Balthazar Armas ( Caracas, Venezuela, 1941 – 2015) is considered one of the pioneers in the contemporary figurative art movement in Latin America, where the industrial and urban influence of his paintings makes them approachable and distinguishable. His most recent work has a postmodern influence that reflects in the presence of social narrative, indigenism and social criticism in his paintings. His most recent series, "Andé andé" (2003), "Botanica" (2007), and "Sobre el Vuelo" (2007), transmit the energy and mysticism of the people and environment of the cultures of Latin America. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he started as a self-taught artist during the 1950s and participated in the movement of experimental theatre in Caracas at the Academy of Dramatic Art Carmen Antillano. A graduate student of the Neumann institute of graphic arts, and the Center of Graphic Studies (CEGRA) for engraving, Balthazar's first individual exhibitions go back to 1966. He has participated in numerous design, engraving and art exhibitions in Latin America, Europe and in the United States, including MOKA gallery in Chicago, Illinois. His awards and recognitions includes the

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Braulio Salazar Braulio Salazar (1917–2008) was a Venezuelan painter. Biography Salazar was born on 23 December 1917 in Valencia. His first exhibition took place in 1935. As he suffered from hemotitis, doctors banned him from using chemical products. This l ...

" Salón de Artes Arturo Michelena, Venezuela, and more.

Education

*Self-taught Artist. 1953/58.

Caracas Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

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and Stage Scene. ''Academia de Arte Dramático Carmen Antillano.'' 1962/64.

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Drawing Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, ...

. ''Instituto Académico de Bellas Artes'' 62/66.

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. ''Instituto de Diseño, Fundación Newmann-INCE.'' 1967/70.

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Graphic Arts A category of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional, i.e. produced on a flat surface.

. Specialty: Engraving. ''Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica,'' CEGRA. 1978/80.

Academic contributions

*CEGRA ''Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica'', Caracas. *''Language, Communication y Visual Thought.'' 1977. *''Hand-made Paper Crafting.'' 1978. *''Paper Conservation and Paper-based Art.'' 1979. *TAGA ''Taller de Artistas Gráficos Asociados'', Caracas. Colografía. 1979 *Museo de Arte Moderno de Latinoamérica (OEA) Washington DC. 1982.ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS: PRESENTATION ON THE REVIEW OF THE INVENTORY PRESENTATION ON THE REVIEW OF THE INVENTORY
/ref> *''The Path of Art in Latinoamérica''

References

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