JORGE POSADA ART WORK BLOG

HOMAGE TO PETER PAUL RUBENS AND THEODORE GERICAULT

2011-12-23T13:33:00.000-08:00

On December 17, 2011 I unveiled two paintings from my last series "Homage to Peter Paul Rubens and Théodore Géricault". I also exhibited 10 prints enhanced by hand with watercolor from the same series. All of them were part of a group exhibit organized at my studio with artists from the same building along with a Holiday party celebrating the end of the year.

Here are some images about the art work I exhibited.

Homage to Rubens fragment VIII
Oil on canvas 78x62

Homage to Rubens Fragment IX
Oil on canvas 78x62

Homage to Rubens sketch V watercolored print on paper 12x9

Homage to Rubens sketch VII watercolored print on paper 12x9

Homage to Gericault sketch I
watercolored print on paper 12x9

Homage to Gericault sketch III
watercolored print on paper 12x9

Beyond the surface - Group show at Matted LIC Gallery

2011-09-28T17:06:00.000-07:00

On September 22, 2011 Matted LIC Gallery hosted Beyond the surface - Meditations on form, line and color. Included are some of my paintings and small studies. The show is on view until November 26, 2011.

CHECK THE PICS OF THE OPENING ON ARTSLANT!

My artwork in Downtown LA Art Walk - July 14, 2011

2011-07-09T09:08:00.000-07:00

Some of my paintings have been selected to be exhibited during the Downtown LA Art Walk. This big art event sponsored by the Colombian Consulate, Univision and other important organizations will take place in the vibrant downtown on July 14, 2011. Here are two pics of the paintings that will be shown.

Corpus III, Oil on canvas, 30"x30"

Corpus IV, Oil on canvas, 30"x30"

Interview in Conexion Colombia

2011-07-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

This is an interview that was recently taken by Gabriela Sáenz and published on the website "Conexion Colombia". This site is dedicated to promoting the professional activities of Colombians around the world and sharing information on topics of importance to the Colombian community.

Posada's studio @ PS1/MoMA studio visit

2011-05-17T07:06:00.000-07:00

Jorge Posada's studio has been published on PS1/MoMA's website.

You can visit the creative space of the artist and find some recent

art work at PS1/MoMA studio visit.

By the way, PS1 is located just two blocks away from Posada's

studio in the same street, 46th avenue, in Long Island City.

Both easy to reach from Manhattan or Brooklyn by taking the E, 7 or G train.

Upcoming Group Show and Open Studio in Long Island City

2011-05-10T08:43:00.000-07:00

All are welcome to these events as part of LIC Arts Open. A complete week dedicated to the arts!

Corpus Tempo 348 by Jorge Posada sent to the Video Biennale Berlin

2011-03-30T08:15:00.001-07:00

MY FIGURATIVE ARTWORK SELECTED FOR THE BOOK 100 ARTISTS OF THE MALE BODY BY E. GIBBONS

2011-03-09T09:03:00.000-08:00

My artwork has been included in the new book 100 Artists of the Male Figure by E. Gibbons. This is the very first hard-cover book, EVER, dedicated to living artists of the contemporary male figure in traditional media like painting, drawing and sculpture. This book includes NO photography, NO digital imagery or cartoons, and NO erotic work.

Schiffer Publisher's description of the book

Images of the classical female figure are more prevalent in the contemporary figurative art world, as the nude male has been shunned as too potent or treated as a sex symbol. This book bravely showcases works by male and female artists from around the world that focus on this classic subject. Paintings, drawings, and sculptures display broad and varied styles, including portraiture, studies, Pop Art, abstract and photo realism. Read each artist's approach to the male figure through candid personal statements. Nearly 400 works capture masculine beauty in many styles. This resource brings balance to the figurative art world and is an ideal reference for artists, curators, dealers, students, and collectors.

If you like to order the book or read more about it, go to: www.100ArtistsBook.com.

This is my page in the book followed by images of other figurative artwork.

HAPPY 2011 TO ALL MY DEAR FRIENDS AND ART COLLECTORS

2010-12-27T17:18:00.000-08:00

GaGa Arts Center Group exhibition La Conexión

2010-10-13T15:32:00.000-07:00

New group show of Latin American art in GaGa Arts Center. Opening on Saturday October 16th, 2010.

