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Gego artwork Guggenheim Museum
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GEGO (Gertrud Goldschmidt). Hamburgo 1912- Caracas 1994

Gego nace en la ciudad alemana de Hamburgo en agosto de 1912 y se gradúa en Ingeniería, mención Arquitectura en la Universidad de Stuttgart, Alemania, en 1938. Un año después, emigra a Venezuela y obtiene en 1952 la nacionalidad venezolana.

En el año 1940 conoce al empresario alemán Ernst Gunz con quien contrae matrimonio. Con su apoyo crea el Taller Gunz, dedicado al diseño y elaboración de muebles y lámparas. En paralelo realiza varios proyectos para arquitectos.

En 1948 diseña y construye dos casas en la urbanización Los Chorros, Quintas El Urape y Tulipán. El Urape fue su residencia por tres años.

Se separa de Ernst Gunz en el año 1952.

Entre los años 1953 y 1955 se residencia en el pueblo de Tarma, en el litoral central venezolano, con Gerd Leufert, quien fue su compañero de por vida y apoyo fundamental para el desarrollo de su obra plástica, para entonces,  de tipo paisajista, figurativa y expresionista.

En 1956 regresan a Caracas, donde Gego comienza su producción de obra tridimensional gracias al estímulo de Alejandro Otero y Jesús Soto y  se dedica a la docencia, labor que desarrolló entre los años 1958 y 1977 en instituciones educativas en Venezuela, como:

·  Escuela de Artes Plásticas Cristóbal Rojas (1958 – 1959).

·  Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (1960 – 1962).

·  Instituto de Diseño, Fundación Neumann – INCE (1964 – 1977), de la cual fue miembro fundador

Gego en 1959 acompaña a Gerd Leufert quien realiza estudios en Iowa State University, allí la artista trabaja en los talleres de la universidad y en el Taller Lasansky.

Luego, en el año 1960, estudia y trabaja en el taller Threitel-Gratz Co. en Nueva York, en el que realiza grabados y esculturas. En el mismo año, en Caracas, en conjunto con otros artistas gráficos forman el Taller de Grabado (TAGA).

En el año 1963 Gego cursa estudios de especialización en sistemas pedagógicos en la Universidad de Berkeley en California, becada por el Consejo de Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico (CDCH) de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Ese mismo año asiste con una beca de Art fellow al Tamarind Lithography Workshop en Los Ángeles y realiza numerosos grabados en el taller del Pratt Graphic Art Institute en Nueva York.

Entre los años 1966 y 1967 estudia y trabaja en el Tamarind Lithography Workshop en Los Ángeles.

A partir de 1967 la artista se dedica a la docencia y a desarrollar su obra plástica en Caracas.

SU OBRA

Variada y cambiante, la obra de Gego se mantiene íntegra y vinculada por las nociones que sobre el espacio la artista se plantea. Acuarelas, dibujos, grabados, tejidos de papel y esculturas son prueba de un proceso creativo y de experimentación constante. En todo su trabajo se percibe el poder inmenso de la línea como elemento generador.

Entre 1957 y 1969, Gego realiza su obra basándose fundamentalmente en trazos equidistantes,  etapa denominada Líneas Paralelas. por Iris Peruga, curadora de la exposición Gego 1955-1990, realizada en el Museo de Bellas Artes Caracas 2000-2001.

Dibujos, grabados y esculturas plantean, su interés por el espacio, la transparencia y la estructura, lo que también plasma en su obra de intervención arquitectónica.

A partir de 1969 Gego se despoja de los materiales rígidos para la elaboración de sus obras tridimensionales. Comienza a realizar dibujos con líneas entrecruzadas formando redes planas y moduladas. Desde entonces, con mayor flexibilidad configura espacios diferentes según sea la asociación y los enlaces de las redes, creando un universo de conexiones. De ello dan testimonio sus obras llamadas ReticuláreasTroncos y Esferas, que caracterizan esta fase de su trabajo y por la cual es más conocida. Esta época prepara el camino para un tránsito más libre en su quehacer artístico, cuando a partir de 1976 abandona toda idea de composición preconcebida con los llamados Dibujos Sin Papel y más tarde, con sus Bichitospara los que usa material de desecho en composiciones aparentemente arbitrarias (Peruga,2001).

Entre los años 1988 y 1991 desarrolla la última fase de su obra con las Tejeduras, pequeñas composiciones a base de tiras de papel entretejidas, en las que sintetiza sus encuentros con el espacio.

GEGO realizó en Caracas varias obras de gran formato, armónicamente integradas a espacios arquitectónicos.

Fallece en Caracas el 17 de septiembre de 1994.

La obra de GEGO fue merecedora de múltiples reconocimientos, entre los que destacan los siguientes:

·  Primer Premio de Dibujo, IV Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas. 1962.

·  1er Premio de Escultura XII Salón D’Empaire de pintura y escultura. Maracaibo.1967

·  Premio Adquisición, XXVIII Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. 1967.

·  Premio Nacional de Dibujo, en el XXIX Salón Oficial Anual de Arte. Dibujo y Grabado. Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. 1968.

·  Premio Bolsa de Trabajo, Salón Las Artes Plásticas en Venezuela, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. Abril 1972.

·  Premio de Adquisición. Salón Las Artes Plásticas en Venezuela, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. 1976.

·  Orden Andrés Bello. Venezuela. 1976

·  Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas. Salón Las Artes Plásticas en Venezuela, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. 1979.

Su obra está representada en museos, instituciones y colecciones públicas y privadas dentro y fuera del país, tales como:

·  Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas, Venezuela.

·  Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN, Caracas, Venezuela.

·  Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MAC, Caracas, Venezuela.

·  Museo de Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela.

·  Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Francisco Narváez, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.

·  Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA.

·  Fundación de Museos Nacionales, Caracas, Venezuela

·  The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, Nueva York.

·  The Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH, Houston.

·  Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin.

·  University of New México Art Museum

·  Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena USA

·  NY Public Library

·  Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA.

·  Chicago Art Institute

·  Tate Modern, Londres, UK

·  Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid España

·  Fundación Polar, Caracas, Venezuela

·  Colección Banco Mercantil, Caracas, Venezuela,

·  Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela.

·  Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas. IVIC. Caracas.

·  Banco Industrial de Venezuela,

·  Instituto Nacional de Capacitación y Educación

·  Fundación Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela

·  Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

·  FP Allegro.

·  Colección Oberto

·  Ella Fontanals-Cisneros CIFO

·  Estrellita Brodsky Collection

·  Pablo y Tinta Henning Collection

·  Agnes Gund Collection

·  Roberto Storr Collection

·  Violy MC Causland Collection

·  Latin Collector Center

·  Daros Latinoamérica

·  Diane and Bruce Halle Collection

·  Clarissa Brofmann Collection

·  Colección DOP

·  Sicardi Collection

. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

. Henry Moore Institute

. Hamburger Kunsthalle

· Custodia Fundación Gego

. Colecciones de los herederos

EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES

2023

Lines in Space. LGDR, Nueva York, 07/06/2023 – 07/07/2023

Gego: Midiendo el infinito. Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, 07/11/2023 – 04/02/2024

Gego: Measuring Infinity. Museo Solomon R. Guggenheim, Nueva York, 31/03/2023 – 10/09/2023

Lines: here and there. Sicardi Gallery, Houston, 26/01/2023 – 16/03/2023

2022

Gego: Midiendo el infinito. Museo Jumex, Ciudad de México, 19/10/2022 – 19/02/2023

Gego. The Architecture of an Artist. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 18/02/2022 – 10/07/2022

Lines in Space. Galería LGDR, París, 24/11/2022 – 14/01/2023

Gego: Espacio y transparencia. Galería RGR, Ciudad de México, 24/11/2022 – 14/01/2023

2019

La línea es el recorrido. Odalys Galería de Arte, Madrid, 13/07/2019 – 30/09/2019

Gego: a linha emancipada. Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), Sao Paulo, 13/12/2019 – 01/03/2020

Incertidumbres espaciales. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Armando Reverón (MACCAR), Caracas, 01/10/2019

2017

Between the Lines: Gego as Printmaker. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 07/02/2017 – 06/08/2017

Gego. Faszination Linie. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 18/11/2017

2016

Gego: Autobiography of a Line. Dominique Lévy Gallery, Londres, 25/05/2016 – 30/07/2016

2015

Gego: Autobiography of a Line. Dominique Levy Gallery, Nueva York, 10/09/2015 – 24/10/2015

2014

Gego. Poétique de la ligne. Maison de l ́Amerique Latine, París, 14/02/2014 – 14/05/2014

  1. Gego: Line as Object. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 28/03/2014 – 29/06/2014
  2. Gego: Line as Object. Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 24/07/2014 – 19/10/2014

2013

Gego. Tejeduras, Bichitos y Libros. Periférico Caracas / Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, 05/05/2013 – 16/06/2013

Gego sobre papel. El trazo transparente: selección de dibujos y obra gráfica de Gego. Museo de la Estampa y del Diseño Carlos Cruz Diez (MEDI), Caracas, 31/05/2013 – 26/01/2014

Gego: Line as Object. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburgo, 29/11/2013 – 02/03/2014

2012

Gego. Procedencia y encuentro. Sala Mendoza, Caracas, 27/05/2012 – 19/08/2012

Gego. Colección Mercantil. Espacio Mercantil, Caracas, 29/04/2012 – 05/08/2012

Gego: Origin and Encounter. Mastering the Space. Americas Society, Nueva York, 29/09/2012 – 09/12/2012

Gego: construcciones tangentes. Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas, 29/07/2012

2011

Gego: Prints & Drawings 1963 -1991. Frederico Sève Gallery, Nueva York, 25/05/2011 – 07/07/2011

2008

Gego, arquitecto. Galería Universitaria de Arte – UCV, Caracas, 27/03/2008 – 11/05/2008

2007

Gego: Between Transparency and the Invisible. The Drawing Center, Nueva York, 20/04/2007 – 21/07/2007

Gego, arquitecto. Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lía Bermúdez (CAMLB), Maracaibo, 01/07/2007 – 24/09/2007

Gego, arquitecto. Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto (MAMJS), Ciudad Bolívar, 04/11/2007 – 20/01/2008

2006

Gego: desafiant estructures. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, 08/11/2006 – 14/01/2007

Gego: desafiando estructuras. Museu Serralves de Arte Contemporânea, Oporto, 28/7/2006 – 15/10/2006

Gego: entre la transparencia y lo invisible. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, 28/06/2006 – 11/09/2006

Gego: entre la transparencia y lo invisible. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires, 15/03/2006 – 15/05/2006

Gego, arquitecto. Trasnocho Arte Contacto (TAC), Caracas, 06/08/2006 – 24/09/2006

2005

Gego: Between Transparency and the Invisible. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, 26/06/2005 – 25/09/2005

2004

Ruth Vollmer & Gego: Thinking the Line. Miami Art Museum (MAM), Miami, 21/09/2004 – 14/11/2004

Gego: anudamientos. Sala Mendoza, Caracas, 25/04/2004 – 23/05/2004

2003

Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt). Sicardi Gallery, Houston, 18/09/2003 – 18/10/2003

2002

Gego: Works on Paper, 1962-1991. Latin Collector Art Center, Nueva York, 16/05/2002 – 07/07/2002

Gego, 1955-1990: una selección. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, 21/06/2002 – 01/10/2002

Gego, 1955-1990: una selección. Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Ciudad de México, 05/12/2002 – 16/02/2003

Questioning the Line: Gego, A Selection, 1955-90. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, 02/03/2002 – 19/05/2002

2001

Gego, 1955-1990: sinopsis. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 27/05/2001 – 08/07/2001

2000

Gego 1955-1990. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 16/11/2000 – 29/04/2001

1996

Gego: dibujos, grabados y tejeduras. Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas, 19/09/1996 – 10/11/1996

1994

Gego: una mirada a su obra. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Ímber (MACCSI), Caracas, 20/11/1994 – 29/01/1995

1990

Tejeduras. Galería Sotavento, Caracas, 07/10/1990 – 28/10/1990

1988

Gego: obras recientes. Galería Sotavento, Caracas, 13/03/1988 – 17/04/1988

1985

Gego, Dibujos. Museo de Barquisimeto, Barquisimeto, 14/07/1985 – 01/09/1985

 [Sin título]. Maracaibo, 1985

1984

Gego: Dibujos sin papel. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 24/06/1984 – 01/08/1984

1982

Acuarelas de Gego. Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas, 04/07/1982 – 08/08/1982

1981

Reticulárea. Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas, 08/03/1981

1980

Variaciones sobre reticuláreas: en homenaje a Gego. Sala Cadafe – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Caracas, 07/05/1980

1977

Gego. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas (MACC), Caracas, 23/09/1977 – 23/10/1977

1975

Gego: dibujos para proyectos. Instituto de Diseño – Fundación Neumann-Ince, Caracas, 06/05/1975 – 20/05/1975

1973

Dibujos recientes. Galería Conkright, Caracas, 1973

1972

Estructuras (doble curvatura). Galería Conkright, Caracas, 1972

1971

Gego: Sculpture and Drawings. Betty Parsons Gallery, Nueva York, 13/04/1971 – 01/05/1971

Esculturas 1971. Galería Conkright, Caracas, 17/10/1971

1970

Gego. Betty Parsons Gallery, Nueva York, 01/03/1970

Gego: obras recientes. Galería Conkright, Caracas, 1970

Gego Drawings. The Graphics Gallery, San Francisco, 01/05/1970 – 17/05/1970

Gego: Dibujo. Galería Conkright, Caracas, 05/04/1970

1969

Reticulárea. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 01/06/1969 – 01/07/1969

1968

Sobre papel: litografías de Gego. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 10/11/1968

Dibujos de Gego. Galería Conkright, Caracas, 12/05/1968 – 19/05/1968

Litografías de Gego. Galería UD, Bogotá, 03/07/1968 – 30/07/1968

1967

Gego: Esculturas 1957-1967. Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, 08/06/1967 – 30/06/1967

Gego. Galería Conkright, Caracas, 12/11/1967

1964

Líneas y entrelíneas: grabados y dibujos de Gego. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 02/02/1964 – 16/02/1964

1961

Dibujos recientes de Gego. Museo de Bellas Artes (MBA), Caracas, 29/01/1961

1958

Esculturas y guaches. Librería Cruz del Sur, Caracas, 09/05/1958 – 24/05/1958

EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS

1954

·  XV Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

1955

·  XVI Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Venezolanische Impressionen 1954. Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt. Munich. Alemania

1957

·  XVIII Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Collages y Poemas. Galería Sardio. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Homenaje a Soto. Centro Profesional del Este. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Arte Abstracto en Venezuela. Galería Don Hatch. Caracas. Venezuela

1958

·  Exposición-subasta homenaje a los fundadores de la Escuela del año 1936. Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas Cristóbal Rojas. Caracas. Venezuela

·  XIX Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Peintures, sculptures, céramiques du Vénézuéla. Pabellón de Venezuela en la Feria Internacional de Bruselas. Bruselas. Bélgica

·  Fundación Cristóbal Rojas. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Primera Feria de Navidad. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas.  Venezuela

1959

·  XX Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Pintura y escultura de profesores de la Facultad de Arquitectura. Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  I Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Exposición-subasta. Sala de Conciertos, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

1960

·  Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions 1959. The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Recent Sculpture. David Herbert Gallery. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Section Eleven. Betty Parsons Gallery. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

1961

·  Gráfica 1. Arte gráfico y publicitario. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  XXII Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  De Rodin a nuestros días. Fundación Eugenio Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

·  III Exposición de Dibujo y Grabado. Exposición de Arte de Profesores y Egresados (1953-1973). Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Exposición permanente. Galería G. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Sin título. Galería El Muro. Caracas. Venezuela

1962

·  IV Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

1963

·  2nd. Biennial Exhibition. Drawings U.S.A. 63. Saint Paul Art Center. Minnesota. Estados Unidos

·  II Salón de Joven Escultura. Galería G. Caracas. Venezuela

·  V Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Pintura geométrica venezolana 1950-1960. Galería de Arte del INCIBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  I° Bienal Americana de Grabado. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile. Chile

·  Sin título. Galleria Profili. Milán. Italia

·  Art Annual. Geigy Chemical Gallery. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

1964

·  White on White. The Contemporaries. Nueva York. Estados unidos

·  Print: The image and the Means. Grunwald Graphic Art Foundation. University of California, UCLA. Art Gallery. Los Angeles. Estados Unidos

·  Exposición de obras premiadas en las Exposiciones Nacionales de Dibujo y Grabado. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  One Hundred Contemporary Prints. Pratt Graphic Art Center. Jewish Museum. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  III Salón de Joven Escultura. Galería G. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Grabados en Venezuela. Centro de Bellas Artes. Maracaibo. Venezuela

·  VI Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  World Show. Washington Square Galleries. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

1965

·  The Responsive Eye. Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Nach Schwäbischem Rezept am Broadway Litographiert. Amerika Haus. Stuttgart. Alemania

·  Venezuelan. Glass Gallery. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Grabadores venezolanos. Fundación Eugenio Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

·  The Braniff International Airways Collection. 107 South Americans Artists. University of Texas. Austin. Estados Unidos

·  VII Exposición Nacional de Dibujo y Grabado. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Salón de Escultura. Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas. Venezuela

1966

·  Art of Latin America Since Independence.

