Catalina Mejía (Colombian, born )

Colombian painter, Catalina Mejía (b.1962) has exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, the Museum of Modern Art La Tertulia, the Hunter College Gallery, LIA Lab, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, and the Luis Angel Arango Library. She is the recipient of various awards, and is part of the collections of many major museums and galleries around the world.

Timeline

1962
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
1981
Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
1982–1985
Fine Art, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
1985–1986
BA, SUNY, Oldwestbury, NY
1986
Nominated for Painting Scholarship at Hunter College, New York, NY
1987
Interned at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
1987
Organized exhibit at America's Society, New York, NY
1988
Assistant to Carla Stellweg, Curatorial department, MOCA, New York, NY
1987–1989
MFA, Painting, Hunter College, NY
1991
Selected to represent Colombia in the Bienal de Cuenca Ecuador
1991
Awarded Second Place in I Salón Pintura Joven. Planetario Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia
1989–1992
Taught art at Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
1992
Awarded First Place in the XXXIV Salón Nacional de Artista.Instituto Colombiano de Cultura-Colcultura,Corferias Bogotá, Colombia
1994
Intercambio Artístico Colombo – Mexicano.Museo del Chopo, México City, México
2006
Honorable Mention, 19 Salón del fuego,Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogota, Colombia
2009
Selected for the V Premio Luís Caballero
2006–2014
Taught drawing and painting at Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Exhibitions

2014
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2014:
911, BEA, Bogota, Colombia (solo exhibition)
Y ....si el libo fuera arte ?, Plecto Galeria, Medellin, Colombia
Mundo feliz, galeria Espacio Alterno, Bogota, Colombia
Textos Audibles, visibles y Legibles, Galeria Santa Fe (IDARTES), Bogota, Colombia
2013
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2013:
Pinturas recientes, Rojo Galeria, Bogota, Colombia (solo exhibition)
Practicas de figuración, Galeria El Nogal, Bogota, Colombia
2011
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2011:
Desastres del corazon, MAMBO, Museo De Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia (solo exhibition)
2010
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2010:
Desde Mañana, LIA, Laboratorio Interdisciplinario para las Artes, Bogota, Colombia
Ficciones y Fantasias, Galeria el Museo, Bogota, Colombia
2009
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2009:
V Premio Luís Caballero, Galería Santa Fe, Bogota, Colombia
2008
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2008:
Los Otros, Galería El Museo, Bogota, Colombia (solo exhibition)
2007
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2007:
A Propósito Del Paisaje, Galería El Museo, Bogota, Colombia
19 Salón del fuego, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogota, Colombia
ARTBO, Feria de Arte de Bogota, Corferias, Bogota, Colombia
2006
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2006:
Estados de Animo, Galería El Museo, Bogota, Colombia (solo exhibition)
Abstracción Impura, Colombia / España, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid
2003
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2003:
Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
Sin Fronteras 2003, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
2002
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2002:
Galería El Museo, Toronto, Canadá
2001
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2001:
Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
Colombia Visible/Invisible, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
2000
Catalina Mejia Exhibitions in 2000:
Toronto International Art Fair –TIAF´00
Pintura...Pintura, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia
Art Palm Beach, Galería El Museo, Palm Beach, USA

Public Collections

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo -MAC-,Bogota
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá
Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali
Corporación Social de Ahorro y Vivienda COLMENA, Bogotá
Biblioteca Luís Ángel Arango, Bogota
Coleccion Valorem
English (US)

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