J. Belmar
joanbelmar@hotmail.com
http://www.joanbelmar.com
http://www.unitedcreators.com/portfolio.php?id=251
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Joan+Belmar/332.html
Nationality: Chile - Born 1970.
Permanent Resident of USA based on Artistic Merits
Chile 1970 - 1995
Spain 1995 - 1998
U.S. 1999 - Present.
Education
1989-1993 Attended and graduated from "DUOC" from Univesidad Catolica de Chile.
Majored in Design Graphic Studies. Santiago, Chile.
1991-1992 Television advertising and Visual Communication "TV College." Santiago, Chile.
Solo and Collective Exhibitions
2008 Studio Gallery. MCA exhibition.
2007 Gallery 10 ltd. Open Season.
Nevin Kelly Gallery.Third Annual Attainable Art.
XVI Iberoamerican art salon. Mexican Cultural Insitute.
Knew Gallery. "Friend of the Orphans". Georgetown.
WPA/Corcoran 2007 ART AUCTION GALA. DC
"Charles Krause Reporting Fine Art" at Art at Axis."Lenses".(Feb/11th) DC
No Representation. Warehouse Gallery.
Nevin Kelly Gallery. "Color Transparencies"
Carroll Art Counsil. "Matices de la Vida". MD
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art. COLORFIELDremix Saturated. Betehsda MD
Soho Myriad Gallery. Susan Komen Homage. Atlanta. GA
Art Museum of the Americas. Remarte. AOS. Art Auction. Washington DC
9x10 W W Parker Gallery. WPA/C. Washington DC
NEW LIFE SHOP GALLERY. Wooloo Productions. Berlin. Germany.
Vastu. Washington DC. "Hints"
Cooper Carry. Fall 2007 Art exhibition. Alexandria. VA
Best Buddies. Curated by Frauke DeLooper.
Art for life. Whitman Walker Auction.
Human Right Auction.Convention Center. Washington DC.
2006 3DG. Architecture, design and development. Capitol Hill.
"Art for Life" Art auction benefiting Whitman-Walker Clinic.
The Wilson Building.City Hall Art Collection .
WPA/C Hickok Cole Architects Art Night. Georgetown. Washington, D.C.
ExxonMobile. Hispanic Heritage Month . VA
Walter Wickiser Gallery. Spring Art Show Party 2006. NYC.
Walter Wickiser Gallery. Group Show. N.Y.C.
"Mother." Anne C. Fisher Gallery. Georgetown--Washington, D.C.
"Leadership Initiatives." Auction Gala. Washington, D.C.
"5th Annual Art Exhibition." Results. Washington, D.C
2005 "South American Holiday." Anne C. Fisher Gallery. Georgetown--Washington, D.C.
Para eso la palabra. PELP. Invited artist. Washington, D.C.
"Where’s the peace ? " The Warehouse Gallery. Washington, D.C.
"Beyond Synergy ." Synergy art project. Georgetown--Washington, D.C.
Anne C. Fisher Gallery. Georgetown--Washington, D.C.
"You are, I’m. Art project." Network of visual art.
NOVA space. Chicago, Illinois.
"4th Annual Art Exhibition." Results Gallery. Washington, D.C.
2004 2004 Olympic Games. Artiade International Art exhibition, Athens, Greece.
"Skin of skins." Photo Installation. "La Santa" Contemporary Art Space. Barcelona, Spain.
"Pieces of peace." Embassy of Greece. Washington, D.C.
2003 "Artexpo." International Art Fair. N.Y.C.
NBC. (solo show). Washington, D.C.
Perdurabo Art. Group Show. U.K. London.
Art-Ibiza. International art fair of Balearic Islands. Ibiza, Spain.
2002 "Arte e Scienza Per la Vita" 2nd Edizione. Fondo Edo Tempia. Biella, Italy.
"Lottery.".Rock Creek Gallery. Washington, D.C.
"Illegal Alien Show." (solo show). George Mason University. Fairfax, Virginia.
Art-O-Matic. Washington, D.C.
"Latinoamerica Desde America. Talleres Urbanos. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001 "Life." (solo show). Sae Gallery. Seoul, Korea.
"Asylum" Alex Gallery. (solo show). Washington, D.C.
"Merry-Go-Round." Irish Art Center. N.Y.C.
2000 "Asylum." Alex Gallery. (solo show). Washington, D.C.
