French-Colombian citizen, born in Spain in 1964 and raised in Paris and Bogota, Colombia .
After studies in engineering and mathematics in Bogota and Montreal, Canada, moves to Italy and studies Design and Fine Arts in Milan.
In 1990 moves to Japan, invited by the Japanese government on various research grants in Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo to the "Tokyo Geidai" Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music where he earned a PH.D. degree in 1998.
In his art work it is possible to find the mixture of his origins and formative years, the traces of his experiences in South America, Europe and Asia. In his particular use of gold leaf one finds both an Asian aesthetic influence found in the Japanese Maki-e and in traditional screens, as well as the aesthetic sense of the Pre-Colombiann goldsmiths, who used a gold alloy called Tumbaga, that had the particular quality of rusting over time, infusing life to the precious metal in which one can sense the passage of time. His works are an abstraction based on his observation of the natural phenomenon of matter flowing through space and time—how matter evolves and mutates with the passage of time and the action of nature over it. This approach is taken in the hope of producing an harmonic relation between the works and the viewer.
There are two type of glass work: cut, polished and carved glass plates and blocks, as well as crystal objects that are blown and formed by hand before being carved to retain the natural flow of melted glass. Subsequently deep carvings are made into the glass pieces to create zones of light and shadow that convey movement.
Other unique works of a similar theme are created in paper and metal using different techniques. Each paper relief also creates lines of light and shadow conveying movement, however the metal center and colored component traces movement frozen in time.
All these works are originals—each is a single, unique piece.
Some of the works are untitled to allow individuals to interpret them using their own senses.
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1964 | Born in Pamplona, Spain. French and Colombian citizen | |
1981-1985 | Studies of engineering and mathematics Bogota Colombia and Montreal Canada | |
1989 | Graduated in Masters of industrial design at Istituto Europeo Milano Italy | |
1990 | Graduated from the fine arts academy of Brera painting Milano Italy | |
1990-1993 | Research on aesthetics in design and art Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo Japan | |
1998 | Ph.D. degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music | |
Individual Exhibitions | ||
2009 | Seibu Gallery | Tokyo-Shibuya |
2008 | SinSin Gallery | Hong Kong |
2007 | Grand Hyatt | Tokyo |
2006 | Grand Hyatt | Tokyo |
2005 | Colombian Embassy | Tokyo |
2005 | Westin Executive Club | Ebisu, Tokyo |
2004 | Galeria Diners | Bogota |
2003 | Kee Club | Hong Kong |
2003 | Art Cafe Gallery | Tokyo |
2002 | Tiempo Iberio Americano Gallery | Fukuoka |
2002 | American Club, Genkkan Gallery | Tokyo |
2001 | Chouinard Gallery | Hong Kong |
2001 | Kashin Gallery | Higashi Azabu, Tokyo |
2000 | Maru Factory | Aoyama, Tokyo |
2000 | Friendship Museum | Beijing, China |
1999 | Il Pinolo | Higashi Azabu, Tokyo |
1999 | Gallery AXIS | Roppongi, Tokyo |
1998 | Shinjyuku Park Tower Gallery | Shinjyuku, Tokyo |
1998 | Tokyo Fine Arts University | Ueno, Tokyo |
1997 | Pleine vue Gallery | Ginza, Tokyo |
1996 | Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank Gallery | Ginza, Tokyo |
1994 | Tokyo Fine Arts University | Ueno, Tokyo |
Group Exhibitions | ||
2006 | Sin Sin Gallery | Hong Kong |
2005 | Sin Sin Gallery | Hong Kong |
2005 | Modern Art Museum/Bank of the Republic | Bogota, Colombia |
2003 | Tasaki Pearls | Ginza, Tokyo |
2002 | International Contemporary Art Fair | Hong Kong |
2000 | Gallery 91 | SoHo, New York |
1998 | Taichu-International Laquer Congress | Taiwan |
1998 | Gallery AXIS (AKARI-TEN) | Roppongi, Tokyo |
1997 | Tokyo Fine Arts University | Ueno, Tokyo |
1996 | Inoue Gallery | Ginza, Tokyo |
1995 | Shoto Gallery | Shibuya, Tokyo |
1995 | United Nations University | Aoyama, Tokyo |
1995 | Setagaya Art Museum, Citizens Gallery | Setagaya, Tokyo |
1994 | Tokyo Fine Arts University | Ueno, Tokyo |
1991 1993 1994 | Soshigaya Art Festival | Setagaya, Tokyo |
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