– Yale University Art Gallery. Connecticut. Estados Unidos

– University of Texas Art Museum. Texas. Estados Unidos

– San Francisco Museum of Art. California. Estados Unidos

– La Jolla Museum of Art. San Diego. Estados Unidos

– Isaac Delgado Museum of Art. New Orleans. Estados Unidos

·  Movimiento y color. Galería Conkright. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Persistencia de la imagen 1945-1955. Galería 22. Caracas. Venezuela

1967

·  XXVIII Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  17 Artistas venezolanas. Galería Universitaria de Arte. Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Recent Latin American Art. Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Kleinplastiek uit Venezuela in Madurodam (Dutch Festival). Madurodam. Holanda

·  XII Salón D’Empaire. Pintura y Escultura. Concejo Municipal de Maracaibo. Maracaibo. Venezuela

·  Grabados 1967. Fundación Eugenio Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Confrontación 67. Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Tapices del Taller Fundación Neumann. Sala Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

1968

·  Tres grabadores: Gego, Chacón, Guevara. Galería XX2. Caracas.Venezuela

·  Sculpture, Murals and Fountains at Hemis Fair ’68. San Antonio Fair Inc. San Antonio. Estados Unidos

·  XXIX Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano de Dibujo y Grabado. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  La Escultura y sus posibilidades. Museo de Ciencias Naturales. Caracas. Venezuela

·  New Dimensions in Lithography. An Exhibition Recently Selected from The Tamarind Lithography Workshop. Fisher and Quinn Galleries, Southern California University. California. Estados Unidos

·  Pintura y grabado hoy en Venezuela. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango. Bogotá. Colombia

·  Movimiento y color. Galería Conkright. Caracas.Venezuela

1969

·  Dibujos. Galería Conkright. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Latin America: New Paintings and Sculpture. Juan Downey, Agustín Fernández, Gego, Gabriel Morera. Center for Inter-American Relations Art Gallery. Nueva York.

·  El arte cinético y sus orígenes. Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas. Venezuela

1970

·  Primera Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano. Instituto de Cultura PuertorriqueñaSan Juan de Puerto Rico

·  41st International Exhibition, Northwest Printmakers. Seattle Art Museum Pavilion. Seattle. Estados Unidos

1971

·  Tamarind: A Renaissance of Lithography. A Loan Exhibition from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop. International Exhibition Foundation. California. Estados Unidos

·  Second Annual Shasta College Invitational. Shasta College Art Departament, Readding. California. Estados Unidos

·  Pintura Geométrica Venezolana. 1950-1960. Galería de Arte-INCIBA. Pro-Venezuela. Caracas. Venezuela

1972

·  Las Artes Plásticas en Venezuela. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Ill éme Exposition Internationale de Dessins Originaux Moderna. Galerija Rijeka. Yugoslavia.

·  Escrituras. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

1973

·  Las Artes Plásticas en Venezuela 1973. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Exposición Grupo. Galería Conkright. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Dibujo. Sala Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

1975

·  Proposiciones para la arquitectura. Encuentro de artistas plásticos y arquitectos. Living Art Gallery. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Breve historia del grabado en metal. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Relaciones y contrastes en la pintura venezolana. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Art´75. Galería Adler Castillo. Caracas. Venezuela

·  7e Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie. Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts. Lausanne. Suiza

·  Gego, Otero y Negret. Galería Adler Castillo. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Dibujos y acuarelas. Sala de Exposiciones. Fundación Eugenio Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

1976

·  Homenaje a Pablo Neruda. Universidad Central de Venezuela, UCV. Caracas. Venezuela

·  75 Artistas. Colección Estuardo Maldonado. Museo del Banco Central del Ecuador. Quito. Ecuador

·  Inauguración Nueva Ala del Museo de Bellas Artes. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Breve Historia del Grabado en Metal. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Las Artes Plásticas en Venezuela 1976. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

1977

·  Nuevas proposiciones. Casa de Bello. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Arte contemporáneo venezolano. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Expo-Gráfica Venezolana. Galleria Marconi VI. Rome. Italia

·  Arte actual de Iberoamérica. Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid. Madrid. España

1978

·  Pequeña historia del dibujo en Venezuela. Estudio Actual. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Jornadas de Venezuela en París. UNESCO-CONAC. París. Francia

·  12 Artistas venezolanos en la colección del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas. Sala Cadafe. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, MACC. Caracas. Venezuela

·  La escultura contemporánea en Venezuela. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

·  La mano, la seda, el color. Estampas sobre seda de nueve artistas venezolanos. Taller Cobalto. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, MACC. Caracas. Venezuela

1979

·  Gráfica venezolana.

– Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

– Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Arte constructivo venezolano 1945-1965Génesis y Desarrollo. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Salas protocolares del Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar. Aeropuerto Simón Bolívar. Maiquetía. Venezuela

1980

·  Materia y forma. Comandancia General de las Fuerzas Armadas. Caracas. Venezuela

1981

·  Los Premios Nacionales. Pintura y Escultura. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

1982

·  Los nuevos dibujantes en Venezuela. Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela, CANTV. Caracas. Caracas

·  Spielraum-Raumspiele. Alte Oper. Frankfurt. Alemania

·  TAGA. Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados. Embajada de Venezuela. París. Francia

1983

·  Cuatro décadas de pintura y escultura de América en colecciones venezolanas: 1940-1980. Museo de Arte La Rinconada. Caracas. Venezuela

1984

·  II Bienal de Escultura. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Francisco Narváez. Porlamar. Venezuela

·  Escultores venezolanos al Maestro Gallegos. Consejo Municipal del Distrito Federal. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Adquisiciones y donaciones 1982-1983. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  16 de la A a la Z. Galería Miguel & Fuenmayor. Caracas. Venezuela

1985

·  Arte en metal. Galería Arte Hoy. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Encuentro Nacional de Escultores. Fundarte. Caracas.Venezuela

1986

·  Integración, el espacio, el plano. Galería Espacios Cálidos, Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Caracas urbana. Museo de Arte La Rinconada. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Panorama del arte venezolano contemporáneo. Galería Rolando Rugeles. Caracas. Venezuela

1988

·  Arte de América. Selección de obras de la colección. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Interacción en otra escala. Galería Sotavento. Caracas. Venezuela

·  La imaginación de la transparencia. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  El espíritu latinoamericano: arte y artistas en los Estados Unidos, 1920-1970.

– Museo de Artes del Bronx. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

– Museo de Arte de El Paso. Texas. Estados Unidos

– Museo de Arte de San Diego. San Diego. Estados Unidos

– Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan. Puerto Rico

– Centro para las Artes Vera Beach. Florida. Estados Unidos

·  Catorce artistas. Galería Sotavento. Caracas. Venezuela

1989

·  Arte para un cincuentenarioMuseo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Arte de los países bolivarianos en Venezuela. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

1992

·  Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century. Plaza de Armas. Sevilla. España

1993

·  Lateinamerikanische Kunst. Museum LudwigKöln. Alemania

·  Venezuela es así. La Casa de América. Madrid. España

1995

·  Mujeres artistas latinoamericanas 1915-1995. Milwaukee Museum of Art. Milwaukee. Estados Unidos

·  La década prodigiosa. El arte venezolano en los años sesenta. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Mujeres de hierro en homenaje a Gego. Sala Cultural Corpoven. Caracas.Venezuela

1996

·  XXIII Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo. Salas Especiales. Sao Paulo. Brasil

·  Cal. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, MACC. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Inside the Visible. An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art (In, Of and from the Feminine).

– The Institute of Contemporary Art. Boston. Estados Unidos

– National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington DC. Estados Unidos

– Whitechapel. Londres. Inglaterra

– Art Gallery of Western Australia. Perth. Australia

·  Gego y Soto. Banco do Brasil Cultural Center. Río de Janeiro. Brasil

1997

·  La invención de la continuidad. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas.

·  Re-Readymade. Museo Alejandro Otero. MAO,. Caracas.

·  Re-Alignig Vision. Alternative Currents in South American Drawings.

– The Neighborhood Museum. Nueva York.

– Arkansas Art Center. Arkansas

1998

·  Blanco y negro, Gego y Leufert. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Re-Alignig Vision. Alternative Currents in South American Drawings.

– Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery. Austin. Estados Unidos

·  Re-Alineando la mirada. Corrientes alternativas en el dibujo sudamericano.

– Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

– Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, MARCO. Monterrey. México

1999

·  Re-Alignig Vision. Alternative Currents in South American Drawings. Miami Art Museum, MAM. Miami. Estados Unidos

·  Del siglo que se va. Doce artistas del XX. Espacios Unión. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Obras maestras del arte latinoamericano del siglo XX. Biarritz International Festival. Biarritz. Francia

·  The Experimental Exercise of Freedom: Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Gego, Mathias Goeritz Mira Schendel. The Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA. Los Ángeles. Estados Unidos

·  Recorrido visual, 1899-1999. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

2000

·  Campos de fuerza: Fases del cinético. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA. Barcelona.España

·  Force Fields: Phases of the kinetic. Hayward Gallery. Londres. Reino Unido

·  Heterotopías: Medio siglo sin lugar. (1916-1968). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid. España

·  Raumkörper-Netze und andere GebildeKunsthalle Basel. Basilea Suiza

2001

·  Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. Cambridge. Estados Unidos

·  Des teriitoires. Ècole Nationale Supériore des Beaux-Arts. París. Francia

·  New to the modernRecent acquisitions from the department of drawings. Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Geometría como vanguardia.

– Fundación Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto. Ciudad Bolívar. Venezuela

– Fundación Museo de Barquisimeto. Barquisimeto. Venezuela

– Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia. MACZUL. Maracaibo. Venezuela

– Museo Alejandro Otero, MAO. Caracas. Venezuela

2002

·  Arte Brasileira da Segunda Metade do Século XX em Contexto. Colección Cisneros.

– Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo. Brasil

– Museu de Arte Moderna de Río de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro.Brasil

2003

·  Homage Geometria Sensibel -25 Years Later, Sensitive Geometry Recalled. Galería Cecilia de Torres. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale. The Structure of Survival. Il Arsennale. Venice Biennale. Venecia. Italia

·  Líneas. Ursula Blickle Stiftung. Kraichhtal. Alemania

·  Thinking the Line: Ruth Vollmer and Gego. Ursula Blickle Stiftung. Kraichtal. Alemania

·  Geo-metrías. Abstracción Geométrica Latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros.

    – Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales. Montevideo. Uruguay

    -Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA. Colección Costantini. Buenos Aires. Argentina

2004

·  Thinking the Line: Ruth Vollmer and Gego.

    – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ZKM. Karlsruhe. Alemania

    – Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum. Graz. Austria

     – Miami Art Central, MAC. Miami. Estados Unidos

·  MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of The Museum Modern Art. El Museo del Barrio. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Arte y Utopía. La acción restringida. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA. Barcelona. España

·  Inverted Utopias. Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. The Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH. Houston. Estados Unidos

·  Diálogos. Arte latinoamericano del siglo XIX y XX. Colección Cisneros. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago de Chile. Santiago de Chile. Chiles

·  Beyond geometry. Experiments in form, 1940s-70s.

   – Los Angeles Country Museum of Art. Los Ángeles. Estados Unidos

   – Miami Art Museum. Miami. Estados Unidos

2005

·  Time Lines-Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen. Düsseldorf.Alemania

·  A contra corriente-Mira Schendel, Gego y Lygia Pape. Fundación Ars Teor Etica. San José de Costa Rica.

·  Brought to light: Recent acquisitions in latin american art. The Museum of Fine Arts, MFAH. Houston. Estados Unidos

·  Tropical abstraction. Stedelijk Museum Bureau. Amsterdam. Holanda

·  Beyond Geography: Forty Years of Visual Art at the Americas Society. Americas Society. New York. Estados Unidos

2006

·  Se hace camino al andar. Artistas inmigrantes de ayer venezolanos de hoy. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Espacios Re-Dibujados. 50 años de abstracción en Venezuela. Fundación Corp Group Centro Cultural. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Estrecho dudoso. Rutas intangibles. Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, MADC. Fundación Ars Teor Etica. San José de Costa Rica

·  Feeling the line. Marian Goodman Gallery. New York. Estados Unidos

·  Bienal del Aire. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas. MACC. Caracas. Venezuela

2007

·  Documentaria: 30 Años en el Arte Venezolano. Galería de Arte Nacional, GAN. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Metamorfosis de la mirada, Obras de la colección. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, MACC. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Papeles de escultor, Estampas de la colección. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, MACC. Caracas. Venezuela

·  La geometría de la esperanza. Grey Art Gallery. New York University. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Obras singulares en una colección. Inventos, historias y descubrimientos. Estampas de la Colección·  Fundación Museos Nacionales. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Campos de color. Obras de la colección. Museo de Bellas Artes, MBA. Caracas. Venezuela

·  Tamaño Real. Galería Cayón. Madrid. España

·  La Presencia-The Presence of Latin American Art in California Collections. Molaa Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach. Estados Unidos

·  New Perspectives in Latin American Art. 1930-2006. Selections from a Decade of Adquisitions. Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

2008

·  Peripheral visión collective body. MUSEION. Bolzano. Italia

·  El círculo. Galería Elvira González. Madrid.España

·  Pedacito de cielo. Harvard University of the Carpenter Center for the Visuals Arts. Massachusetts. Estados Unidos

·  III Bienal de Escultura. Galería Trazos. CaracasVenezuela

·  Frágil. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente. Segovia. España

2009

·  Espacio Real. Esculturas. Galería Ascaso. Caracas. Venezuela

·  El tiempo como materia. Colección MACBA. Nuevas incorporaciones. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA. Barcelona. España

·  North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection. Museum de Fine Arts Houston, MFAH. Houston. Estados Unidos

·  Colección. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA. Barcelona. España

·  Explorando el Sur. El universalismo constructivo y otras tendencias en América Latina. Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, MEIAC. Badajoz. España

2010

·  Constructive Spirit. Abstract Art in South and North América 1920-1950.

      – Newark Museum, Newark. Estados Unidos

      – Amon Carter Museum, Forth Worth Texas. Estados Unidos

·  Until now: Collecting the new. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Minneapolis. Estados Unidos

·  Mind and Matter: Alternative Abstractions, 1940. Museum of Modern Art MOMA. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  La Sombra del habla. Colección MACBA.  National Museum of Contemporary ArtKorea Seúl. Corea

·  Los Sitios de la Abstracción Latinoamericana. Vibracion. Moderne Kunst aus Lateinamerika. Colección CIFO.

     – Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle de Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bonn Alemania

      -Es Baluard. Museu dárt Modern i Contemporani de Palma. Palma de Mallorca. España

     – Museum of Latin American Art MOLAA. Long Beach. Estados Unidos

·  Gerd and Gego. Henrique Faría Fine ArtNueva York. Estados Unidos

·  On line: Drawing trough the twentieth Century.  Museum of Modern Art. MoMa Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Dibujar en el espacio. Artistas abstractos de Brasil y Venezuela en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros  Fundación Ibere Camargo Porto Alegre. Sao Paulo. Brasil.

·  Puntos de VistaMuseo de Arte Moderno Jesús SotoCiudad Bolívar. Venezuela

2011

·  Los Sitios de la Abstracción Latinoamericana. Vibracion. Moderne Kunst aus Lateinamerika. Colección CIFO.

     – Haus Konstruktiv. Zurich. Suiza

·  América fría: la abstracción geométrica latinoamericana (1934-1973). Colección Allegro. Fundación Juan March. Madrid. España

·  Gego and Gerd Leufert.  The Mission Project Gallery, Chicago. Estados unidos

·  Gego «Prints & Drawings 1963-1991. Frederico Séve Gallery. Latin Collector. Nueva York. Estados Unidos

·  Variatons Labyrinthiques. Centro Pompidou Metz. Metz. Francia

2012

·   30 th Bienal de Sao Paulo. “Inminencia de las Poéticas” Pavilhao Ciccillo Matarazzo. Sao Paulo. Brasil

2013

·  La invención concreta: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid. España

2014

· Radical Geometry. Modern art of South America. Colección Patricia Cisneros. Royal Academy of Art. Londres. Reino Unido.

2015

· Cosmic Dialogues: Sellection from the Latin American collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Estados Unidos.

2016

· Revolution in the making. Abstract sculpture by women. 1947-2016. Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel. Los Ángeles. Estados Unidos.

· Flujo disperso = Blurry Flux: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen. Mercantil Collection. Espacio Mercantil. Caracas. Venezuela.

· Drawing Then: Innovation and Influence in American Drawings of the SixtiesDominique Levy Gallery. Nueva York, Estados Unidos.

· Unfinished: thoughts left visible. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. NY. Nueva York. Estados Unidos.

· Eppur si muoveThe Museé des Arts et Metiers. París. Francia.

LIBROS

·  1974. Traba, Marta: Mirar en Caracas. Monte Ávila Editores. Caracas. Venezuela

·  1977. Ossott, Hanni: Gego. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2003. Peruga, Iris et al. Gego. Obra completa1955-1990. Fundación Cisneros. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2005. Huizi, María Elena y Josefina Manrique (edits.) Sabiduras y otros textos de Gego. Edición bilingüe español-inglés. International Center for the Arts of the Americas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston y Fundación Gego. Houston. Estados Unidos

·  2012. Ramos, María Elena. Gego. Biblioteca Biográfica Venezolana. El Nacional y Fundación Bancaribe. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2013. Huizi, María Elena, Ester Crespin, MariCarmen Ramírez, Melina Kervadjian. “Desenredando la red. La Reticulárea de Gego Una antología de respuestas críticas». Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/ICAA. Fundación Gego. Caracas. Houston Estados Unidos

CATÁLOGOS DE EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES (SELECCIÓN)

·  1969. Blanco, Lourdes. Gego. Reticularea. Ediciones de la Galería Conkright. Caracas. Venezuela

·  1977. Traba, Marta. Gego. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas. Venezuela

·  1982. S.a. Acuarelas de Gego. Galería de Arte Nacional. Caracas. Venezuela

·  1984. Figarella, Mariana. Gego. Dibujos sin Papel. Museo de Bellas Artes. Caracas. Venezuela

·  1985. Espinoza, Eugenio. Dibujos sin Papel. Museo de Barquisimeto. Barquisimeto. Venezuela

·  1996. Sierra, Eliseo. Gego: Dibujos, Grabados y Tejeduras. Fundación Centro Cultural Consolidado. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2000. Peruga, Iris et al. Gego, 1955-1990. Museo de Bellas Artes y Fundación Gego. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2003. Ramírez, Mari Carmen et al. Questioning the Line: Gego in Context. International Center for the Arts of the Americas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston. Estados Unidos

·  2006. Ramírez, Mari Carmen et al. Gego. Entre la Transparencia y lo Invisible. Edición bilingüe español-inglés. Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA). Fundación Eduardo F. Costantini, Buenos Aires y The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Estados Unidos

·  2006. Amor, Mónica et al. Gego. Desafiando Estructuras. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Serralves. Oporto, 2006. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona. Barcelona. España

·  2006. Amor, Mónica et al. Gego. Defying Structures. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Serralves. Oporto, 2006. /Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona. Barcelona. España

·  2006. Gómez, Hannia. Gego Arquitecto. Sala Trasnocho Arte Contacto y Fundación Gego. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2006. Rottner, Nadja y Weibel, Peter (edits.) Gego 1957-1988. Thinking the Line. s/l. Hatje Cantz Verlag. Ostfildern. Alemania

·  2012. Manrique, Josefina. Gego. Procedencia y Encuentro. Sala Mendoza. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2013. Kolle Brigitte, Froitzhem Eva Marina, Roettig Petra, Lefeuvre, Lisa. Gego. Line as Object. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Henry Moore Institute. Hamburgo. Alemania

·  2013. De Rogatis Costanza. Gego sobre papel. El Trazo transparente. Museo de la Estampa y el Diseño Carlos Cruz Diez. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2014. Suazo Félix. Gego. Tejeduras, bichitos y Libros. Periférico Caracas. Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2014. Gego. La poetique de la ligne. Colección Mercantil La Maison del Amerique Latine. París. Francia

·  2015. Antelo Suárez, Sandra, et al, Cabañas, Kaira. Gego Autobiography of a Line. Dominique Levy Gallery. Nueva York. Estados Unidos.

CATÁLOGOS DE EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS (SELECCIÓN)

·  1965. Seitz, William C. The responsive eye, New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Nueva York Estados Unidos

·  1996. De Zegher, M. Catherine (edit): Inside the Visible. An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art (In, of, and from the Feminine), The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Flandes, Kortrijk, The Kanaal Art Foundation; The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London. Boston. Estados Unidos

·  1996. Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo (edit.): 23a Bienal Internacional Sao Paulo. Catálogo das Salas Especiais, Sao Paulo (Brasil): Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo. Brasil

·  1997. Pérez Oramas, Luis y Jiménez, Ariel: La invención de la continuidad. Galería de Arte Nacional. Caracas. Venezuela

·  1997. Ramírez, Mari Carmen (edit): Re-Aligning Vision. Alternative Currents in South American Drawing, Austin: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas at Austin. Estados Unidos

·  1999. Carvajal, Rina y Ruiz, Alma (edits.): The Experimental Exercise of Freedom. Lygia Clark, Gego, Mathias Goeritz, Hélio Oiticica and Mira Schendel, Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art. Los Ángeles. Estados Unidos

·  2000. Brett, Guy (edit.): Campos de fuerzas. Un ensayo sobre lo Cinético. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Barcelona.

·  2000. Brett, Guy (edit.): Force Fields. Phases of the kinetic. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona y Hayward Gallery, Londres. Barcelona. España

·  2000. Ramírez, Mari Carmen y Olea, Héctor (edit): Heterotopías: Medio siglo sin-lugar (1916 -1968) Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid. España

·  2001. Bois, Yve- Alain et al.: Abstracción Geométrica. Arte Latinoamericano en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Edición bilingüe español-inglés. Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums and Fundación Cisneros. Caracas, Venezuela

·  2001. Chacón, Katherine: Geometría como vanguardia. Fundación Banco Mercantil. Caracas, Venezuela

·  2003. Kalenberg, Ángel y Jiménez, Ariel: Geo-metrías. Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros. Fundación Cisneros. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2004. Bercht, Fátima et al.: Latin American & Caribbean Art. MoMA at EL MUSEO, New York. El Museo del Barrio and The Museum of Modern Art. New York. Estados Unidos

·  2004. Jiménez, Ariel: Diálogos. Arte Latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros. Fundación Cisneros. Caracas. Venezuela

·  2004. Ramírez, Mari Carmen y Olea, Héctor (edit): Inverted Utopias. Avant – Garde Art in Latin Americ., Houston: Yale University Press y The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Estados Unidos

·  2008. Parreño, José María et al. Frágil. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban VicenteSegovia.

·  2008. Correspondence. Contemporary Art  from The Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Massachussetts. Estados Unidos

·  2010. OHare, Mary Kate. Constructive Spirit. Arte Abstracto. New Jersey; Estados Unidos

·  2010. Ledezma Juan. Vibración. Modern Kunst as LatineimericaArte Contemporáneo. Bonn, Alemania

·  2010. Mari,Bartomeu. La Sombra del habla. Colección MACBA. National Museum of Contemporary Art. Seul, Korea.

·  2011. América Fria. Arte Abstracto Latinoamericano. Fundación Juan March. Madrid. España.

·  2011. De Genin Helen. ERRE. Variations Laberynthics. Centre Pompidou. Metz. Francia.

·  2014. Pérez Barreiro, Gabriel. Radical Geometry. Modern art of South America from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection. Royal Academy of Arts Londres, Inglaterra

·  2014. Gutiérrez Guimaraes, Geannine. Gego and Gerd Leufert. A Dialogue. Hunter College NY. Estados Unidos.

·  2015. Farcy, Marie-Noëlle et al. Eppur si Muove. Art and Technology, a shared sphere. Mudam Louxembourg.  Luxemburgo. Musee des Arts et Métiers, París, Francia.

·  2015. Rangel, Gabriela y Rivas Jorge. Moderno. Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela, 1970-1978. Americas Society. Nueva York. Estados Unidos.

·  2015. De la Torre, Alfonso. Tener Visiones. Construyendo el mundo moderno. Escultura Internacional del Siglo XX. Odalys Ediciones de Arte. Madrid. España.

·  2015. Schätzke, Andreas. Transatlantische Moderne. Deutsche Architekten im   lateinamerikanische Exil. Munster. Alemania.

·  2015. Ramírez, MariCarmen et.al. Contingent Beauty. Contemporary Art from América Latina. Houston. Estados Unidos.

·  2016. Schimmel Paul and Sorkin Jenny editores. Revolution in the Making. Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016.  Hauser and Wirth. Los Angeles. Estados Unidos.

·  2016. Corcie, Marie Sophy et al. Laboratories de Lárt. Mudam Louxembourg. Luxemburgo Musee des Arts et Métiers, Paris. Francia.

·  2016. Baum, Kelly; Bayer, Andrea; Wagstaff, Sheena. Unfinished: Thought Left Visible. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nueva York. EEUU.

·  2017. Rivero, Tahía; Fuenmayor, Jesús. Passages in Art from Venezuela. Editorial Arte. Caracas. Venezuela.

·  2017. Grandes, Ainhoa; Barenblit, Ferran; Dercon, Chris; Mesquita, Ivo; Perelló, María Antonia. The MACBA Collection. Slected Works. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Barcelona. España.

·  2017. Fajardo Cecilia y Giunta, Andrea. Radical WomenLatin American Art 1960-1985. Hammer Museum. Nueva York. Estados Unidos.

·  2017. Storr Robert, Bell, Tiffany. Ruth Asawa. David Swirnner Book. Nueva York. Estados Unidos.

·  2018. Hernández López, Magaly et al. Grandes Artistas Latinoamericanos. Colección FEMSA. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

·  2018. Amor, Mónica. Et. Al. Geométríes Sud, du Mexique à la Terre de Feu. Foundation Cartier. Paris. Francia.

CONTACTO

FUNDACIÓN GEGO
Calle Leonardo Da Vinci
Centro Comercial Bello Monte
Piso 3, Of. 3-E.
Colinas de Bello de Monte
c.p. 1041 Caracas, Venezuela

Telefax:
+ 58-212- 751.13.42
+ 58-212- 753.72.86

[email protected]

“Crossing Cultures & Cities” Exhibition

"Crossing Cultures & Cities" Exhibition
"Crossing Cultures & Cities" Exhibition

“Crossing Cultures & Cities” Exhibition

WHAT: Opening a Contemporary Art Exhibition “Crossing Cultures & Cities”
WHEN: July 7, 2023 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
WHO: “The Bright Foundation & Hispafest” and the “Dirección de Cultura Dominicana
en el Exterior New York.
WHERE: 2406 Amsterdam Avenue, 4th floor, New York, NY. 10033

“Crossing Cultures & Cities”: A Vibrant Contemporary Art Exhibition Unveiling Miami Talent in New York.
New York City, NY – [June 28] – Experience a captivating artistic interchange at Crossing Cultures & Cities”, a highly anticipated art exhibition in New York.
Organized by Nubia Abaji, “Director of The Bright Foundation & Hispafest” that will be held in the “Directorate of The Dominican Republic Abroad NY”, both organizations in charge of promote culture through difference expressions of Art. this exhibition showcases diverse Miami based artists immigrants from Argentine, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Germany, Iran, Italy, Paraguay, Peru, Russ, Spain, Venezuela. From July 7th to July 31st, immerse yourself in contemporary artworks spanning painting, photography, sculpture, installations and more. Witness live artist performances that bring the creative process to life.


Join us for the grand opening.
About The Bright Foundation & Hispafest:
The Bright Foundation & Hispafest is a 501c3 Miami based Art organization to promotes cultural exchange, artistic development, and national and international collaboration. Through exhibitions, festivals, and educational programs, they connect artists and audiences, fostering understanding and appreciation of global cultures.

Free entry to the public “Crossing Cultures & Cities” features an exceptional lineup of artists, including:
Alessandra Sequeira @alessandrasequeira_
Ilieana Rincón-Cañas @Ilerinconcanas
Isaac Bencid @isaacbencid.art
Luis Altieri @altieriluis
Maria Ortega @mariaortegagalvez
Michele Janata @michele.janata
Nathalia Delgado Nachtigall @azulartworld
Rafael Montilla @rafaelmontillaart
Rebecca Setareh @artofrebecca
Sady Pineda @sadypinedastudio
Tatiana Zayseva @tzvisualartist
Valeria Montag @montagvaleria
Vicente Fabre @vicenrefabreart
And the performances of:
Kube Man @kubemanart
Mariana Montag and Valeria Montag. @mamamontag


Artists selection:
Nubia Abaji @nubiaabaji
Each artist brings their unique style and perspective, contributing to the rich
tapestry of the exhibition. We will waiting for you.

For more information:
The Bright Foundation & Hispafest
Nubia Abaji, Director
Tel: 9548041752 whatsapp or text message only
Email: [email protected]
Dirección de Cultura Dominicana en el exterior NY
Rey Andujar, Cultural Liaison
Tel: 646-370-5478

Gego

Gego Artista Visual
Gego Artista Visual

Un catálogo para sumergirse en las redes de Gego

La Fundación Gego presentó esta semana el primer capítulo de lo que será el Catálogo razonado de la artista: “Volumen I. Sistema Reticular”

La presentación esta semana del primer capítulo, Volumen I. Sistema Reticular, da acceso al Catálogo razonado de Gego, una publicación en línea desarrollada por la Fundación Gego para brindar la información más completa posible sobre la variada producción artística de la artista germano-venezolana Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt, Hamburgo, 1912 – Caracas, 1994), considerada como una de las artistas más significativas que emergieron en Latinoamérica en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, y de quien se exhibe actualmente una importante retrospectiva en el Solomon R. Guggenheim Nueva York.

