Exhibitions

RICARDO VALBUENA

Born in Bogota, Colombia, 1960

EDUCATION

1979-1980 Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota

1979-1981 Taller de David Manzur, Bogota

1992-1994 Yoga, Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, India

EXHIBITIONS

Selected One Man Exhibitions

1986 Quinton Green Fine Art, London

1987 Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia

1990 Long & Ryle Art International, London

1992 Galeria Alfred Wild, Bogota, Colombia

Long & Ryle Art International, London

1996 Long & Ryle Art International, London

1998 Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2000 Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2001 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.

2002 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.

2003 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.

2004 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen Colorado, U.S.A.

2006 Aitken Ltd., Centro de Diseno Portobello, Bogota, Colombia

2010 Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2011 School of Rock, Bogota, Colombia

2012 Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2014 Unbrales de Luz, Fundacion Grau, Bogota, Colombia

2015 One Man Show, Artist’s Studio Gallery, Bogota, Colombia

2017 One Man Show, Artist’s Studio Gallery, Bogota, Colombia

2019 Pintura de Luz y Movimiento, Centro Cultural y Biblioteca Pública Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Bogota

Selected Group Exhibitions

1981 Salon de Artistas, Fundacion Gilberto Alzate Avendano, Bogota, Colombia

1982 Colombian Art in the Twentieth Century, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota

1983 Two Painters: Galeria San Lucas, Bogota, Colombia

1984 Colombian Artists living in Europe, Leighton House, London

1985 Colombian Art in the World; Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia

Mixed Show Quinton Green Fine Art, London

1987 Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Grand Palais, Paris

Pat Kerry & Jaques Mallet Fine Art, New York

The Painted Horse, A Modern Representation, Cadogan Contemporary, London

1988 Opening Exhibition, Long & Ryle Art International, London

Mixed Show, Midlands Contemporary Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain

I Bienal de Arte de Bogota, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota

1989 15 New Expressions; Galeria Diners, Bogota

Two Latin American Painters, Long & Ryle Art International, London

Carpeta, Galeria Diners, Bogota

7 Artists, Galeria Diners, Bogota

The Sacred in Art, Long & Ryle Art International, London

ICAF International Contemporary Art Fair, Berkeley Square Gallery, London

Mixed Show, Nerlyno Gallery, New York

Latins in London, Simon Bolivar Hall, London

1991 ICAF International Contemporary Art Fair, Long & Ryle Art International, London

1992 Mixed Show, Long & Ryle Art International, London

1993 Group Show, Galeria Alfred Wild, Bogota, Colombia

Mixed Show, Long & Ryle Art International, London

1994 Nueva Imagen, Galleria Alfred Wild, Bogota, Colombia

1996-97 Mixed Shows, Roy Miles Gallery, London

1998 Mixed Show, Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

1999 “Picture Kerry” Exhibition, National Museum, Dublin, Ireland

2000-03 Mixed Shows, Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Mixed Shows, Cill Rialaig Gallery, County Kerry, Ireland

2004 Opening Show, Artists of the World Gallery, Calgary, Canada

Group Show, Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2005 Group Show, Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Mixed Show, Artists of the World Gallery, Calgary, Canada

2005 Mixed Show, California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006 July and Octobre, Group Show and Auction for Cill Rialaig Project, Dublin, Ireland

2007 Art Madrid, Quinta Galeria, Madrid, Spain

July and Octobre, Group Show and Auction for Cill Rialaig Project, Dublin, Ireland

Quinta Galeria, Bogota Colombia

International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, Contempo Corporate Art,

National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

International Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Contempo Corporate Art,

National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

International Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Contempo Corporate Art,

World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE

2008 New Generation Ibero-American Art, Contempo Corporate Art,

Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Quinta Galeria, Bogota, Colombia

Group Show and Auction for Cill Rialaig Project, Ritz Carlton, Dublin, Ireland

International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, Contempo Corporate Art,

National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

2009 Serenity Summer 09, University of California, San Francisco

Cill Rialaig Proyect Show and Auction, Dublin, Ireland

2010 Group Show and Auction for Cill Rialaig Project, Dublin, Ireland

Contempo Corporate Art, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2011 Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

