puerto Rico and participate with José Alicea and Rafael Trufiño at the First Biennial Ateneo in Puerto Rico.

From San Juan, she traveled to the United States, and settled in New York, where she remained until 1961, working as a textile designer, becaming the first Dominican textile designer. A few years later, a visit to Mauricio Lasansky's workshop in Iowa - considered the father of modern-rprint-making, helped expand her horizons in fine arts.

Balcacer is the last living member of the Old Guard of Dominican Masters. She is in her 90's and lives in Santo Domingo today, dividing here time between DR and Miami.

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