NELSON ORTEGA TOSCANO
Date of birth – March 11, 1963
Place of Birth- Tibu Norte de Santander, Colombia
Tibu has a history of oil and jungle in nature. Bordered by Venezuela, and embedded in the jungle of Catatumbo, hence the preference of the artist’s painting of the Colombian nature with pride.
My Work:
“Oil on canvas in mixed media.
I paint the nature of Latin America, including Colombian objects;
The colors of the jungle, parrots, condors, eagles, birds and butterflies qualified with indigenous necklaces, bamboo, cane, corn and bushes.
I paint a school of the islands Gorgona with a branch of Colombian coffee on the seabed.
And although Colombia weeps blood, I would not depress the outside world with our misfortune; as an artist I am the bearer of messages and sensations.
I do not like the roasted siena of dried blood, I prefer the red vibrancy of our coffee beans…….Ortega Toscano
Maestro Ortega Toscano’s paintings are in collections in; France, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States.
Education:
University of Pamplona, Colombia: 1999- Degree with emphasis on basic arts education
University National of Colombia: 2001-2002- Techniques, color and artistic talents in the area of oil painting.
EXHIBITIONS:
January 9, 10, 2009- Art Couture Gallery Dallas, Texas
December 3, 2007- December 23, 2007- Military Club Bogota, Colombia
October 15, 2007- October 31, 2007- Casino Official of the Colombian Air Force Collective Bogota, Colombia
July 2007-August 2007- Crowne Plaza Hotel Tequendama Bogota, Colombia
July18, 2007-July 30, 2007- Governorate of Cundinamarca Bogota, Colombia
Collective with the group “ Romero Rafts” of Bucaramanga, Colombia
May 26, 2007- Circle of Officers of the Armed Forces, Bogota, Colombia
April 2, 2007-April 30, 2007- Collective- Four Points Sheraton Hotel Bogota, Colombia
April 12, 2007-April 16, 2007- Collective- Armed Forces of Colombia Military Club Bogota, Colombia
September 8, 2006- Armed Forces of Colombia Military Officers Club Bogota, Colombia
June 1, 2006- June 30, 2006- Hotel Tequendama Bogota, Colombia “Painting Colombian Condor” was selected to the collection of Tourism and Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
February 20, 2006- Governorate of Cundinamarca Collective Bogota, Colombia
November 5, 2006- November 30, 2006- Museum of Contemporary Art- Minute of God (Portraits in Tribute to – Rafael Garcia Herreros) Bogota, Colombia
March 2001- Casa de Antioquia Bogota, Colombia
April 2001- Boyaca House Bogota, Colombia
June 2001- Corferias “ Festival Colonies”
June 2001- Casa Norte de Santander Bogota, Colombia
July 2001- Library Colsubsidio- Bogota, Colombia
October 2000- Inauguration “ Matisse Gallery “ Permanent Bogota, Colombia
November 1999- Portraits for Antanas Mokus, Jaime Garzon, Belisario Betancur, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Rafael Garcia Herreros and Diego Jaramillo. Bogota, Colombia.
November1998- V National Chamber of Visual Arts, Chamber of Commerce Cucuta, Colombia.
May 1997- IV National Chamber of Visual Arts, Chamber of Commerce Cucuta, Colombia
August 1997- Hotel Tonchala – Collective Exhibition Cucuta, Colombia
October 1979- Hotel Arizona- Collective Exhibition Cucuta, Colombia
Place of Birth- Tibu Norte de Santander, Colombia
Tibu has a history of oil and jungle in nature. Bordered by Venezuela, and embedded in the jungle of Catatumbo, hence the preference of the artist’s painting of the Colombian nature with pride.
My Work:
“Oil on canvas in mixed media.
I paint the nature of Latin America, including Colombian objects;
The colors of the jungle, parrots, condors, eagles, birds and butterflies qualified with indigenous necklaces, bamboo, cane, corn and bushes.
I paint a school of the islands Gorgona with a branch of Colombian coffee on the seabed.
And although Colombia weeps blood, I would not depress the outside world with our misfortune; as an artist I am the bearer of messages and sensations.
I do not like the roasted siena of dried blood, I prefer the red vibrancy of our coffee beans…….Ortega Toscano
Maestro Ortega Toscano’s paintings are in collections in; France, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States.
Education:
University of Pamplona, Colombia: 1999- Degree with emphasis on basic arts education
University National of Colombia: 2001-2002- Techniques, color and artistic talents in the area of oil painting.
EXHIBITIONS:
January 9, 10, 2009- Art Couture Gallery Dallas, Texas
December 3, 2007- December 23, 2007- Military Club Bogota, Colombia
October 15, 2007- October 31, 2007- Casino Official of the Colombian Air Force Collective Bogota, Colombia
July 2007-August 2007- Crowne Plaza Hotel Tequendama Bogota, Colombia
July18, 2007-July 30, 2007- Governorate of Cundinamarca Bogota, Colombia
Collective with the group “ Romero Rafts” of Bucaramanga, Colombia
May 26, 2007- Circle of Officers of the Armed Forces, Bogota, Colombia
April 2, 2007-April 30, 2007- Collective- Four Points Sheraton Hotel Bogota, Colombia
April 12, 2007-April 16, 2007- Collective- Armed Forces of Colombia Military Club Bogota, Colombia
September 8, 2006- Armed Forces of Colombia Military Officers Club Bogota, Colombia
June 1, 2006- June 30, 2006- Hotel Tequendama Bogota, Colombia “Painting Colombian Condor” was selected to the collection of Tourism and Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
February 20, 2006- Governorate of Cundinamarca Collective Bogota, Colombia
November 5, 2006- November 30, 2006- Museum of Contemporary Art- Minute of God (Portraits in Tribute to – Rafael Garcia Herreros) Bogota, Colombia
March 2001- Casa de Antioquia Bogota, Colombia
April 2001- Boyaca House Bogota, Colombia
June 2001- Corferias “ Festival Colonies”
June 2001- Casa Norte de Santander Bogota, Colombia
July 2001- Library Colsubsidio- Bogota, Colombia
October 2000- Inauguration “ Matisse Gallery “ Permanent Bogota, Colombia
November 1999- Portraits for Antanas Mokus, Jaime Garzon, Belisario Betancur, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Rafael Garcia Herreros and Diego Jaramillo. Bogota, Colombia.
November1998- V National Chamber of Visual Arts, Chamber of Commerce Cucuta, Colombia.
May 1997- IV National Chamber of Visual Arts, Chamber of Commerce Cucuta, Colombia
August 1997- Hotel Tonchala – Collective Exhibition Cucuta, Colombia
October 1979- Hotel Arizona- Collective Exhibition Cucuta, Colombia