Miguel Ángel Rojas Explained

Birth Place:Bogota, Colombia
Known For:photography, video art

Miguel Ángel Rojas (born 1946, Bogotá, Colombia) is a conceptual art and filmmaker. His work includes drawing, painting, photography, installations and video and is often related to contexts expanding on issues of sexuality, urban culture, systems of violence, substance abuse, and economic inequalities. He has been working as a photographer, painter and architect since the 1970s.[1] [2] [3]

Artistic career

Education

Miguel Ángel Rojas completed his studies in painting at the School of Fine Arts at the National University of Colombia and in architecture at the University Javeriana.[4]

Exhibitions

His work has been shown individually and collectively since 1972 in several countries around Latin, Central and North America, as well as Europe and Asia, such as the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, Australia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, United States, Japan, Brazil, England, Mexico, among others.[5] [6] [7] [8]

In 2024, Ángel Rojas's work was included in the 60th Venice Biennale's central exhibition Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. In his Venice Biennale debut, he exhibited the pieces El Negro (1979) and El Emperador (1973–1980) commenting on queer intimacy through a cinematic approach.

Miguel Ángel Rojas is featured in The Days That Build Us (2024-2025), a group exhibition centered on films and organized by PAMMTV, the video streaming platform, at Pérez Art Museum Miami. Rojas's Caqueta (2007) was shown alongside moving image artworks by Deborah Jack, Tania Candiani, Dara Friedman, and Rivane Neuenschwander.

Awards

His work has been awarded first prize in photography of the XXXII Salon of Colombian Artists in 1989; The II International Biennial of San Juan Prize 1979; León Dobrzinsky Prize 1981; Prize of the XXX Salon of Colombian Artists 1986 in Medellín with special notation of the V American Biennial of graphic arts 1988 in Cali; Prize of the Riogrande national Contest 1989."[9] [10]

Exhibition History

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Collections (selection)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artnexus . 2024-09-03 . www.artnexus.com.
  2. Web site: Maps . Central Pavilion See on Google . 2024-03-12 . Biennale Arte 2024 Miguel Ángel Rojas . 2024-09-03 . La Biennale di Venezia . en.
  3. Web site: Miguel Angel Rojas – Kadist . 2024-09-03 . en-CA.
  4. Web site: Miguel Ángel Rojas - Artists - Sicardi Ayers Bacino Art Gallery . 2024-09-03 . www.sicardi.com . en.
  5. Web site: Conflict at “HOME”: Miguel Ángel Rojas & “Nowadays” . 2024-09-03 . The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston . en.
  6. Web site: Conflict at “HOME”: Miguel Ángel Rojas & “Nowadays” . 2024-09-03 . The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston . en.
  7. Web site: Miguel Ángel Rojas . 2024-09-03 . Artspace . english.
  8. Web site: Miguel Ángel Rojas - Corte en el ojo LANDMARKS . 2024-09-03 . landmarks.utexas.edu.
  9. Diccionario de Colombia.
  10. Web site: 1 Mira Madrid . 2024-09-03 . 1miramadrid.com.
  11. Web site: RALM . 2024-09-03 . www.mambogota.com.
  12. Web site: The Days That Build Us • Pérez Art Museum Miami . 2024-09-03 . Pérez Art Museum Miami . en-US.
  13. Web site: Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art (October 24, 2010–February 6, 2011) . 2024-09-03 . The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston . en.
  14. Web site: 1946 . Miguel Ángel Rojas . 2024-09-03 . The Art Institute of Chicago . en.

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