Jorge Posada Silent Witnesses Series
Oil on canvas

Latin American Art Exhibition

LA CONEXIÓN
October 16 - November 21
GAGA Arts Center

Hispanic artists from around the world will exhibit their work this fall in la conexion at GAGA Arts Center. This unique Latin American Arts Exhibition displays the great diversity of cultural voices and disciplines that comprise the current movement in the Hispanic art world. La conexion will also present music and culinary arts - so visitors can eat, drink, dance and celebrate the arts, while enjoying the scope and influence of Hispanic art on the world and vice versa.

The Artists: Grimanesa Amoros- Melissa A Calderon- Hector Canonge- Copie- Nelson Diaz- Narciso Montero- Cuquito Pena-Eliana Perez- Lina Puerta- Alex Pimienta- Jorge Posada- Olivia Kaufman Rovira- Esmeralda Vazquez-Stephen Vega.

Exhibition curated by Alex Pimienta and Narciso Montero

GAGA Gallery Hours: Fridays- 4-8PM, Saturdays 2-6PM and Sundays 12-4PM

JORGE POSADA IN ROTTERDAM

2010-09-02T00:41:00.000-07:00

On permanent view at the exhibition space of NautaDutilh. Vernissage on September 9th, 2010 - 5-7pm.

My artwork on book cover "Beyond the Eclipse" by Dunnia Balcazar-Goldstein

2010-05-23T07:35:00.000-07:00

OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND IN LONG ISLAND CITY

2010-05-18T07:05:00.000-07:00

As part of the activities during the OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND IN LONG ISLAND CITY, my studio will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday May 22nd and 23rd. from 12 noon to 6 PM. I will be pleased to see my friend and collectors and show them some of my art works.

Over 110 artists, as well as art galleries and performance spaces in Long Island City will be open free to the public. A great opportunity to see and acquire new art pieces and discover the upcoming neighborhood of Long Island City.

All friends - art lovers welcome There will be some drinks and music.

Hope to see you!

Jorge Posada

Follow the directions to the studio at:

10-27 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101

New work @ Architectural Digest Home Design Show - NYC

2010-03-20T06:46:00.000-07:00

View my work at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, March 18-21, 2010, NYC - Pier 94, West 55th Street at West side Highway Booth M89 George Dell Art Gallery

Art workshop with Middle School 54

2010-02-18T13:08:00.000-08:00

In order to reach out to the community, the artists of "Propuesta 5" have invited a special education class of Booker T. Washington Middle School #54 to participate in an art workshop at Baron Gallery (New York). During this workshop the artists presented and explained their paintings to the children; then the students created their own artwork which was later exhibited alongside of the artists' creations.

As part of the closing of the exhibit "Propuesta 5", a one day event was organized with the childrens' art pieces. This event was attended by the artists, parents, teachers and representatives of the NY Special Education Program. Check out the pictures!

NEW ART WORK, NEW IMAGES FROM DIFFERENT SERIES INCLUDING THE KEY WEST-SOUTH WEST SERIES.

2009-12-14T08:58:00.000-08:00

I am posting a selection of images of my art work from different series. These images correspond to new paintings as well as old ones.

JORGE POSADA UPDATED RESUME AND BIOGRAPHY

JORGE POSADA

Painter, sculptor, printmaker, video artist born in Colombia and living and working in the United States for the last 25 years. He lives in Manhattan and has his studio in Long island City where he is dedicated full time to his Art work.

His academic training began in his country, Colombia, with studies in painting, printmaking and sculpture at the University of Antioquia in his native city Medellin and continued in New York at the Lower East Side Print Shop, where he was a recipient of a seven years scholarship to study, research and creates several series of prints. He also completed a special workshop of lighting and sound at La Guardia Community College.

Recipient of one of the most important awards in visual arts in Colombia at the Young Art Salon at the Museo de Antioquia, where he was awarded the first prize, he has exhibited internationally as well as in the USA where he also received a Honorable Mention at “Expresiones Hispanas “, a Hispanic Art tour. His artwork has been reviewed extensible in newspapers as well as art magazines in the USA and abroad and was feature in a documentary at Channel Thirteen in the USA called “ The New Immigrants”

In 2004 he was selected among several artist to create and complete a 1.500 square feet mural for the Ritz Theater in Elizabeth New Jersey, USA, titled: “Homage to the Arts”His artwork is in mayor private and public art collections in Colombia, USA, Mexico, Japan and Europe.

