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Jorge Restrepo
Tegucigalpa,
Honduras
Member Since: Jun 2003
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Artist Media:
Installation Indoor (4)
Mixed Media (14)
Other (33)
Painting Acrylic (127)
Artist Statement:

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Further Information
Artist Galleries:
Represented in Panama, Panama
by:
La Galería Arteconsult
Calle 50 entre 72 y 73 San
Francisco
Apartado Postal 0834-2111
Tel. (507)302-2646/ 47/49
artecons@cableonda.net
Panamá, Panamá

Represented in Santiago, Chile
by:
Galería Andrés Hermosilla
andreshermosilla@andreshermosil
la.cl
http://www.galeriaandreshermosi
lla.cl/


Represented ...

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Artist Reviews:
Studied drawing and painting
at the Art Academy of the San
Ignacio School, in Medellin,
Colombia, with Master Gabriel
Duque S.J. Paints since 1971.
His work has been collected
in different countries like
Argentina, Australia, Canada,
China, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Denmark, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Germany, Guatemala,
...

Further Information
Collections:
• Private collection of Gordon
Froud, Johannesburg, South
Africa
• Museum of the Honduran Man,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• National Gallery of Art,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Museo Internazionale
Dinamico di Arte
Contemporanea, Italia.
• Candido Bido Museum,
Dominican Republic
• International Center of
Contemporary Art. Cordoba,
Spain
• Itinerant Museum of
Contemporary Art of,
ITIMUSEUM, Argentina
• Honduran Institute...

Further Information
Commissions:
Coming Soon!

Exhibitions for Jorge Restrepo:



INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

• “Beyond the touchable”, as part of the project “Art trough senses”, Franz Mayer Museum. Asociacion Ojos que Sienten, A.C. and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) - Bancomer. Mexico DF, Mexico. June 25th to July 29th, 2009 (Scheduled exhibit).
• “Genoma”, Una Foto Escuela-Fototeca de Entre Rios. Curator: Eduardo Segura. Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina, November 7th to 21st, 2008 (Scheduled exhibit).
• “3.1416”, Jorge Restrepo and Walter Suazo. Zona de Arte – Alternative space. Buenos Aires, Argentina. September 13 to 25, 2008 (Schedule exhibit).
• “Party”, Ecologic Museum, ADECA, Diriamba, Nicaragua. September 6th to 13th, 2008 (Scheduled exhibit).
• “Black Moons”, Curator: Rafique Sulayman. Art Club Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 23rd to 29th, 2008
• “Party”, Curator: Donaldo Altamirano. Codice Gallery, Managua, Nicaragua, June 14th to 28th, 2008 (scheduled exhibit).
• “Immigrants Histories”, Installation as part of the Project Expressions. Humanities Iowa, National Endowment for the Humanities, Community Development Center, Columbus Wildcats, Scheldrup Blades Schrock Sand Aranza P.C. Hispanic Cultural Festival, Fairgrounds, Columbus Junction, Iowa, USA, May 10, 2008
• “Zwarte maanen”, (Black Moons) Kunstinitiatief L5, Hoek Stedelijk Museum, Roermond, The Netherlands, May 4th to 31st, 2008 (scheduled exhibit).
• “Black Moons”, La Pinacoteca Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador May 2nd to 23rd, 2008 (scheduled exhibit).
• “Mustat Kuut” (Black Moons), Gallery ExG, Pälkäne Finland. February 28th to March 13nd, 2008
• “Merry Christmas”, Mail-art installation. Cultural Center of Spain, Tecugigalpa, Honduras. Curator: Carlos Lanza December 13th, 2007 to January 7th 2008
• “Chicomexochtli”, El Sitio Cultural Center, Antigua, Guatemala. September 8th to October 15th, 2007
• “Oficios”. Invited artist: Willson Pena. Supported by the Women’s Program and the Special Program on HIV-AIDS of the National Commissioned of the Human Rights of Honduras, the Global Fund, the Center of Women Rights, the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the defense of Woman Rights, Te Women Collective Against Violence, Air France/KLM, the French Alliance, PNUD and the French Embassy.
• “Beyond the touchable”, Sala Aires, Aires de Cordoba Cultural Asociation Ayuntamiento de Cordoba, Junta de Andalucia, National Organization of the Blind Spanish, ONCE and Handicap International. Cordoba, Spain, November 6th to 22nd, 2006.
• “To see with the hands”, Museum House of escribano Don Juan de Vargas. XXXIV International Festival of the Culture. Handicap International. Tunja, Colombia, November 10th to 20th, 2006.
• “Contacto” - Alianza Colombo Francesa, Embajada de Francia en Colombia, Handicap International, Asociación Colombiana de Padres con Hijos Especiales, ACPHES, Fundación Carlos José Ramón Mi pie izquierdo, en el marco del 1er Festival Nacional de Arte Especial, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 3 a 12 de octubre de 2006.
• “Contact”, French Alliance, as part of the National Festival of Disabilities Art, Bucaramanga, Colombia, October 3 to 12, 2006.
• “Beyond the touchable”, Municipal Library, Handicap International and the National Center for Rehabilitation of the Blind. Esteli, Nicaragua, August 25 to September 1, 2006.
• “To see with the hands”. Colombo-French Alliance, Vice-presidency of the Colombian Republic, National Institute for the Blind (INCI), Handicap International and COPA Airlines. Bogota, Colombia, August 3 to 31, 2006.
•“Contact”. L´Etoile Galery Colombo-French Aliance, Center of Museums of the Caldas University, Vice-presidency of the Colombian Republic, Association of the Visually Impaired (ALFA), TCC, Handicap International and Government of Caldas. Manizales, Colombia. July 6st to 22nd.
•“Beyond the visual”. Handicap International, French Aliance, Organization of the Blind of Nicaragua, The Polus Center, Leon, Nicaragua. May 26sth to June 2nd, 2006.
•“Contact”, Patrimonial Hall Carlos Mejia Mesa, Universitarium Museum, University of Antioquia, System of Libraries, Non Limits Visually Impaired Territorial Association, Atril and Handicap International. Medellin, Colombia. May 3nd to 31th, 2006.
•“Carpet”. Public installation/intervention. Museum of the Honduran Man and Municipality of Tegucigalpa. Curator: Carlos Lanza. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 14th, 2006.
•“Contact”. Comfandi Cultural Center, French Aliance and Handicap International, Cali, Colombia. March 21st to April 22nd, 2006.
•“Beyond the touchable”. French Alliance, Handicap International and Organization of the Blind of Nicaragua. Managua, Nicaragua. February 24 to March 5, 2006.
•“Travesía”. Comfandi Cultural Center, Cali, Colombia. February 21st to March 18th, 2006.
•“El Mayoreo”. Museum of the Honduran Man and Embassy of Colombia. Curator: Carlos Lanza. Tegucigalpa, September 30rd and October 1st , 2005.
•“Expolio” Museum of the Honduran Man. Curator: Donaldo Altamirano. August 9th to 26th, 2005, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
•“Beyond the touchable”. Exhibition of paintings dedicated to blind people. French Alliance of Tegucigalpa, Handicap International, National Union of Blinded People of Honduras and Embassy of the French Republic. July 28th until August 4th, 2005, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
•“Urdimbres”, Nacional Gallery of Art, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. April 15 to 30, 2004
•“Mantos Liricos”, Casa de Italia. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. March 26th to 29th, 2004
•Centro Cultural Sanpedrano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. March 18th to April 11th , 2004
•"Azteca", Patronato Pro-Patrimonio Cultural, San Salvador, El Salvador. Agust, 14th to September 29th, 2003
•Vinalia Winecafé, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Agust 19th to September 31st, 2003
•First individual exhibit at age of 14, Art Academy of the San Ignacio School, in Medellin, Colombia

