Reviews and Monographs

(articles written about artist's work)

Individual:

Ondo, Jeremy, "Cuban-American artist Alberto Rey brings art to Case", The Observer, Cleveland, OH, November 2, 2007

Hatfield, Sarah, "One Fish, Two Fish", Jamestown Post Journal, Jamestown, NY, March, 2007.

Emke, Ron, "Aquaman meets Fish of Steel", Buffalo Spree, Buffalo, NY, November 2006.

Renner, Kyle, "Artist Explores Humanity's Lost Connection With the Natural World", The Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, July 30- 31, 2005.

Merkle, Karen Rene, "Ichthyologically Accurate", Erie Daily News, Erie, PA, May 26, 2005.

Huntington, Richard, “ Exhibit of Regional Art has Big Range”, Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY, May 9, 2005.

Jacoby-Patronski, Juliana, “ Alberto Rey at Mid-Stream”, Buffalo Spree, Buffalo, NY, April, 2005.

Proulx, Suzanne, “Piscatorial Investigations”, ARTSCOPE, Erie, PA, Volume 7, Number 1, 2005.

Licata, Elizabeth, "Uncharted Waters", Buffalo Spree, Buffalo, NY November 2004.

Nyhuis, Philip, "Piscatorial Investigations - Best of WNY 2002 - Time in Chautauqua", Buffalo Spree, Buffalo, NY May/June, 2002.

Adams, Bruce, "Gone Fishing", Buffalo News, Gusto, Buffalo, NY October 26- November

Chauncey, Andrea," Pictorial stories from a far away land", Lamron, Geneseo, NY October 19, 2000.

Huntington, Richard, "A Rey of light, There's an icon-like quality to Big Orbit Gallery", Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY December 17, 1999.

Jackson-Foresberg, Eric, "Review: Alberto Rey, My Private Addiction to Lies". ARTVOICE, Buffalo, NY December 16-22,1999.

Plyler, Robert W.,"JCC's Alberto Rey Art Show Challenges People's Minds". Post Journal, Jamestown, NY December 10,1999.

Huntington, Richard, "Artist is working things out", Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY December 3, 1999.
Fox, Marilyn, "From old photographs, a Cuban creates identity". Reading Times/Eagle, Reading, PA November 1, 1997.

Hill, Sherri, "Alberto Rey: New Works". Sarasota Arts Review, Sarasota, FL. February, 1997.

Pignataro, Todd, "Creating a gallery of memories". Dunkirk Observer, Dunkirk, NY February 15th, 1997.

Altabe, Joan. "Solitary boats are powerful visual metaphor". Sarasota Herald- Tribune, Ticket, Sarasota, FL. January 10-16, 1997.

Black, Ophelia. "The year of living dangerously: Balsas and Madonnas", Sarasota Arts Review, Sarasota, FL. January 1997.

Moncada, Atriana. “El pincel, la lente, el cincel”. Uno mas Uno, Mexico City, Mexico. March 18, 1996.

Federica Simon Miguel .”Memoria: Trabajos de Alberto Rey”. MEDCOM, Mexico City, Mexico. Volume 50, March 1996.

“Alberto Rey en el Museo Schneider”. El Espectador, Medford, OR. September 1995.

Courian, Christi and Arosteguy, Elena. “Realism to Abstraction: Artist display work in SOSC galleries.” The Siskiyou, Ashland, OR. September 25, 1995.

Shea, Stephanie, "Artist explores his past through creation of 'cultural icons' ". Ashland Daily Tidings, Ashland, OR, September 1995

Huntington, Richard. “Reality Bites: Painter Rey challenges our habits of perception”. Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY. May 19, 1995.

Worden, John. “Acts of devotion-Alberto Rey creates his Cuban Heritage in paintings of the mundane, monumenta”. Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY. October 20th, 1993.

Huntington, Richard. “ Rey’s art, too beautiful for its own good?”, Buffalo News,
Buffalo,NY. September 30th,1992

Huntington, Richard. “ The Persistence of Memory”, Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY; November 2, 1990.

Silver, Joanne. “Painters’ Object is to Examine the Symbols”, Boston Herald,
Boston, MA; August 17,1990.

Sherman, Mary. “Summer Surprises on South Street”, Boston Globe, Boston, MA:August 2, 1990.

Temin, Christine. “Perspectives”, Boston Globe, Boston, MA; April 13,1989.

Silver, Joanne. “Gallery Scene”, Boston Herald, Boston, MA; April 7, 1989.

Temin, Christine. “Romance is in the Galleries”, Boston Globe,
Boston, MA; March 23, 1989.

Netsky, Ron. “Fresh Look at Expressionism”, Democrat and Chronicle,
Rochester, NY; June 7, 1987.

