El Salvador, Sentidos Galeria

Round 2! International Gallery in Exhibition Winter 2015 :: New Group of Artists, Some of the Same :: in continued cooperation with Gallery 212 Miami!

New for 2015!
Amber Rose
Artist Featured October 2015 – February 1, 2016 in International Group Show

Amber Rose holds Anglo-Salvadorean nationality.  She studied Art and Drawing Foundation at The Slade School of Fine Art of London and History of Art with Materials at University College London. Being a multidisciplinary artist, she uses her work painting and drawing to investigate themes relating to identity and both rural and urban landscapes. Amber often exhibits in Central America and the United States of America.  She is the winner of Palmares de Pintura (2010) and received honorable mentions from the SUMARTE of MUSEUM OF ART – MARTE, EL SALVADOR in both 2010, 2011.

Her work forms part of the following private collections:
Fundación Ortiz Gurdian in Nicaragua
The Smithsonian Museum
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in the USA

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New for 2015!

Edwin René Ayala Turcios
Artist Featured October 2015 – February 1, 2016 in International Group Show 

Edwin was born on October 31, 1958.  He studied architecture at the University of El Salvador and later became a Professor at MINED, were he worked for 32 years.  Edwin also studied Graphic Design at the San Carlos University in Guatemala, published text books at the Albuquerque University in New Mexico and had experience with the Development of Reflecting Scientific Thought in Art GTZ – MINED.

His artistic career includes over 324 exhibitions in El Salvador, Canada, Mexico, the United States of America, the Dominican Republic, The United Kingdom, France, Egypt, Israel, Sweden among others.

Edwin’s acknowledgements include photographic and graphic design prizes, honorific mentions by Palmares Diplomat, art in watercolor exhibits and first prize in abstract paintings.

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Back by Popular Demand! Returning with New Works:

Alberto Merino 
El Salvador, 1975
Techniques: Figurative sculpture with multiple mixed media including aluminum cans, safety pins, works on wood, bronze, fiber glass and stone.

Artist Alberto Merino holds an education in the arts with concentrations in graphic design, art history, sculpture and furniture design. In the last 20 years, the name of this artist has been heard and seen in a multitude of places, from cultural centers to museums and galleries around the world. This opened the door for Merino to become a valuable addition to private collections in the United States, Europe and Latin America. He is also known for his skills among the TEA Sculptors Collective and has been distinguished with awards and mentions, in his home country and abroad, such as the Young Talent of the Year in Painting and Sculpture(2000), in the Palmares Displomat Painting Certamen(2001) and many more.

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Hector Tadeo graduated from Arts at the CENAR, El Salvador.  He continued his art studies to master intervention and different techniques.

Hector has had both solo and group exhibitions at the Centro Nacional de Artes (CENAR) in El Salvador, Museo de Arte (MARTE), El Salvador, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano (MOLAA), Museo de Arte Moderno de Guatemala, Rosa Botran contest in Guatemala, el Museo de Antropología (MUNA), El Salvador and SOMARTS in San Francisco.  Hector has also participated in art auctions both in El Salvador and Laguna Beach, California.

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Returning with New Works :: Ana Zamora

Ana was born on November 2nd, 1961 in San Salvador, El Salvador.

She began her art studies participating in workshops with other artists who eventually became renown salvadoran Masters. Such workshops include “Centro Cultural del CIC” and “Academia Sanvisens”, both in Barcelona, Spain. Ana was also taught engraving techniques.

Her exhibit experiance is vast. In 2014, Ana participated in a collective exhibit with Gallery 212 in Wynwood, Miami. This exhibit also included Art Basel. Other exhibits include individual and collective exhibits at the Mexican and German Embassies in El Salvador, different Art Galleries in Panama, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Laguna Beach and Boston in the United States of America. Ana holds permanent work at Sentidos Galeria in San Salvador.

Ana Zamora has also participated in several auctions in El Salvador and is welcomed back to a second year in exhibition Gallery 212 Miami.