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS

• "Francisco Alberto Gonzalez and fellow artist", Alfonso Caputo (Italy), Pi Backus (The Netherlands), Jorge Restrepo (Honduras/Colombia), Laura Castanedo and Ingrid Rosas (Mexico), Alan Burden, Veronica Romero y Ernst Kraft (Partners of workshop) Casa Museo, Mijas, Malaga, Spain, August 22 to September 22, 2008 (scheduled exhibit).
• DinA4 – International Collective. International Dinamic Museum of Contemporary Art. Belforte del Chienti, Provincia di Macerata, Italia. July 4 to 27, 2007
• Juannio 2008, National Museum of Modern Art of Guatemala "Carlos Mérida", Guatemala, Guatemala, 2008
• “100”, Estrago, Evil and Centro de Informacion y Asesorias en Salud (CISAS). CISAS, Bolonia, Managua, Nicaragua, May 8th to 28th, 2008
• Artist Book Ibero-American Exhibit. Cultural Center of Spain, curator: Mariagusta Vintimilla. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. April 9 to May 3, 2008
• L5 DIN A4 Total, History of Roermond art foundation, Stedlijk Museum Roermond, April 13th to June 15th, 2008
• Ars-Latina, Centro Cultural Las Aulas, Castellón, España, 2007
• “Tunnel”, Contemporary Painting & Sculpture Exhibition, Enenus Art Gallery, Beylerbeyi Palace Tunnel, Ýstanbul, Turkey, November 20th to December 2nd, 2007
• "Maastricht Art Treaty 2007" (State of the Art, 2007). International Group show. Limburg Province exhibition room Malaga University, Kunstinitiatief L5 (Art Initiative L5), the Association Terra dell Arte and Malaga On Association. Limburg, Netherlands, April 18 to May 7, 2007.
• FLESH! at the ABSA KKNK, 2007. Curator: Chris Diedericks. Oudtshoorn, South Africa. March 31 to April 8, 2007
• “Creators”, Cultural Association Aires de Cordoba, Spain. Contemporary an Modern Art Saloon, Zamorano Museums, Honduras. November 10th to 25th, 2006
• “Semantics”. Modern Art Center Casa Duro. Coordinator: Jaime Rodriguez. Ayuntamiento de Mieres, Asturias, Spain. September 28th to October 26th, 2006
•"Cordoba Creators", Espacio Amicus Gallery, Cultural Association Aires de Cordoba, Sala Aires, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 28th to July 8th, 2006.
• Maracena Exhibit, Art in Commerce. Association Valentin Ruiz Aznar Art Collection. 97 works from 35 countries. Maracena House of Culture and different areas of the city. Granada, Spain, May 8th to 26th, 2006.
•Arteclasica 2006. Third Fair of Classic and Contemporary Art. Argentinartes Gallery, Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 4th to 9th, 2006.
•Sala La muralla, Rectorade of Malaga University, Spain. April 26th to May 14th, 2006.
•“Toma dos, tomates”, Paradisso Gallery and Cafe, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. March 9th to 23th, 2006.
•“Toma uno”, Café Paradisso, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. January 26th to February 9th, 2006.
•Expo Trastiendas 2005 Fair, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones de Buenos Aires, November 22nd to 28th, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
•“Vianal”. Exhibit of Lacrimogena Project (L.Rodriguez, D.Andino and A. Nuñez): Jorge Restrepo, invited artist. La Plazuela Gallery, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. August 19th to 27th, 2005.
•Exhibit of artworks that received prices at the III International Competition of Fine Arts "Aires de Cordoba" Edition of 2005. Aires de Cordoba Cultural Asociation, Sala Aires and International Center of Contemporary Art. 2nd to 14th of September, 2005. Cordoba, Spain.
•“Arte-Clásica 2005”. Represented by Argentinartes Gallery. Centro de Exposiciones Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 5th to 10th, 2005.
•“With title. Educate in values, prevent gender violence”. Center of Art Ismael. Puerto del Rosario. Fuerteventura, Canary Icelands, Spain. April the 22nd to May 30th, 2005.
•“Anthology of the Honduras Fine Arts”. Jacob Karpio Galeria. San Jose Costa Rica. March 17th, 2005.
•"Diversité de l' Art Contemporain II", Galería Artitude and Argentinartes, Paris, France, March 3 to April 11th, 2005.
•"Diversité de l' Art Contemporain", Artitude Gallery and Argentinartes, Paris, France, February 17th to 28th, 2005.
•“9 in the Pool”, Galeria Casa Cuadrada, Bogota, Colombia. February 10th to 18th, 2005.
•“Palenqueras”. Subasta de arte y exposición en Carrion-Vivar Galery, Bogotá, Colombia. February 9th to March 1, 2005.
•“Made in + Collective art with El Circulo”, Sala museo de arte experimental, Zamorano, San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras. November 12th to 26th, 2004
•Anthology of the Honduras Fine Arts, “Ricardo Aguilar”. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. November 15 to December 15th, 2004.
•Affordable Art Fair London. The Autumn Collection, Perdurabo Art. Battersea Park, London, UK, from Thursday 21 - Sunday 24 Oct 2004
•ARTEXPO ATLANTA, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 9th to 12 of September, 2004.
•Invited artist to the XIX Fine Arts Biennale, Honduran Institute of the Inter-American Culture, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 5th to September 3, 2004
•Latin American Masters and two invited artists: Jorge Restrepo and Ricardo Calanchini. HATMAN Art Space, Coral Gables, FL, USA, July 2nd, to August 30th, 2004.
•Sofitel Nicolás de Ovando, Dominican Republic, August 10th, 2004.
•Expo-Art, exhibit of photography and paintings. Honduran Institute of Hispanic Culture, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 23rd to 31st, 2004.
•Anthology of Honduras Fine Arts, "Carlos Zuñiga Figueroa", Tegucigalpa, Honduras. November 15th to December 15th, 2003.
•Hyatt Suites Galleries, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. November 20th to 22nd, 2003,
•Anthology of Honduras Fine Arts, "María Talavera", November 15th to December 15th, 2002. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