Jorge Posada is currently working in a series of paintings as a homage to Peter Paul Rubens and Théodore Géricault. At the conclusion of the project, a traveling exhibition will be shown in Rotterdam, Brussels and New York.

STUDIES:

1990‑96‑Printmaking techniques. Lower East Side Printshop, NY.

1995‑Water‑base printmaking. Water‑Base Workshop, NY.

1978‑Printmaking workshop. Taller de Artes, Medellin, Colombia.

1975‑Drawing, painting, sculpture. University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.

1965‑96‑Independent research and studies. (Drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking,

photography, graphic design). Colombia and U.S.A.

AWARDS:

1993‑96‑Recipient Felowship Program. Lower East Side Printshop, NY.

1992‑Chosen as Artist Associate for Historias. A colective art Project. Atlantic Center for the

Arts, Daytona.

1991‑Winner Individual Artist Showcase. Queensborough Public Library, NY.

1988‑Honorable Mention. Expresiones Hispanas, Hispanic art tour 1988‑89. Denver.

1983‑Special Nomination. The Alzate Avendaho Award. Museum of ContemporaryArt,

Bogota Colombia.

1978‑Audience Award. 2nd. Hall of Visual Arts. Museum of Contemporary Art,University

of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.

1977-Special Award. August International Hall. Museum of Contemporary

Art,Bogota,Colombia.

1976‑First National Prize. VII Hall of Young Art. Antioquia Museum of Art, Medellin,

Colombia.

1975‑Acquisition Award. National April Hall of Art.Contemporary Museum of Art,

University of Antioquia,Medellin, Colombia.

SELECTED ONE MAN SHOWS:

2006- Jorge Posada Selected Art Work. The Iron Tree Gallery, Millerton, New York

2006- Animus Corpus. Kunstpanorama Art Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland

2005-Exodus.Arte Autopista gallery. Medellin, Colombia.

2002-From the Sky to Skin. Open Studio. New York.

2001‑Founders Choice IV. Leslie Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY.

2000‑The Awakening Series. Cronos Art Gallery, Miami, Florida.

1999‑A Body Apart. X‑Ibit Art Gallery, Miami, Florida.

1999‑The Missing and The Awakening Series. Colombian Consulate Gallery, Miami.

1998‑The Sacred Body. Frame of Mind Gallery, Miami.

1996‑Tales of the Missing.Open Studio Program. Lower East Side Printshop,NY.

1992‑Urban Rituals and Chronicles. Queensborough Public library, NY.

1990‑Individual Showcase retrospective. Queenborough Public Library, NY.

1986‑From the Skin to the Phantoms. Ganadero Bank Art Gallery, Medellin, Colombia.

1985‑Phantoms of the City. Nora Art Gallery, NY.

‑Phantoms of the City. Ollantay Center for the Arts, NY.

1983-Erotic Series and Anonimous People. Luis Angel Arango Library Parlor one, Bogota,

Colombia.

‑Erotic Series and Anonimous People. Pluma Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.

1982‑Anonimous People. Executive Club Gallery, Medellin,Colombia.

1981‑Black Series. Finale Art Gallery, Medellin, Colombia.

1979‑Life, love and death. El Callejon Art Gallery,Bogota, Colombia.

1978‑Falling Angels. Arte Autopista Art Gallery, Medellin, Colombia.

1976‑La Casa Art Gallery. Medellin, Colombia.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS.

2009-Propuesta 5 a Latin American Collective, Baron gallery space, New York, USA

2009- American Classics Meet Latin American Art The Biggs Museum of American Art. Delaware.USA

2009-Second Guanlan International Print Biennial Shenzhen. China

2009-Exotic 2009 Ishida Taiseisya Gallery- Kyoto-Japan

2009-Change An exhibition of Long Island City Artists. Flushing Town Hall Gallery. New York. USA

2008-Aesthetic Encounter in London. Lennox Gallery, London, UK

2008-2008 outlooks Exhibit: Hispanic lives,Latin Worlds-Simple Complexities. Delaware Art Museum.

