Jorge Restrepo
Cali, Colombia, 1961

Studied drawing and painting at the Art Academy of the San Ignacio School, in Medellin, Colombia, with Master Gabriel Duque S.J.  Paints since 1971.  His work has been collected in different countries like Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Holland, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, México, Moldova, Nicaragua, Rumania, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, Surinam, Sweden, South Africa, Taiwan and USA.

Jorge has undergrad studies as agronomist, and post grad studies in Public Administration (MPA, Harvard University) and Business Administration.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

• “Chicomexochtli” , El Sitio Cultural Center, Antigua, Guatemala. September 8^th to October 15^th, 2007

                                       

• “Oficios”   . Invited artist: Willson Pena. Supported by the Women’s Program and the Special Program on HIV-AIDS of the National Commissioned of the Human Rights of Honduras, the Global Fund, the Center of Women Rights, the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the defense of Woman Rights, Te Women Collective Against Violence, Air France/KLM, the French Alliance, PNUD and the French Embassy. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, February 22^nd to 28^th 2007

                                                  

• “Beyond the touchable”, Sala Aires, Aires de Cordoba Cultural Asociation Ayuntamiento de Cordoba, Junta de Andalucia, National Organization of the Blind Spanish, ONCE and Handicap International. Cordoba, Spain, November 6^th to 22^nd, 2006

   

• “To see with the hands”, Museum House of Escribano Don Juan de Vargas. XXXIV International Festival of the Culture.  Handicap International. Tunja, Colombia, November 10^th to 20^th, 2006

   

• “Contact”, French Alliance, as part of the National Festival of Disabilities Art, Bucaramanga, Colombia, October 3 to 12, 2006

   

• “Beyond the touchable”, Municipal Library, Handicap International and the National Center for Rehabilitation of the Blind. Esteli, Nicaragua, August 25 to September 1, 2006

   

• “To see with the hands”. Colombo-French Alliance, Vice-presidency of the Colombian Republic, National Institute for the Blind (INCI), Handicap International and COPA Airlines.  Bogota, Colombia, August 3 to 31, 2006.

   

• “Contact”. L´Etoile Galery Colombo-French Alliance, Center of Museums of the Caldas University, Vice-presidency of the Colombian Republic, Association of the Visually Impaired (ALFA), TCC, Handicap International and Government of Caldas. Manizales, Colombia. July 6^st to 22^nd

   

• “Beyond the visual”. Handicap International, French Alliance, Organization of the Blind of Nicaragua, The Polus Center, Leon, Nicaragua. May 26^sth  to June 2^nd, 2006

   

• “Contact”, Patrimonial Hall Carlos Mejia Mesa, Universitarium Museum, University of Antioquia, System of Libraries, Non Limits Visually Impaired Territorial Association, Atril and Handicap International. Medellin, Colombia.  May 3^nd to 31^th, 2006

   

• “Carpet”, Public installation/intervention. Museum of the Honduran Man and Municipality of Tegucigalpa. Curator: Carlos Lanza. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 14^th, 2006.

   

• “Contact”.  Comfandi Cultural Center, French Alliance and Handicap International, Cali, Colombia. March 21^st to April 22^nd, 2006.

   

• “Beyond the touchable”. French Alliance, Handicap International and Organization of the Blind of Nicaragua.  Managua, Nicaragua.  February 24 to March 5, 2006

   

• “Travesía”, Comfandi Cultural Center, Cali, Colombia. February 21^st to March 18^th, 2006

   

• “El Mayoreo”, Museum of the Honduran Man, Municipality of Tegucigalpa and Embassy of Colombia. Curator: Carlos Lanza. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, September 30^rd and October 1^st , 2005

   

•  “Expolio” Museum of the Honduran Man. Curator: Donaldo Altamirano. August 9^th  to 26^th, 2005, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

•  “Beyond the touchable”. Exhibition of paintings dedicated to blind people. French Alliance of Tegucigalpa, Handicap International, National Union of Blinded People of Honduras and Embassy of the French Republic. July 28^th until August 4^th, 2005, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• “Urdimbres”, National Gallery of Art, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. April 15 to 30, 2004

   

• “Mantos Liricos”, Casa de Italia. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. March 26th  to 29th, 2004

   

• Centro Cultural Sanpedrano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. March 18th to April 11th , 2004

   

• "Azteca" , Patronato Pro-Patrimonio Cultural, San Salvador, El Salvador. August, 14th to September 29th, 2003

   

• Vinalia Winecafé, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. August 19th to September 31st, 2003

   

• First individual exhibit at age of 14, Art Academy of the San Ignacio School, in Medellin, Colombia

   

 COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS 

• "Francisco Alberto Gonzalez and fellow artist", Alfonso Caputo (Italy), Pi Backus (The Netherlands), Jorge Restrepo (Honduras/Colombia), Laura Castanedo and Ingrid Rosas (Mexico), Alan Burden, Veronica Romero y Ernst Kraft (Partners of workshop) Casa Museo, Mijas, Malaga, Spain, August 22 to September 22, 2008 (scheduled exhibit).

• Exotic Animals in Art, Mail-art exhibit at the Sahuatoba Zoo. El H. Ayuntamiento del Municipio de Durango, Dirección Municipal de Servicios Públicos. Durango, México. November, 2008

   

•  “3-D Colors” – The Museum of Temporary Art, Tübingen, Germany, from January 12, 2008

   

• I Small Format International Biennale, Venezuela, Galería de la Casa de los Arcos, Maracay, Estado Aragua, Venezuela, first period 2008

   

• “Spirit Animal”, Osler SK, Canada, 2007

   

• “Home window view”, Tomasz Siudak, Kielce, Poland, 2007

   

• What is mailart? Daniela Lewin, Chile, 2007

   

• “Adel Imam”, Call by Derek Walker, Kuwait, 2007

   

• “Color”, Mahima Shrestha, Katmandú, Nepal, 2007

   

• “I have a dream... the vision of Martin Luther King”, Jean Luc Cavellec, Pontivy, France, 2007

   

• “The Sea”, Carlos Botana, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2007

   

• Remember September Mail Art Memorial.  Katonah, NY, USA. Gail Ellspermann, 2007

   

• “Eye” Ojo, Mail Art Laboratory, Ramon Cruces, Teo, A Coruña, Spain

   

• “The bottom of the sea”, Bernarda Macchi, Yerba Buena, Tucuman, Argentina, 2007

   

• “Last Book”, National Library of Spain, Luis Camnitzer, Great Neck, NY, USA, 2007

   

• “Desires”, Luis Díaz García, Madrid, España, 2007

   

• “A day in Minden”. Mail-art. Curator: Rafique Sulayman, Muhammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007

   

• What is art? Hilda Paz mail-art call, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2007.

   

• “CD Post Cards”, Mail-art call of CDs, Eden Prairie, MN, USA, 2007

   

• “Tarot”, Archivio Internazionale Mail Art, By Claudio Grandinetti, Cosenza, Italia, 2007

   

• The Parade of Animals, a global collage. Kootenay Region's 2nd International Mail Art Exhibit: The Parade of Animals. Artist, Gail D. Whitter, coordinator.  Trail, Canada, September 2007

   

• Sputnik - Second International Mail Art Exhibition, Yoshkar-Ola Museum of Fine Arts, October 2007. Ivan Zemtsov, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia.

   

• “Yelabuga – My Love!”, Mail art project, Valery Shimanovsky, Nizhnekamsk, Russia, 2007.

   

• Honnor to Edgardo Antonio Vigo. Net Art. 2007. Boek 861. Montevideo, Uruguay.

   

• Lucena Point of Encounter. Colectivo Punto y Aparte Arte y Punto. Lucena, Cordoba, Spain, 2007

   

• “Open”, Insertspace Project. Islington Mill, Manchester, USA.

   

• 4^th International Miniart Exchange. Belfast, Northern Ireland. March 5^th until 6^th April, 2007 (Scheduled exhibit).

   

• The Abstract Mind Mural at O'Hare International Airport, Art exploring individuals living with mental illness. A Traveling Segmented Mural. Curator: Aldo Castillo - Chicago, IL, USA.

   

• The Abstract Mind Mural at USA Daley Center. Art exploring individuals living with mental illness. A Traveling Segmented Mural. Curator: Aldo Castillo - Chicago, IL  USA August 2, 2006.

   

• "The Magic of the Elements".  Net-Art work 7th edition, the Magic Fair   in collaboration with Taller del Sol.  Commissioning: Ángel S. Martínez and César Reglero.  Santa Susanna, Cataluna, Spain,  23 to th june 2006

   

• The International `Eco- Arts' Project. World Environment Day Celebration, Arts for Global Development, Washington DC, USA. June 5^th, 2006

   

• “Patchwork” by Denis Charmot. Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the Pyramid of Marnaz, Paris, France, December 2006 (scheduled exhibit).

   

• “Golden Opportunity”, Association for Contemporary Jewelry conference,  July 2006, London, England (scheduled exhibit).