Huntington, Richard. “ Modernism Resist Fusion with Rey’s Personal Symbols”, Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY; May 8, 1987

“Performance Installation”, Evening Observer, Dunkirk- Fredonia, NY; May 7,1987.

Giordano, Chris.”At El Museo”, Articles, Buffalo, NY; Spring 1986, Volume II. Boehm, Margo. “ Rey and his Images ‘float above’ Memories”, Monroe Doctrine, Rochester, NY; December 8, 1986.

Group:
(articles written which include the artist's work as part of an invitational or juried group exhibition)

Mitchell, Steve, "TRIMANIA!", Artvoice,Buffalo, NY: March 14, 2002.

Licata, Elizabeth, “ A Setting Worthy of its Collection”, Buffalo Spree, Buffalo, NY: March/April, 2002

Ormond, Mark, "Artists collage and box their ideasat the Mira Mar", Pelican Press, Sarasota, FL: January 17, 2002.

Bannon, Anthony, "Nine Artists Interpret their Ideas in an Exhibition on the "Natural World" , Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY: July 21-22, 2001.

Gregg, Gail, "The Unconventional Convention, The College Art Association's annual conference...", ARTnews, New York, NY April 2000.

McQuaid, Cate, “Viewing the Caribbean, in darkness and light”, Boston Globe, Boston, MA; April 16, 1999.

Montminy, Judith, “Art Center show widens its world view”, Boston Globe, Boston, MA; March 21, 1999.

Nelson, Roberta, "Cuban Art Exhibit Celebrates Diverse and Passionate Culture", Bradenton Herald, Brandenton, FL; September 20, 1998

Cotter, Holland,“One Museum, Five Shows and a Million Lives and Passions”, New York Times, New York, NY; August 14,1998.

Tranberg, Dan, "Wide Open Places", Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, OH; July 8-14,1998.

Litt, Steven, "Breaking the boundaries of the regionalism", The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH; July 5,1998.

Huntington, Richard, "Getting Crafty", Buffalo News, Buffalo,NY; June 28,1998.

Huntington, Richard, "Regional Forecast", Buffalo News, Buffalo,NY; June 12,1998.

Zimmer, William, "Echoes of the Cuban Cultural Experience", New York Times, New York, NY; February 2, 1997.

"Cuban American art exhibit opens at Walsh", Fairfield Citizen News, Fairfield, CT; January 10, 1997.

Bell, Stephen. "Seats of Power", Buffalo News Magazine, Buffalo, NY; September 22,1996

"Visitan el Corredor de la Roma”. Reforma, Mexico City, Mexico. March 31, 1996.

Harrison, Helena A.”Views of Cultures, Exotic and Near Home”. New York Times, New York, NY. April 17,1994.

Lipson, Karin. “Defining Latino Artists by Works, Not Culture”. Newsday, New York, NY. April 15,1994.

Crowley, Matthew. “ It will make you think”. The Post-Star, Albany, NY. January 20,1994.

Huntington, Richard. “ Art without an edge ‘In Western New York,’ little nastiness”, Buffalo News, Buffalo,NY. May 16th, 1993.

Darling, Reg. “ Art at JCC’s Forum Gallery shows lighter side of artists”, Warren Times, Warren, PA. May 1992.

Donovan, Pat. “Assemblage of Aesthetics: In Western New York 1991”, Art Voice, Buffalo, NY; Volume 2, Issue 10, May 15-18,1991.

Huntington, Richard. “Expressions Free of our Boundaries”, Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY; May 12, 1991.

Licata, Elizabeth. “Personal Territory - Small Show, Wide Terrain”, Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY; May 24, 1991.

Zamora, Jim Herron. “Christo’s Umbrellas - Farm Workers...”, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA; October 7, 1991.

Meyer, Jennifer. “Spiritualism and emotion”, The Leader, Fredonia, NY; November 5, 1990.

Netsky, Ron. “Fresh Look at Expressionism”, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY; June 7, 1987.

“Adams Gallery Hosts 3-Man Exhibition”, ARTIFACTS, Jamestown, NY; May 1987.

Netsky, Ron. “Artists Pick the Artists”, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY; July 13, 1986.

“Artists’ Choices”, City Newspaper, Rochester, NY; July 3, 1986.

Lux, Heidi. “Artists Choose Artists - Personal Style Adds Spice to Show”, Times Union, Rochester, NY; July 1986

Huntington, Richard. “Persona’ Conjures Triad of Dubious Emotional Intensity”, Buffalo News,
Buffalo, NY; February 26, 1986.

Netsky, Ron. “Expressionism the Watchword of the 1980’s”, Democrat and Chronicle,
Rochester, NY; June 8, 1985