Montura: Sin montura Framework: Frameless
Gloria Rojas
VENEZUELA
B.1951
TITLE
UNTITLED
DATE / #/EDITION
2016 / 5/7
SIZE (cm)
35x25
TECHNIQUE
WOODCUT TACO A TACO (XILOGRAFÍA TACO A TACO) / HAND SIGNED
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Birth: July 4, 1951, Valencia - Venezuela. Painter and recorder. Daughter of Carlos Rafael Rojas and María Enriqueta Véliz. He studied at the School of Geography of the UCV, where he obtained a degree (1976). Between 1986 and 1988 he studied painting, drawing, engraving and art history at the School of Plastic Arts of San Juan de Puerto Rico. Later, he completed a master's degree in art, mentioning plastic arts at UPEL (Caracas, 2000). Active since the mid-eighties, at the end of the following decade the artist is interested in expressing in her works the thick textures, the earthy colors, the spontaneous planes and the lines of vibrant colors. His paintings "highlight the erratic, the unnoticed, the unusual, the altered and the referential telluric of geographic territoriality and at the same time of urban fragmentation" (Matos, 2002). Among his participation in collective exhibitions stand out: "Sample for peace" (National University, Santo Domingo, 1983), "Drawing of graphics" (Proposed Research Center, Santo Domingo, 1983), IV Municipal Painting Exhibition of Cagua (House) of the Culture Jorge R. Gómez, Cagua, Edo. Aragua, 1983), II Biennial of Drawing and Engraving (Museum de Arte La Rinconada, Caracas, 1984), XLII Michelena Hall (1985), X Aragua Hall (Maracay Art Museum, 1985), X Municipal Painting Hall (Maracay, 1985), V TAGA Biennial (1986), VII Biennial of San Juan of the Latin American and Caribbean Engraving (Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 1986), III National Biennial of Drawing and Engraving (La Rinconada Art Museum, Caracas, 1986), "Made in Venezuela" (Gallery La Escuela, Barranquilla, Colombia, 1986), IV National Regional Biennial of Plastic Arts (Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Puerto La Cruz, 1989), "Tribute to Ikeda" (Embassy of Venezuela, Tokyo, 1998) and X Biennial of Miniatures Graphics Homage to Gert Leufert (CAF, Caracas, 2002). Since 2001, she works as an assistant professor at UNESR (Caracas). Some Individual expositions 1985 "The Sacred Race of Three Women", Ángel Boscán Gallery 1986 "Without clothes", Proposal Research Center, Santo Domingo / "La sagrada estrabre de tres mujeres", Sin Límite Gallery, San Cristóbal / "The language of the line", Exhibition Center, Carolina municipality, Puerto Rico. 1997 "Ámbitos", Galería A7, Caracas. 1999 "Sporadic and frequent", Sharon's Gallery, Puerto La Cruz. 2000 "Exorcism of the wear", Library of the MBA, Caracas. 2001 "Territories", Felix Gallery, Caracas. 2016 Discovering the Warm Water, Embassy of France in Venezuela, Caracas. 2018 On the Skin of the Shadow, Museum of the Print and Design Carlos Cruz Diez, Caracas. Some Awards 1984 Popular Prize, II National Biennial of Drawing and Engraving, La Rinconada Art Museum, Caracas 1983 Fundarte Prize, II Painting and Drawing Biennial of Cagua, José R. Gómez House of Culture, Cagua, Edo. Aragua. Some Collections Proposed Research Center, Santo Domingo / Embassy of Venezuela, OAS, Washington / Fundarte / Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, San Juan de Puerto Rico / Science Museum / Presidency of the Republic, Caracas / TAGA / ULA.
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This work of art was elaborated under the technique of Xylography or Woodcut taco to taco eighth of sheet, 35cm x 22.5 cm. on Kimberly paper, acid-free 190g. They participated in the Individual Exhibition IN THE SKIN OF THE SHADOW, Museum of the Print and Design Carlos Cruz Diez MEDI, Caracas Venezuela.
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