Ángel Alfaro

Angel Alfaro Echevarria

Yaguajay, Cuba, 1952

Lives and works in Bogota, Colombia

STUDIES

1971-1975 Painting, National School of Art, Havana

1976-1981 Master in Fine Arts, Engraving specialization, Superior Institute of Art, Havana

1984-1985 Techniques of Contemporary Engraving, Atelier 17 from S.W. Hayter, Paris

2007 Master’s degree in arts, Mention Fine Arts, Superior Institute of Art, Havana

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

1975-2009 Drawing, engraving and painting teacher. He presently works as permanent professor in Francisco Jose de Caldas District University, in the project of Fine and Visual Arts from Arts Faculty- ASAB, Bogota.

He’s been a professor at the Superior Pedagogical Institute of Havana, Superior Institute of Art (ISA) and Los Andes University, and Professor of Fine Arts in the Project of Basic Education emphasizing Artistic Education, Francisco Jose de Caldas District University from Bogota.

Since 1975, he’s a member of Cuba’s Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC), Havana, the Experimental Workshop of Graphics (TEG), Havana’s Cathedral Square, the International Association of Fine Artists (AIAP) and the Association of Latin American Graphic Artists (AAGL).

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2010 Ritual, Luvina Gallery, Bogota

2009 Ritual Barroco, Casa Ensamble Gallery, Bogota

2006 Paintings Angel Alfaro, Jimenez-Art Gallery, New York

2005 Angel Alfaro Pinturas Recientes,Connor-Rosato Gallery, Nueva York

2003 Bojeo Imaginario, Alonso Art Gallery, Bogota

2000 Art et Contexte: Points de Reencontré, Galerie L´Oeil de Poisson, Québec / Pinturas Recientes, Art 3 Americas, Montreal

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2009 El dibujo es mentira,FrenchAlliance from Barranquilla, Colombia / Grafica, tecnologia, apropiacion, tradicion, AAGL,MAC-Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogota / Grafica un lenguaje, Ayer y Hoy, AAGL,Gabriel Garcia Marquez Cultural Center, Bogota / International Exhibition of Engraving, Exhibition Hall Virgilio Barco Bookstore, Bogota / Mito y Realidad- Artists de Cuba y Colombia, Bolivarian Gallery Museum Foundation of Contemporary Art, Santa Marta, Colombia / Interaccion Grafica, Casa Ensamble Gallery, Bogota

2008 Mito y Realidad- Artists de Cuba y Colombia,Casa Simon Bolivar Gallery, Havana / Project de Creacion Docente 2008-Video, ASAB Gallery, Bogota

2007 Painting, ASAB Gallery (District University –Faculty of Arts), Bogota / Art America, The Latin American Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center

2006 El Objeto, ASAB Gallery (District University-Faculty of Arts), Bogota

2005 Dos Cubas Distintas, Hatman Art Espace, Coral Gables, United States / El Dibujo como Expresion Contemporanea ASAB,ASAB Gallery (Superior Academy of Arts), Bogota

2003 Artes Latinas, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, United States

2001 Dibujando La Merced, Superior Academy of Art Gallery, Bogota / Expo. Engravings, Superior Academy of Art Gallery, Bogota /Engraving en Escena,Expo. Experimental Workshop of  Graphics, Havana, Candelaria Theater, Bogota / Exhibition paying tribute to the Experimental Workshop of Graphics in Havana, Pluma Foundation Gallery, Bogota / Grabado Cubano Contemporaneo, Studios Livan Gallery, Expo 2001, Toronto / Exposicion de grabados, Gallery at the Superior Academy of Art, Bogota, Colombia

2000 Latin American Cultural Exhibition, Montreal

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2003 He was selected for The 24th International Impact Art Festival, International Art Center of Kyoto, Japan

2000 He was selected for the international event Art et Contexte: Points de Reencontré, Galerie L´Oeil de Poisson, Québec

1997 He participated in the 8^th Regional Hall, Bogota, Colombia; and the 37^th National Hall of Artists, Bogota, Colombia

1988 Mention in Drawing, UNEAC/88 Hall, Havana

1987 Mention in Engraving, 13 de Marzo Contest; Havana / La Joven Estampa Award for Latin American Engraving, Casa de las Americas, Havana / Mention in the Engraving Meeting/87, Havana

1986 Mention in Engraving, 13 de Marzo Contest, Havana / Honorable Mention, 8^th Norwegian International Print Biennial, Norway / Second Biennial of Havana, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1985 Dibujo award, Hall of ForeignArtists, G. Bernanos Gallery, Paris / National Award in Engraving, UNEAC/85 Hall, Havana / Special Hall of Latin American Contemporary Graphics, International Triennial of Colored Graphic Prints, Gretchen, Switzerland

1984 First Biennial of Havana, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana

1983 Mention in Engraving, Engraving Meeting/83; Havana

1982 Award inEngraving, 13 de Marzo Contest, Havana / Mention in Engraving, City Hall, Havana

1981 Award in Engraving, 13 de Marzo Contest, Havana

1980 First Mention, 13 de Marzo Contest, Havana / Mention, 8^th Young Provincial Hall of Fine Arts, Havana / First Mention, National Young Hall of Fine Arts, Havana

1979 Mention in Engraving,13 de Marzo Contest, Havana

1977 Mention in Drawing Contest “Humor Joven”, Havana

1976 Award in Engraving,Young Provincial Hall of Fine Arts; Cienfuegos, Cuba

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Art Quinta San Pedro Alejandrino, Santa Marta, Colombia / National Museum of Fine arts, Havana / Wolfang Schneider. Collection of Engravings, Germany / Museum of New Masters, Dresden, Germany / Museum of Contemporary Graphic Art, Fredrikstad, Norway / Museum O. Rayo; Roldanillo, Valle, Colombia / Gallery of Latin American Art,Cracovia, Poland / Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico / Workshop 17 S. W. Hayter, Paris / Collection Umberto Giangrandi Workshop, Bogota / Gallery Alonso Art, Bogota / Museum of Art, Santa Catarina, Brazil / Collection Jose Manuel Arce,Cultural Center of Albi, France / Individual Collections Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, Spain, Mexico, France, Russia, Norway, Switzerland, Brazil, Ireland, Sweden, among other.