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Colombian Artists
This is a list of Colombian artists. Colombian art has 3,500 years of history and covers a wide range of media and styles ranging from Quimbaya gold craftwork and Spanish Baroque devotional painting to modern Colombian cinema and conceptual art movements. A * Julio Abril, Sculptor and painter *Olga de Amaral, Textiles * Débora Arango, Painter *Rodrigo Arenas, Sculptor B * Fernando Botero, Painter and sculptor C *Antonio Caro, Painter and mixed media artist *Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos, Painter *Olga de Chica, Primitivist painter * Juan Fernando Cobo Painter and sculptor * Antonio Acero de la Cruz (c1600–1668), Painter and poet *Claudia Cuesta, Installation artist D * Danilo Dueñas, Painter E * Juan Manuel EchavarrÃa, Video and photography * Jesus Maria Espinosa, Painter *Miguel de la Espriella, Painter and sculptor F *Pedro José Figueroa, portrait painter G * Alberto Gómez Gómez, Muralist, painter and printmaker * Miguel Gómez, Photographer * Pedro Nel Góm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Abril
Julio Vicente Agapito Abril Mayorga (20 August 1911 – 24 April 1979) was a Colombian sculptor, painter, and draughtsman. Biography Beginnings in the arts Julio Abril was born in Moniquirá on 20 August 1911. He studied in 1928 at the Salesian school Central Technical Institute of Bogotá and during 1929 was the student of Colombian cartoonist Lisandro Serrano's mother in Moniquirá. In 1933 he completed his studies at the school founded by the prominent educator Alfonso Ramirez who in timely fashion stimulated the budding artist in Abril. From 1934 to 1939, on scholarship from the Department of Boyacá he studied sculpture under the direction of artists Gustavo Arcila Uribe, José Domingo RodrÃguez and Carlos Reyes at the School of Fine Arts of the National University in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1936 he held his first exhibition where he presented his wood sculpture ''Cabeza de India'' (Head of an Indian Woman) (1936), which was comprehensively commented by Leon Angel fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Gómez (photographer)
Miguel Gómez (born March 29, 1974) is a Colombian-American photographer and visual artist, based in New York City, whose style is marked by/best known for his work in fine art photography, portrait, editorial and landscape photography. Gómez currently works between London and New York City. Early life and education He completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio San Carlos, a bilingual private school which he attended from 1981 to 1992 in Bogotá, Colombia. After graduating from high school, Gómez enrolled in the Architecture School of Bogotá's Universidad de Los Andes and eventually continued and completed his studies at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University from 1994 to 1999, earning a Professional (Bachelor of Arts) Degree in Advertising with an emphasis in Graphic Design. While at advertising school, Gómez decided to put all his efforts into pursuing a career in photography. However, his work in the medium dates as early as 1989, when he was 15 years old. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonso Neira Martinez
Alonso Neira Martinez (December 27, 1913 – January 31, 1990) was a Colombian sculptor. Biography Born in Bogotá, Colombia. His first encounter with sculpture was through ceramic. He helped in his father's (don Segundo Neira) pottery shop named "Etruria" which was open between 1890 and 1952. 1933. Went into the School of Beaux Arts in Bogota where he studied painting and sculpture with: Domingo Rodriguez, Gustavo Arcila Uribe, Domingo Moreno Otero, Carlos Reyes, Ramon Barba and Eugenio Zerda. 1935. Makes monument to the ChÃa (Moon) Goddess in ChÃa ( Cundinamarca) along with Martin A. Jimenez and Luis Alfonso Sanchez V. ] 1936. Finalizes Art Studies. 1938 - 1957. Professor at the School of Beaux Arts at the National University of Colombia. 1940. Participant in the I Salon of Colombian Artists with the work: "Head of a Man", direct woodwork; and "Head of a Woman", ceramic. 1942. Participant of the III Salon of Colombian Artists first prize in sculpture with: L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Negret
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Modiano
Sara Modiano (January 11, 1951 – 2010) was a Colombian artist. Modiano's professional artistic career was made up of many styles of art that developed over the years. She is most known for her performance art and photographic series with elements of geometric shapes that overlap her self-portraits. Her art surrounds ideas on human identity, intense emotion, introspection, sexuality, and the feminine body. To honor her legacy, the Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts was established and each year issues the Sara Modiano Grant, which is given based on financial need and artistic ability. Her work has been displayed in places such as the Hammer Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Caribbean Regional Artists Salon, and Museum of Latin American Art. Life and career Sara Modiano was born on January 11, 1951, in Barranquilla, Colombia, to Jacques Modiano and Eva Grunfeld. Modiano started off studying mathematics at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá, but soon transferred to the Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Murillo (artist)