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International Gallery in Exhibition Summer, Fall 2014 in cooperation with Gallery 212 Miami

Showcasing 15 of the foremost artists of the Nation of El Salvador over the last 30 years
Alberto Merino, Ana Zamora, Antonio Bonilla, Boris Ciudad Real, Carlos Canas, Dagoberto Nolasco, El Aleph, Elisa Archer, Francisco Reyes, Fredis Monge, Margarita Llach, Oscar Lopez, Roberto Huezo, Rodolfo Oviedo Vega, Tatiana Canas, Ivan Linares, Orel Donan and Gerardo Gomez

Please scroll down all the way to the end as each artist is listed in detail, in alphabetical order below:

 

Alberto Merino
El Salvador, 1975
Techniques: Figurative sculpture with multiple mixed media including aluminum cans, safety pins, works on wood, bronze, fiber glass and stone.

Artist Alberto Merino holds an education in the arts with concentrations in graphic design, art history, sculpture and furniture design. In the last 20 years, the name of this artist has been heard and seen in a multitude of places, from cultural centers to museums and galleries around the world. This opened the door for Merino to become a valuable addition to private collections in the United States, Europe and Latin America. He is also known for his skills among the TEA Sculptors Collective and has been distinguished with awards and mentions, in his home country and abroad, such as the Young Talent of the Year in Painting and Sculpture(2000), in the Palmares Displomat Painting Certamen(2001) and many more.

 

Ana Zamora
1961

The artist spent her childhood and teenage years in El Salvador, but later moved to Spain where she had the opportunity to study design.   When she returned to El Salvador she was taught by important Salvadorean artists Armando Solis, Julio Hernandez Aleman and Conchita Kuny Mena among others and obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education.

Her professional art life began in 2001, displaying finesse and geometric mastery with scenes of the exuberant nature and landscapes of El Salvador; always colorful and rich in communicating joy.    Ana Zamora has participated in personal and collective exhibitions in the United States, Panama, Honduras and El Salvador. Her work has been included in auctions of the Marte Art Museum in El Salvador and Juannio in Guatemala, and has won Bronze Glifo in the III Bienal de Paiz in El Salvador.

Antonio Bonilla
El Salvador, 1954
Techniques: Paintings, drawing, engraving, sculpture. Paints in oil, acrylic and water color on canvas or wood. Draws in ink or pencil. Produces xylography over neolite and sculpts on stone covered with gold or silver laminate.

Antonio Bonilla, with a formal education in architecture, was already a master artist by the beginning of the Bonilla sensation. In 1974 he started the well-known group “El Primer Post-Art” (the first post-art) together with artists Dagoberto Reyes and Ricardo Ramírez. Their technique was identified as the mixing of a deep message with confrontational undertones expressed in colors and strokes. As such, Bonilla’s composition boasts bright, bold colors and figures distorted in satirical criticism of society in the way that the artist perceives it to be. Influences ranging from pre-Colombo to expressionism and surrealism stand out in the works. In 2010 the ‘International Museum of Salarrué Exhibitions’ presented a retrospective of the artist. Perfect for museums and private collectors alike, Bonilla painting is the perfect reminder of the distinct wealth of the last 30 to 40 years in the history of art.

 

Boris Ciudad Real
1981

Boris Gabriel Ciudad Real Pérez completed his licensing in plastic arts, his studies and courses complementing his many talents. Through all of this, the young artist augmented his knowledge and awareness in all forms of plastic arts. In addition to paintings, that which he predominantly produces, he has made many sculptures. His journey has been that of finding a subtle and visual language, one which communicates messages that border social themes such as the consequences of migration, economic inequality, violence, childhood and more. The artist subscribes to a new theory of art with a thirst for mastering more of the various aspects of fine art including design, caricature and illustration with each new work.

