“La imagen construida: representaciones de la arquitectura en Puerto Rico” [The Constructed Image: Representations of Architecture in Puerto Rico] is a group exhibition bringing together 33 artists from different generations to explore Puerto Rico’s architectural memory. This exhibition opens on October 16, 2026, at the Museo de Arte de Bayamón [Bayamón Art Museum (MAB)] at Parque de las Ciencias Luis A. Ferré, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Admission is free and open to the public, but it does NOT include access to the Science Park.
Participating artists include Myrna Báez, Rogelio Báez Vega, Isabel Bernal, Nathan Budoff Mckibben, Andrés Bueso Sanllehi, Annex Burgos, Efrén Candelaria, Bobby Cruz, Bárbara Díaz Tapia, Yamileth Flores Reyes, Manuel Hernández Acevedo, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Jotham Malavé, Antonio Navia, María de Mater O’Neill, Ada del Pilar Ortiz, Néstor Otero, Enoc Pérez, Mariana Ramos Ortiz, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Rubén Rivera Aponte, Carlos Rodríguez, Gamaliel Rodríguez, Natalia Sánchez, Pablo Santiago Romera, Edra Soto, Jaime Suárez, Yiyo Tirado, Luis Torres de la Haba, Rafael Tufiño, Migdalia Umpierre, Víctor Vázquez, and Norma Vila Rivero.
Description: The Bayamón Art Museum (MAB) presents La imagen construida: representaciones de la arquitectura en Puerto Rico, an exhibition exploring the various ways in which artists have interpreted architecture from the mid-20th century to the present, and how these representations document our relationship with inhabited space, its memory, and the country’s evolution.
The exhibition gathers works by 33 artists across different generations—spanning painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and installation—in dialogue with a selection from the Bayamón Art Museum’s permanent collection. Participating artists include Ada del Pilar Ortiz, Andrés Bueso Sanllehi, Annex Burgos, Antonio Navia, Bárbara Díaz Tapia, Bobby Cruz, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Carlos Rodríguez, Edra Soto, Efrén Candelaria, Enoc Pérez, Gamaliel Rodríguez, Isabel Bernal, Jaime Suárez, Jotham Malavé, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Luis Torres de la Haba, Manuel Hernández Acevedo, María de Mater O’Neill, Mariana Ramos Ortiz, Migdalia Umpierre, Myrna Báez, Natalia Sánchez, Nathan Budoff Mckibben, Néstor Otero, Norma Vila Rivero, Pablo Santiago Romera, Rafael Tufiño, Rogelio Báez Vega, Rubén Rivera Aponte, Víctor Vázquez, Yamileth Flores Reyes, and Yiyo Tirado.
Through diverse visual, conceptual, and symbolic approaches, the works examine architecture as an expression of identity, belonging, and memory, as well as a repository of experiences and socio-historical narratives. The exhibition features representations of Spanish colonial heritage, agro-industrial architecture, and modern design, alongside residential and institutional architecture. Themes such as materials, territory, inhabited space, and ruins are also addressed, extending to sacred and abstract projections of built memory.
With this exhibition, the Bayamón Art Museum fosters an encounter between generations and artistic languages, reaffirming its commitment to preserving and sharing Puerto Rican artistic heritage. The exhibition establishes new connections between past and present and invites reflection on architecture not merely as structure, but rather as a fundamental part of our visual and collective memory.
Regular museum hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For more information, call 787-903-8428 or write to museodeartedebayamon@gmail.com
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[Shown above: Víctor Vázquez’s “Black Hole II,” 2025, Photo: 11 3/8″ x 15 ½”; and María de Mater O’Neill’s “Pink (To Monroe),” 2004, Polyurethane and oil on linen, silk, vinyl, cotton with PVC and wood, 144″ x 30″.]