Producto de un estudio acucioso donde se incluyen las características técnicas de las obras, imágenes, historial de exposiciones, referencias bibliográficas y colecciones, el Catálogo razonado de Gego está proyectado como una investigación en desarrollo, con publicaciones programadas en los años por venir, y está concebido para desplegarse en diez volúmenes que responden a los diferentes momentos, géneros y lenguajes por los que transitó Gego durante su vida artística. Cada volumen contará con un conjunto de obras estudiadas, y textos introductorios que definen y valoran sus peculiaridades.

El primer capítulo, Volumen I. Sistema Reticular, cuenta con los textos introductorios de Josefina Manrique –directora del catálogo razonado– así como del poeta y curador Luis Enrique Pérez-Oramas, y contiene el estudio de 116 obras tridimensionales, realizadas por la artista entre los años 1969 y 1988, siguiendo el sistema estructural reticular, es decir, su método de creación basado en el tejido de redes y mallas metálicas.

En palabras de la curadora de la Fundación Gego, Josefina Manrique, “La obra de Gego es bastante heterogénea, si nos basamos en la variedad de géneros que cultivó a lo largo de toda su trayectoria artística. Esa particularidad nos llevó a abordar el catálogo razonado de la misma delimitando áreas de estudios específicas conforme a los diversos tránsitos de su trayectoria. Como resultado, iniciamos nuestras entregas con este primer volumen dedicado al sistema reticular en su aspecto tridimensional. En otras palabras, comenzamos por lo que a juicio y consenso de críticos, curadores, coleccionistas y público general es su obra más emblemática y significativa: las reticuláreas, redes y mallas”.

Los próximos volúmenes proyectados y en investigación son: Volumen 2. Dibujos sin papelVolumen 3. Obras de integración a la arquitecturaVolumen 4. Líneas paralelasVolumen 5. Bichos / BichitosVolumen 6. Libros y plegadosVolumen 7. Diseño y objetos variosVolumen 8. Dibujos, pinturas y collagesVolumen 9. Estampas y grabados, y  Volumen 10. Tejeduras, los cuales irán publicándose anualmente.

El Catálogo razonado de Gego tendrán 10 volúmenes que se desarrollarán durante una década (CORTESÍA FUNDACIÓN GEGO)

Cabe destacar que el Catálogo razonado de Gego cuenta también con un glosario con los principales términos utilizados por Gego, así como una sección llamada guía en la que se explican los criterios empleados para mostrar la información de la obra.

“La elaboración de un catálogo razonado es un trabajo primordialmente de equipo. En nuestro caso, los Departamentos de Registro, Centro de Documentación y la Curaduría nos coordinamos en primer lugar para verificar, completar y corregir el trabajo de registro realizado en todos los años anteriores, y en segundo lugar, muy principalmente, nos concentramos en actualizar toda la información, no solo términos de la data, sino también en poner al día los criterios y parámetros bajo los cuales registrar las obras”, afirma Josefina Manrique.

Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) nació en la ciudad alemana de Hamburgo en agosto de 1912, y en 1938 se graduó en Ingeniería, mención Arquitectura en la Universidad de Stuttgart, Alemania. Un año después, emigra a Venezuela y obtiene en 1952 la nacionalidad venezolana. Desarrolló una amplia y reconocida trayectoria artística durante más de cuatro décadas, durante las cuales exhibió su obra en Venezuela, Colombia, Estados Unidos, México, Argentina, Portugal, España, Francia, Alemania, Reino Unido, Brasil, entre otros países. Sobre la artista se han realizado importantes exposiciones individuales en instituciones como Solomon R. Guggenheim Nueva York, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA), el Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), el Museo de Arte Moderno de Sao Paulo (MASP), el Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, entre otros.

El Catálogo razonado de Gego está disponible desde la página de la Fundación Gego (https://fundaciongego.com/) así como también desde su propia dirección https://catalogorazonado.fundaciongego.com/

La Fundación Gego nació como una iniciativa familiar a raíz del fallecimiento de la artista en 1994. Tras recibir el legado de su obra, sus hijos y nietos crearon la Fundación Gego con el objetivo de catalogar, conservar, estudiar y promover la obra de Gego.

Para ello cuenta con un modelo institucional que le permite desarrollar y proveer diferentes actividades y servicios, tales como la atención al público interesado en consultar el archivo documental de la Fundación, gestionar licencias de derechos de autor para la reproducción de obras y documentos (bibliográficos, fotográficos, audiovisuales, entre otros) relacionados con la vida y el trabajo de Gego, gestionar comprobantes de registro en su base de datos computarizada, además de asesorías a instituciones, curadores y coleccionistas.

En sus casi 30 años de existencia, la fundación ha desarrollado y apoyado importantes exposiciones retrospectivas de la artista, así como numerosas exposiciones colectivas en las que su obra ha sido incluida; ha editado o asistido en la edición de diversas publicaciones, así como ha contribuido en la realización de documentales y seminarios en importantes instituciones dentro y fuera de Venezuela.

Guiada por el ánimo de ampliar las múltiples investigaciones e interpretaciones posibles de la obra de Gego, la fundación ha seguido procurando alianzas institucionales y el desarrollo de proyectos expositivos, editoriales y artísticos, al tiempo que ha insistido en la realización del Catálogo razonado de Gego, el cual probablemente sea el proyecto más ambicioso y complejo, que haya emprendido hasta la fecha. Con este catálogo razonado, la Fundación Gego afianza su compromiso en el estudio de la obra de la artista, a través de una herramienta de uso público para todos aquellos interesados en la obra de Gego.

Finalmente, la directiva de la fundación invita a coleccionistas y propietarios de obras de Gego a que sean parte de esta investigación en desarrollo, registrando o actualizando los datos de sus obras en la base de datos de la institución.

17th Annual Breakfast with the Arts

17th Annual Breakfast with the Arts & Hospitality
17th Annual Breakfast with the Arts & Hospitality

17th Annual Breakfast with the Arts & Hospitality

Join us at the Intercontinental Miami to celebrate the resurgence of the arts and the rebound of cultural tourism. Explore the lucrative cultural tourism market and discover profitable partnerships at a networking event like no other. We will also be honoring of the Arts. Franklin Sirmans @franklinsirmans Pérez Art Museum Miami @pamm

TICKET INFORMATION

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General Admission: $65 – Wake up to a creative networking, breakfast and a dynamic program.

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Félix González-Torres

"Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) félix gonzález-torres
"Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) félix gonzález-torres

Félix González-Torres

American, b. Guáimaro, Cuba 1957, d. Miami, Florida 1996

(American, born Guáimaro, Cuba, 1957–died Miami, USA, 1996, due to complications arising from AIDS) encountered Spain directly in 1971, when he was sent as a child with his sister from Cuba to Madrid, prior to settling with an uncle in Puerto Rico. He began his artistic training in Puerto Rico and relocated to New York to continue his studies. It was in New York that he established his career working both as a solo artist and separately as a member of the collective Group Material.


Biography published by David Zwirner Gallery

Felix Gonzalez-Torres was born in Guáimaro, Cuba, on November 26, 1957. He referred to himself as American. He lived and worked in New York City between 1979 and 1995. Gonzalez-Torres died in Miami on January 9, 1996 from AIDS-related causes. He began his art studies at the University of Puerto Rico before moving to New York City, where he attended the Whitney Independent Study Program, first in 1981 and again in 1983. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute, New York, in 1983 and his MFA from the International Center of Photography and New York University in 1987.

From 1987 to 1991, Gonzalez-Torres was a part of the artist collective Group Material, whose collaborative, politically-informed practice focused on community engagement and activist interventions. In 1988, he had his first one-man exhibitions, at the Rastovski Gallery, New York, INTAR Gallery, New York, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York. His earliest billboard work, “Untitled” (1989), was installed at New York’s Sheridan Square on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. In 1990, a solo presentation of Gonzalez-Torres’s work served as the inaugural exhibition of the Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Traveling, a survey of the artist’s work, was presented at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago in 1994. In 1995, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, organized an international traveling retrospective of his work. The artist participated in numerous group shows during his lifetime, including early presentations at Artists Space and White Columns in New York (1987 and 1988, respectively), the Whitney Biennial (1991), the Venice Biennale (1993), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1995) and the Art Institute of Chicago (1995).

In 1997, the Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany, organized a traveling posthumous solo exhibition and published a catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work. Further solo exhibitions of his work were held at such institutions as The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide (1998); The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (1999-2000); El Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay (2000-2001); Serpentine Gallery, London (2000); Le Consortium, Dijon (2002); and Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2006). In 2007, Gonzalez-Torres was selected to represent the United States at the 52nd Venice Biennale.

More recently, in 2010-2011, WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels, organized a six-part traveling retrospective, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Specific Objects without Specific Form, which was also presented at the Fondation Beyeler, Basel, and Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt. At each institution, Elena Filipovic curated a retrospective version of the exhibition which was reconsidered midway through its run by a collaborating artist-curator: Danh Vo, Carol Bove, and Tino Sehgal, respectively. Further exhibitions devoted to the artist’s work have been held at PLATEAU and Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (2012); Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland (2015); Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2016); and Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) (2021).

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Summer was on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto in 2022. Also in 2022, The two-person presentation, Felix Gonzalez-Torres – Roni Horn, was presented at the Bourse de Commerce–Pinault Collection, Paris. 

In 2023, David Zwirner, New York presented an exhibition of works by the artist. This was the second solo exhibition of Gonzalez-Torres’s work at David Zwirner since the announcement that the gallery would be joining Andrea Rosen Gallery in co-representing the artist’s estate.


Felix Gonzalez-Torres earned a BFA in photography from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, in 1983. Printed Matter, Inc. in New York hosted his first solo exhibition the following year. After obtaining an MFA from the International Center of Photography and New York University in 1987, he worked as an adjunct art instructor at New York University until 1989. Throughout his career, Gonzalez-Torres’s involvement in social and political causes as an openly gay man fueled his interest in the overlap of private and public life. From 1987 to 1991, he was part of Group Material, a New York-based art collective whose members worked collaboratively to initiate community education and cultural activism. His aesthetic project was, according to some scholars, related to Bertolt Brecht’s theory of epic theater, in which creative expression transforms the spectator from an inert receiver to an active, reflective observer and motivates social action. Employing simple, everyday materials (stacks of paper, puzzles, candy, strings of lights, beads) and a reduced aesthetic vocabulary reminiscent of both Minimalism and Conceptual art to address themes such as love and loss, sickness and rejuvenation, gender and sexuality, Gonzalez-Torres asked viewers to participate in establishing meaning in his works.

In his “dateline” pieces, begun in 1987, Gonzalez-Torres assembled lists of various dates in random order interspersed with the names of social and political figures and references to cultural artifacts or world events, many of which related to political and cultural history. Printed in white type on black sheets of paper, these lists of seeming non sequiturs prompted viewers to consider the relationships and gaps between the diverse references as well the construction of individual and collective identities and memories. Gonzalez-Torres also produced dateline “portraits,” consisting of similar lists of dates and events related to the subjects’ lives. In Untitled (Portrait of Jennifer Flay) (1992), for example, “A New Dress 1971” lies next to “Vote for Women, NZ 1893.”

Gonzalez-Torres invited physical as well as intellectual engagement from viewers. His sculptures of wrapped candies spilled in corners or spread on floors like carpets, such as “Untitled” (Public Opinion) (1991), defy the convention of art’s otherworldly preciousness, as viewers are asked to touch and consume the work. Beginning in 1989, he fashioned sculptures of stacks of paper, often printed with photographs or texts, and encouraged viewers to take the sheets. The impermanence of these works, which slowly disappear over time unless they are replenished, symbolizes the fragility of life. While in appearance they sometimes echo the work of Donald Judd, these pieces also belie the Minimalist tenet of aesthetic autonomy: viewers complete the works by depleting them and directly engaging with their material. The artist always wanted the viewer to use the sheets from the stacks—as posters, drawing paper, or however they desired.

In 1991 Gonzalez-Torres began producing sculptures consisting of strands of plastic beads strung on metal rods, like curtains in a disco. Titles such as Untitled (Chemo) (1991) and Untitled (Blood) (1992) undercut their festive associations, calling to mind illness and disease. In 1992 he commenced a series of strands of white low-watt lightbulbs, which could be shown in any configuration—strung along walls, from ceilings, or coiled on the floor. Alluding to celebratory décor—in the vein of the charms of outdoor cafés at night—these delicate garlands are also a campy commentary on the phallic underpinnings of numerous Minimalist creations, particularly Dan Flavin’s rigid light sculptures. Also in 1992, Untitled (1991), a sensual black-and-white photograph of Gonzalez-Torres’s empty, unmade bed with traces of two absent bodies, was installed on 24 billboards throughout the city of New York. This enigmatic image was both a celebration of coupling and a memorial to the artist’s lover, who had recently died of AIDS. Its installation as a melancholic civic-scaled monument problematized public scrutiny of private behavior.

Gonzalez-Torres received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1989 and 1993. He participated in hundreds of group shows during his lifetime, including early presentations at Artists Space and White Columns in New York (1987 and 1988, respectively), the Whitney Biennial (1991), the Venice Biennale (1993), SITE Santa Fe (1995), and the Sydney Biennial (1996). Comprehensive retrospective exhibitions of his work have been organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (1994); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1995); Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany (1997); and Biblioteca Luis-Angel Arango, Bogotá (2000). Other exhibitions have been held at the Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2006–07); PLATEAU, Seoul (2012); and Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul (2012). A survey of his work, Specific Objects without Specific Form, was organized by WIELS, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels (2010), and then traveled to the Fondation Beyeler, Basel (2010), and the Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main (2011). In 2007, Gonzalez-Torres was selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale in the exhibition Felix Gonzalez-Torres: America. He died in Miami on January 9, 1996.

"Untitled" (Perfect Lovers) félix gonzález-torres
“Untitled” (Perfect Lovers) félix gonzález-torres

Medium: Wall clocks and paint on wall

Dimensions: Overall dimensions variable; clocks 14″ diameter x 2 3/4″ (35.6 cm diameter x 7 cm) each

Copyright© 2023 The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

Contact:

The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation
544 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011

General Inquiries
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Tel:  +1 212 414 4242

Holly McHugh, Associate: Licensing, Archives, Research
Andrea Rosen, President
Emilie Rosenfeld, Director of Internal Research Initiatives

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Source:

Felixgonzalez-torresfoundation.org

Davidzwirner.com/artists/felix-gonzalez-torres

Guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/felix-gonzalez-torres

www.e-flux.com/announcements/381451/felix-gonzalez-torresthe-politics-of-relation

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Sandra Monterroso

Sandra Monterroso
Sandra Monterroso

Sandra Monterroso

[1974, Guatemala]

Sandra Monterroso is a known textile artist whose work reflects gender issues and power structures. Inspired by the techniques and aesthetics of indigenous people from her native Guatemala, her work is often presented as installations.

Sandra Monterroso occupied the Studio House until December 16. During that time, she developed the project of the series Corazón delator: recetas para sanar heridas (Telltale Heart: Recipes to Heal Wounds), inspired by a story by Edgar Alan Poe and in indigenous recipes to cure evil eye. At the end of the residency period, the pieces were exhibited.

Monterroso’s artistic education includes a Ph.D. in artistic practices, a master’s in design processes, and a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. She lives and works in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Her oeuvre reflects gender and power themes and her commentaries about the colonial residues in contemporary society. She is inspired by the techniques and aesthetics of the indigenous population of her native country. She uses in her creative process artisanal procedures, such as fabric dyeing using natural components from her culture. Her pieces offer a point of encounter between the traditional and the contemporary and often are presented as soft sculptures and installations. Her work has been included in numerous international exhibitions in museums, institutions, and galleries.

