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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.

 

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