Joner RojanoPeregrinaje

Joner RojanoHistory & Background

Joner ROJANO was born in 1965 in Valledupar, Colombia close to the Colombian Caribbean coast. From an early age he was attracted to the arts though in that period and region it wasn't so easy to find the appropriate training in such a region of his native Colombia, despite its fame for cultivating one of Spain and Colombia's most recognized artistic talents, Alejandro Obregón. However, Joner kept his dream alive until he could make it to one of Colombia's best-known art school's, the University of Fine Arts in Cartagena situated in Colombia's beautiful historic walled city now designated as a world cultural heritage site.

After completing his studies he moved back to Valledupar and took a position as a lecturer in art at the town's fine arts school. Working there he developed his art, focusing on abstract expressionism, perhaps as a natural extension to the work and themes which were originally explored by the renowned German painter Guillermo Wiedemann while living and working in Colombia and who developed his work on the Colombian coast.

Joner's work quickly received a strong and positive reception by the Colombian critics and national press and it was shown at the 1995 exhibition in the Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia. In this same year, the Bank of the Republic of Colombia, which is a strong supporter of the arts in Colombia, chose two of his works to be represented in their catalogue of selected artists. Since then his talents have developed and grown and he has presented his work at many local, national and international exhibitions and galleries.

Joner has just completed and published his first book which presents his most recent artworks to a wider international audience..

Ideas & Inspirations

Joner, who has lived and worked professionally as an artist in Colombia’s capital city Bogota for over five years now, still bases his work on themes from the Colombian coast. Themes such as the Sierra Nevada - the worlds tallest coastal mountain range - which rises up majestically from the sea to reach into the mists and clouds at a height of 5775 metres dominates many of his most recent expressionist works.

Themes such as nature and how he perceives the seasons and the different climatic conditions that inhabit different months of the year. These are well documented in his series of works “Abril” and “October”.

Also, given that the land in and around Valledupar and the Sierra Nevada is inhabited by various indigenous tribes, it is not unusual to see them appear in his figurative work, much of which is also inspired by his wife Pastora who is a native Arhuacan princess.

More recently Joner’s work has developed into a more abstract form with a focus on the strong colors that are always to be found in his works and which are often encountered in artworks from the Caribbean.

“Angela with Fruit”150cm x 150cmOil on Canvas2007

From Palette To Picture

“Fragment of October”176cm x 174cmAcrylic on Canvas2005Private Collection, Bogota

Blue for rain, green for fluorescence.

"Outdoors" desert yellow and the intensity of the summer light.

That is the memory of the atmosphere that surrounded childhood. It is the past recovered from the perspective of the city, from ostracism. It is the memory that recreates the synopsis of an instant within which fits an epoch, a whole countryside, always repeated, always different.

And the image hurts.

Lines that were strong disappear like those moments that stopped being exact. Images of mountains, lands, nostalgia. The desperation of capturing a moment, of returning to an instant that was intensely lived.

It is the internal fight of the color that wants to hide what is shows, it is the technique allowing the eye to see that which it should not, without stopping it.

It is opening your heart and placing upon it an opaque glass to allow the color to reconstruct the memory, season by season.

HENRY LAGUADO (Art Critic)

“A Silence Of February”70cm x 100cmAcrylic on Canvas2007Private Collection, Bogota

“William Blake, the poet, felt it intuitively. Eternity can be seen in a grain of sand, the minuscule can be a metaphor for the universe.

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Joner has the immense and unpredictable abilities of discovery that are found in the destiny of a creator. The light that weaves hidden times in ciphered forms, hybrids, hidden between the abstract and the figurative. The passion of color that is more than an momentary calling is founded on an aptitude of mystic fullness.

GUSTAVO TATIS GUERRA (Poet)

“Joner works his art with tools that assure him of their existence, in equal measure, light and spontaneity. Both unpredictable and fractious weapons that demand precision and courage and it is these virtues that at his best Joner converts to his finest possessions.”

LUIS LUNA (Artist)

“Cherry Trees in May” Series70cm x 70cmOil on Paper2004Private Collection, Bogota

ExhibitionsOne-Man Shows

2006 "Peregrinaje", ArtEspacio Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia

2002 Callejón de la Estrella Gallery, Valledupar, Colombia

2001 "The Workshop" Gallery, Valledupar, Colombia

2000 "A Look Inside", UPC, Cesar, Colombia.

1999 "Beings", UPC University Campus Mural, Cesar, Colombia.

1998 "Colour Seduces Cartagena", Angella Schiappa Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.

1997 ´Milenio Nuevo Arte´ Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.

1996 Colombian Consul, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

´El Callejon de la Estrella´ Gallery, Valledupar, Colombia.

1994 "The Look Of The Soul", Colombian-French Centre, Cartagena, Colombia.

Group Shows

2006 "Visions", Institute of Culture & Tourism, Valledupar

2004 Carrion Vivar Gallery, Bogota, Colombia

2003 School Of Fine Arts, Salon Jaime Molina, Valledupar, Colombia.

2002 District Institute of Tourism and Culture, Cesar, Colombia.

Vaandermaal Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

"Viart", Bank Of The Republic of Colombia, Valledupar, Colombia.

