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Venezuelan Master Artist
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Venezuelan Master Artist
Diego Barboza was born the Carabobo street of Maracaibo, Venezuela on February 4, 1945. He was a Venezuelan Neo Figurative Painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history. Diego Barboza opened a new chapter in Latin America, beyond the surreal or the magical realism of the Modern Latin American Masters. He created a new language of dislocation and transgression. Personages became distorted to the point that was very exaggerated forms “His figures twisted and contorted without losing their presence or their pull. Extremities muscles, and bones burst into an explosive compound of divergent and convergent lines. Through eruptive brushstrokes and fractured outlines. Barboza created a world of illusions.
Barboza was born into a upper-middle-class family. He drew as a child and was serious, quit and thoughtful. He grew up into a very religious family, and he use to help with the activities of the church when he was 12 years old. He started loving art at 7 years old (he at that age use to say he only wanted to be a famous artist). He stopped going to school at 12 years old, and he registered himself at the School of Visual Art in the City of Maracaibo Venezuela
Barboza studied at the School of Visual Arts in Caracas, Venezuela as well at the London College of Printing, London UK from 1965 to 1968. Barboza presented his first individual exhibition at the Centro de Bellas Artes of Maracaibo Venezuela. In 1963, he traveled to London when the Conceptual Art movement started, he had the support of the London New Art Lab Gallery. On March 7, 1970 Barboza displayed his first work on Conceptual Art, which he called Art of Action. In London with the performance of 30 Girls with nets (30 Muchachas con redes). His second work was Nets and Hats in markets and restaurants (Con sombreros y redes en mercados y restaurants). In London UK. His third The Centerpiece (El Ciempies) and the fourth Expression on a laundry-mat (Expresiones en una lavanderia)
In 1974. Baboza returned to Venezuela. Where he presented two very important Conceptual Art works: The Armadillo Box (La Caja del Cachicamo) and from the School of Athens to the New School of Caracas (De la Escuela de Atenas a la Nueva Escuela de Caracas). Closing his cycle of Conceptual Art creation.
“Barboza is recognized one of the first true pioneers of Conceptual Art”
The Greater London Arts Association and the Arts Council of Great Britain did several exhibitions of (North, Central, South, London, Wales, Scotland and Ulster) to show the actual Visual Arts in all of the United Kingdom and Diego Barboza was invited for this event with a solo exhibition, expressions around a cylinder (Expresiones alrededor de un cilindro).
Diego has made numerous solo and group exhibitions, obtaining rewards since 1963. He is represented in the most important museums of Venezuela, as well as in England, Brazil, Colombia and Cuba. In 1986 he was awarded the Municipal Visual Arts Award of the Municipal Council of the Federal District and in 1997 he received the National Prize for Plastic Arts granted by the National Council of Culture, CONAC.
1963
Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1964
Galería Pez Dorado, Caracas, Venezuela
1965
Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
1967
Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
1970
The London Art News, London, Great Britain
1974
Galería BANAP, Caracas, Venezuela
1977
Galería Gaudì, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1980
Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
1986
Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1987
Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela
1990
Galería Tito Salas, Caracas, Venezuela
1991
Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Sala Banco de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1992
Sala Gobernación del D.F, Caracas, Venezuela
Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
1993
Galería Uno, Caracas, Venezuela
1994
Galería Félix, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Namia Mondolfi, Caracas, Venezuela
1995
Galería Odalys, Caracas, Venezuela
1996
Galería Juan Ruiz, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Galería de Arte Moderno, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
1997
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
1998
Galería Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela
1999
Galería Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela
2000
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Maracay Mario Abreu
Diego Barboza: El Festín de la Nostalgia (Retrospective)
2001
Museo de Arte Comtemporáneo del Zulia, Caracas, Venezuela
Diego Barboza: El Festín de la Nostalgia (Retrospective)
2001
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Diego Barboza: El Festín de la Nostalgia (Retrospective)
2001
Galería Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela
1964
Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
1965
Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Salón Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
1966
Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
1968
Salón Oficial Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
1971
Art Spectrum London, London, Great Britain
1972
Serpentine Gallery, London, Great Britain
Midland Group Gallery, London, Great Britain
1973
Midland Group Gallery, London, Great Britain
Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Slón Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
1974
Galería BANAP, Caracas, Venezuela
1975
Casa de Las Américas, La Habana, Cuba
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
Galería de Arte Nuevo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1976
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museo de la Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
Bienal de Venecia, Venecia, Italy
1979
Centro de Artes y Comunicacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1980
Galería NBC, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
1981
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Medellín, Colombia
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
1983
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
1984
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
1986
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Arte La Rinconada, Caracas, Venezuela
1987
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
1988
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
1989
Galería Venzor, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
MACSI, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Arte La Rinconada, Caracas, Venezuela
1990
Museo Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
1991
Exposición Itinerante - Europe-USA .
1992
Ambrosino Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
1993
Museo de Arte de Petare, Caracas, Venezuela
Centro de Arte Lia Bermúdez, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1994
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
MACSI, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Namia Mondolfi, Caracas, Venezuela
1995
Galería Art Nouveau, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Galería Cesar Sassòn, Caracas, Venezuela
Maremares Resort, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Durban, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Odalys, Caracas, Venezuela
1996
Centro de Arte Grupo Li, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Uno, Caracas, Venezuela
Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas, Venezuela
Espacios Unión, Caracas, Venezuela
Hebraica, Caracas, Venezuela
1997
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Sociedad Dramática, Maracaibo, Venezuela, Venezuela
Centro de Arte Grupo Li, Caracas
CELARG, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Ocre Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo , Maracay, Venezuela
Galería Medicci, Caracas, Venezuela
1963
Premio Estímulo - IX Salón d’Empaire, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1964
Premio José Ortìn Rodríguez - X Salón d’Empaire, Maracaibo, Venezuela
1965
Primer Premio de Dibujo - III Salón Pez Dorado, Caracas, Venezuela
1968
Premio Henrique Otero Vizcarrondo - XXIV Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
1973
Premio Emilio Boggio - XXXI Salón de Arte Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
1974
Premio Antonio Edmundo Monsanto - XXXII Salón de Arte Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
1985
Premio de Arte No Objetual - XLIII Salón de Arte Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela
1986
Premio Municipal de Artes Visuales - Consejo Municipal, Caracas, Venezuela
1997
Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas - CONAC
National Art Gallery of Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of ContemporaryArt, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Graphics Art, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Museum of Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Center of Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Central Bank of Venezuela
Salon Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
CONAC, Caracas, Venezuela
Bolivar’s House, La Habana, Cuba
Center of Graphic learning, Caracas, Venezuela
University Simòn Rodríguez, Caracas, Venezuela
BANAP, Caracas
Midland Group Gallery, London, Great Britain
Consejo Municipal, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Consejo Municipal, Caracas, Venezuela
Municipal Gallery of Art, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
Center of Art Euroamerican, Caracas, Venezuela
Namia Mondolfi Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Medicci Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
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