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ABOUT JUAN JOSE RODRIGUEZ
Native from
Cantel, Quetzaltenango (Guatemala). In 1943 he obtained the
first inter-scholar drawing and painting prize. In 1952 he
entered the Instituto Normal Mixto de Occidente, in San
Marcos, where he graduated as a primary teacher. In 1961 he
founded his first drawing and painting studio. In 1970 he
graduated as an Architect from the University of San Carlos
de Guatemala. In 1972 he travels to Colombia, Venezuela,
Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador to specialize in
housing design and construction with a social focus.
After
working in the architecture field, construction and teaching,
he devoted himself completely to painting. His works of art
have been presented both in Guatemala and internationally.
Expositions in Guatemala City: Escuela Nacional de Artes
Plásticas; Casa de la Cultura de Occidente; Club Rotarios;
Fórum Galería; National Architects Seminary; Patronato de
Bellas Artes; Banco del Ejército; 10th Central American
Architects Congreso; Art Center Guatemala; el Túnel Gallery;
Alianza Francesa; Boy-Scouts; Sol del Río Gallery; National
Palace; US Ambassador’s Residency; el Ático Gallery; Monet
Gallery; Anacafé Building.
Expositions in Antigua Guatemala: Portada del Palomar;
VI Bienal de Arte Paiz, Capuchinas Convent; El Sitio Gallery.
France:
Gallerie Centrale (Paris); Literary Circle “Arts et
Jalons” (Saint Mandé); Municipal Culture Lounge (Paris); La
Maison du Monde et le Groupe Guichet Devry.
Spain:
Caja y Ahorro Gallery (Vigo); Perfil 88 (Madrid).
Germany:
Friedrich Naumann-Konigswinter (Bonn).
USA:
The Gallery of Fine Arts (Miami); Meridian House Museum
(Washington D.C.); The Embassy Gallery of International Art
(Coral Gables); Art Miami ’94 (Miami); Aldo Castillo Gallery
(Chicago); Iberoamerican Art Show, Art Museum of the
Americas (Chicago); Gallery at the Organization of American
States (Washington D.C.); Galería de Vaniddes (Miami)
Latin
America: Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte, Palacio de
Bellas Artes (Mexico City); 2ª Bienal Internacional de
Pintura (Cuenca, Ecuador); “Códice” Exposition, Galería de
Arte Contemporáneo (Managua, Nicaragua); Watercolor National
Museum (Mexico City).
Egypt:
Opera House (Cairo); Pinacoteca de América Latina (Cairo). |