Shark Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.

"The Workshop" Gallery, Valledupar, Colombia.

2001 School Of Fine Art, Valledupar, Colombia.

´El Callejon de la Estrella´ Gallery, Valledupar, Colombia.

Navas Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.

D´Art Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.

"Small Format Art", Joner Workshop, Valledupar, Colombia.

2000 Baobab Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.

1999 ´Novo Art´ Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.

1998 ´Amira de la Rosa´ Theatre, Barranquilla, Colombia.

´Caja Agraria´ Bank, Valledupar, Colombia.

1997 ´Amira de la Rosa´ Theatre, Barranquilla, Colombia.

Angella Schiappa Gallery, Cartagena, Colombia.

Corferias, Medellin, Colombia.

1996 Naval Museum, Cartagena, Colombia.

Gold Museum, Cartagena, Colombia.

Bank Of The Republic of Colombia, Valledupar, Colombia.

1995 Museum Of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia.

Bank Of The Republic of Colombia, Valledupar, Colombia.

1994 School Of Fine Arts, Salon Pierre Daguett, Valledupar, Colombia.

“I never finish a painting, I only pause.”

JONER ROJANO

Contact Joner at: joner@ artcolombia.comTel. (+57) 310-239-9866 En. / 312-582-5556 Sp.

Sabana dAeg uas Blancas (y Camperucho), Cesar

Educación

89/94 Bellas Artes, Claustro Santa Clara, (Cartagena)89 Ciencias Humanas, universidad de Cartagena

94 FundiciónA nthonelly de la Barrera (Cartagena)94 Acuarela “Tere Perdomo”, (aVlledupar)95 Reflexión lo moderno del arte a lo contemporáneo (Habana Cuba)95 “Una V isión de Collage”, Banco de la Repúblicaa,ll e(Vdupar)95 “Conceptos Contemporáneos del Dibujo”, (Cartagena)96 “El Espacio como Experiencia Estética”, Juan Fernando Herráanlle, (dVupar)97 “ApreciaciónA rtística”, Banco de la República,a (Vlledupar).

Becas yT rabajos

1393 beca ECOPETROL Apreciación y Fotografía1995/01Profesor de la Escuela de BellAarst es deV alledupar

T allerista Instituto de Cultura Ty urismo CesarDirector Galería ElT aller (Valledupar)

2001 Realización del mural la vida y un conocer Universidad Popular 2002 Ilustración (libro) Valledupar Música de una Historia.

Colección

Universidad Popular del CesarBanco de la Repúblicaa (lVledupa, rCesar)

Exposiciones Individuales

1994 Mirada deAl lma: Centro Colombo-Francés, (Cartagena Colombia)1996 Galería El Callejón de la Estrella, a(Vlledupar)1996 Consulado de Colombia Maracaibeon, e(Vzuela)1997 Galería Milenio NuevoA rte, (Cartagena)1997 GaleríaA ngela Schiappa “El color seduce a Cartagena”, (Cartagena)1999 “Seres”, Mural Campus Universitario de UPC, (cesar)1999 “Una Mirada haciaAd entro”, PUC, (Cesar)2000 Caprichos de Goya, galeríaT aEll ler2001 T aller Jone,r (Valledupar)2002 Galería Callejón de la Estrella2006 Peregrinaje GaleriaA rte Espacio (Bogotá)

Colectivas

1994 Clausura Escuela de belAlartse s Salón Pierre Daguett1995 Museo deA rte Moderno, (Cartagena, Colombia)1995 Espacio como experiencia estética, banco de la Rae (pVúabllelicdupar)1995 Museo Naval (Cartagena, Colombia)1996 Museo de Oro, (Cartagena)1996 Un modelo para arm, aBar nco de la Repúblicaa (lVledupar)1997 Corferias, (Medellín, Colombia)1997 T eatroA mira de la Rosa, (Barranquilla)1998 GaleríaA ngella Shiappa “Medio Centenar se toma Cartagena)1998 T eatroA mira de la Rosa, (Barranquilla)1998 CajaA graria, (Valledupar)1999 Uince Artísticas Centrales del siglo XX Banco de la República 1999 Museo Bolivariano (Santa Marta)1998 galería “NovoA rt” (Cartagena, Col)2001 Escuela de BellaAs rtes, (V alledupar)1999 Galería Callejón de la Estrella1999 Galería navas, (Bogotá)1999 Galería D'art, (Bogotá)1999 Arte en pequeño formaTtoa,l ler Jone,r (Valledupar)2000 Galería BAOBAB, (Bogotá)2002 Instituto Distrital de Cultura yT urismo del Cesar2002 Instituto Vaandermaal, (Madrid, España)2002 Banco de la RepúblicVaia rt. (Valledupar)2002 Galería Shark, (Valledupar)2002 Visiones, V icente Álvarez Jacaminojoy y Joner RojaTnaol,le r Joner2003 Escuela de BellaAs rtes salón Jaime Molina (aVlledupar)2004 Exposiciones Galería CarrióVni var (Bogotá)2006 Visiones, Instituto de Cultura yT urismo, (Valledupar)2006 Homenaje a (Widdeman)A, rea Loft, (Bogotá)

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