2008-International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2008 Artists Association of Yunnan province, Kunming City, China.

2008-Infinity Unit in Berlin International Art Exhibition, Schillerpalais Gallery. Berlin,Germany.

2008-Dreamers rendezvous. A-Forest Gallery. New York.

2007-Beyond New York In Tokyo. Dreamers fusion Gallery Tsubaki. Japan.

Colective at Art Miami. Giovanni Rossi Fine Art gallery. Miami.

2006-Beyond new York. Toward the infinite dream. Gallery 130. Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka. Japan.

2005-Contemporanea.University of Connecticut Gallery. Hartford, Connecticut.

2004-Psychological Archaeology Williamsburg Art & Historical Center. Brooklyn,NY.

2004-Color Works. Michael Perez Gallery. New York. NY.

2003-Art of the Americas A latin Art fair. Coconut Grove Convention Center. Miami.

2002-Multicultural Group Show. African American Museum, Hempstead, NY.

2002-Art and Lust. Wild Seduction Art Gallery, Miami.

2001-Multicultural Exhibition. African American Museum, Hempstead, NY.

2000-A world of Latin Artist : Land, People and Passion. Delaware Art Museum. Delaware.

2000-Latin American Painters in New York City : Global Art in the year 2000. Dana Arts

Center. Colgate University,Hamilton, NY.

1998‑Multicultural exhibition. African American Museum, Hemstead, NY.

‑A latinoamerican Review. Paterson Museum of Art, NJ.

1998‑Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe. Instituto de Cultura

Puertorriquena, San Juan,Puerto Rico.

1996‑Latin American Art in the 90’s. St. John University Art Gallery, NY.

‑Exploring the North. Ten Colombian Artists in the USA. Stendhal Gallery, NY.

‑Exploring the North. Ten Colombian Artists in the USA, Museo Bolivariano de Arte Contemporaneo, SantaMarta, Colombia.

‑Innovative Prints from the Lower East Side Printshop. Amos Eno Gallery, NY.

‑Exploring the North. Ten Colombian Artists in the USA. Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota, Colombia.

‑The Latinamerican Drawing. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

‑Views. Selections from the Lower East Side Printshop. Draakon Gallery, Estonia.

1995‑Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe. Instituto de Cultura

Puertorriquena, San Juan,Puerto Rico.

‑IV SalÛn de Dibujo de Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.

‑New York‑Caracas. Phoenix Gallery, NY.

‑Small Formats, Florida Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.

‑Printed at the Lower East Side Printshop. La Mama Gallery.

1994‑Art, Emotion, Imagination. Florida Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.

1992‑The Impact of two Worlds. Art Space Gallery, New Haven.

‑The Hispanic Experience in the American South. Arizona State University, Phoenix.

‑Configurations. Ward‑Nasse Gallery, NY.

1991‑2001 Hispanic Artists Odyssey. Museo Chicano, Phoenix.

‑40 Contemporary Artists. The Founding Center, AIexandria.

1990‑Three Artists. City Hall, NY.

1989‑Expresiones Hispanas. Center for the Fine Arts, Miami.

‑Expresiones Hispana. Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos. New Mexico

‑Expresiones Hispanas. Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.

1988‑Expresiones Hispanas, Hispanic art tour, Denver.

‑Expresiones Hispanas. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada.

‑Expresiones Hispanas. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles.

‑Expresiones Hispanas. Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonlo, TX.

‑Ten Individuals. Hunter College gallery, NY.

1986‑Pieces of Flesh. Anisi Art GalIery, Miami, FL.

-First Biennal of lberoamerican Painting. Miami.

‑Latinamerican Artists. Casa Espana Gallery, NY.

1985‑Colombian Artists in New York, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY.

‑Two Colombian Artists. Barnard‑Goldgerg Private Gallery, NY.

‑Colombian Artists in New York. Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota, Colombia.

1984‑XV Salon of Young Art. Antioquia Museum of Art, Medellin, Colombia.

‑Erotic Art. Lincoln Gallery, NY.

‑Alzate Avendano Hall. Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota, Colombia.

1881-Personajes Anonimos Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango. Salon 1. Bogota. Colombia

1979‑Three Media Three Artists. Paco Gallery, NY.

