Juan Iribarren

Juan Iribarren
b. 1956, Caracas, Venezuela - Lives in New York
He holds a BFA from American University in Washington D.C., and post graduate diplomas (Maîtrise
d’esthétique and Diplôme d”études approfondies d’arts plastiques) from the Université de Paris I (PanthéonSorbonne), in France. From 1994 to 2012, he was a professor at Caldwell College in New Jersey, where he
has taught Drawing , Painting, and Art History courses.
The core of Iribarren’s most recent work presents itself as a seemingly impossible and contradictory
juxtaposition of geometry, the luminous and the atmospheric. In spite of continuing his systematic
observation of the changing values and colors in his studio, Iribarren technically proceeds against the grain of
an atmospheric, retinal kind of painting. It is the combination of systematic technical solutions over a basic,
colorful atmospheric compositional architecture that makes Iribarren’s work a unique and radical example in
today’s Latin American painting.
His works has been shown extensively, with solo exhibitions In the United States, Venezuela, and Brazil. He is
represented in important private and public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The
Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, and The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Caracas, Venezuela,
among others.
Collections
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas Venezuela
Banco Mercantil de Venezuela Collection
Banco Central de Venezuela Collection
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection
The Capital Group Companies Collection
Teacher’s Association (TIAA-CREF) Collection
Solo Exhibitions
2016
2014
2013
2011
2009
2006
2004
2002
2001
1998
1997
1994
1993
1991
1989
1986
Juan Iribarren: Long Island City Atlas #2, Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
Juan Iribarren, Fotografias y Pinturas, Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
Juan Iribarren. Obra reciente, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
Juan Iribarren, Henrique Faría Fine Art, New York
Juan Iribarren. Obra reciente, Galería Faría+Fabregas, Caracas, Venezuela
Juan Iribarren. Dibujos y Fotografías, Galería Spazio Zero, Caracas, Venezuela
Juan Iribarren: Recent Works, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas
Juan Iribarren, Obra reciente, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
Juan Iribarren, Small Paintings, GAGA, New York
Sala Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela
Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
Obra reciente, Galería Clave, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería Clave, Caracas, Venezuela
Juan Iribarren, Pinturas, Galería Clave, Caracas, Venezuela
Galería de los Espacios Cálidos, Ateneo de Caracas, Venezuela
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006-05
2004
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1992
Veintitrés ensayos en tiempo real, Centro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Feria PARC, Carmen Araujo Arte, Lima, Perú
Dirty Geometry, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
Feria ArteBA, Carmen Araujo Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resquicios, Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela
Dirty Geometry, Mana Miami, Miami, Florida
30th São Paulo Biennal - Selection of Works, FAAP Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Nuevos vínculos, Selección de obras de la trigésima, Bienal de São Paulo, Hacienda La Trinidad Parque Cultural,
Caracas, Venezuela
30th São Paulo Biennal, São Paulo, Brazil
Art/Basel Art Fair, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., Miami, Florida
The Armory Show, Henrique Faría Fine Art , New York
Geometrías alteradas, Galería Faría+Fabregas, Caracas, Venezuela
Art/Basel Art Fair, Galería Faría+Fabregas, Miami, Florida
ArteBo Art Fair, Galería Faría+Fabregas, Bogotá, Colombia
Negativa Moderna, Henrique Faría Fine Art, New York
Then & Now: Abstraction in Latin American Art, 1950-Present, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York
A Collective Sum, Ideobox Artspace, Miami, Florida
Zona Maco México Arte Contemporáneo, Henrique Faría Fine Art, México, DF
Explorando el Sur, Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Madrid, Spain
Ñew York, Galería Astarté, Madrid, Spain
Iberoamérica Glocal, Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
Pinta Art Fair, Henrique Faría Fine Art, New York
Jump Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Coleccion Mercantil. CIFO, Miami, Florida
Balelatina Art Fair, Henrique Faría Fine Art, Basel, Switzerland
Feria Arte BA, Henrique Faría Fine Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The (S) Files/The Selected Files, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico; El Museo del Barrio, New York
Buenos Aires Photo, Galería Clave, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diálogos: Arte latinoamericano desde la Coleccion Cisneros, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia
Jump Cuts: Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Colección Mercantil, Americas Society, New York
The Fine Line (between something and nothing), Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
Colored Pencil, KS Art, New York
Arte contemporáneo venezolano en la Colección Cisneros, 1990-2004, Museo de Arte Moderno Jesús Soto, Ciudad
Bolivar, Venezuela
Colección Bidimensional MACCSI, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Living is Easy, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York
Nuevas adquisiciones, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
ARCO Art Fair, Sala Alternativa, Madrid, Spain
Faculty Exhibition, Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College, Caldwell, New Jersey
The Jewel Box Project, Bang on a Can Benefit, GAGA, New York
