Juan Bernal

Born: Medellin, Colombia

BA. in Architecture Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia 1976

“My work is about the beauty of Nature and importance of simple things; elements of nature that we usually take for granted, and whose beauty we don’t take time to observe, like a fragment of a leaf, a flower, or the way light is reflected as it strikes a drop of dew. These themes are recreated making emphasis in the geometry of nature’s designs. It is the complexity within the simplicity. The work constitutes an alarm to us all to preserve the environment that we are part of and we are relentlessly destroying, and without which we could not survive…..

“Destroying Nature is destroying ourselves………”

Shows

“Dew”, Leonard Tourne Gallery, NY,NY, 2012.

“Tears of Nature”, Lumen Gallery, N.Y. 2011.

“Coconut Grove Art Fair”, Coconut Grove FL, 2011.

“The Affordable Art Fair”, New York, 2010.

“Giants of the Andes”, Bayer Headquarters, N.J. 2010.

“Mutis and Botanical Art”, Queens Museum, Queens, N.Y. 2010.

“Arte Bolivariano”, Argentinian Consulate, NY, 2010

“Artistas Segundo Centenario”Venezuelan Consulate, NY, 2010.

“Latin American Art”, Promoarte, Tokyo, Japan, 2009.

“Surface and Depth”, Terrain Gallery, New York, 2009.

“Ecofest”, Lincoln Center, New York 2008.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY. 2008.

Shinjucu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.

International Center, New York, 2008.

Mary Benson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2008.

Wan Fung Art Gallery, Beijing China, 2007.

Andre Zarre Fine Art, New York 2007.

New Jersey Medical School, NJ 2007.

Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ 2007.

Permanent Mission of Colombia to the. OAS. 2006.

Echo Gallery, NY. NY. 2006.

Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Washington D.C. 2004..

Cox Communications, Fairfax Va.2004.

Miller Fine Art, Alexandria VA. 2003.

Roulette Gallery, Kensington MD. 2003.

American Ass. for the Advancement of Science, D.C. 2002.

National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, NY, 2001.

Eklektikos Gallery of Art, Washington D.C 2001.

HNTB Architecture, Washington D.C. 2001.

General Consulate of the Republic of Colombia in N.Y. 1999.

Club el Nogal, Bogota, Colombia, 1999.

Memberships

Jersey Arts, New Jersey, The Art League, Alexandria, VA.

Virginia Federation of Art, Maryland Federation of Art.

Torpedo Factory Art Center, Resident Artist, Alexandria VA.

Washington Watercolor Association, Arts council Fairfax VA.

Collections

MAC. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Colombia.

Museo de Arte Bolivariano, Santa Marta, Colombia.

Museo de Museos Colsubsidio, Bogota, Colombia.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

The National Museum of American History,Washington D.C.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

The Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Portland Museum of Fine Arts, Portland OR.

Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Ct.

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington

New Convention Center, Washington D.C.

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D..C.

Embassy of the Republic of Colombia in Washington D.C.

The Washington Post, Washington D.C.

Awards

-Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, NY. 2009.

-Second Place “Moore at the Garden” Photography contest,

New York Botanical Garden, 2008.

-Honorable Recipient, Art Grants, DC Commission A&H, DC., 2009.

– “Art Walk”, Grant, Commission for the Arts and Humanities,

Washington D.C., 2005.

-Honorable Mention in Photography Capitol Arts, Bethesda MA, 2005.

-The Equal Award. The Art League, Alexandria VA. 2004.

-Purchase Award, International Center for Contemporary Printing-2003.

-Grant .“Our Voices Our Images” IADB, and D.C.Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Washington D.C.,2003.

-Merit Award, Neptune Festival, Virginia Beach, 2001.

-Honorary Mention in Watercolor, The Art League, Alexandria VA.2001.

-Medalla al Merito, Ministry of Development, Bogota, Colombia, 1999.

-Best of show, First international stained glass saloon, Fundacion Alzate Avendaño, Bogota, 1990.

-Honorary Mention, Salon del Fuego, Museo de Arte Actual-Bog.,1986.

-1st. Prize, Design and Expansion, Conservatorio de Musica del Tolima, 1981.