Joel Gerardo Casique (born 1958 in San Cristóbal,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

; died 17 December 2010 in

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) was an artist who formed the Escuela Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas. He obtained an art degree at the

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. He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Venezuela, the

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, and

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; he has also participated in national and international fairs, including the sixteenth and seventeenth Ferias Iberoamericanas de Arte (FIA) in

; the 2007 Latin American Art Fair in

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; and the 2006 Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá (ARTBO) in

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. On December 17, 2010, he was killed in his apartment in Caracas.El Nacional. "El escultor y artista plástico Joel Gerardo Casique, de 52 años de edad, fue asesinado el viernes en su propio apartamento supuestamente por personas que eran conocidas (lit.: Sculptor and painter Joel Gerardo Casique, 52 years old, was killed Friday in his own apartment, allegedly by people who were known to him)."

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*2008:Galería Ideobox, Miami *2003: Galería 39, Caracas, 2006; *2003: Access Art Gallery, Oranjestad, Aruba *2000: Graphic Gallery, Caracas *1997:

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, Nueva York *1995: Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Estados Unidos

Collective exhibitions

*2007: Utopías, Galería 39, Caracas *2005: Intervención Urbana “Velada Santa Lucía”, Maracaibo, Venezuela *2005: V Bienal de Escultura, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Francisco Narváez, Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela *2004: “Mutaciones en el Espacio”, Museo Miranda, Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela *2004: “Una Mirada al Lago”, Museo Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo, Venezuela *2003: Arte venezolano del siglo XX. La megaexposición, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas *2001: IV Bienal del Barro de América, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas *1999: LVII Salón de Artes Visuales Arturo Michelena, Ateneo de Valencia, Venezuela *1998: XXIII Salón Nacional de Aragua (Invitado), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay, Venezuela, *1998: II Bienal del Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay, Venezuela *1997: V Bienal de Arte de Guayana donde obtiene el Primer Premio, Museo Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela *1996: Sculpture Center, Nueva York *1995: Premio Amster Prescott, en The National Arts Club, Nueva York *1993: National Art Club, Nueva York

National and international fairs

* XVI y XVII Feria Iberoamericana de Arte. FIA, Caracas, 2007–2008; * ArteAmericas - Latin American Art Fair, Miami, 2007; * Feria Internacional de Arte de Bogotá ARTBO, Bogotá, 2006.

References

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External links

* Venezuelan painters Venezuelan sculptors People murdered in Venezuela 1958 births 2010 deaths 2010 murders in Venezuela Venezuelan murder victims {{Venezuela-sculptor-stub