His Life | Multiple | Open Air | Single
Edgar Negret
Popayán, Colombia
 
   
 
 
 

Education

1938 – 1944 Fine Arts, Sculpture, Fine Arts School Cali, Cauca University

Exhibitions

One-man show
2004 Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
2004 Retrospective Reyes Catholics School, Bogotá - Colombia
2003 Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
2003 Letter Art library, Bogotá - Colombia
2003 Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
2000 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1999 Tertulia Art Museum, Cali - Colombia
1998 Dramatic Society of Maracaibo, Venezuela, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1997 International Art Fair ARCO, Spain, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1997 Arte Espacio Gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile
1996 Cultural Center Conde Duque, Madrid - Spain
1996 Tierradentro Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1996 93 Center Park, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1996 International Art Fair Mirarte, Colombia, Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1996 Museum of Modern Art, Pereira - Colombia
1995 Biarritz International Festival, Biarritz - France
1995 Butterfly and Crisálidas Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1995 Figuras Gallery, Cali - Colombia
1995 Tertulia Art Museum, Cali - Colombia
1995 Maison de L’amerique Latine, Paris - France
1995 Foundation Simon L. Patiño, Geneve - Switzerland
1995 Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1994 Commerce Chamber, El Poblado, Medellín - Colombia
1994 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1993 Collages Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1993 Kaj Forsblom Gallery, Hensilsky - Finlandia
1993 Kaj Forsblom Gallery, Madrid - Spain
1993 Iber Arte Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1991 Retrospective in four galleries
  • Magic Objects Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
  • Andes Myth Diners Gallery, Bogotá - Colombia
  • The Gesture Planetario Distrital, Bogotá - Colombia
  • Recent works Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1991 Retrospective Rufino Tamayo Museum, México
1991 Retrospective Monterrey Museum, México
1991 International Art Fair Fiart, Colombia, Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1990 National University, Bogotá - Colombia
1990 Small sizes Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1990 Palacio de la Gobernación del D. F., Caracas - Venezuela
1990 Arte Actual, Santiago de Chile - Chile
1989 Elizabeth Frank Gallery, Knokke-Le Zoute - Belgium
1989 Galeria Arte Moderno, Cali - Colombia
1988 Galeria Rikugien, Tokio - Japan
1988 Galeria Seibu, Akita - Japan
1988 Galeria Oscar Ascanio, Caracas - Venezuela
1987 Humphrey fine art & Design Gallery, New York - USA
1987 Commerce Chamber, Medellín - Colombia
1987 International Art Fair ARCO, Spain, Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1987 50 years 150 works Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1986 Special Guest II Biennale de la Habana, Cuba
1986 The Andes Humphrey fine art & Design Gallery, New York - USA
1985 Casa Negret Museum, Popayán - Colombia
1985 Andes Adventure, Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1985 Galeria Graphic / CB2, Caracas, Venezuela
1984 Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1984 Galeria Acosta Valencia, Bogotá - Colombia
1984 Commerce Chamber, Cali - Colombia
1984 Salon Cultural de Avianca, Barranquilla - Colombia
1983 Retrospective Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid - Spain
1983 Galeria Diners, Bogotá - Colombia
1983 Galerie Ressle, Stokholm - Sweden
1983 Espacio 83, Galeria Theo, Madrid - Spain
1982 Fine Arts Institute, Beethoven Room, Cali - Colombia
1982 Contemporary Sculpture Center, Tokyo and Osaka - Japan
1981 Museum of fine art, Caracas - Venezuela
1981 Caja Provincial de Ahorros de Alava, Vitoria - Spain
1981 Miró Foundation, Barcelona - Spain
1981 National Art Museum, Osaka - Japan
1980 Galeria 9, Lima - Peru
1979 1st Biennale Italo Latino-Americana of Tecniche Grafiche, Roma - Italy
1979 Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain FIAC, Paris - France
1979 Galeria Garces Velazquez, Bogotá - Colombia
1978 Retrospective Galeria Garces Velazquez, Bogotá - Colombia
1978 La Galeria, Quito - Ecuador
1978 Galeria Quintero, Barranquilla - Colombia
1977 Galeria San Diego, Bogotá - Colombia
1977 Public Library Piloto, Medellín - Colombia
1977 Galeria de Arte El Callejon, Bogotá - Colombia
1976 Palacio de la Gobernación del D. F., Caracas - Venezuela
1976 Galeria Belarca, Bogotá - Colombia
1976 Anthology Center for Inter-American Relations of New York, USA
1976 Actual Art Center, Pereira - Colombia
1976 Central Hipotecario Bank, Bogotá - Colombia
1975 Special Guest XIII Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil
1975 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1975 Adler Castillo Gallery, Caracas - Venezuela
1974 Retrospective Culture Institute of Puerto Rico
1974 Museum of Fine Arts, San Juan - Puerto Rico
1974 Retrospective Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington - USA
1974 Bonino Gallery, New York - USA
1973 Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas - Venezuela
1973 Retrospective Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1972 Bonino Gallery, New York - USA
1972 The Arts Club, Chicago - USA
1971 Galería Buchholz, Munich - Germany
1971 Stadtlsche Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf - Germany
1971 Retrospective Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1970 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam - Holland
1970 Kolner Kunst Mark 70 of Colonia, Germany
1969 Tertulia Art Museum, Cali - Colombia
1969 Bonino Gallery, New York - USA
1968 Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans - USA
1968 National Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1968 Fine Arts Palace, Cali - Colombia
1968 Special Guest IV Documenta de Kassel,
1967 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh - Scotland
1967 Axiom Gallery, London - England
1967 National Gallery, Cali - Colombia
1967 Galería el Grifo Negro, Bogotá - Colombia
1967 Guggenheim International Exhibition, itinerant
  • Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York - USA
  • Art Gallery, Ontario - Toronto
  • National Gallery, Ottawa - Canada
  • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1966 Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
1966 Graham Gallery, New York - USA
1966 Cultural House, Guayaquil - Ecuador
1966 Municipal Library, Quito - Ecuador
1965 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1965 Graham Gallery, New York - USA
1963 Galería El Callejón, Bogotá - Colombia
1962 Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas - Venezuela
1962 Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1959 Magic Machines, David Herbert Gallery, New York - USA
1958 Retrospective National Library of Bogotá, Colombia
1957 Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1956 Pan American Union of Washington D. C. A - USA
1955 Peridot Gallery, New York - USA
1953 Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid - Spain
1951 Galerie Arnaud, Paris - France
1950 Peridot Gallery, New York - USA
1949 Clay Club Sculpture Center, New York - USA
1946 National Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1944 Convento de San Francisco, Popayán - Colombia
1943 Fine Arts Palace, Cali - Colombia

