 BODEGÓN EN MEMBRILLOS (Still Life with Quinces) Oil on canvas 18 x 14" Signed and titled by the artist $1,700 |
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team Jennifer, Roy, and Elisa with artist Juan
Carlos in the fall of 2014.
Juan Carlos Ospina Ortiz is a Colombian-born artist who was introduced to me in the fall of 2014. Now living in Spain he is a highly
trained artist who demonstrates phenomenal
talent with his exquisite still life and realism
paintings on canvas.
I invite you to enjoy the amazing paintings shown below which are now on display here at Saper Galleries. Perhaps you may enjoy having an original Juan Carlos Ospina Ortiz in your collection! Want a portrait commissioned of you, a family member, or other person? Ortiz paints portraits based on photos or life. Contact us for further information! Thank you for your
visit! ~ Roy Saper
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 YELLOW SONG Oil on canvas 22 x 58" Signed and titled by the artist $7,500 |
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 BODEGÓN EN POMPEYA Oil on canvas 38 x 51" Signed and titled by the artist $10,000 |
 GRAY SONG Oil on canvas 35 x 44" Signed and titled by the artist $7,500 |
 BODEGÓN DE LA ESPERANZA (Still Life of Hope) Oil on canvas 18 x 21 1/4" (45 x 55 cms) Signed and titled by the artist $3,200 |
 BODEGÓN SIN TÍTULO Oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 21 1/8" (50 x 65 cms) Signed and titled by the artist Sorry, sold for $4,500 |
 COMPOSICIÓN II Oil on canvas 28 x 28" Signed and titled by the artist $4,800 |
 COMPOSICIÓN VII Oil on canvas 25 1/8 x 31 1/2" (65 x 81 cms) Signed and titled by the artist $6,500 |
 COMPOSICIÓN XI Oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 25 1/8" (50 x 65 cms) Signed and titled by the artist $4,750 framed |
 VINOTINTO Oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 25 1/8" (50 x 65 cms) Signed and titled by the artist $4,500 |
 CASA DE LOS JARDINES DE MURILLO Oil on canvas 37 3/8 x 29 3/4" (95 x 75 cms) Signed and titled by the artist $7,500 |
 Juan Carlos Ospino Ortiz at Saper Galleries September 27, 2014 |
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Juan Carlos Ospina Ortíz
Born in 1963 in the tropical and mountainous Venadillo-Tolima (Colombia), the young artist Juan Carlos Ospina introduced his art whilst in Spain, although he was backed by multiple exhibitions that traveled from his native country through cities such as Miami, París and Madrid. Closely linked since his beginnings in Spain to the prestigious Cartel Gallery, with branches in Málaga and Granada, he studied quite some time with the famous Chilean artist Muñóz Vera, one of the most reputable artists residing in Spain at the end of the 20th century. Those courses, above all of techniques, are apparent in a large section of his creativity. On the one hand he recalls a century (the 17th), with his methodical and well-balanced almost ascetic still lifes and also artists such as Zubarán or Sánchez Cotán, who were able to pass on a deep love and feeling for the realm of trivia through their still-life work, like nobody else could. On the other hand the painter from Tolima has managed to forge a place, without preconceptions, next to the most incipient Modernism, although tinged by what we would call a timeless Classicism. His canvases and subjects treated therein are conceived stemming from an absolute reality, but it is a reality beyond its own limits, which is able to reach its greatest depths and subsequently become conscious of it. Juan Carlos Ospina, in the bloom of his youth, is managing to break into a very difficult field; his realism is a full and blatant simile though surrounded by an unreal, sensual and disturbing halo. Studies: Graphic Design: Centro de Estudio Artísticos, Bogotá, Artistic Design: Estudio-Taller Ercoli Laorni, Bogotá Teoría del Color y Artes Gráficas: Manuel Rincón, Bogotá, Colombia Paisaje al Aire Libre: Cooperativa de Artistas de Colombia (Cooperartes) Óleo y Pintura Clásica: Taller Roberto Rodríguez (Bogotá) Texturas en el Arte Moderno: Conferencias y taller de primavera 1993, Universidad de Sevilla, España Estudio de Luz, Espacio y Color: Taller Homero Aguilar, París, France Técnica de Pintura y Composición: Fundación Arauco, Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Madrid, España Collective Expositions: “Pequeño Formato” Galeria Benedito, July 2009, Malaga, Spain “Bodegones y Paisajes” Galeria Duran, 2008 Madrid, Spain “Realismo Español” De Conink Gallery, 2007 Amsterdam, Holland “Pequeño Formato” Galeria Benedito, July 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, Malaga, Spain “Salon de Arte Iberoamericano” Galeria Espacio Mexico, July 2005, Montreal, Canada “Zodiac” Portals Gallery, September 2005, Chicago, Illinois “El Libro” Galeria Benedito, July 2004, Malaga, Spain “Pequeño Formato” Galeria Benedito, July 2004, Malaga, Spain “The Spanish Collection” Stables Gallery, September 2003, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland “Cielos” Galeria Benedito, July 2003, Malaga, Spain “Apertura de Exposiciones del Consulado de Colombia en España” June 2003, Madrid, Spain “Museo Casa de la Moneda” Sammer Gallery, Summer 2003, Madrid, Spain “Art Miami 2003” Caesarea Gallery, January 2003, Miami, Florida “Exposición Segundo Congreso de Cine Español” November 2001, Granada, Spain “Art Essential 2001” Jemec Art, Calgary, Canada “Visions” Embassy of Colombia in United Arab Emirates, July-November 2012, Abu Dhabi, “Art Texas 2001” Jemec Art, Dallas, Texas Albermarle Gallery Londres, June 2000, “De Sevilla a Matsu” Exposición Sala del Gobierno de la Isla de Matsu, November 2000, Tiawan, ROC Fundación Arauco 1998, Madrid, Spain Galeria de Arte Cartel September 1998, Granada, Spain Arte + Sur Cartel Fine Art June 1998, Málaga, Spain Fantasías, Realidad o Ficción Salon Cultural November 1996, Bogotá, Colombia “Herencia Hispana” Latinamerican and Hispanic Art Museum, May 1996 Miami, Florida Galeria Michangelo March 1996, Bogotá, Colombia Galeria Michangelo March 1995, Bogotá, Colombia “Tres Artistas” Banco Granadero September 1995, Bogotá, Colombia “Un Pintor, Un Escultor y Un Moderno Diseño” Galeria Davril, December 1996, Bogotá, Colombia “Perfiles del Arte” Galeria Rafaello August 1996, Bogotá, Colombia Consulado de Colombia en Miami July 1992, Miami, Florida Individual Expositions: “Visions” Embassy of Colombia in United Arab Emirates, July-November 2012, Abu Dhabi, UAE Estampas Andaluzas July 2011, Ronda, Spain The Cook County Treasurer’s Office May 2008, Chicago, Illinois Cesarea Gallery March 2007, Boca Raton, Florida Casa de la Cultura Ayuntamiento March 2006, Fuengirola, España Galería Benedito November 2004, Málaga, España Sammer Gallery November 2003, Marbella, España Cesarea Gallery October 2011, Boca Raton, Florida “Naturalezas Muertas” Galeria de Arte Cartel Fine Art, November 2000, Málaga, España “Fantasies et Plants Convergents” Consulat General de Colombie September 1995, Paris, France “Fantasias y Caballos II” Capilla Edificio Marco Fidel Suarez ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, August 1994, Bogotá, Colombia “Fantasias y Caballos” Centro Cultural Colegio Gimnasio Moderno November 1993, Bogotá, Colombia “Rasgos Colombianos” Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica September 1992, Bogotá, Colombia Publications: Publicación de Seis Bodegones en Edición de Sellos de Correos 2003-2004 Casa de Moneda y Timbre, España “Prestige Magazine” April 2003 “Absolute Marbella” May 2003 “Finest” June 2003 “Prestige Magazine” May 2000 “Revista Kilix del Arte” August 2000 |
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