RECOGNITIONS/COMPETITIONS
•First Price. 10º Saloon Mercosur International Price Diogenes Taborda 2005. Cultural Volpe Stessens Foundation. September 21th, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

•Accesit, III International Competition of Fine Arts "Aires de Cordoba" Edition of 2005. Aires de Cordoba Cultural Asociation, Sala Aires and International Center of Contemporary Art. July 15th, 2005. Cordoba, Spain.

•Selected artwork. International Fine Arts Contest 2005, "Composer Antonio Gualda". The Cultural Association Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Granada, Spain, July 2005.

AUCTIONS
•Art Solidarity. Honduran Institute of the Hispano-American Culture and French Alliance. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 9th, 2006
•Auction “Noche Latina”. The Children’s Aid Society, September 29th, 2005 at LQ in New York City, NY, USA
•“Artesubasta”. Guatemala, Guatemala. February 21st to March 9th , 2005.


PROJECTS (EXHIBITS)

• “3-D Colors” – The Museum of Temporary Art, Tübingen, Germany, from January 12, 2008
• I Small Format International Biennale, Venezuela, Galería de la Casa de los Arcos, Maracay, Estado Aragua, Venezuela, first period 2008
• “Spirit Animal”, Osler SK, Canada, 2007
• “Home window view”, Tomasz Siudak, Kielce, Poland, 2007
• What is mailart? Daniela Lewin, Chile, 2007
• “Adel Imam”, Call by Derek Walker, Kuwait, 2007
• “Color”, Mahima Shrestha, Katmandú, Nepal, 2007
• “I have a dream... the vision of Martin Luther King”, Jean Luc Cavellec, Pontivy, France, 2007
• “The Sea”, Carlos Botana, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2007
• Remember September Mail Art Memorial. Katonah, NY, USA. Gail Ellspermann, 2007
• “Eye” Ojo, Mail Art Laboratory, Ramon Cruces, Teo, A Coruña, Spain
• “The bottom of the sea”, Bernarda Macchi, Yerba Buena, Tucuman, Argentina, 2007
• “Last Book”, National Library of Spain, Luis Camnitzer, Great Neck, NY, USA, 2007
• “Desires”, Luis Díaz García, Madrid, España, 2007
• “A day in Minden”. Mail-art. Curator: Rafique Sulayman, Muhammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007
• What is art? Hilda Paz mail-art call, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007.
• “CD Post Cards”, Mail-art call of CDs, Eden Prairie, MN, USA, 2007
• “Tarot”, Archivio Internazionale Mail Art, By Claudio Grandinetti, Cosenza, Italia, 2007
• The Parade of Animals, a global collage. Kootenay Region's 2nd International Mail Art Exhibit: The Parade of Animals. Artist, Gail D. Whitter, coordinator. Trail, Canada, September 2007
• Sputnik - Second International Mail Art Exhibition, Yoshkar-Ola Museum of Fine Arts, October 2007. Ivan Zemtsov, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia.
• “Yelabuga – My Love!”, Mail art project, Valery Shimanovsky, Nizhnekamsk, Russia, 2007.
• Honnor to Edgardo Antonio Vigo. Net Art. 2007. Boek 861. Montevideo, Uruguay.
• Lucena Point of Encounter. Colectivo Punto y Aparte Arte y Punto. Lucena, Cordoba, Spain, 2007
• “Open”, Insertspace Project. Islington Mill, Manchester, USA.
