CARIBBEAN CLASSIC 

Typical of Ivan’s early work is the use of earth tones and a surrealistic

representation of reality. His current style of painting is realism. A sign of his

continuing artistic development.

Ivan still being a member of the ”Grupo de Tovar“ may be called a miracle. A few years back he survived a fall from 17 metres high, landing upon a concrete flour. A year later he almost died of acute lead poisoning.

Ivan is a classic painter. With patience, layer after layer, he builds up his

paintings. Being a perfectionist, he is never sure of whether he has done enough to complete the painting. We think he has…

What sets Ivan’s realism apart is his liberal use of colour and playful

compositions. This makes his work less formal and more accessible.

Ivan says:

”I used to paint hyper realistic. But switching over to the use of mixed

techniques, I eventually evolved to pure classic painting. Normally, I do not paint people directly although I try to indicate their presence in the objects I depict. In that way, man has become an object of its own.

Painting is a way of silently connecting with ones fellow human beings.

The creation of this connection goes beyond matter. Te memory of everyday life, as captured in the painting will remain as long as this bond is respected.

My work is a search, an urge, to capture and transform the trivial, the unexpected and expected aspects of everyday life. To make the apparently trivial things look more urgent and necessary. The memory lives on in every aspect and gives

meaning to it all. For it is through memory, that new ideas and concepts arise.“

CURRICULUM

Geboren 1963 in Mesa de Quintero, Estado Mérida, Venezuela.

STUDIE

1983 Tekenen, schilderen en grafische kunst in het Centro de Formación ”Elbano Méndez Osuna“, en Tovar. Twee jaar grafische kunst gestudeerd in Artes Gráficas en el CEGRA (Centro de Enseñanza Gráfica ), de Caracas.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

1992, con motivo de La ”Celebración y Testimonio de La Forma y eL CoLor“, en el Ateneo ”Jesús Soto“, de Tovar, Estado Mérida. En el Colegio de Periodistas de Mérida, Estado Mérida.

1995, Lo hace en la Galería ”Félix“, de Caracas.

1997 durante la Feria internacional del Arte (FIA), en el Hotel Caracas Hilton.

2001 Lo cotidiana como excusa. Museo de Arte, Tovar.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

1990, Primer Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Mérida, Galería ”Juan Vizcarret“., la exposición de ”Artistas Tovareños“ Ateneo ”Jesés Soto“ de Tovar.

1991 ”Visiones Alternas“ en la Dirección de Cultura del Estado Táchira.

1993 ”Artistas Tovareños“, Mérida y en ”Arte de Venezuela“, la Escuela de Tovar en la Sala de exposiciones de Arte internacional del Ministerio de la Cultura de Beijing, China.

1994 La Galería ”Juan Alí Méndez“ del Conac en Tovar.

”New Tendences in Venezuelan Art“ en la Galeria de la Fundación Banco Industrial de Venezuela en Miami, Florida. USA. 52 Salon ”Arturo Michelena“ del Ateneo de Valencia, Estado Carabobo.

1995 ”De Occidente a Oriente“, Conac y el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo ”Sofia Imber“. ”Salon Grands et Jeunes d’Aujour d’hui. Espace Eiffel - Branly, Paris, Francia.

1996 Centro Israelita, Salón Anual de Arte Bijoux Wizo. en Caracas. La Primera Gran Colectiva de Artistas Tovareños Salón Calicanto, en el Centro de Arte del Estado Mérida. ”3 de Los Andes“. en la Galería Félix. de Caracas. 54 Salón de Artes Visuales ”Arturo Michelena“ del Ateneo de Valencia, Estado Carabobo. ”Tovar, Cuna de Artistas“. en la Galería Icono, de Caracas.

1997 ”De Tovar“, en la Galería III Milenio. de Puerto Ordaz.

1998 Collective Art Exhibit ”Ewart Gallery“ Cairo, Egypt.

2002 ”Tovar ilumina tu Visión“ Hotel Hilton, Caracas

2003 Arte Merideño. Museo Juan Astorga, Mérida.

2004 Tovar, Exposicion colectiva de pintores Venezuelanos, Casa da America Latina, Lisboa, Portugal.

2005 Tovar ante todo Arte. Galeria Felix, Caracas.

2005 Lineart International Art Fair, Gent, België.

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