Botero, Fernando

Colombian painter and sculptor, whose work has evolved from Abstract Expressionism of his early days to his own very personalized styles.

The creator of some of the most well known artististic imagery of our time, his style varies from figures that look like inflated dolls to parodies of old masters and contemporary lifestyles. He has made several public monuments across the world, including the Broadgate Venus at the Exchange Square in London. A significant number of his works can also be found at Museo de Arte Moderno in Bogota, Colombia.

Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries

2005   Palazzo Venezia, Rome 2004   The Art Museum, Singapore 2003   The Doge's Palace and other locations, Venice 2003   The Gemeente Museum, Aja 2003   The Maillol Museum, Paris 2002   Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen 2001   Moderna Musset, Stockholm 2000   The Museum of Antioquìa, Medellìn 2000   City di Pietrasanta 1998 - 1999   San Paolo Museum of Art, San Paolo 1998 - 1999   The National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro 1998 - 1999   The Monterey Museum of Contemporary Art 1998 - 1999   The Art Museum, Tel Aviv 1997   The National Musuum of Fine Arts, Santiago 1997   The Modern Art Museum of Lugano 1996   The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1996   The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C. 1996   Niigata Prefectoral Modern Art Museum, Niigata 1996   Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju 1996   The Sofia Imber Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas 1994 - 1995   Museo of Art, Takamatsu City 1994 - 1995   Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Museum of Art, Mitsukoshi 1994 - 1995   Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki 1994   Helsinki City Art Museum 1994   The National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos, Aires 1994   Paseo de Recolet, Madrid 1994   Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires 1994   Paseo de Recoletes, Madrid 1994   Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale 1992 - 1993   Montecarlo Kunsthaus, Vienna 1992 - 1993   Champs-Elysées, Paris 1992 - 1993   The Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg 1991   Exhibition Palace, Rome 1989   The Coro Museum of the Arts 1989   The Contemporary Museum of Art, Caracas 1989   The Rufino Tamayo Museum 1987   The Queen Sofia Center for the Arts, Madrid 1986   The Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas 1986   Municipal Art Museum, Niigata 1986   Museum of Art, Alòbany 1985   The National Museum, Bogota 1985   The Ponce Museum, Puerto Rico 1984   The Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York 1984   The Everhard Museum, Scranton 1984   The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1983   The Veranneman Foundation, Belgium 1981   The Civic Museum of Art, Osaka 1981   The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo 1979   The d'Ixelles Museum, Brussels 1979   The Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 1979   The South Texas Museum of Art 1978   Sculpture Museum of the city of MarlMarl 1977   The Medellìn Museum of Art, Medellìn 1976   The Museum of Comtemporary Art, Caracas 1975   The Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam 1972   Marlborough Gallery, New York 1972   Buchholz, Munich 1972   Claude Bernard, Paris 1969   Inflated Images, Museum of Modern Art, New York 1964   Cordoba Bienale, Argentina 1962   7 Contemporary Painters, Museum of Modern Art, Bogota 1957   Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. 1955   Biblioteca Nacional, Bogota 1951   Leo Matiz Gallery, Bogota ORIGINAL ART BY FERNANDO BOTERO AT PICASSOMIO FAMOUS ARTISTS AT PICASSOMIO FIGURATIVE ART AT PICASSOMIO