About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >       </FONT> |  <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U> </U></A><A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B> </B><B>About the Artist</B></div> <div> <A HREF="juanrodrigo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Juan Rodrigo Pidrahita Escobar"><U>Juan Rodrigo Pidrahita Escobar</U></A></div> <div> <B>Born: Medellín, Colombia, 1960</B></div> <div> <B>     Residence: Medellín, Colombia </B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="441" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> <B>About This Collection, "Toys, Memories of My Childhood"</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 1390 WIDTH="409"><div> My work is of expressionist  type. This works is between abstraction and figurative work. </div> <div> I have 15 years of experience in painting and have showed expositions in galleries, hotels, </div> <div> artistic associations in my country, Colombia. </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="10" WIDTH="168" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#DDDDDD" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 206 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="20989c80.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> My work that I carry out for the year 2003 calls himself toys memory of my childhood and </div> <div> it is based on the memory my childhood and the important of that time like it was the but </div> <div> happy of my life, I want to make a homage with this series of 50 squares, and that they will </div> <div> be exhibited in an exhibition of small format in The Palacio of The culture of The city of </div> <div> Medellín in March of 2003. </div> <bR> <div> It is an oil work it has more than enough wood and their measures are 20 cm x 40 cm with </div> <div> a   recount of my fantasies and memories of my childhood that marked me and the person </div> <div> that I am today in day formed. </div> <bR> <div> Also I have doned virtual expositions in the internet in web sites in Spain, Australia and </div> <div> Germany. The following electronic addresses have my work on exhibition:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.molduarte.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.molduarte.com"><U><B>http://www.molduarte.com</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.openarte.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.openarte.com"><U><B>http://www.openarte.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sohogallery-nyc.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sohogallery-nyc.com"><U><B>http://www.sohogallery-nyc.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/j/juanrodrigopiedrahi/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/j"><U><B>http://www.absolutearts.com</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.artwalk2000.org " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.artwalk2000.org "><U><B>http://www.artwalk2000.org </B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> I have studied painting courses in different techniques and obtained a honors mention for </div> <div> young artists in an event realized at the museum of Antioquia, Colombia. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:</B></div> <div> Union Club 1986 </div> <div> Freeway Gallery Art 1999 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>GROUP EXHIBITIONS:</B></div> <div> Book Illustration and Cartoons 1986 </div> <div> Room Young Art XVIII 1987 </div> <div> Room Young Art XIX 1988 </div> <div> Room Commerce Chamber X 1995 </div> <div> Auction Rodeo Club 1996 </div> <div> Castle Museum 1996 </div> <div> Four Point Sheraton Hotel 1996 </div> <div> Handicraft Commerce Association 1998 </div> <div> Commerce Chamber 1999 </div> <div> Commerce Chamber 2000 </div> <div> Commerce Chamber 2001 </div> <div> Literary coffee 2002 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:</B></div> <div> Freeway Gallery Art </div> <div> Cra. 32 Nº 12 A 11 Medellín - Colombia </div> <div> Sur América </div> <div> Director: Mr. Hildebrando Mejía </div> <div> e-mail: mejiap@epm.net.co </div> <bR> <div> <B>EDUCATION:</B></div> <div> Architec 1985</div> <div> Studies engraving arts in the ectching 1991 </div> <div> Studies Oil painting 1992 </div> <div> Pontificia Bolivariana University </div> <div> Studies of Advance Painting 1997 </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> National University Of Colombia</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>