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Omar Rayo

Drip Dry, 1970

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My Size, ca. 1970

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untitled (Mountains), 1955

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O.V.N.I., 1967

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Saphan, 1969

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1928: Born in Roldanillo Valle del Cauca, Colombia
1947: Worked as a newspaper and magazine illustrator, Santafe de Bogotá, Colombia
1959 - 1986: Lived and worked in Mexico and New York, NY
1959: Recipient, scholarship to work in Mexico City, Mexico
1970: Graduated from the Academia Zier de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Recipient, Second Prize in Drawing, XI Salon of Colombian Artists, Colombia
1972: Recipient, São Paulo Biennial International Prize, São Paulo, Brazil
1977: Recipient, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Fine Arts
1981: Founded the Museum of Rayo in Roldanillo, Colombia
1983: Inaugurated the project Arte Vial with international artists
1994: Participated in the Order of Boyacá as Gran Oficial, Colombia
2010: Died in Roldanillo Valle del Cauca, Colombia

2009: Mateo's Toy, Fundación Mythos Art Gallery, Roldanillo Valle del Cauca, Colombia (solo)
2007: La Presencia: The Presence of Latin American Art in California Collections, Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Grabado Extranjero, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
2005: Transeuntes: América Latina, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Still Life Perspectives from the Collection, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
2002: Surface and Subtext: Latin American Geometric Abstraction, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (solo)
2001: Bienal 50 Anos: Núcleo histórico, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1971: São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
1948 - 1954: Exhibited his work several times in Santafé de Bogotá and other Colombian cities