Relocating Landscape: East and West, Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College, New Jersey
La Invención de la Continuidad, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
Adquisiciones Recientes, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Paintings, Moe's Meat Market, New York
Cross Section, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York
Salón Arturo Michelena, Ateneo de Valencia, Valencia, Venezuela
Venezuela +1 Artstorming, The Venezuelan Center Gallery, New York
Espacios creados – Espacios vistos, Galería Clave, Caracas, Venezuela
I Bienal Camille Pissarro, Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas, Venezuela
1991
1990
1989
1985
1983
1982
44 por 44 X 44, Galería Euroamericana, Caracas, Venezuela
10 de los 80 en el 90, Sala de Exposiciones CANTV, Caracas, Venezuela
New Talent from Latin Americ, I Latin American Art and Culture Festival, Brasilia, Brazil
I Bienal de Artes Visuales Christian Dior, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
III Bienal de Jóvenes Artistas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
Exposition des Artistes Etrangers Boursiers du Gouvernement Français, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, France
Petits Formats, Espace Latinoaméricain, Paris, France
Selected Bibliography
Pinardi, Sandra, "Long Island City Atlas #2," Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela, 2016
Pinardi, Sandra, "Juan Iribarren, pinturas y fotografías," Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela, 2014
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "30th Sāo Paulo Biennal," The Imminence of Peotics (Catalogue), 2012
Espinel, Mónica, "Abstraction as an Expansive Venture," Then & Now: Abstraction In Latin American Art from 1950 to the
Present (Catalogue). Deutsche Bank, New York, 2010
Peruga, Iris, "Juan Iribarren, Galería Faría Fábregas," ArtNexus No.76, 2010
Sogbe, Beatriz, "Juan Iribarren. Faria Fábregas," Caracas. Arte al Día International No.129, 2009
Falcón, Dubraska, "Juan Iribarren," entrevista. El Universal, October 6, 2009
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "Mondrian? Notas sobre la pintura reciente de Juan Iribarren" (Publication). Editorial Goliardos, Caracas,
Venezuela, 2009
Palacios, Carlos E., "Geografías (in)invisibles," Arte contemporáneo latinoamericano en la Colección Patricia Phelps de
Cisneros (Catalog). Centro León, Dominican Republic, 2008
Navarrete, José Antonio, "Juan Iribarren, Spazio Zero & Henrique Faría Fine Art," Arte al Día International No.116, 2006
Palacios, Carlos E., "The Materials of the Gaze," Arte al Día International No. 114, 2006
Ramos, María Elena, "Une Conquete de l’art de Amérique latine," Colección Daniela Chappard (Catalog), Biarritz, France, 2006
Cullen, Deborah, "In These Days. The S Files (The Selected Files)" (Catalogue), New York, 2005
Carreño, Freddy, "XIV FIA, Caracas," Art Nexus No. 58, Sept-Nov. 2005
Federica Palomero, "FIA 2005," Arte al Dia International No.110, September 2005
Fuenmayor, Jesús, "Jump Cuts, Dislocated Continuities. Jump Cuts, Venezuelan Contemporary Art, Colección
Mercantil" (Catalogue). Americas Society, New York, 2005
Schwendener, Martha, "Critics’ Picks: Leslie Tonkonow Gallery," Artforum.com July-August, 2004
Sainz Borgo, Karina, "Arte contemporáneo venezolano en la Colección Cisneros," Papel Literario, El Nacional, November 27,
2004
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "La rosa disecada, arte contemporáneo venezolano en la Colección Cisneros," Museo de Arte Moderno
Jesús Soto (Catalogue), Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, 2004
Carvallo, Thelma, "Iribarren, dignidad de pintor. Verbigracia," El Universal, July 14, 2001
Kaufman, John, "Free Play,Recent Paintings by Juan Iribarren (Libre Juego: pinturas recientes de Juan Iribarren)," Museo
Alejandro Otero (Publication), Caracas, Venezuela, 2001
González, Lorena, "Los espacios perturbados," Museo Alejandro Otero, (Catalogue), Caracas, Venezuela, 2001
Palenzuela, Juan Carlos, "Ventanta imaginaria," El Universal, April 30, 2001
Smith, Paul, "Juan Iribarren at GAGA," Art in America, April 1999
"Los noventa de los 90," Estilo, Edición especial, Caracas, Venezuela, 1998
Cardenas, María Luz, "Juan Iribarren. Cosecha 97," Centro de Arte Li (Catalogue), Caracas, Venezuela, 1997
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "La invención de la continuidad," Galería de Arte Nacional (Catalogue), Caracas, Venezuela, 1997
Bohorquez Rosa, "Fragmentar la torpeza a fuerza de óleo," El Nacional, February 6, 1997
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "Que los cuadros canten," Sala Mendoza (Publication), Caracas, Venezuela, 1994
Duque, Luis Angel, "Espacios creados-espacios vistos. Julio Pacheco, Juan Iribarren," Galería Clave, Caracas, Venezuela, 1992
Wisotzki, Ruben, "Dos artistas al alcance del paisaje,". El Diario de Caracas, Venezuela, July 14, 1992
Benko, Susana, "Juan Iribarren," Art Nexus, April 1992
Benko, Susana, "A propósito de la obra de Juan Iribarren," El Nacional, January 5, 1992
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "Juan Iribarren, el grano rauco y el silencio," Galería Clave (Publication), Caracas, Venezuela, 1991.
Included in Mirar furtivo. Colección Arte y Cultura, Conac, 1997
Guevara, Roberto, "Nuevos valores del arte latinoamericano, presencia, venezolana," Galería Clave, Caracas, Venezuela, 1990
Guevara, Roberto, "A los 10 años del tercer milenio," I Bienal de artes visuales Christian Dior (Catalogue), Caracas, Venezuela,
1989
Comerlatti, Mara, "Cuando pintar no es un placer," El Nacional, March 7, 1986
Pérez Oramas, Luis, "Juan Iribarren: la arboladura amarga," Imagen, February, 1986
Arráiz Lucca, Rafael, "Las cosas del encierro," El Nacional, February 16, 1986