1977‑August International Hall. Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota, Colombia.

1976‑VII Hall of Young Art. Antioquia Museum of Art, Medellin, Colombia.

PROPUESTA 5

2009-10-28T21:40:00.000-07:00

ONE OF MY PAINTINGS TO BE SHOWN AT THE EXHIBITION "PROPUESTA 5"

"PROPUESTA 5".The art group event of Latin American Art.

To all my friends and collectors: I want to invite all of you to my next group exhibition call: "PROPUESTA 5", on November 12, 2009, from 7 to 11 PM. Feel free to bring friends, collectors and art lovers. We will have nice music, good drinks, beautiful people and great art. For more info clik the link.

Participating artists:

Jorge Posada ( Colombia)- Nikki Schiro (New York, Puerto Rico)- Carlos Chávez ( Perú)- José Félix Moya ( Dominican republic)- Jaime Vasquez ( Perú )

http://www.baronnyc.com/events/upcoming_events.php

Powerfully Beautiful

2009-09-14T17:16:00.000-07:00

Check out the video which promotes a new art book about the male body: "Powerfully Beautiful". In this book a selection of my figurative male paintings is included. You can buy the book with a 10% discount. Go to createspace.com/3382894 and use the discount code VTK94ME4. Enjoy the book!

FUSION: AMERICAN CLASSICS MEET LATIN AMERICAN ART

2009-09-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

One of my painting from the series "SILENT WITNESSES" was selected to be included in the exhibition FUSION: AMERICAN CLASSICS MEET LATIN AMERICAN ART. This group show will take place at the BIGGS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART at the city of Dover , Delaware. The opening reception is programed for the 15Th of September at 5 PM.

http://www.biggsmuseum.org

The show It is a great selection of artists with Latin American background, with a very different approach to the art making but all of them accomplished professionals in their field.

I am attaching the image of the painting of mine selected for the exhibition as well as information regarding the opening of the show and the address of the Museum.

EXHIBITION AT 2ND GUANLAN PRINT BIENNIAL CHINA

2009-08-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

One of my prints exhibited at The 2nd Guanlan Print Biennial in China, Please click on the link and scroll down to my print: The # 212
http://www.guanlanprints.com/news/infodetail.asp?id=1286

EXHIBITION IN KYOTO, JAPAN

2009-08-09T20:29:00.000-07:00

One of my artworks exhibited in Kyoto, Japan
http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/63312-exotica-in-kyoto-japan

Exotica in Kyoto JAPAN

2009

Ishida Taiseisha Gallery

Show dates: August 4^th Tues. ~ August 12^th Wed.
Opening Reception: 8 / 8 / 2009 Saturday 5 ~ 7 PM

Venue address:

ITP Creaters-bld. #3 Marutamachi-Dori Ogawa-Nishiiru Nakagyo-ku

604-0087 Kyoto Japan Tel: + 81 75 211 9151

Venue address:

ITP Creaters-bld. #3 Marutamachi-Dori Ogawa-Nishiiru Nakagyo-ku

604-0087 Kyoto Japan Tel: + 81 75 211 9151

MY ART WORK AT XANADU GALLERY

2009-06-17T14:14:00.000-07:00

THIS IS ONE OF MY PAINTINGS AVAILABLE AT XANADU GALLERY

This painting is from the series "Änimus Corpus" It has been exhibited at the Iron Tree Gallery in up state New York and the Kunstpanorama gallery in Luzern Switzerland.Each painting from the series is an original. The therm series only refers to the title. The painting has a very delicate work with a lot of transparencies in oil.

For the Love of God

2008-12-09T15:25:00.000-08:00

I visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and gave my comments to the open survey created by Damien Hirst with his view of vanitas. Check the link.
http://www.fortheloveofgod.nl/?idnum=bkdscm

Aesthetic Encounter in London

2008-11-24T03:05:00.000-08:00

Two of my recent paintings in small format from the series: Animus Corpus on display at the collective exhibition at Lennox Gallery in London titled: "Aesthetic Encounter in London"
Upcoming show in London, United Kingdom - November of 2008

Exhibition Delaware Art Museum

2008-10-31T06:06:00.001-07:00

Group exhibition Delaware Art Museum "Hispanic Lives, Latin Worlds-Simple Complexities", September - October 2008

