Colombia is the guest of honor at the 34th International Contemporary Art Fair, ARCO 2015. The Embassy of Colombia in Spain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture of Colombia have decided to take this invitation to publicize what is going with contemporary art in Colombia.
“The …
The first edition of the fair, directed by Juana de Aizpuru, was inaugurated in 1982
Current director: Carlos Urroz
ARCOMADRID is one of the most consolidated contemporary art fairs in the international scene with the participation of several countries from all continents and an important presence of Latin American galleries.…
04.04 – 17.06/2015
Chateau des Adhemar, Valence
Marcos Avila Forero is a Colombian-French artist fascinated by the movements of peoples, ideas and cultures. He Explores the territories: the political and social context, and the stories of people are the foundation of his work, exploring the imaginary journey and memory. Using …
25.02 – 01.03 /2015
Madrid
With Colombia as the special guest nation at ARCOmadrid 2015 in February, Colombia’s contemporary art scene will be explored at a range of exhibitions, presentations, screenings or performances in Madrid this spring, while also being the subject of a series of talks, panels discussions, professional …
05.10 / 2013 – 04.01 / 2014
Centre d’art contemporain Paserelle, Brest
The work of the French-Colombian artist Marcos Avila Forero deals with the complex and sometimes violent reality. He makes a personal and artistic commitment within the context of such political and social situations. His work embodies these experiences, …
January 19 – February 23, 2013
Galerie Dohyang Lee, Paris
Colombian artist Marcos Ávila Forero, winner of the Palais de Tokyo Découverte Award, presents 'Andantes', his first solo show in the Dohyang Lee Gallery. Read the text by Vincent Bazin.
13th - 17th February, 2013
Halls 8 & 10 at Feria de Madrid
Artists from around the continent suggest a fresh look at Latin American art through 23 projects.
The 2nd European and Latin American Museums Meeting will bring together representatives of museums...
Born in 1983 in Colombia
Lives and works between Paris, France and Bogota, Colombia
Today people, objects and ideas are in permanent movement; they travel very fast for long distances and in big quantities. How are these objects, ideas and people transformed in this constant stream?
The encounter is the …
Solo Projects: Focus Latin America
Madrid, Spain
February 15 - 19, 2012
Six curators have selected the projects and acted as radar on the current Latin American scene: Cauê Alves (Brazil), Sonia Becce (Argentina), Patrick Charpenel (Mexico)...
Born in 1982 in Bogota, Colombia
Lives and works in Cali, Colombia/Lyon, France
Mónica Restrepo, Born in Bogotá – Colombia, 1982. Has lived in Cali (Colombia), Marseille, Paris, Lyon (France) and Beirut (Lebanon). Studied at the local Fine Arts School in Cali and did the Postgraduate program in the École …
Born in 1982 in Lima Perú
Lives and works Lima, Perú y Bogotá Colombia
Katherinne Fiedler has an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. She finds in the inscrutable character of nature, and in its modes of representation, as seen via the contemporary gaze, a great …
Founded in Medellín, Colombia
Directed by Alberto Sierra
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Galería de la Oficina participates in the following art fairs:
ARTBO 2016,2015,2014, 2013 / ARCOmadrid 2016,2015 / Swab 2015
Source: galeriadelaoficina.com
Artists
Ángela María Restrepo – Camilo Restrepo – Ernesto Restrepo – Fredy Serna – José Antonio Suárez – Juan Camilo
Founded in 1987 in Bogotá, Colombia
Directed by Luis Fernando Pradilla
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Artists
Ana Adarve – Débora Arango – Fernando Botero – Álvaro Barrios – Starsky Brines – Luis Caballero – Manuel Calderón – Sebastián Camacho – Juan Francisco Casas – Juanita Carrasco – Maria Cristina Cortés – Sebastián Dávila …
Founded in Bogotá, Colombia 1977
Directed by Alonso Garces
Since it’s foundation in 1977, the Garces Velazquez Gallery today Alonso Garces Gallery has led the way in the promotion of Colombian and international art. The Gallery also shows and exemplary commitment to the education of the public through its activity …
Founded in Bogotá, Colombia in 2000
Directed by Beatriz Esguerra.
Latin American and Colombian art have recently come into world focus. The international community has been discovering an exciting universe of ideas and cultures that for years had been a hidden treasure of artistic expressions. Suddenly, today they are at …
Founded in Cali, Colombia 1987
Directed by Jenny Vilà
Since its founding, the gallery exhibits, promotes and spreads the Colombian contemporary art. The exhibitions and artists shown during these years are a good sample of the Colombian art over the past three decades. The gallery also provides consultancy for the …
Founded in 1953 by Marta Traba Taín
Directed by Claudia Hakim
Bogota’s Museum of Modern Art is a culturally dynamic institution whose mission is to investigate, stimulate, divulge, promote, protect and foster an interest in the various fields of contemporary and modern art in Colombia. The museum is a dynamic …
Born in 1978 in Popayan, Colombia
Lives and works in Bogota, Colombia
“My work comes from a fundamental question about the relationship between human beings and vegetals, this question being part of a major issue: the relationship to the oikos (the house).
