Biography

RESUME

  • 1960 - Risaralda , Caldas , 14 October 1960.
  • 1977 - 1982 - Studies in the Instituto de Bellas Artes ceramic and drawing , Manizales.
  • 1983 - Professional Philosophy and Letters , Universidad de Caldas.
  • 1989 - 1991 - Sculptor performer in the workshop of Maestro Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt.
  • 1995 - Master of Sculpture , Museo Castillo , Medellín.
  • Study tours: Italy , France , Germany , Austria , Spain, USA , Mexico , Peru, Ecuador , Chile.

AWARDS

  • 1991 - Awards “Merit Honor Culture" Casa de la Cultura, Risaralda, Caldas.
  • 1993 - The First Prize on Public Art, Constructora los Alpes, Pereira.
  • 1994 - Medal for Merit to Culture, Instituto Caldense de Cultura, Manizales.
  • 2007 - Merit Honor “Prince's Comand”, Carolina del Príncipe , Antioquia.
  • 2015 - Member of MONDIAL Art Academy - MONDIAL art academy is proud to welcome a great sculptor artist from Colombia, JORGE VÉLEZ CORREA
  • 2017 - Médaille D’Argent, French Colombo exhibition Mondial Art Academia, Palace of Culture and Heritage of Antioquia Rafael Uribe Uribe, Colombia, France.
  • 2019 - Silver Medal, International Prize of Art Professionals, awarded by the Mondial Art Academia, France.

EVENTS

  • 1997 - Joined to the Medellin International Festival of Art “Art , Air and Color" in the carving contest piedra Barichara.
  • 2011 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2013 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2014 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2015 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2016 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2017 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2018 - Viarte , Medellin.
  • 2019 - 4th Version, Containers Art, Fundación Amor y Arte, Medellín.

PUBLIC WORKS

  • 1985 and 1989 - Perform various busts of some of caldenses writers and poets such as Ovidio Rincón, Fernando Mejía, Iván Cocherín, Bernardo Arias Trujillo y Javier Ramírez between 1985 and 1989.
  • 1989 - Bust of poet Jorge Robledo Ortiz , bronze , Marmato , Caldas.
  • 1991 - Senator Leon Arango Paucar Torso , bronze , Ridge Alpujarra , Medellin.
  • 1991 - Bust of the academic and writer Otto Morales Benitez , bronze , Marmato , Caldas.
  • 1993 - Sculpture “El Duende”, bronze , San Jose Caldas.
  • 1993 - Sculpture “Sol y Luna”, bronze , Pereira.
  • 1994 - Large mask “Donna Belvedere”, bronze , Pereira.
  • 1994 - Masks “La Tragedia y La Comedia”, bronze , building San Torino Pereira.
  • 1994 - Large mask “Mercurio”, bronze , Pereira.
  • 1995 - Sculpture “Song for the Life”, bronze Clínic Nuestra Señora de Fátima , Tulu.
  • 1995 - Sculpture “Al Libre Pensamiento”, bronze and marble , Cementerio Libre Circassia , Quindio.
  • 1996 - Bust of Master Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt , bronze , Casa de la Cultura , Fredonia.
  • 1998 - Bust of Senator Alfonso Hoyos , bronze , Pennsylvania , Caldas .
  • 1999 - Sculpture “Al Nacimiento de la Industria”, resin , Sabaneta , Antioquia.
  • 2002 - Bust of lawyer and Senator Jesús Jiménez Gómez , bronze , Neira , Caldas.
  • 2002 - bust of the poet Orlando Sierra, resin , Manizales , Caldas.
  • 2002 - Bust of doctor Rene Mesa Arango , bronze , Envigado , Antioquia.
  • 2004 - Bust of Maria Cano, bronze , Medellín, Antioquia.
  • 2005 - Sculpture “La Manzana”, resin Bello , Antioquia.
  • 2006 - Sculptures “Eros Ave , Phoenix , Viento Ave , Mantua Ave , La Erato located in the Parque Lineal Aves Maria”, Bronco , Sabaneta , Antioquia.
  • 2006 - Sculpture “Premio a las Artes Mayorca”, bronce, Sabaneta, Antioquia.
  • 2007 - Sculpture “Juanes”, bronze , Carolina del Príncipe , Antioquia.
  • 2008 - Sculpture “Homenaje a los Fundadores de Sabaneta”, bronze , Sabaneta , Antioquia.
  • 2011 - Sculpture “Bolivar”, bronze and steel , Risaralda , Caldas.
  • 2013 - Sculpture “Esgrafiada con Veletas”, steel , Risaralda , Caldas.
  • 2015 - Sculpture “La Mirada de Atenea”, resin & iron, Manizales, Caldas.
  • 2015 - Relieve, “Gabriel García Márquez”, bronce frio, Biblioteca Central, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Antioquia.
  • 2016 - Bust of "Luz Marina Zuluaga Miss Universe", bronze and steel, Manizales, Caldas.
  • 2018 - Sculptures "Barranquero Posado", "Barranquero en vuelo" and "El Pinche", resin and steel, Manizales, Caldas.
  • 2018 - Sculpture "Cacique Bitagüí", resin and steel, Itagüí, Antioquia.
  • 2019 - Sculptures "Green Toucan", "Blue Green Honey", "Red Woodpecker", "Owl Currucutú ”,“ Couple of Colibrís ”, resin and steel, Manizales, Caldas.
  • 2019 - Sculpture "Cóndores No entierran Todos Los Días", Mausoleum Writer Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazabal, bronze, San Pedro Cemetery Museum, Medellín, Antioquia .
  • 2019 - Sculpture "Don Tomás Carrasquilla", Mausoleum, bronze, San Pedro Cemetery Museum, Medellín, Antioquia.
  • 2019 - Sculpture "Ama y Vuela", bronze and steel, Guarne, Antioquia.
  • 2019 - Sculpture "Gandhi", resin, Rionegro, Antioquia.