Sandra Monterroso began her artistic career in performance art in 1999. She earned a B.A. in Graphic Design in 2001 followed by an M.A. in Design from Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) in Puebla, Mexico. In 2020, Monterroso earned a PhD in Art Practice from the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in Vienna, Austria. She has represented Guatemala in more than twelve biennials, including the 56th La Biennale di Venezia, the 12 Bienal de La Habana, and the Frestas – Trienal de Artes in São Paulo. Monterroso lives and works in Guatemala City.


In her work, Monterroso explores the dynamics of indigenous culture in the postcolonial era, gender issues, and other constructs of power across media including tapestry, painting, video, installation, and performance. Her influences include Cindy Sherman (USA), Gina Pane (France), Carolee Schneemann (USA), Ana Mendieta (Cuba), and Marina Abramović (Serbia), as she explores issues of identity and relational dynamics between genders and cultures. As Monterroso explains, “Behind the silence and the paradox of modernity and coloniality, I start taking as a symbolic reference more particularly the Mayan Q’eqchi’ language as an inheritance from my grandmother, whose linguistic structure is completely metaphorical.” 

Monterroso has shown her work in selected exhibitions around the world, including the Bienal de Artes Visuales del Istmo Centroamericano (BAVIC), Museo de Arte de El Salvador (Museo MARTE), San Salvador, El Salvador (2006); Indigenous Voices, La Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione America Latina-IILA, Venice, Italy (2015); Art-Action Feministe: Panorama de la vidéo-performance féministe contemporaine latino-américaine, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2009); Cosmópolis II, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2019); To Weave in Blue, Poema al Tejido, The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA (2020); and Visionarios, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain (2009).


Monterroso’s work is included in the permanent collections of Centro de Arte Fundación Ortiz-Gurdián, Managua, Nicaragua; Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA), Colchester, England, UK; Fundación Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC), San José, Costa Rica; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain; YES Contemporary, Miami, Florida, USA; and many private collections

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023
Decolorando las Hebras and Colorando las Hebras (video, 2011), Arts of the Ancient Americas Jewel Box Gallery, Denver Art Museum, CO, USA
Sandra Monterroso: The Healing Paradox, Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, TX, USA

2022
Altar para pájaros, Instituto de Visión, New York, NY, USA
Cuerpos Infinitos: Sandra Monterroso, Musiq’ / Breath of the spirit, Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
Cuerpos Infinitos: Sandra Monterroso, Heart of the Windy Place (performance), Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

2020
Threads of Memory, Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, TX, USA
Dyed in the wool – the committed poetics of nonconformity, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK
Artwork in Focus – Sandra Monterroso: Tu Ashé Yemanya, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK

2019
Las heridas también se tiñen de azul, Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala City, Guatemala
El agua se volvió oro, el río se volvió oro, el oro se volvió azul, Museo ExTeresa, Mexico City, Mexico

2018
Hybris, NG Gallery, Panama City, Panama

2017
Inchaq’na / Hermana Mayor, French Alliance, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Distorsiones e imperfecciones, The 9.99 Gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2014
Acciones para abolir el deseo, The 9.99 Gallery, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2013
Efectos cruzados, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, San Salvador, El Salvador

2011
Efectos cruzados, Galería Piegatto (Arte La Fábrica), Guatemala City, Guatemala

2009
Meditando el error, Galería de Artes Visuales, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2008
Rakoc Atin. Palacio de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2005
Sucesos Carcomidos, Galería El Attico, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2004
Metabolismo, Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala City, Guatemala

1999
Ave Fénix, Vestíbulo BANCAFÉ, Guatemala City, Guatemala

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Essex Collection of Latin American Art, London, UK

Fundación Paiz para la Educación y la Cultura, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain 

Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MADC), San José, Costa Rica

Ortíz Gurdián Foundation, Managua, Nicaragua

YAXS Foundation, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Yes Contemporary, Miami, FL, USA

Sandra Monterroso

The Healing Paradox

Exhibition text by independent curator and art historian Alma Ruiz

January 26 – March 16, 2023

Sandra Monterroso
The Healing Paradox

The Healing Paradox marks Sandra Monterroso’s second solo show at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino. Continuing her interest in Guatemalan textiles as art-making material and as tools to address her country’s embattled history, Monterroso, an artist with Maya Q’eqchi’ roots, focuses her attention this time on more modest materials. Leftover fabrics from a local rug factory and organic cotton and linen embellished with embroidery and neon lights effectively become a compelling locus where discussions about healing wounds within a complex postcolonial heritage occur. 

Monterroso utilizes soft materials paired with manufactured objects to construct visual paradoxes. For example, several pieces are made of fabrics originally destined for landfills. Woven by indigenous hands who labor for low salaries to produce beautifully crafted rugs for luxury homes, the scraps tangentially point to a socioeconomic hierarchy between the haves and have-nots. In rescuing the discarded materials, Monterroso performs a redeeming ritual, imbuing them with new life as artworks and, paradoxically, transforming them into repositories of the inequalities, discrimination, and racism that still exist toward marginalized groups without openly highlighting their victimization. In their conclusive form, the pieces are joined to create a whole, mending leads to metaphorical healing.

Color is an important signifier connecting Maya Q’eqchi’s culture to Monterroso’s personal history. The artist is known for her extensive use of indigo and cochineal dyes, with which she colors her textiles and yarns. There is evidence that the Mayas used indigo to create Mayan blue, a pigment developed in the late pre-Classic period, 1900 BC to 200 AD. It can be found in Mesoamerican pottery, murals, and archeological artifacts. The cochineal comes from a tiny cactus-dwelling insect harvested to produce a red dye. While the indigenous people used the red pigment to dye their textiles and for its healing properties and associations with divine light and the sun, the Spanish conquistadors viewed it as a source of wealth. As European demand for cochineal increased, its production became another form of indigenous exploitation. The inclusion of these pigments in the title of many of Monterroso’s works, for example, Like the Triangles: The Celestial Water and the Indigofera Give Us Back the Light and Like the Rhombus: The Earth and the Cochineal Give us Back the Light, underscores their relevance in the rituals of her ancestors and her role in preserving such knowledge. The triangle and diamond-shaped neon lights appended to the fabric stand in for territory/land; the slightly discernible circle inside the neon is a seed, a symbol of birth, growth, and land cultivation. To say that their inclusion seems paradoxical is true; their electric-powered presence gives back the light needed in an altered state of consciousness to enter a moment of reflection on modernity or, more precisely, on the open wounds resulting from the encounters and disagreements that occurred while going through this modernity.

Monterroso’s exploration of healing within a postcolonial context is also expressed in Rombhus to Heal Wounds, a beautiful, bright-colored cotton piece embroidered with recetas* widely used for physical and spiritual healing. Here we can find prescriptions for curing the evil eye, ‘frights,’ cancer, and other ailments. One of them reads, Prescription for the evil eye (non-physical): In a cloth bag, put a few grains of achiote (annatto) and some cross-shaped chili peppers, pass [the bag] all over the [patient’s] body, tracing the shape of a cross, and throw it into the fire. Many of the prescriptions found in this and other of Monterroso’s works come from Aspects of Popular Medicine in Rural Guatemala. Published in 1978 by the now-defunct Instituto Indigenista Nacional, this study responded to the growing interest of archeologists, sociologists, linguists, and other social scientists in third-world popular medicine and its psychosomatic practices. Long treasured by her family, the book was recently gifted to the artist by her maternal aunt.

Her increased usage of sewing to assemble textiles and organic fabrics into new works has led Monterroso to reflect on the role that sewing has played in her family history. Her maternal grandmother, aunts, and mother relocated to Guatemala City to work as seamstresses. This fact was irrelevant until recently when the artist acknowledged that, perhaps subconsciously, she was continuing the family trade with works like Organic Composition in Rhombus No.1 and No. 2, sewn cotton and linen tapestries colored with natural dyes. Like other components in Monterroso’s oeuvre, sewing has been successfully added to her artistic lexicon and joyfully embraced by the artist to honor and celebrate her maternal lineage and Maya Q’eqchi’ heritage.

Alma Ruiz
Independent Curator

Contact: Dcfamilyfoundation.com

JAVIER MARTIN

Javier Martin

Javier Martin Appropriation of Fragments Exhibition

Javier Martin

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday June 22, 2023. 7pm-10pm.

In appropriation of fragments, Martin uses the space to create a dialogue between the individual fragments and their collective composition that forms the whole, transforming the gallery into a theater filled with fragments, representing the information overload of our time. A society created of fragments of information driven by advertising, technology and social media, questioning the veracity of what we recognize, through the use of appropriation, cutting, alteration and reflection, accentuating their emptiness; including the viewer in the scene and transforming them into a part of the fragments that invite self-reflection.
This exhibition is composed of three different body of works, where we can find a journey that shows the interdis-ciplinarity of the artist. From the installation Alma, part of the permanent collection of the Seoul Museum, which consists of a cube covered with mirrors where the viewer is reflected through the appropriated images stamped on them and illuminated by neon, a material appropriated by Martin who considered it a form of public writing, unassociated with art, and traditionally associated with popular culture.
He invites the viewer to step into a room where he has conceptually removed the walls, replacing them with un-limited light and space. Eliminating the barriers society imposes, which fill our minds with banal and insignificant thoughts, keeping us trapped and unable to realize the potential that exists beyond.
In contraposition to the installation, the body of work “CUT” first presented by the artist in Shanghai in 2015, a thought-provoking series that challenges our preconceptions about the power of celebrity and the way we con-sume media. Creating iconic hand-cut photographs, technique inspired by The Chinese tradition of paper cutting, giving importance to the use of the negative space and the contraposition between wholeness and emptiness.
Inspired by the fragments that are remaining from the cut out works, Martin creates the installation that is dis-tributed throughout the gallery, fragments of images that represent remnants, unfinished elements that are a fundamental part of the language, these large fragments leaning on the walls, a format that presents the timeless, the non-sculptural in dialogue with the viewer, questioning the finished, the incomplete or the original in modern society, exploring how images shape our perceptions of ourselves and the world.

Javier Martin

Bio.

Javier Martin (Spain, 1985) is a multidisciplinary artist who bases his creative exploration on the careful observation of his surroundings, detecting semiotic relationships that might otherwise pass by unnoticed to an unperceptive viewer. With this approach, the artist constructs situations that invite reflection on impending matters in today’s world.

Raised in Spain, Martin began painting in oil colors at the tender age of seven, and had his first exhibition at the age of eight; however, he never allowed himself to be influenced by formal artistic training. Instead, he relied on his experiences, which allowed him to explore the possibilities of various materials and tools that he incorporates
 in his work today. Traveling, living, and working in countries – from Europe, South Korea, Hong Kong, to the United States – honed his observation skills, allowing him to learn from people and daily situations far removed from his background. During the Summer of 2012, Martin participated in his first exhibition in Asia M50 Art District. By 2014 he officially was represented by Matthew Liu Fine Art Gallery in Shanghai.

In addition to his international exhibitions around the world, he shares his knowledge and personal experience regarding the realm of art culture through speaking engagements. In 2015 he conversed with a group of students during a Conference at Alboran College in Marbella, Spain, discussing the impact that art had on his life. 2017 opened with him presenting his performance piece ‘Lies and Light’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, followed by a discus- sion about the importance of breaking down the lights that veer us away from the path of truth. Most recently, he was a panelist in New Ways of Seeing, presented by New World Forum at Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong.

Martin has equally experimented in painting, collage, sculpture, performance art and video art. Through his work, he proposes relation- ships among forms, surfaces, textures, and scenarios in which objects used on a daily basis relate to each other in unexpected ways. This talented artist consistently demonstrates his capacity to masterfully manipulate and relate materials and situations to construct sharp visual metaphors. In the Fall of 2015, Martin presented “War, Consumption, and Other Human Hobbies” a solo exhibition at Valli Art Gallery in Miami. Showing several pieces from his Blindness Collection as well a collection of works whose messages addressed themes of consumption and strategies of power within the global economy.

For over a decade, Martin has been developing one of his most iconic collections, Blindness. The eyes, classically associated with the reflection of human emotions, are always concealed whether behind a vibrant stroke of paint or a glowing neon light. With painting and collage, he reproduces images of seemingly perfect models, symbols of a standard of beauty and lifestyle that most people long to enjoy. Inspired by the juxtaposition between the grit of city surroundings and the glossy ads that line them, Martin deconstructs this perceived perfection to create a contrast between technology, collage, and painting.

In the Spring of 2016, Martin presented his first performance piece ‘Lies and Light’ at his solo show during Art Basel Hong Kong week. This performance also represents the latest evolution of the art-
it’s Blindness concept. In this case, the artist manifests himself as the protagonist, literally shattering society’s barriers to convey the struggle against conformity, the fight for truth and freedom. This raw and rebellious performance find Martin completely vulnerable in an intense spiritual journey to overcome his past to progress.

In 2018, Martin continued to build on the questions raised by his performance art with installations that challenge viewers to examine their own blindness. Following his public Blindness mural for the 71st Festival de Cannes and his solo exhibition “Blindness the Appropriation of Beauty” (curated by Robert C. Morgan), Martin created a number of interactive installations in which the Blindness concept is more visceral and tangible than ever before. In ‘A Room Without Walls’, Martin riffs on his ‘Alma’ series with an immersive, completely mirrored room in which viewers see themselves infinitely repeated in the face of a figure blinded by neon light. For ‘The Dark Box’, exhibited at Valli Art Gallery in Miami and New York, Martin continues to challenge gallery visitors to directly interact with the Blindness concept. Developed in a world dominated by social media, Martin uses ‘The Dark Box’ to invite viewers to become a part of his art; at the same time, the piece creates a situation in which participants can question their own blindness to new means of consumption.

Martin’s most recent works show him revisiting the concepts behind his earliest works in the Blindness collection. In these large scale and expressive collages, Martin layers paint, prints, paper ephemera, and neon in order to present the Blindness concept with new complexity. Whereas he forces participants to examine their own blindness in his installations, these mature works show Martin mining his own oeuvre to reexamine Blindness more than a decade later. These reflective pieces have been exhibited simultaneously, at Plan B at David Zwirner and in a solo exhibition titled “BLINDNESS” at Valli Art Gallery New York in March, 2019.

Javier Martin presented his first solo museum exhibition at the Seoul Museum in Spring 2019 and his first solo exhibition in Japan at Maki Gallery on the fall of 2019.

