Art & Resume Critique

"From Picasso did not see a painting like Duván."
Marlene Hoffman gallery artist Colombia.
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"Duvan is artist knowledge and belief."
Master Gil Tovar. Colombia art critic.
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"Duván is to Colombia what Tamayo is Mexico."
Pepa Pombo. Colombia designer.
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"The communication of the artist's soul, must transcend the soul of a country, and it is there where lies the creative potential in the work of Duván."
Maria Tereza Guerrero. Director Museum of Contemporary Art. Bogota.
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"The teacher Duván, cross borders with the universal language of art."
Alvaro Uribe Velez. President of Colombia.
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Duvan's work is an area inhabited by a particular form of language, sensitivity symbolic.
Andrea Mac Alliste art critic. Barcelona.
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"This is how the work of Duvan, vibrant colors, a new organization of space, and an austere and rigid geometry, together in a closed compociciòn, rigorous and architectural."
Andres Pastrana Arango, former president of Colombia.
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"The color for this prestigious renowned Colombian artist, is a real test of compositional maturity. "
Marien Robalo. Art historian, Barcelona.
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Duvan CURRICULUM

2010 - Exhibition Hall of Mataró. New art fund. Procurement years 2006-2009 in Building Palauet, Mataró Spain.

2009 - Opening of Art Museum of Armenia (Colombia) Permanent exhibition of 50 works from the past 25 years of work. Sculpture Park Opening Antonio Narino, Villa de Leyva (Colombia). Opening Sculpture Coffee pedestrian walkway in Armenia, Colombia. House-Workshop Opening Besalú Girona. More exposure in Florent / Arles France, Dialogue Gallery. Duvan Permanent Gallery, Hotel Posada de San Antonio Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

Reopening 2008-Solo Exhibition, Royal Liquor Factory. Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Private Collection. Value and Private Foundation Arts Barcelona. Duvan Permanent Gallery, Hotel Posada de San Antonio.Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

2007-Fair, Santa Fe New Mexico USA. Galerie dialogue.Seleccionado Torres Garcia Hall Award Mataró - Barcelona. Santillana Foundation Gallery, Bogota, Colombia. County Museum Mataro, Catalonia. Xabi Stock Ubach. Roberto Henao Buriticá Hall reopening. Armenia Quindio Colombia.

2006-Gallery-Café Imprevist Barcelona.Galería Zarina. Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Dialogue Gallery. Nîmes, Francia.Museo of MAC Contemporary Art. Bogotá, Colombia.

2005-Selected Painting Prize Palafrugell F. Vila Casas. Girona. ENDESA Spain Navidad Project FECSA Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia. Selected Amat Biennial Prize drawing . Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain

2004-Galerie La Place. Paris, France Galerie Froessel. Strasbourg, France. Selected by MAC 2000. Paris, France. Selected by American Prints. Barcelona, Spain. Caixa Laietana, Mataró. Barcelona, Spain

2003-Bazart Tournee Europeenne. Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, BCN. Gallery La Santa. Selected for The Bac Barcelona, Spain. Collectibles Art, Dialogue Gallery. London, Great Britain.

2002-Bazart Tournee Europeenne. Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, BCN. Carmen Tatché Gallery. Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain. Gallery Lassaletta Ignatius. Barcelona, Spain

2001-Gallery Place. Paris, France. ARTEXPO. Barcelona, Spain. Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá, Colombia. Galerie Pascale Froessel. Strasbourg, France. Bazart Tournee Europeenne. Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin.

2000 - Magdalena Gallery Baixeras. Barcelona, Spain. ARTEXPO. Barcelona, Spain. Gulf Coast University Fort Mayer. Florida, USA. Café de Colombia. Paris, France.

1999-Projects Gallery. Bogotá, Colombia. Arts and Solidarity. Castellón, Spain. Origin Gallery. Bogotá, Colombia. Consulate of Colombia. Barcelona, Spain

1998-Consulate of Colombia. Paris, France

1997 - Selected in the "Top 100 of a gem." California, USA. Bachué Gallery. New York, USA. Zarina Gallery. Villa de Leyva, Colombia

1996 - Latin American Artist Camden. Philadelphia, USA. Latin American Artist Princeton Summit Bank. NJ, USA. Open Doors. Bogotá, Colombia. Collective Artists Quindío 30 years. " Armenia, Colombia

1995-Selected to the "National Salon of Artists Mdellín." Medellin, Colombia. Bachué Gallery. New York, USA Goya Art Gallery. New York, USA. Gables Gallery. Miami, USA

1994-Theatre People of Bogota. Bogotá, Colombia. Gallery of Modern Art. Bogotá, Colombia. Ritz Theatre Elizabeth. NJ, USA. District School Board, Morristown. NJ, USA. Franco Gallery Collective

Active since 1980 when starting the exposures .

COLLECTIONS Collection Llinas. New York Guidoli Italy, Switzerland Banco Colmena. Bogotá, Colombia's Previsora Insurance. Bogotá, Colombia Fecsa ENDESA. Bogotá, Colombia Joan Clos. Former Mayor Barcelona Vila Casas Foundation. Barcelona, Spain Stock Artigas. Barcelona, Spain Andrés Pastrana. Former President of Colombia, Casa de las Americas. Havana, Cuba Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá, Colombia Multiprojects Bogotá, Colombia Pascale Froessel Strasbourg, France Stock Joung Werner Cologne, Germany, Barcelona Antoni Pages, Alberto Canals Barcelona, Museum District and City of Mataró, Casa Museo Antonio Nariño Villa de Leyva Colombia, Mayor of Villa de Leyva, Colombia. Private Collection Value and Art Foundation, Barcelona.

Public Monuments

Homage to Matisse. Armenia Quindio Colombia airport

Profiles. Iron, Contemporary Art Museum of Bogotá

Chairs for peace. Iron sculptures, City Hall Plaza Quimbaya, Quindio, Colombia. Vilacasas Foundation, Barcelona.

.9 Dancing sculptures (2 meters by 2 meters each), Aluminium, Building Codensa FECSA-ENDESA. Bogota, Colombia

Still Life Quindiano. Hierro (2x2mt x1) Antonio Nariño Sculpture Park, Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

Fossil. Hierro (2x1mt) Antonio Narn Sculpture Park, Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

Requiem for the Magdalena River. Hierro (4x2x1mt) Coffee pedestrian walkway, Armenia, Colombia.