Carlos Canas
San Salvador, 1924 – 2013
An Icon. A Writer, Poet and Teacher of Art.
The moment Carlos Cañas began his education in the National School of Graphic Arts in 1944, the artistic panorama of the times was custom and patriotic by Jos José Mejía Vides and Luis Alfredo Cáceres Madrid, the first influences of the young artist. Later, he joined the Group of Independent Painters, also joined by Camilo Minero, Mario Escobar and Luis Ángel Salinas. In 1950 he received a scholarship from the Institute of Hispano-American Culture of Spain to study Art, History, Aesthetic and Literature in the Royal Academy of Fine Art in San Fernando, during which time he met his wife, Carmen. The painter formed part of a generation which, at the end of a decade called the 50’s, definitively changed the painting style of the nation. He is the first artist who exhibited an abstract painting with a cubist court in El Salvador.   His artistic body of work and production is distinguished by its depth of originality and the vast reach of many branches and disciplines. In parallel, he dedicated himself to the artistic movement. Of his followers most distinguished include Negra Alvarez, Slavador Choussy, Roberto Galicia, Roberto Huezo, María Kahn and Mario Martí. The richness in styles and forms always incorporate a human and transcendent side, with contributions to culture so valuable and a career marked by the honors and accomplishments of numerous solo exhibitions, murals and awards.

Dagoberto Nolasco
January 1956
Techniques: Ink, Oil, Pastels, Watercolor, Simulated Engraving over Canvas and Paper.

His education taught Dagoberto a love for art. Having learned only how to scribble and draw. He studied architecture and philosophy until he decided to dedicate himself to drawing. Working in an institution dedicated to the the service and health of drinking water took him far away from what he was doing with art, but, over time, he perfected his manner of seeing art and it taught him how to practice and appreciate it. Similarly, since 1971 his emersion in art has earned him awards in competitions and participation in many collective exhibitions in cultural centers and galleries around the world. His work has traveled continents and pieces rest in foreign national collections, opening the path for collaborations and dialogue with other known artists. The essence and motive of the artist and his questions and thoughts open to the world through his works.

El Aleph
San Miguel, 1954

José Alex Chávez Sánchez, better known as “El Aleph” started taking drawing classes and painting in 1973 with Valero Lecha. Inducted by the OEA in 1980, he started classes in engraving in Costa Rica with the master artist Claudio Suárez. He is a member of the Wicxnamickcin artist group and his work is is characterized by a magical realism that makes it so recognizable. Reflecting somewhere between thematic and indigenous roots; with nature in the way that it surrounds us, the works are related to the themes of the Salvadorian countryside.

The artist has had 25 solo exhibitions and 65 collective exhibitions (and counting) in the United States, Central America, Malaysia, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Germany, Japan and Taiwan.

Elisa Archer
San Miguel, 1949

The education of Elisa Archer started in the Academy of Valero Lecha and later in the Superior Academy of Fine Art in Paris, the result of a trip to Europe which enriched her knowledge of art. A constant element in her work is the presence of magic, sensual with feminine forms throughout. Without a doubt, her work is all humanistic. She creates spaces in which the circumstances of life transform; compositions of a creative and restless mind. Recently she has been working in video and various more contemporary manifestations of artistic expression.

Francisco Reyes

Artist Francisco Reyes exhibits formally since 1976 and his techniques are pastel chalk, acrylic, oil, lead and pencil.

Francisco Reyes was born in 1957 surrounded by paintbrushes, canvas and paint tubes.  Colors, sensibility and beauty were his first impressions of reality.  In his native town of San Francisco Gotera, Morazán, “there was not one moment when he was not drawing or creating things”.

His artistic development began early on with his basic studies, and later he studied psychology at the University of El Salvador.  Nevertheless, his tendency was always art.

Francisco Reyes was a student of his father Rolando Reyes Cerrato, a contemporary artist of the great Salvadoran masters.  His mother, was also an artist.  His calling for the arts was a lonely passion.

In exhibition at Gallery 212 Miami; Barca, Barca Arco Iris Series:

 
Fredis Monge

Since his studies in fine art at the University of El Salvador and at the National Center of Arts, Fredis Monge has evolved onto the Salvadoran art scene by using a variety of elements that are characterized by contemporary art. Such elements, specifically from paintings and engravings, come together in his work to overpass a personal conceptualization in which the artist lives. Monge belongs to the artist group LA FABRI-K and has participated in over 70 group exhibits nationally and internationally in the United Stated, Japan, Puerto Rico, Brazil and many others.

