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Los Angeles, CA

Born in Bogota, Colombia

Education

     
M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA 2006
Post Baccalaureate School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 2003
B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL 1998
       

Solo Exhibitions

     
2006 Stranger's Luggage California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
2004 Mutations California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
2001 First Sight Miami-Dade Community College Miami, FL
       

Group Exhibitions

     
2007 Nexus: A Group Exhibition Sam Lee Gallery Los Angeles, CA
Transformations: Drawing-Based Works by Ten Emerging Artists Carbon County Cultural Project Jim Thorpe, PA
Bridge Art Fair Sam Lee Gallery Chicago, IL
Art LA 2007 Sam Lee Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2006 '06 Rose Bowl Biennale Rose Bowl Flea Market Pasadena, CA
  Stomping Ground Le Florence Gallery Los Angeles, CA
  Collisions and Pileups Armory Center for the Arts Pasadena, CA
  Supersonic 2006 Barnsdall Muncipal Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2005 Home Artifacts BLAM! Los Angeles, CA
  Displacement The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
  40m2 FLY Madrid, Spain
  Mid Residency Show California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
  All Over The Place One Night Gallery Miami, FL
  The Meeting Center for the Arts Eagle Rock Los Angeles, CA
  We Are Drawing Now Untitled Space / Studio 9 Madrid, Spain
2003 Retrospectives Gallery 312 Chicago, IL
  Art Miami Grapa Gallery Miami, FL
2001 Home Grown Art Center / South Florida Miami Beach, FL
  Red Show Cheryl Hazan New York, NY
  Open Studio / Summer Residency School of Visual Arts New York, NY
  Recent Editions Art Center / South Florida Miami, FL
2000 Small Works / Large Vision Cheryl Hazan New York, NY
  Small Works Ann Norton Sculpture Garden Palm Beach, FL
  Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition Miami City Hall Miami, FL
1999 Follies / Experiments in Architecture Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1998 BFA Graduating Show Betty Rymer Gallery Chicago, IL
       

Additional Activities

     
2005 Studio Intern Fritz Haeg's Architecture Studio Los Angeles, CA
2003 Art & Immigration Seminar La Casa Encendida Madrid, Spain
2001 Summer Residency School of Visual Arts New York, NY
2000 Juried Artist Program Art Center / South Florida Miami Beach, FL
1998 Printmaking Seminar Instituto Allende San Miguel, Mexico
1997 Independent Study S.A.I.C. New Delhi, India
       

Awards

     
2004-2006 Ahmanson Scholarship California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA
2002 Incentive Fellowship S.A.I.C. Chicago, IL
2000 Citylink Annual Competition Artserve Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1999 Experiments in Architecture Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, FL

 

Selected Private Collections

Cesar Gaviria Collection
Organization of American States Collection
Colombian Embassy in Spain Collection
 

Bibliography

Alfredo Triff, "The Eyes Have it", Miami New Times Weekly, February 14, 2002
Cover Image, Street Miami, January 25-31, 2002
Candace Russell, "Hello Walls", CityLink Newspaper, July 4, 2001
Miguel A. Sergado, "Galeria :Artes y Letras: New Talents in South Florida", Nuevo Herald, May 27, 2001
Damarys Ocaņa, "Do it: Fresh Faces at Art Center", Street Miami Weekly, Mayo 25-31 2001
Anetta Nowosielska, "Interview: Stroke of a Genius", SunPost Newspaper, March 22, 2001
Candace Russell, "The Art Issue: Gallery Artists", CityLink Newspaper, August 30, 2000
Candace Russell, "Gallery", CityLink Newspaper, August 23, 2000