Exhibitions

Upcoming

  • Appropriation of fragments – Solo exhibition (Ascaso Gallery) Miami, USA

2023

2022

  • ART TAIPEI (333 Gallery) Taipei, Taiwan
  • SKIN DEEP -Solo exhibition (Ascaso Gallery) Caracas, Venezuela
  • A New Horizon – Group exhibition (Akrilyc / Gallery 46) London
  • INTI-PUNKU – Group exhibition (Strouk Gallery) Paris, France
  • Baanai / Javier Martin – Duo Exhibition (Maki Gallery) ISETAN The Space,Tokyo, Japan
  • Cute Tunes for Serious Sapiens – Group exhibition (Ascaso Gallery) Miami, USA
  • Lights Appropriation Solo exhibition (Pulpo Gallery) Murnau, Germany

2021

  • Skin in the Game – Group exhibition (Gallery HZ) Hong Kong
  • ICONIC ; 아이코닉 – Group exhibition (Seoul Museum) Seoul, South Korea
  • We Dance You Mean – Group exhibition (Cerquone Gallery) Madrid, Spain
  • INTERAZIONI -Group exhibition (A Pick Gallery) Turin, Italy

2020

  • Blindness -Solo exhibition (Koo House Museum) Yangpyeong, South Korea
  • Alma- A Room Without Walls Public Installation (TEAF20) Ulsan, South Korea
  • Blindness -Solo exhibition (Tri-bowl Art Space) Incheon, South Korea
  • Blindness -Solo exhibition (Audemars Piguet House) Madrid, Spain
  • Gallery Collection vol.1 (Tezukayama Gallery) Osaka, Japan

2019

  • Borderless Artist Project -Solo exhibition (Andong Arts & Culture Center) Andong, South Korea
  • Infinite Light – Solo exhibition (Maki Gallery) Tokyo, Japan
  • Borderless Artist -Solo exhibition (Seoul Museum) Seoul, South Korea
  • Blindness -Solo exhibition (Valli Art Gallery) New York, USA
  • Plan B (David Zwirner Gallery) New York, USA
  • Blindness The Dark Box Interactive Installation (520 West 28th by Zaha Hadid) New York
  • Blindness -Solo exhibition Curated by Valli Art Gallery (Miami Design District) Miami,USA

2018

  • Intra Moenia – Cattelani Collections (Campori Castle of Soliera) Modena, Italy
  • Blindness The Dark Box Interactive Installation (Valli Art Gallery), Miami, USA
  • Selected Works (Valli Art Gallery) New York, USA
  • Blindness x Cosybox (Cannes Film Festival) Cannes, France
  • Dear my wedding dress (Seoul Museum) Seoul, South Korea
  • Blindness The Appropriation of Beauty Curated by Robert C. Morgan, New York, USA
  • 36th Korea Galleries Art Fair (Paik Hae Young Gallery) Seoul, South Korea
  • Convergence (Galerie Art District) Paris, France

2017

  • Blindness Alma- A Room Without Walls Installation (Valli Art Gallery Miami, USA
  • Art Miami (Paik Hae Young Gallery) Miami, USA
  • RAW- Blindness The Dark Box Interactive Installation (YAI) Miami, USA
  • Forza Group exhibition (Galerie Leroyer) Montréal, Canada
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You (Paik Hae Young Gallery) Seoul, South Korea
  • Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair (Matthew Liu Fine Arts) Shanghai, China
  • Within The Light -Solo exhibition (Heart House Private Members Club) Munich
  • Art Shenzhen (Matthew Liu Fine Arts) Shenzhen, China
  • New Ways of Seeing, Art World Forum, Liang Yi Museum, Hong Kong – Meet the Artist (Soho House) New York, USA
  • Scope Art Show (J+ Gallery) Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA
  • LIES & LIGHT, Video Performance at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA),Jacksonville, FL
  • Art Palm Beach (Valli Art Gallery), West Palm Beach, FL

2016

  • Context Art Miami (Valli Art Gallery) Miami, USA
  • Artist in Residence (Soho House) New York, USA
  • Blindness -Solo exhibition Curated by Valli Art Gallery (Toys for Boys) Miami, USA
  • Context New York (Valli Art Gallery) New York, USA
  • Private Event Blindness Neon Collection, JetSmarter, Malibú, CA
  • LIES & LIGHT Solo exhibition (California Tower, Loft 22), Hong Kong

2015

  • Basel Blindness, Art Basel Miami Week (Valli Art Gallery) Wynwood, Miami, USA
  • War, Consumption and Other Human Hobbies Solo exhibition (Valli Art Gallery) Miami, USA
  • Summer Show (Matthew Liu Fine Arts) Shanghai, China
  • Art Busan (Asian Art Works) Busan, South Korea
  • Art Edition Art Fair, (Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul) Seoul, South Korea

2014

  • 3A/Galleries, Art Basel Week, Miami, USA
  • Select Fair (Lavio Fine Art) Miami, USA
  • Blindness NEON (Kee Members Club) Hong Kong, China
  • Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair (Matthew Liu Fine Arts) Shanghai, China
  • Group exhibition (Pantocrátor Gallery) EBPC FreeTrade Zone, Shanghai, China
  • Cambiando Vidas (Luz Botero Fine Art) Panamá
  • Art Gwangju, (Lavio Fine Art) Gwangju, South Korea
  • Art Busan, (Lavio Fine Art) Busan, South Korea
  • “Eyes on me, please!” Solo exhibition (Houses of Art Gallery – HOA) Marbella, Spain
  • Art Lima (Pantocrátor Gallery) Lima, Perú

2013

  • Enlaces (Luz Botero Fine Art) Ocean Reef Island, Panamá
  • Select Fair, Art Basel Week, Miami Beach, USA
  • Live Painting (Art Shopping Festival for Charity) Andorra
  • Swab Art Fair, (Pantocrátor Gallery) Barcelona, Spain
  • Art Meets Fashion, City Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • M50 Contemporary Art District (Pantocrátor Gallery) Shanghai, China
  • Lavio Fine Art Vip Preview, Kee Club, Shanghai, China
  • CNCPT13 Gallery, Amsterdam

2012

  • Eyes wide shut, Solo exhibition (Arte City) Miami Beach, USA
  • Amsterdam Showcase, (Pantocrátor Gallery) Amsterdam, Holland
  • Art is the message Solo exhibition (Myra Galleries) Wynwood Miami, USA
  • Berliner Liste Art Fair, (Pantocrátor Gallery) Berlin, Germany
  • Frankenstein (ECCO) Contemporary Art Center, Cádiz, Spain
  • Swab Art Fair (Pantocrátor Gallery) Barcelona, Spain
  • Group exhibition M50, (Pantocrátor Gallery) Shanghai, China
  • Group exhibition (Houses of Art Gallery, HOA) Marbella, Spain

2011

  • Lo Que Existe Sin Ser Visto (Poligono Gallery) Marbella, Spain
  • Group exhibition (IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern) Valencia, Spain
  • “Thinking about Color” (Kasser Rassu Gallery) Marbella, Spain
  • Blindness (Baltus West Erie) Chicago, USA
  • Imm Cologne (Baltus) Cologne, Germany

2010

  • Blindness on paper (Baltus Beverly Blvd) Los Angeles, USA
  • Permanent Exhibition (Collection Prive) Cannes, France

2009

  • Art Fusion, Sotogrande Cádiz, Spain
  • Blindness (Resort La Torre Golf, Copa Davis) Murcia, Spain
  • Showroom Grupo Grancasa, Madrid, Spain

2008

  • Maison & Objet (Baltus) Paris, France

2007

  • Collective Quum Artist Digital Printing (Pedro Peña Art Gallery) Marbella, Spain
  • Collective Quum Artist (Pedro Peña Art Gallery) Marbella, Spain

2006

  • Estampa Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
  • Arte Lisboa Art Fair, Lisbon, Portugal

1994

  • Henry Studio Collective (Centro de los hijos the Ceuta) Spain
  • Group exhibition (Revellín Museum) Ceuta, Spain



Awards

  • 2011 Young Award arts and environmental sustainability, Marbella Spain
  • 1994 The Painting modality of the Painting and drawing contest for children “Caja Madrid” Ceuta, Spain
  • 1994 Mention of Honor for the exhibition of Henry’s studio students (Museo del Revellín) Ceuta, Spain

Speaking Engagements

  • 2019 Artist Talk (The CORE members club) New York, USA
  • 2017 Artist Talk (Soho House) New York, USA
  • 2015 Conference at Alborán College, Marbella, Spain

Bernabé Gilabert

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Bernabé Gilabert, master of abstraction

The painter Bernabé Gilabert Barba was born in 1953 in Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real, Spain). This circumstance already influences him, as it is the birthplace of the painter of the Generation of ’27, Gregorio Prieto, and the city where the International Exhibition of Fine Arts has been celebrated for 83 years. From a young age, Bernabé Gilabert Barba eagerly awaited the arrival of September to admire each of the artworks presented there.
At the age of 19, Bernabé Gilabert Barba moved to the city of Madrid for work reasons, where he met painters Julian Gomez, Jose Luis de Antonio, and Jose Maria Gallego Lopez (a caricaturist), creating the studio on Calle de la Bola, where they shared space, conversations, critiques, and learned from each other for several years. He visited galleries and museums, enriching himself intellectually.
He received a scholarship from the Castilla La Mancha Foundation to attend Fine Arts courses in Almagro (Ciudad Real), taught by Manuel L. Villaseñor, Antonio López, José Antonio Vargas, Julio López, and Guijarro, among others. Influenced by his teachers from La Mancha and his studio mate Julian Gomez, he worked in a realistic style.
In the 1980s, he began participating in competitions, winning the first prize in the XV National Painting Contest of Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real), the second prize in the Castilla-La Mancha Contest in Almagro, and the third prize, the Golden Grape, in the National Fine Arts Exhibition of Valdepeñas.
Around 1999, Bernabé Gilabert’s work started to evolve towards broader planes of color and more concise figurative forms, where color predominates, influenced by his studio mate Jose Luis de Antonio.
In the early years of the new century, planes of color became the protagonists of his work, leading to a geometric abstraction inherited from constructivism. Inspired by the color planes of the walls that are exposed when a dwelling collapses, he became obsessed with uninhabited spaces.

The plinth in a building is located at the bottom of the wall, but for Gilabert it is at visual height, losing part of its original meaning, reaching a hierarchy that was previously stolen. The artist observes the different limits of the plinths and the possibilities of association through their fragmentation, seeking through primary geometric forms a totality in permanent revision. He fills the planes with colours, these expand, creating pictures within the painting, planes that energise the monochrome statism.

These real spaces, full of light and colour, serve as an excuse to try to elevate through meditation and the artisan process the pleasure of contemplating something as simple as the union of different colour planes in the baseboards. Colour creates a space that could be inhabitable, although in reality it can only be penetrated by the eye and initiate a dream.

Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real) 1953 .-

Individual exhibitions:

2010 .- Torreón de Lozoya. Caja Segovia Segovia-OS

2009 .- Monasterio Santa Maria la Real de Nieva OS Caja Segovia

2008 .- CC Joan Miró-Mostoles

2006 .- Gallery Marita Segovia-Madrid-Museo A. Lopez Torres-Tomelloso .-

2005 .- City Museum-Valdepeñas

2002 .- Eklectica-Madrid Gallery

2000 .- Sabape-Valdepeñas Art Gallery

1999 .- Escuela de Arte La Palma, Madrid

Exhibitions:

2008 .- Artists Collective Gallery-Marita Segovia-Madrid International Exhibition-Stand ArtMadrid Marita Segovia Gallery

2006 .- MAEN-New Media-Center-Aymt.de Cultural Kaleidoscope Mostoles

The House of Arts

The House of Arts

The House of Arts

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Welcome to The House of Arts an inspirational contemporary platform connecting all forms of cultural manifestations in art and fashion, merging artisans, designers, visionaries, and entrepreneurs to create a give-back movement to local communities and going global by implementing cultural exchange between local and foreign artists. Here at The House of Arts, we work on developing a marketplace with showroom space as well as creating the right connections to showcase and sell original and vanguard pieces! Over the years, Art and Fashion have enjoyed a rich relationship, sometimes bold, and often understated, yet always stretching the boundaries of geography to bring global influences to our wardrobes. Today in our fast-paced digital world, there is a need to create cult status in an increasing demand for the new. Designers have always worked with artists, long before the commercial pressure to create lucrative, must-have product lines. Fashion and Arts have, and always will, go hand-in-hand. Thinking about that, and pursuing collaboration between both markets we welcome you into our house, your house, The House of Arts!

