Press 2011
Book — Hugo Izarra, “Gominolas para los patos” (Candy for the Ducks), illustrated by Matt Sesow (Béjar: SBQ, 2011)
“Gominolas para los patos” (Candy for the Ducks), poems by Hugo Izarra with a prologue by Luis Felipe Comendador and illustrations by Matt Sesow — his fish painting is on the cover — was published in Béjar, Spain, by SBQ in 2011. It is the first volume of “El brut de los corazones solidarios” (The Raw of Compassionate Hearts), SBQ Solidario’s series of donated, copyleft books that pays for small humanitarian projects. Sales helped Jamir Alexander, a four-year-old Peruvian boy, and on July 3, 2011 SBQ delivered a food cart painted with Matt’s fish to Hermelinda Chávez, a mother of three in Cerro Cabras (Alto Trujillo), Trujillo, Peru.
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Research notes
- The timeline placed this book in 2025 (“available 2025”); Matt’s own page gives the publication as Béjar, SBQ, 2011, and the author’s name as Hugo Izarra. Corrected October 17, 2026.
Where this record comes from
- Career Highlights v16
- product.sesow.com/bookforperu (Matt, 2026-10-17)
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Book — Hugo Izarra, ‘Gominolas para los patos’ (Candy for the Ducks), illustrated by Matt Sesow (Béjar: SBQ, 2011).” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2011. history.sesow.com/e/2025-book-hugo-izzara-candy-ducks.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2011
- Exhibition “A Brut Rebellion,” FOE Gallery, 28 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA
- Exhibition “Made in USA” — solo exhibition, Galerie Saint-Pierre, Limoges, France
- Press French press reviews of “Made in USA,” Galerie Saint-Pierre, Limoges (March–April 2011)
- Exhibition JP Art Market Gallery, Boston, MA
- Exhibition Flash Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Exhibition Foresight Gallery, Amman, Jordan
- Exhibition “MUSE,” curated by Marjorie Jaspar and Maurizio Cattelan, M55 Gallery, Long Island City Art Center, 44-02…
- Exhibition Slovenian Embassy, Washington, DC
- Exhibition “Political Potpourri” — MOCA DC, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Exhibition Paintings in “Uncommon Power” exhibit, Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries, ODU
- Exhibition “Self-Taught Artists from the Garbisch and Gordon Collections: Into the Mainstream,” Chrysler Museum of Art…
- Exhibition Two-Person Show — with Dana Ellyn
- Press The Valley Advocate — Northampton, MA
- Exhibition “Restore Japan” benefit exhibition, Washington, DC
- Milestone “Monday Open Studio” — weekly live video studio visits by Skype, iChat or Ustream, showing paintings and…
- Exhibition Transformer Gallery 8th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Media His painting promoted the Old Ebbitt Grill’s annual Oyster Riot, Washington, DC
- Milestone Peru — a food cart painted with the Sesow fish is delivered by the SBQ solidario charity high on Cerro Cabras
- Media Celebrity panelist — with Dana Ellyn
- Press Book — 100 Artists of Washington, D.C. by F. Lennox Campello
- Exhibition “Art Deck-O: DC Playing Card Originals,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC