Danilo Dueñas

Danilo Dueñas
Born 15 August 1956
Nationality Colombian
Known for Painting, Installation art
Awards DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm 2011, Premio Luis Caballero Finalist 2003, Johnie Walker in the Arts Prize Winner 1999, First Prize VI Regional Artists Salon of Bogotá 1993, National Grant of Artistic Creation by the Colombian Ministry of Culture 1993.

Danilo Dueñas was born in 1956 in Cali, Colombia. He has been a Professor at the Art Department of the University of The Andes, the School of Fine Arts of the National University of Colombia and at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University since 1990.[1] In 1995, he participated in the exhibitions Mesótica and Transatlántica, curated by Carlos Basualdo at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in San José de Costa Rica and the Alejandro Otero Museum of Visual Arts in Caracas, respectively. In 1999, he was the recipient of the Johnnie Walker in the Arts Award granted by Paulo Herkenhoff, for his installation "Espacio Preservado II", presented at the Luis Ángel Arango Library.[2] In 2001, two simultaneous retrospective exhibitions of his works were held at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá and the Museum of Art of the National University of Colombia.[1] In 2003, another retrospective exhibition was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas.[3] In 2006, he was the international guest at the Caracas FIA and in 2008 he presented "Dentro del espacio expositivo" at Periférico Caracas, curated by Jesus Fuenmayor.[4] His works are also represented in the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.[1] He is now part of the Artist Pension Trust Mexico.[1] During the year 2011, Danilo Dueñas was a guest of the Artists-in-Berlin Programme of the DAAD.[5]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Public collections

Gallery

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Artist Pension Trust / APT Mexico City / Danilo Duenas. Aptglobal.org. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  2. Danilo Dueńas. Colarte.com. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  3. Instalaciones, intervenciones in situ y obras escultóricas de Danilo Dueñas. Arte en la Red. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  4. El vuelo de Danilo Dueñas. Elespectador.Com (26 February 2009). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  5. Berliner Künstlerprogramm. Berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  6. Galeria Casas Riegner » Danilo Dueñas: “A Flight”. Casasriegner.com (26 March 2009). Retrieved on 21 October 2011.
  7. Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogota zeigt Eugenio Espinoza / Danilo Duenas in Bogotá – Ausstellungen in kunstaspekte. Kunstaspekte.de. Retrieved on 21 October 2011.