Milton Becerra
| Milton Becerra | |
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| Born |
August 10, 1951 Tachira,  Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Movement | Plastic Arts |
Milton Becerra (born Tachira, August 10, 1951) He began exhibiting his works in 1970, while still a student at the Cristóbal Roja School of Plastic Arts in Caracas, from which he graduated in 1972.
He won the first prize in the third Salón Nacional de Jóvenes Artistas (National Salon of Young Artists) in 1973. In the same year he held his first solo exhibition at the Caracas Athenaeum.
In 1976, after his first exhibition at the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art, he began a series of explorations of natural landscape, to depict the manner in which the rivers are becoming polluted and the devastation of the land, influenced by Land Art movement of the time, marking the introduction of the movement in Venezuela. He produced a photographic record of each of these acts, which were later placed on display and published on various occasions.
Beginning in 1980 he moved into new offerings and installations in which stone and rope were core elements expressing ecological and cosmogonic themes through which he allows nature the chance to express itself through a personal language that belongs to it like creation. In his interpretations he achieves and alliance with works and installations that project varied geometric shapes representing superdimensional shapes.
In 1980 he moved to Paris, where he still works and resides. His work is represented in numerous museum, foundation, and private collections internationally.
ONE MAN EXHIBITION (selection): Ale’Ya Durban Segnini gallery, Caracas, Venezuela-Miami, USA (2009); Maleiwa, Center of Art Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo, Venezuela (2008); Maleiwa, 39 gallery El Hatillo, Venezuela (2008); Línea continua, ARCO08, 21- Hall 9 stand 273, Madrid, Spain, represented for Durban Segnini gallery, Miami (2008) ; Pieza única, Joan Guaita Art gallery, Palma of Mallorca, (2008); La piedra canta, el niño duerme, Chacao Cultural Center, Caracas, Venezuela (2006); Geometría orgánica, Durban Segnini gallery, Caracas Venezuela (2006); Paradise lost, Bernice Steinbaum gallery, Miami, USA. (2004); Abracadabra, 39 gallery, El Hatillo, Venezuela (2004); Homenaje a Pierre Restany, Teissèdre gallery, Paris, France (2003); La Alfombra mágica, Art Actual gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2002); L’esprit des liens, IUFM confluence(s) Lyon, France (2000); Héroes patrios, 39 gallery, El Hatillo, Venezuela (1999); Identidad, Fine Arts Museum, Caracas, Venezuela (1997); Esfera pre-colombina, - Contemporary Art and Design Museum, San José, Costa Rica (1995); Naturaleza y espíritu, Sofia Imber Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela (1995); Ramis Barquet gallery, Monterrey, México (1995); Ruta Correa gallery, Friburgo, Germany (1989); Análisis of un proceso en el tiempo, Francisco Narváez Museum, Porlamar, Venezuela (1988); Espacio Latinoamericano gallery, Paris, France (1983); Módulos-programados, Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela (1976); Volumenes Vibro-Hexagonales, Caracas Athenaeum, Venezuela (1973).
Group exhibitions (selection)
Gallery
Espacio real esculturas, Arte Ascaso gallery, Caracas Venezuela (2009); Geometría formal e informal, Durban Segnini gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (2007); It’s For the Birds, Bernice Steinbaum gallery, Miami, USA. (2004); Territorios Insulares, Nacional gallery Palacio Real, Budapest, Hungary (2001); Sach sendero path, Sculpture Center gallery, New York, USA. (1997); Nuevas cartografías y cosmogonías, Art National gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (1991).
Foundations
Un Viaje Continental, Carlos of Amberes Foundation, Madrid, Spain (2008); Una conquista del arte de América Latina. Pasión y razón de un espíritu constructivo, Daniela Chappard Foundation, Biarritz, France (2006); América Barroca, Derouin Foundation, Québec Canada (2005); Mythologie of lieu –symposium- Derouin Foundation, Québec, Canada (1999).
Museum
3 Jardins, of Fabre Museum, Botanical Garden, Montpellier, France (2006; Camouflage Rhone Museum, Lyon, France (2005); EV+A International Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland (2003); Campus Euro(pe) Art, exhibition itinerant the university: Strasbourg, Lyon, Paris, France (2002); Exhibition of sculptures, Arte Museum of Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan (1995); Klima Global Art Amazonas, Ludwig-Forum Museum Aachen, Germany (1994); Venezuela es Así, Casa of America, Madrid, Spain (1993); Arte Amazonas Work Shop ECO 92, of Art Modern Museum, Río of Janeiro, Brazil (1992).
Biennial
Barro of America, Lía Bermúdez Centro of Art, Maracaibo, Venezuela (2004); III Biennial of Barro of America, Memorial Latino-Americano, São Paulo, Brazil (1998); XXIV Biennial of Pontevedra, Arte Museum Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain (1996); II Biennial of Guayana, Jesus Soto Museum, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela (1989); 18 Biennial of São Paulo -installation in situ- Meteorito, São Paulo, Brazil (1985); XI Biennial of Paris, exhibition International of jeunes artists, Art Modern Museum, Paris, France (1980).
Permanent monumental works
Tepú-mereme, Pontevedra, Galicia Spain (1996); Esfera pre-colombina, Art and Design Contemporary Museum, San José, Costa Rica (1995); Nointel Lotus, Château Nointel, France (1994); Oro Doble Spiral, Family Kistermann, Aachen, Germany (1994); Dorado constellation, Rohrbach Zement Museum, Dotterhausen, Germany (1991); O, Noa-Noa Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela (1990); O, Die Stimme in ofr Kunst, Klinikverwartung, Bad-Rappenau, Germany (1989); Meteorito, Ibirapuera park, XVIII Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil (1985); Homenaje a la constelación del águila y las cinco águilas blancas, Mariano Picon Salas Museum, Albarregas park, Mérida Venezuela (1985).
Awards
Prize international projection exhibition AICA (2008); Honorable Mention EST92, Tijuana, México (1998); Distinction Salon de Arte, 50 years of Banco Central of Venezuela, Caracas (1990); First Prize in Ephemeral Art, II Guayana Biennial Jesus Soto Museum, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela (1989); Acquisition Award “O” Klinikverwartung, Bad Rappenau, Germany (1989); Second Prize III Biennial of Sculpture, Francisco Narváez Museum, Porlamar, Venezuela (1986); First Prize II Biennial of Sculpture, Francisco Narváez Museum Porlamar (1984); Young Artists’ Exhibition Award Casa Guipuzcoana, La Guaira (1983); Scholarship Award Mariscal Ayacucho Foundation, Paris (1980); Acquisition Award Young Artists’ IV National Art Exhibition INCIBA, Caracas (1975); First Prize III Young Artists’ Art Exhibition, La Rinconada Gallery, Caracas (1973).
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