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MEET OUR ARTISTS

  • Adriana VignoliAdriana Vignoli lives in Brasília-DF and works with sculpture, drawing, and photography. She conceptualizes sculptures that have a life of their own, and change slowly and continuously, transforming themselves into other, unpredictable forms. Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of Brasília, and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Institute of Arts, also from UnB. Vignoli participated in national and international artistic residencies, the most recent being at Pivô Pesquisa (2022), São Paulo. Awarded the Funarte Marc Ferrez award (2021), and received the TCU National Exhibition Award in Brasília (2020). Shared an international group exhibition at Fundación Klemm, Buenos Aires (2019), and Nassauischer Kunstverein in Wiesbaden and at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (2014), while living in Berlin. Nominated for the PIPA Prize (2016). Received the FUNARTE National Award for Contemporary Art (2015). Her works are in national and international public collections. In Brazil, she is represented by Casa Albuquerque (Brasília, DF), Matias Brotas (Vitória, ES) and Celma Albuquerque (Belo Horizonte, MG) galleries.
  • Alex KorolkovasAlex Korolkovas was born in 1969, in São Caetano do Sul (São Paulo – Brazil) and studied Advertising at the Methodist University of São Paulo. Korolkovas studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and worked as an assistant to photographers such as the renowned photographer Earl Miller. He was among the Top 10 fashion creatives in a contest held by Casa de Criadores (2004) and nominated for the Abril Prize of Journalism in the “photo essay” category for his work for VIP Magazine (2006). Alex moved again to the US in 2016, where he won the Visual Press Awards in Florida – in The Fine Art Photography category. Also in 2016, he held the Valentina exhibition in Miami that earned him another Visual Press Awards early in 2017, this time for Best Solo Exhibit. In fashion, Alex photographed for the best Brazilian designers – Jorge Bischoff, Reinaldo Lourenço, Glória Coelho, Pedro Lourenço, Cavalera to name a few. He currently collaborates with Brazilian, German, and American magazines, and lives in NY with his wife Mariana.
  • Alex RoccaInspired by architecture, landscaping and artistic and cultural movements, Alex Rocca handcrafts unique and original tapestries. The entire creative process, from inspiration, design and conceptual evolution, is the result of his life experience and training in cinema, scenography and interior design. 2012-2013, postgraduate in Scenography, coordinated by Ismael Scheffler, UTFPR. Curitiba – PR. 2015-2016, postgraduate in Interior Design, European Center. Curitiba – PR. 2006-2009, graduation in Cinema, FAP-PR. Curitiba – PR. Individual exhibitions include SP-ARTE “Pele Collection” at Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo (2022), and SP-ARTE “Vazios Collection” online in São Paulo (2021).
  • Andre MendesBorn in Curitiba, 1979. Graduated in Graphic Design from the Pontificia Catholic University of Paraná and specialized in artistic drawing at the Institut Superior de Disseny y Escola de la Imatge – IDEP, Barcelona. Mendes has been a part of over 11 solo exhibitions and 18 group exhibitions all over Brazil, Europe, and Asia since 2009. He has also participated in three artist residency programs: Tropikos, Hof Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand (2015), Kakiseni International Art Residency, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2012), Jarbas Lopes, Maricá, Brazil (2008). Several of his pieces are displayed in museums, galleries, and institutional collections, such as GRPCOM Gazeta do Povo News, Curitiba, Brazil; Paraná Institute of Oncology, Curitiba, Brazil; Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France; Santa Cruz Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil; Secretary of Culture of Ponta Grossa, Brazil; and Zilda Fraletti Gallery, Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Bia DoriaPlastic artist Bia Doria lives and works in São Paulo. She has already won several important prizes, participates in several exhibitions, and her works are in some of the most relevant galleries, museums, and places in the world. Bia works with waste from management forest, native trees rescued from fires, deforestation, bottom of rivers, and dams. From the North to the South of Brazil, she runs through, passes through, recovers, polishes, recreates, and takes care of nature. She is an important representative of sustainable contemporary art. She learned to observe nature and visualize works of art in trees, branches, roots of dead trees and other natural elements that were discarded. Her enhancement allowed her creations to expand and her convictions ecological issues echoed with greater amplitude, making the artist an important representative of sustainable contemporary art. She has published three books: Bia Doria Esculturas (2021), Raízes do Brasil, Editora Pit Cult (2014), and Bia Doria (2011).
  • Carlos Cruz-DiezFrench-Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923 – Paris, 2019) lived and worked in Paris since 1960. A major protagonist in the field of Kinetic and Optical Art, a movement that encourages “an awareness of the instability of reality.” His body of work established him as one of the key 20th century thinkers in the realm of color. Carlos Cruz-Diez’s visual art explores the perception of color as an autonomous reality evolving in space and time, unaided by form or support, in a perpetual present. His artworks are housed in prestigious permanent collections at institutions such as: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne.
  • ChrispapitaChristian Escobar, “Chrispapita” in the art world, is a self-taught artist from Guatemala, is passionate about various contemporary artistic movements. As a child, he showed great interest in drawing; from pencil drawings to acrylic on canvas, he developed his own technique and style. Hyperrealism and realism is what he ́s best known for, inspired by the human figure and applying features of urban cultures and their relationship with nature and science. His artistic and life philosophy is the baroque ideal of Memento Mori, which means “Remember that you will die”, which motivates him to create works where the main theme is celebrating life, living in the present, learning from our past and future. He uses chiaroscuro as a tool to generate a correct dramatization in his themes, playing with the duality between light and darkness.
  • Chrystiane CorreaBorn in Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. Bachelors in Social Communications – Universidade Gama Filho; EAV, Parque Lage – João Magalhães Núcleo de Estudos – João Wesley e Chang; Creative Process – Charles Watson, Atelier Novo Mundo, RJ; Davi Cury – Protect me from what i want / Proteja-me do que desejo – Daniela. Individual Exhibitions – 2011 – “O original, é o natural”, CCPCM (Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno) – Niterói/RJ; 2003 – Gravatá, Galeria de Artes Visuais Lana Botelho – Rio de Janeiro/RJ. Select Collective Exhibitions – 2016 – Confluences in Brazilian Contemporary Art, Art&Design Gallery – Miami/EUA; 2015 – JM Castellano Cervilla – Granada/Espanha; 2015 – Bienal Internacional de Arte; Contemporânea – Paris/França; 2014 – Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea – Paris/França.
  • Claudio TozziClaudio Tozzi is a Brazilian artist born in 1944 in São Paulo, Brazil, who has worked since the 1960s to challenge the political and social culture of Brazil and the world. Through his art he has highlighted the censorship of military dictatorships, the woes of mass media, and the strength of individuals. He participated in the NeoFiguration movement, primarily about issues experienced by Brazilians. Brazil lived under an oppressive dictatorship for years and the NeoFiguration movement worked to question the physical and social conditions of the era. Tozzi’s work has since been shared worldwide as he has gained popularity outside Brazil due to widely understood themes. He is one of the most well known and influential artists in Brazil.
  • Dabus & ThibesFernanda was born in Santa Maria, Brazil but has lived in the US since 200. Art came into her life first with dance and music, and many years later in psychology and psychoanalysis. Art has helped her explore her emotions and relationships in different colors and energies. The art of exploring new spaces has long been part of who she is. Her admiration for the arts has been there, ever present, until she finally found the courage to translate her life experiences onto canvas. Cecilia was born in Parana, Brazil. Since Cecilia’s earliest memories, she felt challenged to grasp the essence of art and its various possibilities. After living for a time in Europe, Thibes went back to Brazil and participated in two advanced training programs within the Anthroposophical Artistic field. her atelier has been an active space for work as an Art Therapist, Art Teacher, and Painter. It is also a place where the artist has a permanent collection of her artwork.
  • Daniel RaselloBorn in Buenos Aires. Graduated with a BA in advertising from FAECC in 1987. Already interested in art, took a course at the atelier by Luis Felipe Noé in Buenos Aires and art history. Moved to São Paulo in 1990, and a few years later participated in the biennial of Santos. In 2019, he left marketing to dedicate himself to art. Concerned with nature, he makes each tree the center of focus and uses an eye-catching technique: black ballpoint pens on Canson paper 300g. Exhibitions include the Rizoma Conecta arte, in São Paulo (2021), and his first solo show at Salão de Artes do Clube Paulistano (2022), curated by Sergio Scaff and Bel Lacaz. The exhibition “Perpetuate” consisted of trees, Brazilian animals, and natives that are at risk of extinction. Participated in the Salão de Artes Plásticas from Arceburgo, MG, winning the IHCA trophy, a major award. In Salão de Artes Plásticas Waldemar Belisário, Ilhabela, won bronze in the drawing category. Special guest at the exhibition “Dialogues on Paper” at Paulo Setubal Museum, Tatuí.
  • Dee LazzeriniThe artist’s work is focused on the creation of layers, fields and membranes, all inspired by microscopic experiments within the biological field. Moreover one could relate to the artwork from an “artificial bodies” perspective, all in different levels and scales. Almost like a new spontaneous generation of living organisms. Education – 2023-Graduation in Visual Arts – Ampli University of São Paulo; 2013 – PhD in Biomaterials Engineering – Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)/ University of Strasbourg (France) – College of Metallurgical Engineering – 2009 – Masters of Science in Biomaterials Engineering – Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) – College of Metallurgical Engineering; 2000 – Bachelor of Dental Surgery – University of Itauna (Brazil)
  • Delson UchoaDelson Uchôa (Maceió, Brazil, 1956) is one of the main contemporary artists representative of the so-called “Generation 80”. With an extensive trajectory of exhibitions – such as the Venice, São Paulo, Havana, and Cairo biennials – he has works in collections such as Inhotim (Brumadinho, Brazil), Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (Brazil), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (Brazil), Vogt Collection (Berlin, Germany) and York Stack Collection (Berlin, Germany).
  • Edu SilvaGraduated in multimedia production at Senac (2010), he attends open courses, study groups and artistic accompaniments, dedicating himself to visual arts and graphic projects in his studio. Edu is interested in territorial tensions in social segregation and in identity issues that re-discuss miscegenation, with painting as the main production. From the experience of “being between” he produces works made up of unequally divided chromatic fields, where one color establishes itself as dominant while other colors occupy smaller spaces on the edges of the canvas. Some exhibitions: Solo : [In]Chromatic Fluxes – Centro Adamastor; Self-portrait – Vértice Gallery; Mestizaje – Casagallery; Ruptures – MAB. Collectives : XXI and XX International Biennial of Cerveira; 25th Salon of Plastic Arts of Praia Grande, 49th and 51st SAC of Piracicaba; Expanded Painting – Virgílio and PIN•CÉU Gallery – Funarte. 2nd place in the 10th edition of the Salão dos Artistas sem Galeria and 1st place in the XXXVII Salão de Artes de Rio Claro.
  • Elaine ArrudaElaine Arruda, 1985, Belém (PA) – Visual artist and teacher. PhD in Arts from ECA-USP, she completed part of her PhD at Université Paris 8. Since 2019, she has been a member of the faculty of the Federal University of Pará. She is currently represented by Galeria Barco (SP) and The House of Arts (Miami). In her trajectory, she participated in national and international exhibitions, among them: Brésil trois points, at Bateau Lavoir, in Paris. Biennale Internationale de la Gravure, in Sarcelles, France. Estampe Amazonienne, at the Engramme Artistic Center in Québec. In Brazil, the invitation to the show Cheio de Vazio, which took place at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in São Paulo, curated by Paulo Miyada, stands out. In addition to exhibitions at CCSP, Goethe-Institut de Porto Alegre and Salão Arte Pará.
  • Elisa ArrudaElisa Arruda is a visual artist born in Belém do Pará. Holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from FAU-USP (2017), lives and works between Belém and São Paulo. She focuses on the condition of women, memory, bonds,motherhood, housing, and daily life. She uses metal engraving, and counterpoints printed images to the volume obtained by cutting and paper folding. Painting, furniture installations, manipulated and sculptural objects are part of her productions. Nominated for the 2021 PIPA Award. Recently awarded by the 32nd Edital of CCSP (2022), Branco de Melo Award from the Fundação Cultural Tancredo Neves – FCPTN (2022), 1st national engraving prize Marcello Grassman – Graphic Arts (2021) through Edital do Espaco Cultural of Banco da Amazon (2021); participated in the 48th Sacilotto Salon (2020), Itajaí Salon (2018), and received the Casa das Artes do Pará Research and Experimentation Scholarship (2017). Participated in several group and individual exhibitions.
  • EnivoENIVO has been working with art since he was 12 years old, when he had his first experience with graffiti, in 1998. Since then, he has marked the streets of the city with his materializations of ideas, expression of feelings and questions, through images. The artist has already illustrated advertising campaigns for brands and decorated homes and businesses. Graduated in Fine Arts from Faculdade Paulista de Artes, he is also an art educator and founding partner of A7MA Galeria. ENIVO also acts as a curator and organizer of exhibitions.
  • Eva Le CampionFor Eva Le Campion, the production process of a work is nothing more than painting life. “What I see, what I feel, what revolts me, what I cannot change, I paint life. Drawing is the only skill I have left to express the world around me”, says Le Campion. She suffered two influences in her career: her uncle, and the father of her children, Delson Uchoa. Through him, she started working with acrylic. Graduated in Letters from the Federal University of Alagoas (Ufal), Eva, in addition to acting in the field of arts, has always been supportive and fought for various social causes. In 2016, the artist received the 2015/2016 Camões Luso Brasileiro Award for her career spanning more than 30 years in the art world, for her social work and for the Moira exhibition, held at Pinacoteca Universitária, in December 2015.
  • Eva SobanShe is a reference in Brazil when it comes to webs. She has been awarded by the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, and participated in several exhibitions in Museums and Galleries in Brazil and abroad. Participated in the three Textile Art Biennials at MAM-SP; Contemporary Textile Art Biennials promoted by the WTA in Mexico, Montevideo and Madrid, as a guest artist. Latest exhibitions: “De Fio A Fio” MAB – FAAP – SP 2022 curated and participated; “The Genesis According to Eve” – MAS de SP- 2022; “By a Thread” MAJ – SC 2017; “Black Forest” MAB – SP 2016
  • Fabio Baroli[Uberaba, MG, 1981. Lives and works in São Paulo]. Bachelor in Visual Arts from the University of Brasilia – UnB, 2010 and Master’s student in Visual Poetics at the University of São Paulo – USP. Participated in several exhibitions in Brazil and abroad. Main single exhibitions: “Where the wind turns”, 2022 – Galerie Voss (Germany); “HOTSPOTS – Memória, imaginação e resistência”, 2021 – Zipper Galeria (Brazil); “Selva-Mata”, 2020 – Reiners Contemporary Art (Spain); “Goliath”, 2017 – Museumsquartier (Austria); “Deitei pra repousar e ele mexeu comigo” , 2016 – CCBB (Brazil); “Muito pelo ao contrario”. Received the Funarte Prize for Contemporary Art in 2012, the A. Marcanton Awardio Vilaça in 2013 and a nomination for the PIPA Prize in 2012. Has works in the collections of Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro – MAM, Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Museu Nacional de Brasília, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Mato Grosso do Sul – MARCO, Kunst Im Tunnel – KIT (Germany) and Stiftung Kleine Kunstdialog West/Ost (Germany), among others.
  • Felipe CamaFelipe Cama (Porto Alegre, 1970, lives in São Paulo) examines the production, distribution and consumption of images in the contemporary world. He appropriates various types of media from digital images on the Internet to advertising photographs, pictures found in virtual travel albums and reproductions in art history books to compose works in media such as painting, photography, collage and video. His work is included in important institutional collections, such as the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Centro Cultural Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa (Lisbon) and Musashino Art University (Tokyo). He has held over 15 solo exhibitions across Brazil, the most recent being “Corrupted” – São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil (2020), “You Have Reached Your Destination” – Galeria Zipper – São Paulo, Brazil (2017), “Sul x North” at the Ribeirão Preto Museum of Art, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (2016) and at Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil (2015). His work is part of over 9 collections in Brazil, Portugal, and Japan.
  • Fernanda FigueiredoLimeira, São Paulo, 1978. Lives in Berlin. Fernanda Figueiredo studied Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and Visual Arts at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo. She took part in open calls as SARP in Ribeirão Preto and the Salão de Abril in Fortaleza; exhibited at institutions such as MAM — Rio de Janeiro and MAM — Bahia; Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster; Galerie im Körnerpark and Kunstquartier Bethanien in Berlin; and in commercial galleries as A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro. She has received several awards, including Rede Nacional FUNARTE de Artes Visuais, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt Stipendium from the Berliner Senate, and from Jakob und Emma Windler Stiftung for an artist residency in Switzerland in 2021. In 2023, the artist will participate in the 4th Industrial Art Biennial in Croatia. Her works are represented in private collections, at São Pedro Museum in Itu and in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Gersony SilvaGersony begun her studies in art, when she attended a Communication Design Course at Colégio Carlos de Campos, and immediately identified herself with universe of paintings. Graduated from Visual Arts at Belas Artes University São Paulo, Pedagogy at PUC University, SãoPaulo, and Psychology at São Marcos University, Gersony is also specialized in Art History at MASP, Museum of São Paulo, and Art Education at ECA USP, University of São Paulo, ArtTherapy at Sedes Sapientiae and Art Rehabilitation at AACD, Associação de Assistência à criança Deficiente. Gersony has an extensive academic specialization curriculum, as well as vast experience in Art Education in ateliers, schools, and Art Museums. She has over 25 years of experience as an art, Contemporary Art, and Art History teacher for both children and adults. As an Art therapist, Gersony researched and published a scientific article on the importance of art in the rehabilitation of special children at AACD.
  • Gilberto SalvadorPainter, draftsman, engraver, architect, teacher. Gilberto Orcioli Salvador graduated in architecture in 1969 from the College of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo – FAU/USP, where he later worked as a professor. Simultaneously, he devoted himself to painting and drawing. He held his first exhibition in 1965 at the Teatro de Arena Art Gallery in São Paulo. He was awarded a gold medal at the Salão de Arte Contemporânea, Campinas, in 1967, and, in the 1969 and 1970 editions, with the acquisition prize. Participated in several editions of the São Paulo International Biennial, and two exhibitions at Masp stand out among his solo shows, in 1985 and 1995. In 1999, the sculpture Vôo de Xangô was installed at the Jardim São Paulo Station of the Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo. His work is characterized by the opposition between gestural and rigid lines, organic and inorganic forms, movement and static. Living forms, men, flowers and animals mix with geometric figures.
  • Heloisa Hariadne“My style in painting is intersected by the investigation of the memories in my body, in which I question the temptations and intentions in a portrait of the intimate – a memory of records of looks, people and constructions of small shapes, which are filled in image. I like to think of my paintings as a possibility of working an emotional aspect of portraits, using the construction of small shapes to transform them into people who fill themselves in the image. I like to think of my paintings as a possibility to work with one’s emotions in the portrait, creating an image of the body while questioning itself and its spaces. I think about the inversion of bodies and how their characteristics tread a poem that deals with an invisible path, as a search for traces that are not linked only to race, but also on deeper subjects. A desire to go through the vague, and at the same time habitable, a place where all bodies end up questioning themselves – identity – how much of your body is yours? Where has it become an idealization?” – Heloisa Hariadne
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  • ames KudoGraduated in graphic design from the Faculdade de Belas Artes, São Paulo (1989), and lived in New York (1992-1994), where he studied abstract painting at the Art Student League school. He also worked as a pattern designer at Diamond & Baratta in New York. “Topophilia” is the starting point of his work, emphasizing the memory of a part of his hometown that was flooded for the construction of a hydroelectric plant. Collages and images taken from encyclopedias construct their various realities and experiences. He has works at MAC-Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de SP, Itaú Cultural, Miura Museum Matsuyama and others. Of his individual exhibitions, the following stand out: “Oxímoros” (Zipper Gallery), “Telúrica” (Laura Marsiaj Gallery and MARP – Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto). And the group exhibitions, “Expeditionen in ästhetik und nachhaltigkeit” (Memorial da América Latina – São Paulo),“100 painters of tomorrow” (Beers Contemporary – London – UK and “Vértices” (National Post Office Museum in Brasilia).
  • Jay BoggoStylist and visual artist born in Joinville, Jay started his career as a self-taught artist. With more than 20 years of experience at the forefront of a textile industry and a connoisseur of raw materials, he founded J.BOGGO + and today works at the head of the brand, in addition to taking over the creative direction. All of his experience and personal transformation led him to give lectures at schools and universities, research and creation centers. He is an artist by profession through his works in paintings as well as the head of the clothing and lifestyle brand J.BOGGO +. In addition to being a designer for the brand, he paints pictures and is recognized at fairs and exhibitions in Brazil and abroad.
  • Jeane TerraJeane Terra researches the subjectivity of memory, the nuances of the transience of cities, and the debris of a time, such as urban erasure, the unbridled growth of cities and environmental issues. The artist’s work develops in painting, sculpture, photography, and video art. In her works, Jeane uses rubble and the “paint skin”, a technique she developed from mixing acrylic paint and binder, which, made in thin layers, takes on the appearance of skin. The artist uses paint “skins” to produce her paintings, some using the cross-stitch technique, or cut and pasted directly onto the canvas. A kind of body – painting. Just as, by using rubble from houses and buildings as an object of work and covering them with velvet skins, it generates new meanings to the body-house matter. The artist has participated in individual and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad.
  • Joao Angelini“A resident of Planaltina, a historical/colonial city in Goiás and on the outskirts of Brasília, I have dedicated myself to investigating various gestures based on the transit between the rural colonial of Goiás and the urban modernity of Brasília. From mastic trees, bones, red earth to concrete, glass and white marble. Since 2005 I have been regularly exhibiting and receiving awards for my individual production. 1st Edition Global Crypto Art Exhibition – 59th Venice Biennale (2022), 2nd Décio Noviello Visual Arts Prize (2021), Sesc ComVida Prize (2020), Arte Como Respiro – Itaú Cultural (2020), Edital Novas Efervescências – EC Porto Seguro SP (2019), CNI Finalist – Marcantonio Vilaça (2017), awarded in the Directions of Itaú Cultural (2014, 2009 and 2006), Bolsa Funarte de Produção (2011), and Anima Mundi (2009) punctuate part of the trajectory of my work.” – Joao Angelini
  • Joao CastilhoJoão Castilho (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1978) is a visual artist who works with photography, video and sculpture. He is inspired by literature, popular culture, landscapes of the Brazilian cerrado, everyday scenes and current affairs. The artist’s work is present in institutional collections such as the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris; Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo; Pirelli/MASP Photography Collection, São Paulo; and National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro. He won awards from the Conrado Wessel Art Foundation (2014); and the Bolsa de Fotografia, from Instituto Moreira Salles, (2013). He was one of the artists selected for the 19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil and the Mercosul Biennial, in 2015. Main solo exhibitions: Zoo, Bratislava, Slovakia (2016), and Chaos-world, FUNARTE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2013). Main collective exhibitions: “L’Autre Visage” Embassy of Brazil in Belgium, Brussels (2017); 10th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre (2015); XX International Biennial of Curitiba, Brazil (2014); I Biennial of Photography, MASP, Brazil (2014).
  • Kazuo WakabayashiBorn in Kobe, Japan, in 1931, Kazuo Wakabayashi was already a trained artist when he immigrated to São Paulo in 1961. Wakabayashi quickly gained popularity in Brazil, Japan, and the United States. Four years after his arrival in Brazil, he participated in a group exhibition of Japanese-Brazilian artists at the Organization of American States, where he also held his first US solo show in 1969. In the 1940s and 1950s, while still in Japan, Wakabayashi experimented with figure studies, landscapes, and portraits of the female body. His later work can be divided into two periods. The first can be categorized as “informalist”, while also adhering to geometric principles; marked by thick, textured surfaces and abstract, monochromatic forms. In his second and latest period, beginning in the 1980s, he returned overtly to Japanese tradition, translating characteristics of traditional woodcuts, and specifically Ukiyo-e prints into three-dimensional, large-scale paintings and prints.
  • Laerte RamosLaerte Ramos (Brazil/São Paulo, SP, 1978) stands out in the Brazilian contemporary art scene, especially for his production in engraving and ceramic installations. He works with different materials such as woodcuts, serigraphy, painting, sculpture, tapestry, objects, using techniques and materials that challenge him as an artist-researcher. Graduated in visual arts from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado-FAAP in Bachelor (2001) and Licentiate (2002). His works go beyond unitary pieces and cross different languages to modify their understanding and the space in which they are inserted. Since the second half of the 1990s, Laerte Ramos has participated in important group shows and, in the last 26 years, he has held several solo shows, in Brazil and abroad. He has a record of 51 solo exhibitions, 7 participations in artistic residencies, and 32 awards as an artist.As a curator, Laerte has 10 exhibitions and 2 awards, highlighting the Marcantônio Vilaça Award in 2020 with the exhibition “Compreensão do Ar” or (E = M2).
  • Luiz EscanuelaLuiz Escañuela graduated in visual communications, has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Centro Universitário de São Paulo, where he attended two years of visual arts. He has been drawing and painting since childhood, and started his professional career at the age of 22, working mainly with painting. He has already had two solo exhibitions, the most recent, entitled “Don’t Forget What is Epic” (2022) and “DISRUPTO” (2021). He participated in several collective exhibitions, international fairs, and gave a workshop in Germany. In 2020 he was elected by Forbes magazine as one of the influential personalities in the arts under 30 years old. He developed a particular method within hyper-realism. In more recent works, exemplified by “Don’t Forget What Is Epic”, he fuses detailed painting with new gestural experiments. The large-scale work reference research of cinema, the Brazilian baroque, creation myths, and the iconoclasm of philosophy, proposing hyper-links between the images and provoking poetic speculation in the spectator.
  • Marcelus FreschetHe is an Artist that explores forms and colors to bring harmony and elegance to his geometric works. – Lucia de Carvalho Curator of Expoarte Gallery, Brasilia, Brazil. Born in Santos, 1962, in 1984 he graduated in Architecture and Design / University FAU, Santos. Studied with Ruy Othake, Gilberto Salvador, Cristiano Mascaro and Odiléia Toscano. 1986, Studied ARTESCULTURA with Domenico Calabrone and Elvio Becheroni. 1987, Represented Brazil in Faenza Pottery Bienal -Italy 1987, Individual Exhibition Ceramica Oggi in Cultural Center Brazil – Italy , Milan. 1989, Starts his Glass Creations in Veneza , Italy. 1980 – 2001, Creates Functional Objects for TOK-STOK Stores, Cristais PRADO and O POTE , São Paulo. 2017-2018-2019 – Participates in Paralela Design Fair with his Glass Work and VisualArt Works. 2021 – Participates in the Contemporary Art Salon, Guarulhos. 2022 – Coletive Exibition in Bienal of São Paulo / BOOMDESIGN SP Lounge Bienal.
  • Marilia ScarabelloA visual artist, she lives and works between Jundiaí and São Paulo. Master in Visual Arts from Unicamp, specialized in Theatrical Scenography by Espaço Cenográfico and graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, she started her artistic production in mid-2013. Her work transits between multiple languages, including frequent procedures of appropriation, with research directed to questions involving the idea of territory and its physical and metaphorical representation.
  • Matias MesquitaMatias Mesquita has been a visual artist since 2009. Graduated in Industrial Design / Visual Communication from PUC-Rio. He attended the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (2009-2010), and was co-founder of Elefante Centro Cultural, a major space for contemporary art in Brasília. Among his main exhibitions is “Concrete, Liquid and Gaseous Worlds”, at Casa Albuquerque (Brasília); and the group exhibitions “Conversations: Resistance and Convergence”, at the Casa das Onze Janelas Cultural Center (Belém/Pará) and “TRIANGULAR: Art of this Century”, at the Casa da Cultura da América Latina (Brasília). His production is in the collection of great Brazilian collectors, as well as important museums in Brazil: the National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro); O MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio (Rio de Janeiro); the National Museum of the Republic (Brasília). He is the recipient of ITAÚ CULTURAL – Arte Como Respiro (2020); PIPA Online Award nomination (2016); and IBRAM Feira Art-Rio 2011 Award (2011), among others.
  • Miguel GontijoMiguel Gontijo is from Santo Antonio do Monte, Minas Gerais, and currently lives in Belo Horizonte. He is a graduate in history and philosophy, and post-graduate in Art and Contemporaneity. He received several awards throughout most of the national territory and had several individual exhibitions, with works in public entities in Brazil and abroad. In 2004 he published the book ProfanasScripta, which the following year was released in Portugal with the plastic exhibition of the same title. With his contemporary look, he subverts the order of things. His paintings exchange themes, motifs and techniques with other arts, another time. Sometimes it shows the past, sometimes it is the present that imposes itself.
  • MundanoA Brazilian artist born in São Paulo, Mundano is 36 years old and in the last 15 years he has been actively using his art as a tool for social transformation. Defender of environmental causes and universal human rights, he founded the NGO Pimp My Carroça 10 years ago, with which he developed the Cataki application, aimed at connecting waste generators and collectors of recyclable material. The result of his artivism opened doors for him to take his actions with waste pickers around the world, traveling through more than 20 countries performing murals, exhibitions, graffiti, lectures, partnerships and integrating global programs such as TED Fellows.
  • O CranioA blue Indian is the trademark of artist Cranio from Sao Paulo, representing the indigenous people from Brazil. His mediums are acrylic on canvas and spray paint on walls, but he also enjoys creating variations by mixing the two. Cranio, which translates to ‘skull’ in Portuguese, is the pseudonym of Fabio de Oliveira Parnaiba who was born in 1982 and grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1998 he began spray painting the walls of his hometown. With inspirations deriving from life, cartoons and legendary artist Salvador Dali; his illustrious ‘moniker’ of sorts, is a native indigenous person of Brazil, painted in blue. Developed out of a representation for the indigenous peoples who have populated his native country, Cranio cites that the Indians find themselves in funny and curious situations, prompting thoughts of more contemporary issues such as consumerism, corruption and the environment.
  • R2 StudioFriends Roberta Romanelli and Rodolpho Rivolta had the same taste for Pop and Contemporary Art, even before they met. In 2018, the two met when Rodolpho ordered a custom Toy Art from Playmobil from Roberts. And from there, a great friendship and enormous synergy made them think of creating something together. In 2020 they set up R2 Studio, an unpretentious, cool art studio full of childhood references from the 80s. At R2, you can find ToyArt, emblematic phrases, mirrors, neon, but the duo’s DNA is focused in Upcycling, a worldwide movement of creative reuse, where pieces and objects from the past are completely transformed by their unconventional interventions. That is why at R² many works are impossible to be replicated or transformed into a series. Based in SP, R2 has already spread its works to clients all over the world and Brazil, and has already exhibited their work “Put your Ego in a Box” in Miami and NY, and “Set me Free” which will now be exhibited in Venice.
  • Ricardo “Rag” AguiarRAG lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. Graduate in Mathematics and Social Communication, and postgraduate in Design and Social Innovation. He uses painting, photography, and digital art techniques, bringing to the center of his work the various languages of labeling systems, narratives and beliefs that the productive modes of contemporary life impose on us in our day-to-day lives, mainly from the interference of humans on the planet. Solo Exhibitions: 2013 The White Rectangle at the Joinville Art Museum, Nutopia at the Goiânia Art Museum, 2011 Intervention for SESC Rio at the PUC Theater, Rio de Janeiro, 2010 The Atom and the Void at Zipper Gallery, São Paulo. His works are in public collections at the Museum of Art of Goiânia, Museum of Art of Joinville, Collection of the Secretariat of Culture of Santo André and Collection of the Secretariat of Culture of Praia Grande.
  • Renato MeziatRenato Pereira de Silva Meziat began his artistic career as a musician, training at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Upon returning to his native Rio de Janeiro, he dedicated himself full-time to painting and by 1976 began gaining recognition. In 1978, his work was exhibited at the salon Nacional de Artes Plásticas and was chosen for a second showing the following year. The first of several solo exhibitions followed in 1980 at Galeria Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Rosa FerrariRosa Ferrari lives and works in Nova Lima – MG. Her degree in Architecture and Urbanism puts her in contact with the visual arts and the enchantment for the natural riches of Minas Gerais brings baggage to her creative process. In experiments and research with raw materials and pigments found in nature, the artist creates sculptures, objects, photographs, installations and constructs conceptual art. Currently, she has been researching biomes and their riches, covering mainly the diversity of the Brazilian flora, and the various possibilities of human connection with nature. All based on the “sensory organization” that is specific to each society.
  • Thiago ToesToes’ production transits between different manifestations, including painting, sculpture and site specific, guiding the viewer to a sensorial space that makes us reflect on our presence and passage through the universe. As he builds his work, origins and births interest him a lot, making him grow as an artist in that time and space. The artist has already exhibited his work in several important spaces, such as the Memorial da América, SESC Belenzinho, Funarte, Casa do Olhar Luiz Sacilotto, and Paço das Artes; in addition to spaces abroad, such as the Kunstmuseum Kulturverein – Wittingen Art Museum in Germany, IK – Projects gallery in Lima, and participation in the Vulica Brasil festival, with a mural in the National Bank of Minsk building, in Belarus. He has also participated in the artistic residency at the 13th International Art Week in Lüben – Germany, and at Kaysaá – Artistic Residency on the north coast of São Paulo. He was awarded an honorable mention by the Salão de Artes de Vinhedo, and by the magazine DasArtes with the GARIMPO award.
  • Yuli GesztiYuli Geszti was born in 1953 and grew up during the 1970s and was influenced by the artistic atmosphere of the time. Conceptualism is often perceived as a response to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. She lives and works in Rio de Janeiro in her atelier at Cosme Velho. She has dedicated herself exclusively to painting in acrylic paint on canvas since 1994. Yuli discusses the issues of the illusion of volume, figure and background, light and shadow in painting. Her works attract the viewer’s eye, leading them to the interior and exterior of planes and reliefs preserved in bands of contrasting colors. About the concepts of her work, she says, “my work is motivated by a challenge: to create the illusion of three-dimensional volumes on the flat surface of the canvas using only brushes and ink. These volumes are configurations of unusual objects arising from a planar support.”

