George Calle Marquez
I am a painter and sculptor. I was born in Cuenca, Ecuador on May 19, 1966. I studied at the Ontario College of Art and design.
My work is contemporary and of high emotional content. Each piece is a unique expression of being, that is to say the distinct life moments that have left impressions on me. My work reflects a personal state of continuous evolution. Constantly in search of new mediums and materials, I am an innovative artist who crosses boundaries.
My strength lays in the utilization of discarded materials and objects that are little use to others. These surplus metals have become an imaginary staple for me. As my pieces are reflective of moments in time that triggered their inception, my work is a journey of poignant footprints in the human experience. My view of life as a gradual development is also a dominant force in my pieces, as I often do not utilize a material until what I term the right moment. The Right Moment being my signature creative trademark, and only then does the fusion of emotion and material occur.
My work is currently displayed in many corporate and private collections. Some of more significant locales include Museo de Artes Aborigenes, Banco del Pacifico, Orange County Court house Orlando Florida.
I am a elected member of The Ontario Society of Artists, past member of the Orlando Visual artist League, a current member of Fundarte latino America and member of the Weston Collective in Toronto. I have received many awards, most notably the latino America First Prize Sculpture Award bestowed in 2006 and the AT%T Financial Services Organization Award Bestowed in 1994 in Orlado, Florida.
NOTED EXHIBITS
Group Exhibits:
2008- Art at Castle,Casa Loma .Toronto On. Canada
2007- The Human Canvas,Artcube Art Gallery.Toronto Canada
2007- Kohl Gallery of Arts Toronto Canada
2007- Arta Gallery “Distillery District”, Toronto-Canada
2007- Artcube Art Gallery. Toronto-Canada
2007- 4th. National and International Juried Exhibition of Visual arts
2007- Scratch Gallery, Toronto-Canada
2007- Korean Consulate Art Gallery, Toronto-Canada
2007- Korean Consulate Art exhibition sponsored by the Government of Korea
2007- Ontario Society of Artist One hundred thirty-third Annual Juried Exhibition
2006- Art Americas Gallery, Montreal-Canada
2005- Korean and Latin American Fine Art Exhibition.
Consulate General R.O Korea Art Gallery, Toronto-Canada
2006- Latino America 2006 Third Annual International Gallery Exhibition
2005- Colour and Form Society Fifty-Third Annual Juried Exhibition
2005- Art Americas Gallery, Montreal-Canada
2005- Mosaico Art Exhibit Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Ontario-Canada
2005- Latino America 2005 Second Annual National Juried Exhibition of Visual Arts, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Ontario-Canada
2004- First Latin America Visual Art Exhibition, Downsview, Ontario-Ca.
2003- O.V.A.L Gallery Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Orlando-Florida
2002- City of Orlando Juried Sculpture Program, Orlando-Florida
2001- Orlando City Hall Juried Visual Art Exhibit, Terrace Gallery, Orlando-Florida
1994- AT&T Hispanic Heritage Month, Orlando-Florida
1992- Igor Munoz Art Gallery, Cuenca-Ecuador
1992- Galleria Cuatro Rios, Cuenca-Ecuador
Solo Exhibits
1997- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Loja-Ecuador
1997- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Cuenca-Ecuador
1993- International art at The Mediterranean Village, Orlando-Florida
1993- International Art at Church Station Exchange. Orlando-Florida
1992- Banco del pacifico Art Gallery, Cuenca-Ecuador
Selected Reviews
1- The Art of George Calle- Fernando Coellar Marquez, Cuenca-Ecuador. 1992
2- Notes for an Exhibition-Cesar Burbano C. Cuenca Ecuador.1992
3- Bestialismo Catalogue Essay Eliecer Cardenas E. Cuenca- Ecuador 1997
4- Experiencias obras Pictoricas Catalogue Essay Gustavo Lopez M. Cuenca Ecuador.1997
Bestialismo Obra Pictorica Fausto Aguirre, loja-Ecuador 1997
5- The Orlando Sentinnel From Canada with Imagination by Jim Carchidi, Orlando-Florida 2002