Biography
Camilo Aguirre
Visual artist, cartoonist, teacher and sketcher. During the last years his work has moved between the plastic arts and the comic, with interests for the anecdotes and their insertion in the social history; the production of symbols through systems of images, gaining diverse recognitions by it. Author of books such as Calidez Aislada (Prize for Graphic Novel Idartes 2011), Bronze Bronze Stags and Doomed Paths (as illustrator). In the field of plastic and visual arts he has won prizes such as Intervening History 2016, BLOC 2014, Scholarships of Circulation Gallery Santa Fe 2012, among others. He lives and works in Bogotá.
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Camilo Aguirre
Cali- 1988.
Education
Professional Master in Fine Arts. Department of Visual and Applied Arts.
Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes. Cali, 2005-2010.
Master in Audiovisual Script Creation
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. 2014-2016
Certificate in personalized education.
Colegio Personalizado Pensamiento. 2015.
Solo shows
2016 En la sangre Chapter 2: Radical. Casa del Florero Independence Museum. Bogota
Fables of absence. Gallery 12:00. Bogota
2014 En la sangre, Chapter I: Toñí and the Hacienda. Lugar a Dudas.
Bronze Stags. Gallery 12:00. Bogotá
Notebooks. La Quincena. Bogotá
2013 The Origin. Galerie Entre Paredes. Cali
Waittime + La Venganza, Gallery 12:00. Bogotá.
Ciervos de Bronce, Santa Fe Gallery. Bogotá.
2011 The Stars, My Destiny. Casa Proartes. Cali
Group Shows
2017 Maleza Proyectos, Opening exhibition. Bogotá.
2016 LABO, LA-Bogotá. Las Nieves Building. Bogotá.
The Paradise Between us II. Sin espacio. Cali.
2015 Curatorial project Museo Efímero del Olvido. Regional artist showrooms. Zona Centro.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá.
II Salón de la Justicia. Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá. Curated by Carolina Rodriguez and Nicolás Chacón. Bogotá.
Sin Espacio. Curated by Ana Rosero. Cali.
UNSPEAKBLE PRACTICES UNNATURAL ACTS Colombian video art exhibition in Ruangrupa Jakarta, Indonesia.
La Vuelta A Colombia, Popayán-Bucaramanga-Puerto Colombia.
PANORAMA COLOMBIA. Colombian Film Festival. With the dean’s office. Berlín, Alemania.
2014 Remembranzas (Memories). BAC Bogota Contemporary Art. Bogotá.
La Vuelta A Colombia. Santa Fe Gallery, Bogotá.
La Vuelta A Colombia. Cali.
“The Paradise Between Us”. El parche. Bogotá.
Fanzine All-Stars. Taller 7. Medellín.
Audible, visible, and legible texts. Santa Fé Gallery, La Macarena branch. Bogotá.
Animals. Galerie Entre Paredes. Cali.
2013 Revisions, Gallery 12:00. Bogotá
Dangerous Children, Invited by José Horacio Martínez, El museo gallery. Bogotá
2012 I U Don Manchita. Curated by Sebastián Ramírez. M.I.A.M.I. Bogotá.
After you die, Curated by Raúl Biagi and Julián León. Espacio 101. Bogotá.
Curatorial Project Desde el Malestar. Regional Showroom for Artists from the Pacific Region
Siervo sin Tierra. Lugar a Dudas. Cali.
¿Qué cosa es la verdad? La Tertulia Modern Art Museum. Cali.
Cali is Cali, Centro Colombo Americano. Bogotá.
2011 Regional Image 7, Banco de la República. Cali.
2010 The Golden Branch, Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes. Cali.
2009 Processes, Sala Contemporánea, Popayán.
For sale, with “El Camión” collective, La Tertulia Modern Art Museum. Cali.
The Beluga, Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes, Cali.
IV Asueto Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo.
2008 41° National Artists’ Showroom with “El Camión”, La Tertulia Modern Art Museum, Cali.
IV Plastika Rayada, Cali.
II National Meeting of Fine Arts Colleges, Sincelejo.
Recognitions
2016 Intervenir la historia prize. Casa del Florero Independence Museum.
2015 Scholarship for independent editorial projects on visual and fine arts. With Surreal Comics publishing (As an illustrator)
2014 Local Creation Scholarships, BLOC 2014. Cali
2013 Printing Scholarships. La independiente. 2013. Bogotá
First Prize. II Cartoon Contest Fiesta de Bogotá, Idartes, Comic strip modality. Bogotá
2012 Santa Fé Gallery Circulation Scholarship, 2012- Exhibition in 2013. Bogotá
2011 Graphic Novel Creation Scholarship, Idartes 2011. November 2011-February2012. With the project Isolated Warmth. Bogotá.
2010 Thesis project with Honors. Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes, Cali.
2008 Third Place. II National Meeting of Fine Art Colleges, Sincelejo.
Publications
Condemned Paths, 2016. Cohete Cómics Publishing. Bogotá.
Silence is Gold, 2015. Surreal Comics. Bogotá
Bronze Stags, 2014. La Silueta Publishing. Bogotá.
The White Shark, 2013. La independiente Printing Scholarhsip. Bogotá.
The Cure, 2013. La Valija de Fuego Publishing. Bogotá
Isolated Warmth, 2012. Graphic Novel Creation Scholarship 2011. Idartes. Bogotá.
Scholarships
Fulbrigh Scholarship, 2017.