Margarita Llach
San Salvador, 1947

Technique: Her art is comprised of abstract and expressionist elements – her body of work shows a personal process with an eclectic conclusion.

Her studies include: Elementary studies at La Asunción School in El Salvador; High School in Spain; and university studies at Marymount College, Virginia and at the Dr. José Matías Delgado University in EL Salvador. Margarita Llach began to study painting in 1989, learning from great masters such as Benjamín Saúl, Roberto Preza, Camilo Minero y Carlos Cañas. She has participated in exhibits at various centers, galleries, and museums since then. The continuity that she gives to her artistic dedication is based on various workshops she has attended in the United States with such artists as Jan Sitts, Peggy Sands, Nancy Reyner and Joe DiJulio.

 
Oscar Lopez
1982

Technique: Acrylic, ink, water color, tempras.

After completing his studies in Art, Oscar deepened his relationship with art through the Metamorphosis Academy and by developing a relationship with the Salvadoran painter José Antonio Consuegra. Five years later, in 2011, the young painter exhibited for the first time in homage to Jose Marti. It was in this way that he began to create bridges between fine art and history. For this artist, 2012 was dedicated to new proposals, individual and collective exhibits, and a link between fine art and poetry under the direction of the poetic festival Versus Versos. In 2013, Oscar Lopez was named Visual Artist of the Year by National Educational Television’s Channel 10. His work has since been presented on a much broader, international spectrum.

Roberto Huezo
San Salvador, 1947

Roberto Huezo began his architectural studies in 1966 and learned Sumi – E and Engraving in Japan, where he lived from 1971 to 1973. He returned to El Salvador afterwards to continue academic studies in the “José Simeón Cañas” University (UCA) where he obtained his degree in Literature. This gave Huezo the opportunity to hold the position of Director at the National Center of the Arts (CENAR) as well as Professor of Art History, Composition, and Drawing. To date, he has been hired as director and consultant for various private and public cultural institutions such as the National Museum “Dr. David J. Guzman”, the National Library. Huezo was also the Director of the National Estate.

In his work, he explores various techniques: plastic art, drawing, ceramic and engraving. Huezo uses oil, acrylic, mixed media and techniques, water color, Sumi – E, and gouache. He also draws using carbon (pastels), water color, and oils.   The artist produces engravings in xylography, serigraphy and more. The greatness of his influence is not only reflected in his artistic works but shared also through his literary expertise and extensive publications.

Rodolfo Oviedo Vega

Rodolfo Oviedo Vega began his studies in different places in San Salvador at an early age and in 1998 graduated from CENAR; Centro Nacional de Artes about to enter into his first exhibition. In practice he applied his knowledge while at first working as an illustrator and diagram artist in the field of editions and publications. Later, with experience opening up to his a cultural café he traveled to Latin America and Europe. In Paris he joined a collective of multidiscipline artists from which he separated in 2005 to travel to the Orient. His work expresses memories of travels and references to architecture and cultures that inspire him. After arriving in El Salvador in 2008 he continued on his path while drawing upon a fountain of experiences and inspirations. His works are symbolic of his travels and carry contemporary themes, forming part of exhibition rooms of various collectors and exhibitors worldwide. His journey is enriched every day by intercultural exchange.

 

TATIANA CAÑAS
San Salvador

The master Carlos Cañas expressed his worked in Tatiana Canas’ work referring to it as “using much creativity and Abstract-Surrealist style mastering intense and bright colors filled with tenderness and candor.” The artist, on her part, has been influenced by Master Carlos Cañas, her uncle, mentor and teacher. A style is then formed that intertwines the abstract with the figurative that work on different contexts.  Her accomplishments are characterized by a long list of individual and collective showings up until today as well as collaborations and illustrations that are featured in galleries and museums.