Echo Contemporary Art Exhibition

Echo Contemporary Exhibition
Echo Contemporary Exhibition

Join us on THURSDAY June 22 for an Opening Reception at Echo Contemporary

Echo Contemporary Art on Thursday, June 22nd from 7pm to 10pm for the Opening Reception of the “Second Annual Guardian Studio Artists Exhibition”. Guardian Studios at Echo Street West is home to over 40 of Atlanta’s creatives and visual artists. Over 25 visual artists will present their paintings, sculptures, furniture, fashion designs and ceramic work. During the opening reception, the Studio Artists will have their 31 studios open to the public. Come and enjoy a cocktail while you tour the gallery and open studios.

Participating Artists

Alex Mari

Amanda Davisson

Angela Bortone

Aysha Pennerman

Charity Hamidullah

Dave Gastineau

Dionna Collins

Eve Brown

Felicia Castro

Gabi Madrid

Gavin Bernard

George Galbreath

Haylee Anne

Jena Dost

Jennifer Diaz

Jessica Caldas

Jessica Helfrecht

Kacee Friedman

Karen Graffeo

Kenya Freeman

Kieta Rose

MecSaiel Solehman

Mickey Griffin

Neka King

Petie Parker

Reed Knauth

Sally Eppstein

Sarah Al-Khayyal

Shannon Barns

Timothy Short

Tracy Murrell

Tree

Opening Reception- Thursday June 22, 2023 7pm -10pm

Exhibition Dates- June 22 – July 29

Echo Contemporary Art is located within the Guardian Studios building on the Echo Street West campus. 785 Echo Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318.

Questions: [email protected] / 404.680.8728

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