Chronology
1959 Emilio Lobato is born in San Pablo, Colorado
1978 Enrolled at Colorado College, Colorado Springs to pursue a degree in fine arts
Works in watercolor and ink in realistic and abstract styles
1982 Graduates Colorado College and briefly moves back to San Pablo
1982-84 Moves to Ann Arbor, Michigan , where future wife Darlene Sisneros attends the University of Michigan Law School
1984 Marries Darlene and they settle in Denver, CO
1982-92 Works full time so little work is produced
1982-86 Experiments with paper sculptures, canvas-wrapped river rocks and jewelry
1986 National Endowment for the Arts internship at the Denver Art Museum
1989-92 Works in the Education Department of the Denver Art Museum
1992 Leaves the Denver Art Museum and devotes himself to his art full-time
1992-93 Works in an abstract expressionistic style dealing with psychological subject matter
1992 Introduction to printmaking
1994-97 Represented by Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
1994 Begins to incorporate collage into his paintings and spends the next two years perfecting and refining the technique.
Work produced is in a geometric abstraction style.
1994 Figurative Series
1995 Organic Series
1996 Oil and collage become his signature media
1997 Joins the William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
1998 Refined Abstraction Series; works heavily influenced by Asian aesthetics and philosophy
1998 Travels to Havana, Cuba
1998-2004 Cuba Series
2004-09 Minimal Series
2005-07 Black Circle Series
2004-present Weaving series
Chronology provided in Emilio Lobato, Mi Linda Soledad, A Retrospective 2011 Curated by Tariana Navas-Nieves, and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 2011, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center