Olga de Amaral

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Olga in Ubaté, Cundinamarca, 1944
El Gran Muro (16 modules), 1976; 460 × 120 cm (each module); Wool and horsehair
Nébula 4, 2015: 80 × 80 cm; Japanese paper, linen, gesso, acrylic paint, and gold leaf
Muro tejido cuadriculado, 1970; 250 × 250 cm; Wool and horsehair
Riscos IV, 1987; 220 × 200 cm; Wool and horsehair

Olga de Amaral (born June 14, 1932 in Bogotá , Colombia ) is a Colombian painter and textile artist.

life and work

Amaral grew up as Olga Ceballos Velez with five sisters and two brothers in Bogotá. After graduating from high school, she received a degree in architectural design at the Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca in Bogotá in 1952, where she worked for one year as director of the faculty of architectural design in 1953. In 1954 she studied English at Columbia University in New York. She then studied textile art in 1955 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In 1957 she married the California-born design illustrator and sculptor Jim Amaral , with whom she has a son and a daughter. In 1966 the family lived in New York and moved back to Bogotá in 1967. In 1965 she founded and headed the textile department at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, for which she received a Guggenheim scholarship in 1973. Amaral has exhibited around the world and her work is featured in the collections of over 40 museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), Art Institute of Chicago , Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto , Japan and Renwick Gallery of the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

Awards

  • 1968–72: Colombian representative for the World Crafts Council in Lima, Perú
  • 1970–74: Latin American representative for the World Crafts Council
  • 1971: First Prize in the XXII Salón Nacional de Artistas in Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1972: First Prize in the Tercera Bienal de Artes de Coltejer in Medellín, Colombia
  • 1973: Guggenheim Fellowship, New York
  • 1989: Honorary Chair in the Art Department at the University of California at Los Angeles
  • 2005: Visionary Artist recognition by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York
  • 2008: Honorary Co-Chair for the Multicultural Audience Development Initiative at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
  • 2010: Member of the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2011: Honoree of the Multicultural Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 2019: Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women's Caucus for Art, New York

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1958: Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1961: Galería El Callejón, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1966: Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela
  • 1967: Skidmore Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY
  • 1970: Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Colombia,
  • 1971: Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY
  • 1972: Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1973: Galerie La Demeure, Paris
  • 1974: André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1975: Rivolta Gallery, Lausanne , Switzerland
  • 1975: Australian National University, Acton, Australia
  • 1976: Galería Belarca, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1977: La Galería, Quito , Ecuador
  • 1979: Instituto Panameño de Arte, Panama City
  • 1980: Olga de Amaral, Galería Témpora, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1983: Modern Masters Tapestries, New York
  • 1984: The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
  • 1985: The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
  • 1986: Colombia nelle Corderie dell'Arsenale, 42nd Venice Biennale, Venice
  • 1987: The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco
  • 1988: Navy Pier, Chicago
  • 1989: The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 1990: Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1992: Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, Kansas
  • 1993: Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1994: Galería Pérez McCollum, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • 1996: Galería Diners, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1997: Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland , Ohio
  • 1999: Galería Diners, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2000: Pasos, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2001: Club el Nogal, Bogota, Colombia
  • 2002: Museo de la Nación, Lima, Perú
  • 2003: Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2004: Embassy of Colombia to the United States, Washington DC
  • 2005: Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon , Portugal
  • 2007: Centro Cultural Casa de Vacas, Madrid , Spain
  • 2008: Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv , Israel
  • 2009: Nudos, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2010: Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris
  • 2011: Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2012: Agnès Monplaisir Gallery, Paris
  • 2014: Agnès Monplaisir Gallery, Paris
  • 2015: Galeria La Cometa, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2016: CasaCano, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2016: Bellas Artes, Santa Fe
  • 2016–2017: Galerie Agnes Monplaisir, Paris

literature

  • Lucie-Smith Edward: Olga de Amaral / Cat Expo - (Ang), 2014, ISBN 978-2757207567
  • Olga De Amaral: Olga de Amaral: Places, 2012, ISBN 978-0983913559
  • Else Bechteler, Sheila Hicks: Olga de Amaral; Invitation to the opening of the exhibition "Shapes in Fades.", Munich 1970
  • Annie Carlano; Olga de Amaral: Olga de Amaral - Textile Art, District Museum, 1999.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Amaral, Olga de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian painter and textile artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Bogotá , Colombia