 

IVAN LINARES

October 1968
San Salvador, El Salvador

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Son to artists Antonio Linares y Elda Díaz, Iván Linares inherits the admiration for Valero Lecha’s teaching’s and love for plastic arts.  Today, known as an artist and portrait painter, in 1990 he participates in his first individual exhibit in “EXPRESIONES” Gallery, and joins the artist group “The Paintbrushes of El Salvador” composed by his parents and brother Eric.

From October 2010 onward, he advances with his project IVAN LINARES FINE ARTS, searching to excel in the human figure, feminine and animal, the expressions, vibrant colors, light and shadow and harmonious contrasts.  He also applies watercolor, acrylic, oleo on canvas, paper and wood, interpreting with mastery classic portraits as well as Pop Art and hyper-realist art.

OREL DOÑÁN
1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orel Doñán studies at the Centro Nacional de Artes (CENAR) of El Salvador, completing the “Course on Drawing and Art” between the years of 1994 y 1996, and enrolls the School of Art at the University of El Salvador. This is when an artistic formation begins based on drawing and plastic art that gives the bases of his career. In 2004 he travels to Barcelona to further his academic formation and in 2005 he moves to Madrid, period in which he develops more profound artistic and drawing techniques, defining his own concepts.

Nowadays Orel Doñán has been able to Excel in Collage techniques, using glued paper without overlooking classic plastic art approaches. It is through this craftsmanship that Orel recreates notions of volume, depth, shadow, anatomy, and glazing. The main themes presented in Orel’s work are intimacy, symbolism, metaphors pertaining to the existentialism and using them to show how human development comes to life.

Orel Doñán has exhibited his work in Spain, the United States, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Peru, France and El Salvador.

GERARDO GÓMEZ
January, 1989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerardo Gómez is a self taught, young artist, who introduces his work into the art world in 2008 where his work begins to show participating in collective exhibits in Centro Español of San Salvador and La Luna Casa y Arte. Later on he exhibits internationally in Bissaya-Barreto Foundation, Coimbra, Portugal and el NoHo Art Gallery, North Hollywood, California.

Currently, Gómez has partnered in multiple collective exhibits throughout Europe, particularly France, adding on to art collectionists as well as to art fanatics the colors and bold figures that characterize his work. His choice in juxtapositioning images, even if of figurative technique, portrays surreal and abstract formats, which explains his way of seeing the world in a bizarre and very unique manner.

 

ERIC PAUL LINARES DÍAZ
San Salvador, El Salvador, 1970

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric was introduced to painting by his parents Antonio and Elda in his childhood and adolescence.  His first art work portrayed urban and rural landscapes, showing how daily life is carried out in El Salvador.

Eric studied architecture, and is known for his mastery of many styles: hiper realism, surrealism and modernism being the strongest ones.  His own style, joyfully shows all elements that form the painting, as if they were given life by emotions.  His work gives the impression of actually living the painted scene.

 

ANTONIO LINARES
Santa Ana, El Salvador, 1943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antonio Linares spent his sixties as one of Valero Lecha´s students.  His oil paintings, realism, salvadoran landscapes and still life art transforms into a surreal and abstract style.

Later on, Antonio develops his own style influenced by cubism, where figures are formed following the integration of triangles and geometric figures.

Finalist at important Art contests in El Salvador has allowed Antonio Linares to conduct an active artistic life, exhibiting in different art galleries and museums as well as having taught at the Dr. Jose Matias Delgado University.

RAFAEL FIGUEROA
San Salvador, El Salvador, 1989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After being immersed in painting and graphic design, Rafael Figueroa obtained an artistic residency in Mexico City in 2011, where he created art that reflected reality and its everyday impact, also generating personal quests related with identity, the feeling of belonging, and self-worth.

Rafael seeks a search of “an organic functioning between different techniques, amongst them drawing, design, painting, photography and contemporary media”.

Galleries in Guatemalas´s Zona 14, Time Square in New York City, El Salvador and Mexico have been a true supporter of Rafael’s and also showcasing many of his work.

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We are delighted to welcome all featured artists in cooperation with Sentidos Galeria, El Salvador. Please check back for more artists as well as photographs and highlights from collaborations and exhibitions in both Miami and El Salvador.

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