• 4th International Miniart Exchange. Belfast, Northern Ireland. March 5th until 6th April, 2007 (Scheduled exhibit).
• The Abstract Mind Mural at O'Hare International Airport, Art exploring individuals living with mental illness. A Traveling Segmented Mural. Curator: Aldo Castillo - Chicago, IL, USA.
• The Abstract Mind Mural at USA Daley Center. Art exploring individuals living with mental illness. A Traveling Segmented Mural. Curator: Aldo Castillo - Chicago, IL USA August 2, 2006.
• "The Magic of the Elements". Net-Art work 7th edition, the Magic Fair in collaboration with Taller del Sol. Commissioning: Ángel S. Martínez and César Reglero. Santa Susanna, Cataluna, Spain, 23 to th june 2006
• The International `Eco-Arts' Project. World Environment Day Celebration, Arts for Global Development, Washington DC, USA. June 5th, 2006
• “Patchwork” by Denis Charmot. Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the Pyramid of Marnaz, Paris, France, December 2006 (scheduled exhibit).
• “Golden Opportunity”, Association for Contemporary Jewelry conference, July 2006, London, England (scheduled exhibit).
• “draw_drawing_2” as part of the London Biennale 2006.The Foundry, London, UK, July 4th to 9th 2006 (scheduled exhibit).
• 3rd International Miniart Exchange, Queen B’s Gallery, Queen Charlotte City, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. June 2nd to July 14th 2006.
• The Abstract Mind Mural at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Art exploring individuals living with mental illness. A Traveling Segmented Mural. Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture. Curator: Aldo Castillo - April 20th through April 30th, 2006. CHICAGO, IL, USA
• Din A4, Gabinete de Hyde, January 12 to 26, 2006 Malaga, Spain
•Republic of Artists. Mail art. Galería de Arte Wifredo Lam. August 10th, 2005. La Habana, Cuba.
•“envi@tuarte”. Artco Gallery of Art. August 24th to September 19th, 2005. Lima, Peru.
•"Porto Alegre em foco", Porto Alegre, Brazil, Pinacoteca Barao de Santo Angelo/Instituto de Artes/ UFRGS, October 22nd to December 10th , 2003

PERFORMANCE/HAPPENING/COLLECTIVEART/DOCUMENTATION

•“The sanitarian fill” – Zamorano. Performance. Millán Ludeña and Jorge Restrepo. Documented by the artists. June 11th, 2005
•Documentation of “Roque Marginal”. Public work of Allan, Lester Rodriguez and Darwin Andino. June 5th, 2005
•“Maletas y maletines”. Happening. Allan, Lester Rodriguez y Darwin Andino. May, 7th, 2005
•“La Maquila at Galeras”. Galeras, Morocelí, FM, Honduras. Documented by Donaldo Altamirano. November 27th, 2004
•“Influence of Biotehcnology in moral” – The design of textile. Center of Design and Arquitecture, CEDAC, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Documented by Donaldo Altamirano. November 7th, 2004
•Alix Bix Stone Primary School. Collective work with children. San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras. October 24th, 2005
•“The story”. Collective art with “El Círculo”. October 6th, 2004. Documented by the artists; analysis: Dr. Erich Raddataz.




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