Dario Ortiz Robledo (born September 12, 1968) is a Colombian

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Biography

Ortiz, a self-taught artist, was born in

Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, ...

, Colombia. He graduated from the Colegio San Tarsicio in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

in 1986. He studied History and Art Appreciation in the

Jorge Tadeo Lozano University Jorge Tadeo Lozano University is a private university whose main campus is located in Bogotá, Colombia, with satellite campuses in Cartagena, Santa Marta and Chía. Established in 1954, the institution was named after the botanist, scientist a ...

in 1990–1991. Since 1995, he has been a contributor to the Ibaque newspaper, ''El Nuevo Día''. Ortiz publications include the books: ''

Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo Oscar Rodríguez Naranjo (1907–2006) was a painter from Socorro, Santander Department, Colombia. His works include mainly oil paintings and sculptures. Rodríguez Naranjo studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bogotá. Owing to the ...

, the painter of beauty (1996)'', ''Neorealism (2000)'', in collaboration with Carol Damian, and the essays ''Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos drawings (2007)'', ''A Brief History of the arts in the territory of Tolima (2007)'', and ''A novel painted (2008)''. In 2003, Ortiz founded, and is the head of, the Museo de Arte del Tolima in Ibagué.

Public collections

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. *Museo Civico di Abano Terme,

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, Italy. *Museo de Arte Contemporáneo,

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. * Museo Maguncia,

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. *Museo de Arte Moderno,

Cuenca, Ecuador Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca, commonly referred to as Cuenca (Kichwa language, Kichwa: ''Tumipampa'') is the capital and largest city of the Azuay Province of Ecuador. Cuenca is located in the highland (geography), highlands of Ecuador ...

. * Museo de Arte del Tolima, Ibagué, Colombia. * Museo de Antioquia,

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

, Colombia. * Museo Bolivariano de Arte Contemporáneo,

Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...

, Colombia.

Recent solo exhibitions

2003: *Darío Ortiz, drawings: Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogotá; *The time an entelechy: Cultural Center El Arcangel,

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, Austria; *The time an entelechy: Presidential Palace, Bratislava,

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. 2006: *The human Condition: Mundo Gallery, Bogotá; *Darío Ortiz 2005-2006: ArtBo 2006, Bogotá. 2007: *Darío Ortiz, FIA 07: Latin American Art Fair,

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, Venezuela. 2008: *Window to the world: Museum of Art of Tolima, Ibagué; *Window to the world: Museo of Contemporary Art of Huila,

Neiva Neiva () is the capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 357,392 inhabitants. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly ...

; *Window to the world: Bolivarian Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Marta; *Window to the world: Convent of Santo Domingo, Cartagena. 2009: *Window to the world: Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador; *Darío Ortiz, Intimate mythology: Metropolitan Museum Center, Quito; *Darío Ortiz, Intimate mythology: Museum of Contemporary Art, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 2010: *Los versos apócrifos de Dante: Museo Maguncia, Buenos Aires; *Etchings: Museo Rayo, Roldanillo; *Guan Xiang Art Gallery Zhengzhou city, China; *Banditrazos Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea.

References

External links

Several paintings of Dario Ortiz

Banditrazos gallery web page, Seoul, Korea
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