TOKYO JAPAN GROUP EXHIBITION: "Beyond New York in Tokyo"

2007-06-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T13:39:00.000-07:00

Animus Corpus
Coordinates of exodus
Oil on canvas-70"X46"

Animus Corpus. Movement VIII
Oil on canvas-70"X46"

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T13:13:00.001-07:00

-Key West,South West Series-Sky XI
Oil on canvas-48X48

-Key West,South WestSeries-Sky XIV
Oil on canvas-48X48

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T13:09:00.001-07:00

Key West ,South West Series.Sky VIII
Oil on canvas-48X48

Key West, South West. Bahia Honda
Oil on canvas-48"X48"

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T13:04:00.000-07:00

Urban Portraits I
Oil on vanvas-48"X48"-2007

Urban Portraits II
Oil on vanvas-48"X48"-2007

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T12:56:00.001-07:00

-The Missing
Corpus VII.Charcoal on paper-64X48

-Exodus
Corpus Anonimus II -Oil on canvas-72X48

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

-The Missing,Corpus V.
Charcoal on paper-64X48

The Missing,Corpus VI.
Charcoal on paper-64X48

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

Exodus
-Conversations at the sea II- Oil on canvas-
108"X72" -2002

-Composition I-
Oil on canvas-Triptych
36"X26"-58"X42"-36"X26" Each panel.

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

Animus Corpus. Anonymous III-IV-diptych
Oil on canvas-60"X24"-58"X24" each 2005

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T11:57:00.001-07:00

Animus Corpus I-II Diptych
Oil in canvas-48"X48" each panel-2006

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T11:40:00.000-07:00

Exosus
escape I-II Diptych-Oil on canvas-72"X48" Each panel-2004

RECENT PAINTINGS

2007-05-24T10:58:00.000-07:00

Animus Corpus. Diptych
Oil on canvas-60"X36" each panel
2006

PAINTINGS INCLUDED IN THE GROUP SHOW "TOKIO INTERNATIONAL. JAPAN,JUNE-JULY 2007

2007-05-19T08:04:00.001-07:00

Exodus II
Oli on canvas 2007
9"X22"

PAINTINGS INCLUDED IN THE GROUP SHOW "TOKIO INTERNATIONAL. JAPAN,JUNE-JULY 2007

2007-05-19T07:57:00.001-07:00

Exodus I
Oil on canvas, 2007
9"X22"

Exhibition at El Museo de las Casas reales, Dominican Republic. This group exhibition will be open from April to May 2007 .

2007-05-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

ARTISTS
Colombia:
Juan Angel
Guilloume
Jorge Posada
Gustavo Rojas
Francisco Vidal

Dominican Republic:
Manuel Contreras

Cuba:
Lazaro Dominguez

ART STATEMENT

2007-05-12T22:07:00.000-07:00

ANIMUS CORPUS

I am interested in the aesthetic outcome in and by itself, stripped of the obvious narrative of an identifiable shape, in the use of space, the color plane, the suggested shape and its dynamics, the gestures of the line and in the application of the painting medium. I am interested in the open possibility for interpretation and in the viewer's feelings.

My current paintings are live shapes that shift; suggest forces and tensions, spatial confinement and freedom. They are forms without identity or gender, in a two-dimensional space that tend to be three-dimensional, which will necessarily require of me to abandon the traditional pictorial plane and venture instead into the realm of the sculptor. They are, then, paintings cum sculptures, because of their execution that emerges beyond the flat planes to become three-dimensional.

My new series of works, ANIMUS CORPUS, belongs to this order of ideas: body and soul, body fleshed out, body that has become alive. They are images that are stored in my subconscious, which are the outcome of that preparation instilled by the constant sketching in and by itself, without ulterior motives for utilizing it as the underlying structure of a finished painting.

For me, sketching is a discipline that allows me to empty my mind of images that question me and, therefore, leave it clean, so that once I am faced with the task of painting, they will resurface again, but now like suggestions offered by the subconscious, found once again within the space of a white canvas, or in whatever the support used for my final work may be. It is an act of meditation in which the forms that had been sketched before in numerous pads materialize by means of an automatic dialog with myself. Then, lines appear, along with shapes, color planes, spaces that constrain or liberate, objects that are bound and break loose, segmentations of shapes, suggestions of bodies, not based on the immediately previous design, but on itself, like an echo of a memory.