Contempo Corporate Art, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Third Dimension Gallery, Hawaii, USA

Cill Rialaig Show and Auction, Dublin, Ireland

Napa Valley Arts and Music Festival, Saint Helena, USA

2012 Third Dimension Gallery, Hawaii, USA

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2013 Third Dimension Gallery, Hawaii, USA

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2014 Third Dimention Gallery, Hawaii, USA

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2015 Third Dimension Gallery, Hawaii, USA

Centro Cultural El Solar, Bucaramanga, Colombia

2016 Group Show, Gallery El Alacran, Bogota, Colombia

Feria del Chico, Museo del Chico, Bogota, Colombia

Mirando Miranda, Open Studios, Bogota, Colombia

Mixed Show, Third Dimention Gallery, Hawaii, USA

Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland

2017 Mixed Show, Galeria El Alacran, Bogota, Colombia

Group Show, Third Dimention Gallery, Hawaii, USA

2018 Viarte Art Fair, Medellín, Colombia

Mirando Mirando, Open Studios, Bogota, Colombia

Alta Estética, Museo del Chico, Bogota, Colombia

Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia

Fundación Grau, Bogota, Colombia

Mubadala Corporation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Collection of Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nayan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Colección Otero, Malaga, Spain

Residencies

1995 Kasbah Tamadot, Atlas Mountains, Morocco

1997 Cill Rialaig Artists Retreat, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Publications-Bibliography

1986 The Artist as a Young Man, Paula Davies, The Daily Telegraph, London, GB

1987 Ricardo Valbuena by Judith Carmel, Museo de Arte Moderrno de Bogota, Colombia

La Fuerza Pictórica de Ricardo Valbuena, Maria Elvira Ardila, El Siglo, Bogota

Un Pintor que Promete, Diego Leon Giraldo, El Tiempo, Bogota

Valbuena, Pintor Colombiano Triunfa en Londres, Martha Uribe, Revista Cromos

Valbuena en el MAM, Imagenes de lo Humano, Clemencia Arango, El Tiempo

Nuevo en Esta Plaza, Revista Semana, Bogota

Otra Vez Pintura Abierta, Francisco Gil Tovar, EL Tiempo, Bogota

Ricardo Valbuena en el MAM, EL Siglo, Bogota

Rastros sin Sombra, Esperanza Beltran, Revista Guion, Bogota

1989 In Surreal Life, Harpers & Queen, London

The Latin Primer, John Russell Taylor, The Times, London

Cinally/Valbuena, Time Out Magazine, London

1992 Valbuena Transita Hacia la Luz, Ignacio Zuleta Lleras, Galeria Alfred Wild, Bogota

De la Asfixia a la Luz, Diego Leon Giraldo, El Tiempo, Bogota

Mas que Un Exorcismo, Jose Hernan Aguilar, El Tiempo, Bogota

Ciclos Circulares de la Luz, Ignacio Zuleta Lleras, El Espectador, Bogota

1992 Adios a la Agresión Urbana, Periódico La Prensa, Bogota

Regreso a la Tierra, Revista Alo, Bogota

1994 Nueva Imagen, Ediciones Alfred Wild-Ediciones Gamma, Bogota

1998 Ricardo Valbuena, Under Sentient Skies, Angeline Morrison, Origen Gallery, Dublin

1999 Nuestro Hombre en Dublin, Dario Buatista Vargas, La Republica, Bogota

2000 The Paintings of Ricardo Valbuena, Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Ricardo Valbuena, Origin Gallery, Billy Leahy “ In Dublin” Magazine, Dublin

2008 New Generation Ibero -American Art, Eduardo Marceles Daconte, Contempo

Corporate Art, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2009 Los Recursos de la Imaginación, Eduardo Marceles Daconte, Fundación Amigos del

Arte, Colombia

2014 Oleos para Tocar, Sara Malagon Llano, El Espectador, Bogota

Ricardo Valbuena, Siempre he Vivido del Arte, Natalia Gnecco, Blog El Tiempo,

Bogota

2018 Interview Colcable Canal 6

2019 Pintura de Luz y Movimiento, Eduardo Marceles Daconte, El Espectador, Bogota