Nicolas De la Hoz b. 1960 Cartagena, Colombia


Nicolas De la Hoz was born in 1960 in Cartagena, Colombia. Most of his childhood has spent in Barranquilla and Bogotá. In 1984, he studied drawing and painting in the private workshop of David Manzur. Before the beginning of his artistic career, De la Hoz has been interested in the oneiric process and the unconscious world introduced by the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung. The literary works of Julio Cortázar, José Donoso and some of Gabriel García Márquez’s early stories, so called “magic realism”, taught him to give a plastic interpretation to their contents. In his compositions, we can see two or three juxtaposed areas of different geometrical shapes, visually balanced.

Daily elements, animals and anonymous people take their place inside them. In this way, De la Hoz suggest us an unexplainable interaction of realities. Nicolás develops his artistic work mainly with the technical resources of the easel painting. Color and organic textures play a fundamental role in integrating the structures of his designs. Nicolas’ works have been auctioned at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York City.

De la Hoz states:

For a long time, I have maintained a great interest in the relationship between our unconscious life and the symbols by which humanity interprets and represents the transcendent. I believe in the existence of parallel dimensions of reality. My painting is the attempt to suggest this coexistence. I use the artistic mediums that allow me to experience and suggest my restlessness to others. I express myself primarily through painting and drawing, but I extend my explorations through the technical possibilities of digital photography.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Labyrinth – Imaginary Landscapes, Museum of Modern Art of the University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2019
Labyrinth – Imaginary Landscapes, Museum of Modern Art of the University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2019
Labyrinth – Imaginary Landscapes, Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2017 
Travels on Onironaut, Industrial University of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2014 
Icaru’s Dream, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2004 Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2002 
Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2001 
Consulate General of Colombia, New York, NY
2000 
Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1995 
Arte Consult Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1994 Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1990 Valenzuela & Klenner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1989 Valenzuela & Klenner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Distopía, L Zone Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2019
In – Tenssión, L Zone Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2019
In – Conclusión, L Zone Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2018
Group show, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2017
 Intimate Stories, Museum of Modern Art of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2017 Intimate Stories, Cultural Center of the Old Customs Building, Barranquilla, Colombia
2017 Intimate Stories, Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2016 Alice in Wonderland, Museum of Modern Art of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2015 Parallel Worlds, Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2015 Parallel Worlds, Museum of Modern Art of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2015 Alice in Wonderland, Casa del Libro Total, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2014 Bajo Continuum, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2014 Alice in Wonderland, Casa del Libro Total, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2014 Remembering Grau, Julio Mario Santodomingo Library, Bogotá, Colombia
2014 Languages of the Silence, Museum of Modern Art of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2013 Ritual of Puppets, La Aduana Building, Barranquilla, Colombia
2013 Ritual of Puppets, Museum of Modern Art of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
2013 Ritual of Puppets, La Escalera Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2013 Catharsis de la Violence, La Vache Bleue Galerie, Paris, France
2013 Six Colombian Artists in New York, Jadite Gallery, New York
2012 The Night of Angel – Homage to the artist Angel Loochkartt, La Escalera Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 Ritual of Puppets – Homage to the literary work of the same name, written by the poet and writer Gonzalo Márquez Cristo, La Escalera Art Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 Main image of Bogotá Literature Festival 2012, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 Hispanoamericans Traveling Souls, Abernaty Art Center, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Jacqueline Casey Huggens Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2012 Those who draw, University of Applied and Environmental Sciences, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 The Game of Interpretations, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2009 International Art Fair ARTBO 2009, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2007 Arte Americas Merrill Lynch Art Fair, Alonso Arte Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 International Art Fair ARTBO 2009, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2006 International Art Fair ARTBO 2009, Alonso Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2003 Arte Americas Merrill Lynch Art Fair, Alonso Arte Gallery, Miami, FL
2001 Octavio Paz, Cultural Institute, Consulate General of Mexico, New York, NY
2000 Cultural Hall of RG Financial, Alonso Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1999 9th National and International Biennial of Painting and Sculpting, 1-2-3 Gallery and Alonso Arte Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador
1998 International Art Fair (FIA 98), Alonso Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1997 International Art Festival “Ciudad de Medellín” in the mode of “International Hall”, Medellín, Colombia
1997 8th National and International Biennial of Painting and Sculpting, 1-2-3 Gallery and Alonso Arte Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador
1997 International Art Fair (FIA 97), Alonso Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1997 International Art Fair (MIAMI 97), Alonso Arte Gallery, Miami, FL
1996 Pan-America Graphic Arts Program, Bogotá, Colombia
1996 International Art Fair (FIA 96), Alonso Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1995 International Art Fair (FIA 97), Alonso Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1994 American Riviera Art Fair International (ARAFI), Alonso Arte Gallery, Bal Harbour, FL
1994 Guest to Latin-American Meeting of Presidents, Cartagena, Colombia
1994 Guest to 35th Artists’ National Hall, Bogotá, Colombia
1993 Guest to 5th Artists’ National Hall, Bogotá, Colombia
1992 Distrial Planetarium, Bogotá, Colombia
1991 First International Art Fair, Valenzuela & Kenner Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1991 Distrial Planetarium, Bogotá, Colombia
1987 Casa Negret Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia

AUCTIONS

2000 Christie’s, New York, NY
1999
Sotheby’s, New York, NY
1997
Christie’s, New York, NY

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Museum of Modern Art of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia