STATEMENT
Marble talks to me! It is like words to the writer or oil to the painter; it offers me a wide range of possibilities; playing with shape, color and texture, I define my own perception of the world in a contemporary piece of art. A modern expression of art inspires me to create visual changes in our surroundings! Why not believe than man can change? Are we harder than stone?
Seemingly rigid and harsh in its unpredictable natural stage, marble becomes an object defined by few clean lines, breaking the stigma of been a heavy and soundless stone, to become a natural source of expression, greatly capable to inspire other minds. The combination of contrasting materials like plastic and metal seem to be contradictory at first, but after the process, they allow me the artistic transformation. My purpose is to simplify preconceived ideas of what is around us; it can achieve far-reaching effects on others, with courageous minds searching for a change.
CURRICULUM VITAE
1962 Born in Bogota, Colombia
EDUCATION
1983-85 Fine Arts, National University of Colombia
1985-91 Academy of Fine Arts, Florence and Carrara, Italy
1991-94 Academy of Fine Arts, Munchen, Germany
EXHIBITIONS
1986 Drawings, Pallazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy
1987 Passeggiata al Mirteto, Ortonovo Spezia, Italy
1988 Marmi al Forte, Gallery of Modern Art, Forte dei Marmi, Italy
1991 International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture
Odense, Denmark
Exhibition of 4 Sculptors, Oda Gallery, Onomichi, Japan
2001 19th Contemporary Exhibition of Japanese Sculpture, Japan
2003 6th Stone Festival, Shikoku, Japan
2008 XVII Ibero-American Art Salon - Katzen Arts Center,
American University Museum, Washington DC.
2008 AQUIFER - Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC
2010 All Sides of the Parthenon, A Touring Exhibition
Special Guest Artist - Performance of a Parthenon’s Frieze Replica, Coral Springs Museum of Art
2010 POROUS BORDER - Historical Society of Washington, Washington DC
2016 ART WALK SCULTURE - Coral Springs Public Art Program, Coral Springs, Fl.
2016 SCULTURE ON THE SAMPLE- Coral Springs Public Art Program, Coral Springs, Fl.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1987 Personal Show, Ohi City, Saitama, Japan
2000 Personal Show, Toho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Personal Show, Sanbancho Gallery, Kawagoe, Japan
2002 Personal Show, Seiho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Personal Show, Public Library Virgilio Barco, Bogota, Colombia
2008 Open Studio, Bethesda, Maryland
2012 ConSequence, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida. USA
SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM
1988 IV International Symposium, Nantopietra 88, Vicenza, Italy
1989 I International Symposium, Mont – Brison, France
1990 III International Symposium, Sardegna, Italy
Stage of Pietra Albana, Marino Lazio, Italy
III International Symposium, Cassina Rizzardi, Como, Italy
DISTINCTIONS
1996-97 Artists in Residence, Saitama, Japan
2001 Selected 19th Contemporary Exhibition of Japanese Sculpture, Japan
2003 Cecile Prize, 6th Stone Festival, Shikoku, Japan
AFILIATIONS
- WASHINGTON PROJECT FOR THE ARTS
- WASHINGTON SCUPTORS GROUP
- FLORIDA DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
- DUANE HANSON ALLIED ARTIST