   

• “draw_drawing_2” as part of the London Biennale 2006.The Foundry, London, UK, July 4th to 9th 2006 (scheduled exhibit).

   

• 3^rd International Miniart Exchange, Queen B’s Gallery, Queen Charlotte City, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. June 2^nd to July 14^th 2006.

   

• “Golden Opportunity”, digital projection, Society of North American Goldsmiths conference. May 26, 2006, Marx-Saunders Gallery, exhibition online from May to November 2006, Chicago, IL, USA.

   

• The Abstract Mind Mural at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Art exploring individuals living with mental illness. A Traveling Segmented Mural. Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture. Curator: Aldo Castillo - April 20^th through July 14^th, 2006. CHICAGO, IL, USA.

   

• “For a future”, artist book. Servicio Universitario Mundial, SUM Argentina and SOS Tierra. March 24^th, 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

   

• “Art and Dignity 30 Years”.  As part of the project organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts, La Plata University.  Zonadearte, April 24^th, 2006.  July 9^th, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

   

• 5th Annual 10 World Artists Show. Invited by organizer.  http://artistsownregistry.com . March 1st 2006 – 2007. Tewantin, Qld.,Australia.

   

• Din A4, Gabinete de Hyde, January 12 to 26, 2006 Malaga, Spain

   

• Blindness Congress, Health Ministry, OPS, FHIS, Colegio de Oftalmologos,  November 30^th,  2005. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  

   

• Republic of Artists. Mail art. Galería de Arte Wifredo Lam. August 10th, 2005. La Habana, Cuba

   

• “envi@tuarte”. Artco Gallery of Art. August 24th to September 19th, 2005. Lima, Peru (scheduled exhibit).

   

•  "Porto Alegre em foco", Porto Alegre, Brazil, Pinacoteca Barao de Santo Angelo/Instituto de Artes/ UFRGS, October 22^nd  to December 10^th , 2003

   

PERFORMANCE/HAPPENING/COL LECTIVEART/DOCUMENTATION

·        “Orchestra”, Performance with 216 collaborators. Museum of Contemporary Art, Willson Popenoe Library, Zamorano University, San Antonio de Oriente, FM, Honduras, November 16^th, 2007

• “The sanitarian fill” – Zamorano. Performance. Millán Ludeña and Jorge Restrepo. Documented by the artists.  June 11th, 2005

   

• Documentation of “Roque Marginal”. Public work of Allan, Lester Rodriguez and Darwin Andino.  June 5th, 2005

   

• “Maletas y maletines”. Happening. Allan, Lester Rodriguez y Darwin Andino.  May, 7th, 2005

   

• “La Maquila at Galeras”.  Galeras, Morocelí, FM, Honduras. Documented by Donaldo Altamirano. November 27th, 2004

   

• “Influence of Biotehcnology in moral” – The design of textile. Center of Design and Arquitecture, CEDAC, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Documented by Donaldo Altamirano.  November 7th, 2004

   

• Alix Bix Stone Primary School. Collective work with children. San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras. October  24th, 2004

   

• “The story”. Collective art with “El Círculo”. Documented by the artists; analysis: Dr. Erich Raddataz. October 6th, 2004

   

COL LECTIONS

• Private collection of Gordon Froud, Johannesburg, South Africa

   

• Museum of the Honduran Man, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• National Gallery of Art, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• Candido Bido Museum, Dominican Republic

   

• International Center of Contemporary Art.   Cordoba, Spain

   

• Honduran Institute of Hispanic Culture, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• Centro Cultural Sanpedrano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

   

• Comfandi Cultural Center, Cali, Colombia

   

• Chamber of Commerce, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• Contemporary Art Collection, Zamorano Museum of Art, San Antonio de Oriente, Honduras

   

• Honduran Institute of the Inter-American Culture, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• Museo Internazionale Dinamico di Arte Contemporanea, Italia.

   

• Sustainable Development Foundation, Madrid, Spain

   

• Galeri Seni, Faculty of Art & Design, MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, MALAYSIA

   

• Pinacoteca Barao de Santo Angelo, Porto Alegre, Brazil

   

• ITIMUSEUM, Argentina

   

• DIN A 4, The International Drawing Project, Roermond, The Netherlands

   

• Handicap International, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

   

• Hostal Museum Las Palmas, Puerto Armuelles, Chiriqui, Panama

   

• Victor Neumann Association, Chicago, USA

TEAMS AND ASSOCIATIONS

•   International Center of Art and Literature, Cordoba Team, CIALEC, Cordoba, Spain 

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