85. JUAN ARAUJO
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“El Lugar de
los libros” Biblioteca Canoas, 2008
Oil on wood
40 cm x 60 cm Photography by Juan Araujo |
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“Inacabada –
Canoas 6”, 2009
Oil and wax on wood
25,3 cm x 37,5 cm Photography by Juan Araujo |
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Casa de
Vidrio 11, 2011—2012
oil on wood
40,5 x 27,5 cm |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
Born: Caracas, Venezuela, 1971
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Caracas, Venezuela
Studies:
(Caracas
1991 - 1996) He studied at the “ Instituto Universitario de Estudios Superiores
de Artes Plásticas Armando Reverón”
Themes and
style:
Using
the traditional medium of oil on wood, Araujo creates works associated with the
history of painting, photography, publications, catalogues, magazines,
postcards and posters.
Araujo pays tribute to the history of art while also
considering what remains of the essence, texture, medium and argument of a work
once it has been reproduced. For the 9th Sharjah Biennial he presented a series
of oil painting appropriations of reproductions and photographs taken from
architectural books that offered images of prominent buildings he had visited
over the years.
Techniques:
Oil painting on photograph
Selected solo Exhibitions
2015
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
2013
Mineirianas, Inhotim, Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Belo
Horizonte, Brazil
2012
La ilusión de la transparencia, Galeria Luisa Strina, São
Paulo, Brazil
2010
La silla del diablo, Galería Cristina Guerra, Lisbon,
Portugal
2009
Re - Untitled, Galería Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
A Través, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo (CGAC),
Santiago de Compostela,
Spain
2007
Galería Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid, Spain
2003
Obras recientes, Galería Sicardi, Houston, Texas, USA
2002
Holanda, Galería D`Museo, Caracas, Venezuela
2000
Batallas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2015
United States of Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery,
London, England
Galerie de L’Epoque, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London,
England
From the Object to the World – Inhotim Collection, Itaú
Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
Eu represento os artistas, Revisited, curated by Fernanda
Arruda, Galeria Luisa Strina, São
Paulo, Brazil
2013
The insides are on the outside, Casa de Vidro, São Paulo,
Brazil
Colección: adquisiciones e incorporaciones recientes, Centro
Gallego de Arte
Contemporáneo (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2012
New Works, Inhotim, Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Belo
Horizonte, Brazil
2011
All to wall (part 1), curated by João Silvério, Cristina
Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon,
Portugal
En obras. Arte y Arquitectura en la Coleçao Teixeira de
Freitas, TEA, Tenerife, Spain
Reflejos, OTR espacio de arte, Madrid, Spain
A Line Of Color, Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York, USA
2010
El Gabinete Blanco, Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico
Panamericana, Galería Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
Aichi Triennal, Nagoya, Japan
Let’s talk about houses: when art speaks architecture, MNAC -
Museu do Chiado, Lisbon,
Portugal
2009
Sharjah Biennial 9, United Arab Emirates
La II Trienal Poligráfica de San Juan, Puerto Rico
31º Panorama da Arte Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
Construction Time Again, Lisson Gallery, London, England
6a Bienal Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2006
XXVIII Biennale de São Paulo, Brazil
2005
Insite, Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Mexico
Romance, Galería Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal
Jump Cuts, American National Society, New York, USA
Arte Contemporáneo Venezolano de la Colección Cisneros
(1990-2004), Museo de Arte
Moderno Jesús Soto, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Torres de Caracas, Modernidad Silenciada, Galería Mendoza,
Caracas, Venezuela
2004
Reanimation, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
Afinidades Secretas, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
VIII Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Cuenca, Equador
2003
A Nova Geometría, Galería Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo,
Brazil
Still Life, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
2002
Fragmento y Universo, Fundación Corp Group Centro Cultural,
Caracas, Venezuela
Etnografía, modo de empleo, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas,
Venezuela
Paralelos, Museo de Arte Moderno, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
2001
IV Edición del Salón Jóvenes con FIA (1st Prize), Ateneo
de Caracas, Venezuela
2000
Analogías y Confrontaciones 2000, Ateneo de Caracas,
Venezuela
Litoral El lado anverso, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
1999
Nuevas Adquisiciones, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas,
Venezuela
II Edición del Salón Jóvenes con FIA, Ateneo de Caracas,
Venezuela
IV Edición del Salón Pirelli (3rd Prize), Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo de Caracas,
Venezuela
Perspectiva Visual, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas,
Venezuela
1998
II Bienal de Paisaje (Henry Pittier Award), Meseo Mario
Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela
1997
La Invención de la Continuidad, Galería de Arte Nacional,
Caracas, Venezuela
1994
VII Edición del Salón Nacional Eugenio Mendoza, Sala
Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
Representative
Galleries:
Cristina Guerra
Stephen Friedman
Luisa Trina
Shajarhart
Stephen Friedman
Luisa Trina
Shajarhart
For
more Information:
http://www.sharjahart.org/people/people-by-alphabet/a/araujo-juan
http://vereda.ula.ve/gan/
http://www.elcultural.com/revista/arte/Juan-Araujo-una-pintura-sagaz/17230
http://vereda.ula.ve/gan/
http://www.elcultural.com/revista/arte/Juan-Araujo-una-pintura-sagaz/17230