GEORGE CALLE MARQUEZ I am a Painter and Sculptor, born in Cuenca Ecuador on May 1966. I studied at the Ontario College of Art. My work is contemporary and of high emotional content. Each piece is a unique expression of being, that is to say the distinct life moments that have left impressions on me. My work reflects a personal state of continuous evolution. Constantly in search of new mediums and materials, I am an innovative artist who crosses boundaries. My strength lays in the utilization of discarded materials and objects that are little use to others. These surplus metals have become an imaginary staple for me. As my pieces are reflective of moments in time that triggered their inception, my work is a journey of poignant footprints in the human experience. My view of life as a gradual development is also a dominant force in my pieces, as I often do not utilize a material until what I term the right moment. The Right Moment being my signature creative trademark, and only then does the fusion of emotion and material occur. My work is currently displayed in many corporate and private collections. Some of more significant locales include Museo de Artes Aborigenes, Banco del Pacifico, and the Orange County Court House in Orlando Florida. I am an elected member of The Ontario Society of Artists ; and currently in the new member’s admission committee. Also an elected member of the Orlando Visual Artists League in Florida and the Weston Collective in Toronto I have received many awards, most notably the Latino America First Prize Sculpture Award bestowed in 2006 and the AT&T Financial Services Organization Award Bestowed in 1994 in Orlando Florida. NOTED EXHIBITIONS: Group Exhibitions: 2011 - Merging and Emerging, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery Exhibition, Etobicoke ON Canada 2009- John B. Aird Gallery Ontario Society of Artists New Members Exhibition, Toronto ON Canada 2009 - Letting my Mind Free, Arta Gallery Distillery District, Toronto ON Canada 2009 - P-I Fine Art Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2008 - Cond(de)struct, Urbanscape Art Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2008 - Transcendent Spirit, Arta Gallery Distillery District, Toronto ON Canada 2008 - Art at the Castle, Casa Loma, Toronto ON Canada 2008 - Covent Garden Gallery Prince Edward County, Ontario Canada 2008 - Human Canvas, Artcube Art Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - Kohl Gallery of Arts, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - Contour, Arta Gallery Distillery District, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - Artcube Art Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - 4th. National and International Juried Exhibition of Visual Arts, Etobicoke ON Canada 2007 - Scratch Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - Korean Consulate Art Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - Korean Consulate Fine Art Exhibition sponsored by the Government of Korea, Toronto ON Canada 2007 - Fire Air Water Earth, Ontario Society of Artists, One Hundred and Thirty Third Annual Juried Exhibition John B.Aird Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2006 - Art Americas Gallery, Montreal Quebec Canada 2005 - Korean and Latin American Fine Art Exhibition, Consulate General Republic of Korea Art Gallery, Toronto ON Canada 2006 - Latino America 2006 Third Annual National and International Fine Art Exhibition, Etobicoke Ontario. Canada 2005 - Colour and Form Society Fifty Third Annual Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Etobicoke Ontario Canada 2005 - Art Americas Gallery, Montreal Quebec Canada 2005 - Mosaico, Fine Art Exhibition Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Mississauga Ontario Canada 2005 - Latino America 2005 Second Annual National Juried Exhibition of Visual Arts, Etobicoke Ontario Canada 2004 - First Latin America Visual Art Exhibition, Downsview Ontario Canada 2003 - Leather and Chrome, O.V.A.L. Gallery Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Orlando Florida USA. 2002 - City of Orlando Juried Downtown Sculpture Program, sponsored by the City of Orlando and the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Orlando Florida USA. 2001 - Objects of Desire, Terrace Gallery Orlando City Hall Juried Visual Art Exhibit, Orlando Florida USA 1994 - Latin Flavor,AT&T Hispanic Heritage Month, Kissimmee Florida USA . 1992 - Igor Muñoz Galería de Arte, Cuenca Ecuador 1992 - Galería Cuatro Ríos, Cuenca Ecuador Solo Exhibitions: 2010 - Atomic Number 13, Open Studio MMX, Toronto Ontario Canada 1997 - Bestialismo, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Galería Kingman, Loja Ecuador 1997 - Bestialismo, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Salon del Pueblo, Cuenca Ecuador 1995 - International Art Gallery at Church Street Station Exchange, Orlando Florida USA. 1993 - International Art Gallery at the Mediterranean Village, Orlando Florida USA. 1993 - International Art Gallery at Church Street Station Exchange, Orlando Florida USA. 1992 - Galería de Arte del Banco del Pacifico , Cuenca Ecuador SELECTED REVIEWS: 1 - The Art of George Calle by Fernando Coellar Marquez, Cuenca Ecuador 1992 2 - Notas para una Exhibición by Cesar Burbano Carvallo, Cuenca Ecuador 1992 3 - Bestialismo, Catalogue Essay by Eliecer Cárdenas Espinosa, Cuenca Ecuador 1997 4 - Experiencias Obras Pictóricas, Catalogue Essay by Gustavo López Moreno, Cuenca Ecuador 1997 5 - Bestialismo Obra Pictórica by Dr. Fausto Aguirre Tirado, Loja Ecuador 1997 6 - Telerama Television,Cuenca Ecuador 1997 7 - The Orlando Sentinnel, From Canada with Imagination by Jim Carchidi, Orlando Florida USA 2002 8 - Rogers Television,Mississagua Ontario Canada 2005 9 - Latino America 2006 by Flavio Belli Etobicoke Ontario Canada 10 - The Art of George Calle by Catalina Carrasco Vintimilla, Cuenca Ecuador 2008 11 - Travesía Onírica/Dreamlike Journey by Jorge Davila Vazquez,Cuenca Ecuador 2010
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