Oscar Murillo (born 1986 in La Paila, Colombia) is an artist working within the painting tradition. He currently lives and works in various locations. Curator and writer Legacy Russell has said that the artist explores "the body in transit", while curator Hans-Ulrich Obrist has spoken of a "blurring €¦between art and life" occurring in Murillo’s multidisciplinary works. In 2019, he co-won the Turner Prize after requesting with his fellow nominees ( Tai Shani, Helen Cammock, and Lawrence Abu Hamdan) that the jury award the prize for the first time to all four nominated artists. Early life and education Murillo was born and spent the first ten years of his life in La Paila, a small town in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia, and one of the country's largest producer's of sugarcane. His parents moved to London when he was 10 years old. He attended Cardinal Pole Catholic School in Hackney, returning in 2021 to exhibit there as part of his ''Frequencies'' project''.'' Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Matiz
Leonet Matiz Espinoza (April 1, 1917 – October 24, 1998) was a Colombian photographer, caricaturist, newspaper publisher, painter and gallery owner. Early life Matiz was born in the small village of Aracataca in the Magdalena Department of Colombia to father Tulio Matiz and mother Eva Matiz. His hometown is also the birthplace of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He travelled widely and sold caricatures and illustrations to earn a living. In 1951, Matiz's gallery hosted the first exhibition of Colombian artist Fernando Botero with a showing of his paintings at the Bogotá gallery. Career Matiz was known for his sense of style including a thick slightly long hair, colored jackets, and gangster style mustache. He had a robust laugh and carried his caricatures and drawings in a folder. He was at the center of the bohemian intellectualism of Bogotá, Caracas, Mexico City and other Latin American capital centers. He photographed Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Esther Williams, Janice Logan, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago Martinez Delgado
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose total population is 8 million which is nearly 40% of the country's population, of which more than 6 million live in the city's continuous urban area. The city is entirely in the country's Chilean Central Valley, central valley. Most of the city lies between above mean sea level. Founded in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, Santiago has been the capital city of Chile since colonial times. The city has a downtown core of 19th-century neoclassical architecture and winding side-streets, dotted by art deco, neo-gothic, and other styles. Santiago's cityscape is shaped by several stand-alone hills and the fast-flowing Mapocho River, lined by parks such as Parque Forestal and Balm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Marmorek
Adriana Marmorek (born 1969) is a Colombian artist, exploring themes of desire through photography, video, installation and sculpture. Marmorek has shown her work in Colombia, the United States, Argentina, Italy and Belgium, and some of her work is owned by the Museo de Arte Moderno in Cartagena de Indias. Marmorek was nominated for the 9th Luis Caballero Award for Contemporary Art in 2017. She currently lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia. Early life and education Adriana Marmorek was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1969. She comes from a traditional and conservative family and studied at a catholic school. She studied Social Communication at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia from 1988 to 1992. Her visual arts career reflects some of her beginnings in the fields of television and publicity. From 2004 to 2006 Marmorek received a Fine and Visual Arts master's degree at the Universidad Nacional in Colombia. Career Marmorek developed her visual arts career a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeDania
Diana Ordóñez (born 1987), known professionally as LEDANIA, is a Colombian multimedia artist based in Bogotá. Known mostly for her graffiti murals, LeDania also works in photography, graphic design, advertising, artistic makeup, and decorative items such as clothing and accessories. Career LeDania is most known for her positive and vibrant graffiti murals, most of which locate in Chapinero, a neighborhood on the north side of Bogotá. Her graffiti often features animals and insects from Tasmania, in addition to other mythological, magical, or autobiographical symbols. Other than graffiti, LeDania's figurative works derive from three different artistic movements: expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. The Museum of Contemporary Arts of Bogotá first exhibited LeDania's artwork in 2005. Her work was displayed in 2019 at the Street Lynx Bta, a gallery space representing dozens of Bogotá-based artists. Select exhibits * 2015 Art Biennial of Paraguay * 201Latino Graff* 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Francisko Jimenez
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Grau
Enrique Grau (December 18, 1920 – April 1, 2004) was a Colombian artist best known for his depictions of Amerindian and Afro-Colombian figures. He was a member of the triumvirate of key Colombian artists of the 20th century which included Fernando Botero and Alejandro Obregón. Early life Grau was born in Panama City, Panama, just like many of the children of his time with Colombian parents, and raised in Cartagena, Colombia. He was the son of Enrique Grau Velez and Carmen Araujo Jimenez. Career A self-made artist, he was influenced by the Colombian masters Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo, Santiago Martinez Delgado and Pedro Nel Gómez. Grau studied at the Art Students League in New York City, U.S. from 1941–42, and later toured Italy, where he learned etching and fresco techniques before moving to the city of Cartagena. He won the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1957 launching a well-noted career in the arts. His associations of white, black, and indigenous figures and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