I would dare say that in my current work there is a freshness resulting from the immediate sensing of the semi-human form, found and guided by the unconscious. My current work is a permanent dance occurring in an imagined space; it is the anonymity of the human body that appears and disappears, that is constantly changing and moving. It is the visual metaphor that describes man's wanderings through the space we call life.

Jorge Posada

Antwerp, Belgium, March 11, 2006 translated by the laureate Colombian poet
Miguel Falquez-Certain

RESUME

2007-05-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

JORGE POSADA

10 27 46Th. Ave, Studio # 306
Long Island City, New York, 11101
(718) 706 7109

STUDIES:

1990 96 Printmaking techniques. (Traditional and new methods). Lower East Side Printshop, NY, U.SA.
1995 Water base printmaking. Water Base Workshop, NY, U.S.A.
1978 Printmaking workshop. Taller de Artes, Medellín, Colombia.
1975 Independent workshops. (Drawing, painting, sculpture). University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
1965 96 Independent research and studies. (Drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, graphic design). Colombia and U.S.A.
AWARDS:

1993 96 Recipient “Felowship Program”. Lower East Side Printshop, NY, U.S.A.
1992 Chosen as Artist Associate for “Historias”. A colective art Project. Atlantic Center for the
Arts, Daytona, U.S.A.
1991 Winner “Individual Artist Showcase”. Queensborough Public Library, NY. U.S.A.
1988 ”Honorable Mention. ”Expresiones Hispanas”, Hispanic art tour 1988 89. Denver, U.S.A.
1983 ”Special Nomination”. “The Alzate Avendaho Award”. Museum of ContemporaryArt, Bogotá, Colombia.
1978 ”Audience Award”. “2nd. Hall of Visual Arts”. Museum of Contemporary Art,University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
1977 -”Special Award”. “August International Hall”. Museum of Contemporary Art,Bogotá,Colombia.
1976 ”First National Prize”. “VII Hall of Young Art”. Antioquia Museum of Art, Medellín, Colombia.
1975 ”Acquisition Award”. “National April Hall of Art”.Contemporary Museum of Art, University of Antioquia,Medellín, Colombia.

SELECTED ONE MAN SHOWS:

2006 - “Jorge Posada Selected Art Work”. The Iron Tree Gallery, Millerton, New York
2006 - “Animus Corpus”. Kunstpanorama Art Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
2005 -”Exodus”.Arte Autopista gallery. Medellín, Colombia.
2002 -”From the Sky to Skin”. Open Studio. New York. U.S.A.
2000 ”Founders Choice IV”. Leslie Lohman Art Foundation, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2000 ”The Awakening Series”. Cronos Art Gallery, Miami, Florida. U.S.A.
1999 ”A Body Apart”. X Ibit Art Gallery, Miami, Florida. U.S.A.
1999 ”The Missing and The Awakening Series”. Colombian Consulate Gallery, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
1998 ”The Sacred Body”. Frame of Mind Gallery, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
1996 ”Tales of the Missing”.”Open Studio Program’. Lower East Side Printshop,NY, U.S.A.
1992 ”Urban Rituals and Chronicles”. Queensborough Public library, NY, U.S.A.
1986 ”From the Skin to the Phantoms”. Ganadero Bank Art Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
1985 ”Phantoms of the City”. Nora Art Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
”Phantoms of the City”. Ollantay Center for the Arts, NY, U.S.A.
1983 -”Erotic Series and Anonimous People’. Luis Angel Arango Library Parlor one, Bogotá, Colombia.
”Erotic Series and Anonimous People”. Pluma Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
1982 ”Anonimous People”. Executive Club Gallery, Medellín,Colombia.
1979 ”Life,love and death”. El Callejón Art Gallery,Bogotá, Colombia.
1978 ”Falling Angels”. Arte Autopista Art Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
1976 La Casa Art Gallery. Medellín, Colombia.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS.

