biography of Ana Mercedes HOYOS (1942-2014)

Personal data


Birth : 09/29/1942 - Bogotá, Colombia
Death : 09/05/2014
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Colombia

Address

, Colombia

Representatives

Galería Acquavella – Edificio Torre del Bosque Avenida Principal del Bosque, P.B. – Caracas, Venezuela


Education

Colegio Marymount (Bachillerato) – Bogotá, Colombia
(Painting)
Universidad de los Andes (Visual arts) – Bogotá, Colombia
Pupil of / student of Juan Antonio RODA [ 1921-2003 ]
Facultad de Artes – Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Bogotá, Colombia

Professional data


Work and Life

1966:Starts exhibiting


Awards

1968

1968 : Premio de la exposición “Espacios ambientales” , Primer Premio – Bogotá, Colombia
Context: Espacios ambientales (1968)
Awarded by : MAM Museo de Arte Moderno – Bogotá, Colombia

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Sculpture
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor :

Subject

still life
portrait

Artistic periods

1987 : 2 series of figurative works called "Bodegones de Palenque" and "Papagayos" as well as sculptures and installations
1984-1987 : Still lifes
1969 : Series of paintings called "Ventanas" (oil/canvas, mostly small format)
Abstract paintings called "Atmósferas"

Movements and styles

Abstraction
Pop Art
Figurative Art

Works

Zenaida
Date of creation : 1990
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 60 x 60 cm
 
Palenqueras en Domingo
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 110 x 110 cm
 
Bazurto
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 120 x 120 cm
 
Patilla
Date of creation : 1988
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 109 x 196 cm
 
Gírasol
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : concrete
 
Campo de girasoles
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Installation
 
Flores de luto
Date of creation : 1983
Medium : Installation
 
Ventana
Date of creation : 1975
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : concrete
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

1995

Associated American Artists – New York NY, United States
1995

1994

Yokohama Museum of Art – Yokohama, Japan
1994

1993

Galería Fernando Quintana – Bogotá, Colombia
1993

Yoshii Gallery – New York NY, United States
1993

Museo Rayo – Roldanillo, Colombia
1993

1992

Galería El Museo – Bogotá, Colombia
1992

1991

Galería Época – Santiago de Chile, Chile
1991

1988

MAM Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia – Cali, Colombia
1988

MAM Museo de Arte Moderno – Bogotá, Colombia
1988

1987

Galería Alfred Wild – Bogotá, Colombia
1987

1981

Ana Mercedes Hoyos, un decenio 1970-1980
Centro Colombo Americano – Bogotá, Colombia
1981

1976

MAM Museo de Arte Moderno – Bogotá, Colombia
1976

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Louis Stern Fine Arts – 9002 Melrose Avenue – West Hollywood CA, United States

Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Galleria Tega – Via Senato 24 – Milan MI, Italy

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Louis Stern Fine Arts – 9002 Melrose Avenue – West Hollywood CA, United States

Art Miami, n° 11
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/22/2001
Represented by : Galería El Museo – Carrera 11, N° 93A-43 – Bogotá, Colombia

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Galería El Museo – Carrera 11, N° 93A-43 – Bogotá, Colombia

1999

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Galería El Museo – Carrera 11, N° 93A-43 – Bogotá, Colombia


Group exhibitions

2001

Amarillo, azul y rojo
Galería La Cometa – Bogotá, Colombia
2001 – 2002

1992

Arte Colombiano Contemporáneo / Colombian Contemporary Art – Expo’92
Sevilla, Spain
1992

1991

Tres Artistas Colombianos
MAM Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia – Cali, Colombia
1991

1990

Colombian Art
TFAM Tokyo Fuji Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1990

1985

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 18
São Paulo, Brazil
1985

1984

1a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
05/1984 – 06/1984

1968

Espacios ambientales
MAM Museo de Arte Moderno – Bogotá, Colombia
1968

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

1972

Historia abierta del arte colombiano
Publisher: MAM Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia – Cali, Colombia
Author: Traba Marta – Colombia
1972

La mujer artista : Olga de Amaral, Felisa Burstyn, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Maria de la Paz Jaramillo, Fanny Sanin, Bibiana Velez
Publisher: Galería Alfred Wild – Bogotá, Colombia


Monographies

1993

Ana Mercedes Hoyos : 1981-1988
Publisher: Galería Fernando Quintana – Carrera 11 n°85-62 – Bogotá, Colombia
1993

1981

Ana Mercedes Hoyos, un decenio 1970-1980
Publisher: Centro Colombo Americano – Apartado Aereo 3815 Avenida 19 No. 3-05 – Bogotá, Colombia
Author: Calderón Camilo – Colombia
1981

Ana Mercedes Hoyos
Publisher: Villegas Editores – Bogotá, Colombia


Periodicals

1992

WILD Alfred – Ana Mercedes Hoyos
in: Ventura n° 20 p. 86
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
06/1992-08/1992

Legals