Miguel Ángel Rojas

Miguel Ángel Rojas is a Colombian conceptual artist born in Bogotá in 1946. His work includes drawing, painting, photography, installations and video and is often related to the sexuality, the marginal culture, the violence and problems involved with drug consumption and production.

Artistic career

Rojas is a photographer, painter and architect. He finished his studies in painting at the Fine arts school of the National University of Colombia and in architecture at the University Javeriana. His work has been shown individually and collectively since 1972 in Colombia, Venezuela, Australia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, EE.UU., Japan, Brazil, England and Mexico. His work has been awarded first prize in photography of the XXXII Salon of Colombian Artists in 1989; The II International Biennial of San Juan Prize 1979; León Dobrzinsky Prize 1981; Prize of the XXX Salon of Colombian Artists 1986 in Medellín with special notation of the V American Biennial of graphic arts 1988 in Cali; Prize of the Riogrande national Contest 1989."

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions

• 2021
  • "Regreso a la Maloca", Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Mambo, Curated by Eugenio Viola. Bogotá. Colombia
• 2012
  • "Camino Corto" (Short Way), "Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia" (Art Museum of the National University of Colombia), Bogota, Colombia
  • "El nuevo Dorado" (The new Dorado), Project invited to a Solo Project, ARCH: international Fair of Contemporary Art. Madrid, Spain
• 2011
  • "At the Edge of Scarcity", Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2009
  • "Pueblito" (Little Town). Museum Bolivariano of Contemporary Art. Santa Marta, Colombia
• 2008
  • Fotofest 2008, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2007
  • "Objetivo-Subjetivo" (Objective-Subjective), Museum of Art of the Bank of the Republic, Bogota, Colombia
  • "David", La vitrina, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
• 2006
  • Fotofest 2006, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
• 2002
  • "La Cama de Piedra (The Stone Bed), Colombian National Museum, Bogota, Colombia
• 2001
  • Sub, Valenzuela Gallery – Klenner, Bogota, Colombia
• 2000
  • "La Cama de Piedra" (The Stone Bed), French Alliance, Bogota, Colombia
• 1995
  • "Pascal y Pascual" (Pascal and Pascual), Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1992
  • "Debug y Pintura" (Drawing and Painting), Artery Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia
• 1991
  • Bio, Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
• 1990
  • "Miguel Angel Rojas", Cartagena Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia
  • "Miguel Angel Rojas obra en process" (Miguel Angel Rojas work in process), Medellin Museum of Modern Art, Medellín, Colombia
• 1985
  • Bio, INTAR (International Arts Relations, Inc.), New York, New York
• 1982
  • "Subjetivo" (Subjective), Gallery Garcés-Velásquez, Bogota, Colombia
• 1981
  • Works on Paper, Americas Society (former Center of Inter-American Relations), New York, New York 1980 Grain, Bogota Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia

Collective exhibitions

• 2012
  • "La idea de América Latina" (The idea of Latin America), Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art of Seville, Seville, Spain.
  • "Perder la forma humana. Una imagen sísmica de los años 80 latinoamericanos" (To lose the human form. A seismic image of the years 80 of Latin America), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
• 2010
  • 29th São Paulo Art Biennial, “There is always to cup of sea to sail in”, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Multiple Landscape: Latin America in the MUSAC Collection, MUSAC (Museum of Contemporary Art of Castile and Leon), Spain.
  • Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, MFAH, Sicardi Gallery, Houston Texas
  • "A cidade do homem nu", São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • "Al calor del pensamiento" (To the heat of thought), Daros Collection at Bank Santander Foundation, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain.
• 2008
  • Opening – Colombia, Station Museum, Houston Texas
• 2005
  • "Fotográfica Bogotá" (Fotographic Bogota), Bogota, Colombia.
• 2004
  • "Cantos Cuentos Colombianos" (Colombian Song Tales), Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 39 Artists National Salon, Bogota, Colombia
• 2003
  • Colombia 2003, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • The American Effect, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
• 2002
  • VIII Biennial of Bogota, Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
• 2001
  • "Colombia Visible e Invisible" (Visible and Invisible Colombia), Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
• 1999
  • "Re-Aligning Vision", Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
• 1998
  • "Re-Aligning Vision", Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Texas University, Austin, Texas; Museo de Bellas Artes (Caracas), Caracas, Venezuela; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
• 1997
  • "Re-Aligning Vision", Museo del Barrio, New York; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Premio Marco 96, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico
• 1996
  • Art, Political and Religion, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
  • "Realismo Mágico? Arte Figurativo de Los Años Noventas en Colombia" (Magic realism? Figurative Art of the 90s in Colombia), Galerie Théoremes, Brussels, Belgium; Melina Mercury Cultural Center, Athens, Greece; University of Essex & Aberysmith, United Kingdom
  • Latin America 96 in the Fine arts Museum, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • V Biennial of Bogota, Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
  • Marco Prize 95, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
• 1995
  • "Arte, Política y Religión" (Art, Politics and Religion), Mead Gallery, Warwick Art Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
  • "A Propósito de Colombia" (Apropos Colombia), Kulturhaus Lateinamerika, Cologne, Germany, Marco Prize, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
• 1994
  • V Biennial of La Habana, Museum of Fine arts, Havana, Cuba
• 1993
  • Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, MoMA, New York, New York
• 1992
  • Echo Art, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Joan Miro Sculpture Prize, Miro Centre, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Latin American artists of the 20th century, Plaza de Armas, Seville, Spain.
  • Colombian Contemporary art, Expo Seville 92, Seville, Spain
  • America Latins Art Contemporain, Hotel give Arts, Foundation National give Arts, Paris, France Echo Art, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 1991
  • Myth and Magic in America, The Eighty, Museum Marco, Monterrey, Mexico
• 1990
  • Images of Silence, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Bogota Art Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota
• 1989
  • Images of Silence, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C.
• 1987
  • A Body Marginal, Center for Photography, Paddington, Australia
• 1986
  • Cem Anus of Art em Colombia, Imperial Palace, Rio of Janiero, Brazil
  • IV Biennial American of Graphic Arts, Museum The Social gathering, California
  • Il Biennial of The Habana, Museum of Fine arts, Havana, Cuba
• 1983
  • World Print Four, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
• 1982
  • IV Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Muñoz-Astudillo-Rojas-Ramírez, Museum The Social gathering, Cali, Colombia
• 1981
  • Graphic arts Panamericanas, Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, New York
  • IV Biennial of Art of Medellín, Palace of Exhibitions, Medellín, Colombia
  • XVI Biennial of Sao Paulo, Palace of Exhibitions, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• 1979
  • XI Biennial International of Recorded, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Il Trienal Latin American of Recorded, Arts centre and Communication, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • IV Biennial Latin America of Graphic Arts, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • I Biennial International of Painting, Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador
• 1977
  • The Plastic Colombian of This Century, House of The Americas, Havana, Cuba
  • The Novisimos Colombian, Museum of Art Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela
• 1976
  • III Biennial Latin American of Graphic Arts, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Collections

• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, New York
• La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona Spain
• Luis Angel Arango Library of the Republic Bank, Bogota, Colombia
• Daros Latin America Collection, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Colombian National Museum, Bogota, Colombia.
• National University Museum of Art, Bogota, Colombia
• House of the Americas, Havana, Cuba
• Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, Mexico DF, Mexico
• MUSAC, Museum of Contemporary Art of Castile and Leon, Spain.
• Museo de Bellas Artes (Caracas), Caracas, Venezuela.
• Museum of American Art of Managua, Managua, Nicaragua.
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Vigo, Monterrey, Mexico
• Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
• La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia
• Museum of Modern Art, Bucaramanga, Colombia
• "Colección de la Rectoria de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia" , Bogota, Colombia
• Collection Embassy of Colombia in Spain, Madrid, Spain.
• Museum of Modern Art, Barranquilla, Colombia
• Embassy of France, Bogota, Colombia
• Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia

External links

• Art Nexus
• Sicardi Gallery
• Galería Casas Riegner