2006 “Beyond new York. Toward the infinite dream. Gallery 130. Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka. Japan
2005 “Contemporanea”.University of Connecticut Gallery.hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A
2004 “Psychological Archaeology” Williamsburg Art & Historical Center. Brooklyn,NY. U.S.A
2004 “Color Works”. Michael perez Gallery. New York. NY.U.S.A
2003 “Art of the Americas” A latin Art fair. Coconut Grove Convention Center. Miami. U.S.A.
2002 -”Two visions”. Sleepy Hollow Cultural Space. Sleepy Hollow, NY, U.S.A.
2002 -”Multicultural Group Show”. African American Museum, Hempstead, NY, U.S.A.
2002 -”Art and Lust”. Wild Seduction Art Gallery, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
2001 -”Multicultural Exhibition”. African American Museum, Hempstead, NY, U.S.A.
2000 -”A world of Latin Artist : Land, People and Pasion”. Delaware Art Museum. Delaware, U.S.A.
2000 -”Latin American Painters in New York City : Global Art in the year 2000”. Dana Arts Center. Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, U.S.A.
1998 ”Multicultural exhibition”. African American Museum, Hemstead, NY, USA.
”A latinoamerican Review”. Paterson Museum of Art, NJ, USA.
1998 ”Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe”. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico. U.SA.
1996 ”Latin American Art in the 90’s”. St. John University Art Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
”Exploring the North”. Ten Colombian Artists in the USA. Stendhal Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
”Exploring the North”. Ten Colombian Artists in the USA, Museo Bolivariano de Arte Contemporaneo, Santa
Marta, Colombia.
”Innovative Prints from the Lower East Side Printshop”. Amos Eno Gallery, NY. U.S.A.
”Exploring the North”. Ten Colombian Artists in the USA. Centro Colombo Americano, Bogotá, Colombia.
”The Latinamerican Drawing”. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
”Views”. Selections from the Lower East Side Printshop. Draakon Gallery, Estonia.
1995 ”Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe”. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
”IV Salón de Dibujo de Santo Domingo”. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.
”New York Caracas”. Phoenix Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
”Small Formats”, Florida Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
”Printed at the Lower East Side Printshop”. La Mama Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
1994 ”Art, Emotion, Imagination”. Florida Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
”Individual Showcase retrospective”. Queenborough Public Library, NY. U.S.A.
1992 ”The Impact of two Worlds”. Art Space Gallery, New Haven, U.S.A.
”The Hispanic Experience in the American South”. Arizona State University, Phoenix, U.S.A.
”Configurations”. Ward Nasse Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
”Colombia: Contemporary Visions In New York”. Colombian Consulate Gallery, NY, U.SA.
1991 ”2001 Hispanic Artists Odyssey”. Museo Chicano, Phoenix, U.S.A.
”40 Contemporary Artists”. The Founding Center, AIexandria, U.S.A.
1990 ”Three Artists”. City Hall, NY, U.S.A.
1989 ”Expresiones Hispanas”. Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, U.S.A.
” Expresiones Hispana”. Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, U.S.A.
”Expresiones Hispanas”. Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A.
1988 ”Expresiones Hispanas”, Hispanic art tour, Denver, U.S.A.
”Expresiones Hispanas”. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, Arvada, U. S.A.
”Expresiones Hispanas”. Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
”Expresiones Hispanas”. Mexican Cultural Institute, San Antonlo, TX, U.S.A.
”Ten Individuals”. Hunter College gallery, NY, U.S.A.
1986 ”Pieces of Flesh”. Anisi Art GalIery, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
-”First Biennal of lberoamerican Painting”. Miami, U.S.A.
”Latinamerican Artists”. Casa España Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
1985 ”Colombian Artists in New York”, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, NY, U.SA.
”Two Colombian Artists”. Barnard Goldgerg Private Gallery, NY, U.S.A.
”Colombian Artists in New York”. Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia.
1984 ”XV Salón of Young Art”. Antioquia Museum of Art, Medellín, Colombia.
”Erotic Art”. Lincoln Gallery, NY. U.S.A.
”Alzate Avendaño Hall’. Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia.
1980 ”Black Series”. Finale Art Gallery, Medellín, Colombia.
1979 ”Three Media Three Artists”. Paco Gallery, NY, U.SA.
1977 ”August International Hall”. Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá, Colombia.
1976 ”VII Hall of Young Art”. Antioquia Museum of Art, Medellín, Colombia.
Medellín, Colombia.
1976 La Casa Art Gallery. Medellín, Colombia.