These are power relations , they are based …
12.05 – 03.07 / 2015
Sicardi Gallery, Houston
Sicardi Gallery is pleased to announce the group exhibition Líneas de la mano, opening Tuesday, May 12, with a reception from 6-8 pm. The exhibition features work by Esvin Alarcón Lam, Ricardo Alcaide, Darío Escobar, Gianfranco Foschino, Juan Fernando Herrán, Harold Mendez, …
27.02 – 26.04/2015
CA2M, Madrid
Nominal Nature is an exhibition conceived as an interweaving of three pieces located at three points in the vertical axis of the museum building: the entrance area, the elevators, and the rooftop terrace, complemented by a performative talk titled Pabellón in the ground floor auditorium. …
03.06 – 21.09 / 2014
Jeu de Paume, Paris
Born in 1951 in Popayán (Colombia), Oscar Muñoz is regarded as one of the country’s most important contemporary artists, whilst also garnering attention on the international art scene. A graduate of the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Cali, he has built …
Born in 1973 in Bogota, Colombia
Lives and works in Bogota, Colombia
Solo Exhibitions
2012 – Sustratos – LA Galería , Bogotá.
2011 – CUARTO NORTE – NC Arte Bogotá .
2011 – Proyecto El Patio – Galería Nueveochenta ,Bogotá.
2008 – Sin título – Museo de Arte de Caldas. …
Born in 1985 in La Havana, Cuba
My work explores the relation between the frames imposed by the socio-political, legal or economical structures, and the strategies generated by persons who try to evade o subvert those rigid rules. My intention is to demonstrate tensions between regimes of productivity and unproductivity, …
Founded in 2011 in Bogotá, Colombia
Director: Claudia Hakim
NC-arte is a cultural and educational program of Fundación Neme. Its fundamental purpose is to contribute to the development of visual arts in Colombia and Latin America. Its mission is to promote, investigate and contextualize artistic practices through exhibits and multidisciplinary …
Thursday, October 31, 8pm
Cinéma 1, Centre Pompidou, Paris
In the presence of Marcos Ávila, Pauline Bastard,
Adrián Melis, Virginie Yassef & Julien Prévieux.
The “Prospectif Cinema” cycle highlights the cinematographic production of a young generation of French and international artists. It is a unique opportunity to follow new events …
Born in 1985 in Bogotá, Colombia
Lives and works in Paris, France
Daniel Otero Torres maintains certain ambiguities between drawing and volume, drawing and photography, original and copy, viewer and object: amalgamation is consistently central to his approach. As the starting point of his work, a digital photographic image is
Born in 1984 in Chile
Lives and works in Santiago.
Her multidisciplinary work combines her fascination with cultural botany, anthropology , animism and digital culture. She earned her MFA from Hunter College, New York 2013, a Botanical Illustration Certificate form the New York Botanical Garden 2011 and her BFA in …
Born in 1980 in Grenoble, France
Lives and works in Paris, France
After graduating from international relations and cultural management studies, completed between France, the United States and Spain, she joins, for a year, Isabela Mora’s team in Madrid, working for ArtBasel’s public relations. Back to Paris in 2004, she …
Born in 1976 in Rosario, Argentina
Lives and works in Rosario, Argentina
She was the F.N.A grant holder (2004-2010) and at the New Bank of Santa Fe, she completed a residency at Gasworks, London and Galería DPM, Guayaquil. She also obtained: 1st Petrobras art prize (2006); Cifo Grants and commission …
Founded in 2003 in Medellín, Colombia
Directed by: Adriana María Pineda, Julián Urrego, Carlos Carmona, Paola Gaviria y Mauricio Carmona Rivera
Taller 7 is a self-managed project that began in 2003 as an initiative of a group of visual artists concerned with the lack of spaces open to the creation, …
Born in 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.
Gabriel de la Mora collects photographs, tools, residual materials, refuse, found documents, hair, and old papers, among other unclassifiable objects that persist between the fantastic, the macabre and the repulsive. In his studio – a mix …
Born in 1956 in Bolivia
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
“Photography allows me to break ethics’ territories in favor of aesthetics”, has said Sol Mateo to Arte Al Límite. The artist creates scenes with a theatrical touch looking for the emotional and aesthetic side of everyday situation where …