Group Show (selection)

2004 International Art Fair FIA, Venezuela, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
2004 Arte Americas, USA, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
2001 International Art Fair FIA, Venezuela, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá – Colombia
1996 Colombian great Masters, Pérez Galería, Bogotá – Colombia
1995 International Art Fair FIAC, Paris, Kaj Forsblom, Switzerland
1995 International Art Fair ARCO, Spain, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1994 International Art Fair FIA, Venezuela, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1994 Art Miami, USA, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1994 International Art Fair ARCO, Spain, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1993 International Art Fair ARTFI, Colombia, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1993 International Art Fair Artfi, Colombia, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1992 International Art Fair Artfi, Colombia, Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1990 40 Concrete, Galería Casa Negret, Bogotá - Colombia
1989 12 Contemporary Masters, US Embassy, Bogotá - Colombia
1988 Fine Art Museum, Caracas - Venezuela
1988 Negret & Arango International Art Fair ARCO, Humphrey Gallery, NYC - USA
1988 Negret and Konishi Rikuglen Gallery, Tokyo - Japan
1988 Negret and Konishi Seibu Gallery, Akita - Japan
1988 Negret & Pat-Andrea, Chicago Fair, Galeria Elizabeth Frank, Belgica 1988 The Latin American Spirit. Art and Artists in the United States 1920 – 1970
  • Bronx Museum, New York
  • El Paso Museum, Texas
  • San Diego Museum, California
  • Cultural Institute of San Juan of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
  • Art Center of Vero Beach, Florida
1987 The first America, Center for Inter-American Relations of New York - USA
1986 Homage to Popayan, Colombo-Americano Center, Bogotá - Colombia
1985 100 years of Colombian Art, Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1985 Imperial Palace of Rio of Janeiro - Brazil
1985 Cultural Center of Sao Paulo - Brazil
1985 Italo-Latino-Americano of Roma, Italy
1985 Cultural Salon of Avianca, Barranquilla - Colombia
1985 Colombian Masters, Museum of Modern Art of Latin American, Washington USA
1985 II Biennale of Trujillo, Contemporary Art, Trujillo - Peru
1984 Castillo of Chapultepec, Mexico City - Mexico
1984 Amazoni Art Gallery, New York - USA
1983 Galeria Elida Lara, Barranquilla - Colombia
1983 Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1983 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Art, Paris - France
1982 Colombo-American Center, Bogotá - Colombia
1981 Expo 81, America Latina, Bolivia
1981 Latino-American Art, Osaka - Japan
1980 Six abstract sculptures, Art Museum of National University, Bogotá - Colombia
1979 Mendoza Salon, Caracas - Venezuela
1979 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1979 Galeria Iriarte, Bogotá - Colombia
1978 America Latina, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1978 Negret and Rojas, Galería Juan Martín, Mexico D.F. - Mexico
1978 Luis Angel Arango Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1978 Galeria San Diego, Bogotá - Colombia
1977 Tertulia Art Museum, Cali - Colombia
1977 Casa de las Americas, Habana - Cuba
1977 Galeria El Callejon, Bogotá - Colombia
1975 University Art Museum of Texas, Austin - USA
1975 Petit Palace of Paris, France
1975 Velasquez Palace, Madrid - Spain
1974 Negret and Lam Pyramid Gallery, Washington - USA
1974 Art Fair Basilea, Suiza
1973 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1973 XXV National Salon of Visual Arts, National Museum of Bogotá, Colombia
1972 Center for Inter-American Relations of New York, USA
1971 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1971 Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires - Argentina
1971 Tertulia Art Museum, Cali - Colombia
1971 Galería Estudio Actual, Caracas - Venezuela
1970 Negret and Rojas, Galería San Diego, Bogotá - Colombia
1970 II Biennale of Art, Coltejer, Medellín - Colombia
1969 20 Century – Rockefeller Collection, MOMA, New York - USA
1969 First Salon of Ten, First National City Bank, Medellín - Colombia
1968 IV Documenta of Kassel, Germany
1968 L’Art Vivant, Foundation Maeght de Saint-Paul-de-Venece, Paris - France
1968 Negret and Cicero, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans - USA
1967 Painting and Sculpture, Rockefeller Collection, Museum of Modern Art, NY - USA
1967 Baltimore Museum, USA
1966 3rd Exposition International of Cont. Sculpture, Rodin Museum, Paris - France
1966 Colombo-American Center, Bogotá - Colombia
1966 Galeria de Arte Contemporanea, Medellín - Colombia
1965 XVII National Artists Salon, National Museum, Bogotá - Colombia
1965 VIII Biennale  of Sao Paulo, Brazil
1964 New Personalities, Pepsi-Cola Gallery, New York - USA
1964 Lateinamerikanische Kunstausstelling, Berlin - Germany
1964 XVI National Artists Salon, National Museum, Bogotá - Colombia
1963 XV National Artists Salon, National Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1963 Festival dell Due Mondi, Spoleto - Italy
1962 Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma - Italy
1962 Lijevalchis Konsthall, Stokholm - Sweden
1961 Geometrics and Hardedge New Classicism Modern Art Museum New York - USA
1961 2nd Exposition International of Cont. Sculpture, Rodin Museum, Paris - France
1960 Lowe Art Gallery Miami, Florida - USA
1960 New School for Social Research, New York – USA
1959 South America Art today, Museum of fine art, Dallas - USA 
1958 XXIX Biennale of Venetia, Italy
1958 Pittsburg Bicentennial Exhibition, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg - Pennsylvania
1957 Negret and Youngerman, Gres Gallery Washington D.C. - USA
1957 IV Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil
1957 Riverside Drive Museum, New York - USA
1957 Yale University Art Gallery, Connecticut - USA
1956 XXVIII Biennale of Venetia, Italy
1956 Pittsburg Bicentennial Exhibition, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg – Pennsylvania
1956 Institute of Contemporary Arts of Washington D.C. - USA
1956 Fine Art Museum of Houston, Texas - USA
1955 Foreign Artists in France, Petit Palace, Paris - France
1955 Collective New Acquisitions in the Museum of Modern Art, New York - USA
1953 Tendencies Buchholz Gallery, Madrid - Spain
1952 Divergences, Theatre of Babylonne, Paris - France
1951 Sixty First Annual Exhibition, Nebraska University, USA
1951 I Hispano-American Biennale of Art, Madrid - Spain
1951 V Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris - France
1948 Negret y Ramirez, Engineers Society of Bogotá, Colombia
1947 Cauca University, Popayán - Colombia
1947 Fine Art Palace, Cali - Colombia
1947 I Young Artists Salon, National Library, Bogotá - Colombia
1945 VI National Artists Salon of Colombia, National Library, Bogotá - Colombia

Public Collections

Flowers Park, Bogotá - Colombia
International Airport, Bogotá - Colombia
Bucaramanga, Colombia
National Park, Bogotá - Colombia
Valencia, Spain
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Guadalupe Island, French Islands
Javeriana University, Bogotá - Colombia
Administrative Department of Safety, Bogotá (DAS)
Olympic Park, Seoul – Korea
Jose Maria Cordoba Airport, Medellin - Colombia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas - Venezuela
Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
Collection Pedro Perez Lazo, Caracas - Venezuela
Sotoasahikawa Hospital Collection, Akita City - Japan
Cerro Nutibara, Medellín - Colombia
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Museum Rufino Tamayo, Mexico
Nova Tempo Building, Medellín - Colombia
Fine Art Institute of Cali, Colombia
Museum of Fine Arts, Caracas - Venezuela
Americas’house, Habana - Cuba
El Tiempo Building, Bogotá - Colombia
Narino Palace, Bogotá - Colombia
Banco Ganadero, Bogotá - Colombia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid - Spain
University of Nebraska, USA
Rhode Island University, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Bogotá - Colombia
Rockefeller Collection, New York - USA
De Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam
Guggenheim Museum, New York - USA
OEA Organization of American States
Museum of Modern Art, New York - USA

Awards

1998 Decoration Orden Andres Bello, Caracas - Venezuela
1997 Best foreign artist in ARCO with Luis Pérez Galería, from AECA, Madrid - Spain
1975 Scholarship of Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
1974 First award of Peldar
1968 Great award of Sculpture David Bright XXXIV Biennale of Venetia, Italy
1967 Great award XIX National Artists Salon, National Library, Bogotá – Colombia
1966 Silver Medal, VIII Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil
1964 First Award IV Annual Salon of Cucuta, Colombia
1964 First Award of Sculpture Art Festival, Cali – Colombia
1963 First Award XV National Artists Salon, National Library, Bogotá – Colombia
1946 Third award of sculpture, VII National Artists Salon.

Catalogues and Books

2004 Homage to the Man, by Samuel Pérez, Bogotá - Colombia
2004 C.C.E.E. Reyes Catholics and Arte Letra, Bogotá - Colombia
2000 Dialogue with the sacred, Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1996 Dialogue with the sacred, Luis Pérez Galería and Corp Group, Caracas - Venezuela
1994 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1991 From the machine to the myth, Museum of Monterrey and Rufino Tamayo, Mexico
1991 Time and work, by Fausto Panesso, Bogotá - Colombia
1990 Small sizes Luis Pérez Galería, Bogotá - Colombia
1987 Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá - Colombia
1987 The Andes, Humphrey Fine Art Gallery, New York - USA
1982 One, two, three nothing to hide, by Daniel Samper Pizano, Bogotá - Colombia
1976 Negret The Creative Stage, by Galaor Carbonell