"A" Gallery. Alex Gallery’s Artists Exhibition. Washington, D.C.
"The Artists Museum." Washington, D.C.
"Collages." Centro Cultural ACEA. Barcelona, Spain.
"Palau Marc." ACEA’S Artists. Barcelona, Spain.
The Artist's Museum: Chilean Artists of the New Millennium. Washington, D.C.
Arte-Ibiza. Feria Internacional de arte Contemporaneo. Ibiza, Spain.
"Magical Travels." (solo show). The Artist's Museum. Washington, D.C.
"Will Faber Avui." Sala Bergara BBVA. Barcelona, Spain.
1999 International Fair of Contemporary Art. Sevilla, Spain.
Supermarkert of Art. Santander, Spain.
"Seasons." (solo show.) Franklin Court. Washington, D.C.
Artisti in Fiera "III Mostra Mercato di Arte Contemporaneo." Boloña, Italy.
ACEA. Colectiva en Galeria Hexelsa. Lisbon, Portugal.
7th Annual Conference of Lavander languages. American University. Washington, D.C.
1998 International Fair of Contemporary Art. Malaga, Spain.
Supermarket of Art. Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
Arte-Ibiza. Feria Internacional de arte Contemporaneo. Ibiza, Spain.
"Bohemio." (solo show). Airport Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
"Mediterraneo." (solo show). Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
"Azul." El Pintor Gallery. Cala Llonga. Ibiza, Spain.
1997 "Solo." (solo show). Airport Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
International Fair of Contemporary Art . Malaga, Spain.
Supermarket of Art. Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
Fiera di Roma. Rome, Italy.
1996 Artistas Alhadros. Airport Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
Supermarket of Art. Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
"Tanit." Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
1995 Supermarket of Art. Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
"Alhadros Gallery. Ibiza, Spain.
1993 "Gnomos." Taller Artistico Andres Aguirre. Santiago, Chile.
Prizes and Mentions
2007 Nominee as a Mayor 's Award Finalist in the category of outstanding Emerging
artist. DC Commission on the arts and Humanities
2006 Semifinalist. Bethesda Painting Awards. Bethesda Arts & Entertainment
District. Bethesda, Maryland.
2004 Olympic Games. "Artiade" Olympic Games Athens 2004.
Athens, Greece.
2005 Beyond Synergy. Synergy Art Project.
Washington, D.C.
2000 First Prize in Collage. National Artists’ Association. ACEA.
Barcelona, Spain.
1998 First Prize for Painting. Art Concourse.
Ibiza, Spain.
1996 Second Prize. "Art Jova." Alhadros Gallery.
Ibiza, Spain.
Public and Private Collections
Permanent Collection "The Wilson Building" Washington D.C.
The Art Bank. Washington D.C.
Ibiza’s Airport Art Collection. Ibiza . Spain.
Charles Krause Collection.
Belmar, born in 1970, grew up 2 hours south of Santiago, Chile. He got his degree in graphic design at the Unitvesity Catolica de Chile (DUOC) and, after graduating, left Chile for Ibiza, Spain, at the age of 24. He began painting professionally in Spain, using the Catalan “Joan” for his first name John. He came to Washington, D.C. four years later in 1999, and was granted permantent residency in the U.S. based on extraordinary artistic merit in 2003.
The Lyrical Mylar constructions of Chilean born, Washington based artist Joan Belmar.
In his recent work he has created a unique technique of 3-D painting, which combines his former painting and collage techniques with painted and untreated Mylar and acetate strips in circles and curvilinear shapes placed perpendicular to a painted background and then covered again (not always entirely) with a lightly frosted mylar that produces changes in transparency as light and the viewer move in relation to the work. This new work has attracted the attention of many art consultants and curators and collectors in DC: he has been asked to exhibit in WPA\C venues, has contributed successfully in many charitable art auctions, is included in the DC art bank and is his work is part of the permanent collection in The Wilson Building.
Belmar's translucent sculptures are in the tradition of the abstract wooden boxes created 50 years ago by Louise Nevelson, yet completely fresh and original in their use of color and materials to achieve an almost shimmering effect.
Although Belmar's new work is still relatively unknown in Washington, he was recently nominated by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities as finalist for its prestigious Outstanding Emerging Artist of the Year Award , to be presented by Mayor Adrian Fenty on March 19th at the Kennedy Center.