- Félix Toranzos
Infobox artist
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name = Félix Toranzos
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birthname = Félix Toranzos Miers
birthdate =October 30 1962
location =Asunción ,Paraguay
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nationality =Paraguayan
field =artist
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works = “Geometrías”, “Asunción, los escenarios de la utopía”
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influenced by =Livio Abramo ,Cira Moscarda
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awards = Prize “Pedro Agüero”, Asunción, Paraguay. 1998He is a Paraguayan artist, architect and graphic designer. Felix Toranzos is considered one of the most conspicuous representatives of the new generation of artists in Paraguay.
Children and Youth
Born in
Asunción , capital of the Republic ofParaguay onOctober 30 ,1964 . His parents are a Paraguayan man called DonLuis Toranzos , a prominent artist and Angelina Miers, fromArgentina . He studied elementary school in his neighborhood “General Eduvigis Diaz”. In the same neighborhood spent much of his childhood until his father died. The Secondary School was at Colegio Nacional de la Capital. Since very young, he was in contact with art and its manifestations, through the activities of his father in this area. Undoubtedly, the great artist Luis Toranzos would have constituted, unintentionally, a great motivating influence to raise Felix in a natural inclination toward plastic expression.As Felix says: "My father always wanted me to continue the career that I always wanted, architecture, but on the road, gave it a sharp turn toward Plastic, which gave me my father, since he painted with great eloquence without even having had a formal education, as I had happened to my… " In
1973 and1974 , studies conducted in theEscuela de Bellas Artes Asunción . Likewise, in1980 ended the career of architecture, made in theNational University of Asunción . In all those years of training, its management regarding the discovery and experimentation in various techniques plastic makes this a unique self-taught artist.His career
Has delivered classes in drawing and painting workshops
Centre for Visual Arts , as part of a group of Paraguayan and foreign artists who devote part of their time to training young apprentices in the art, technique and taste for the aesthetic. His first sample dates back to1979 . Since then, this artist has raised to great strides his artistic production, which gave him a privileged place among painters Paraguayans, to become one of the most prominent of his generation. He has made significant individual and collective exhibitions organized by several galleries and art centers,Asuncion Buenos Aires ,Peru Spain ,Brazil ,Japan andUnited States of America . His works are part of the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art ParaguayanCentre for Visual Arts . They are also given inMuseo del Barro Asunción. Part of its plastic production, integrates the Collection of the Art Museum of the America of theOrganization of American States Washington DC (OAS Art Museum of the USA) Numerous private collections of Paraguay and the United States among his works with some produced by Felix Toranzos.Works
Among its major solo exhibitions include:
*1979: Exhibition of Drawings, Galería Arte-Sanos.
*1982: Designs, Exhibition of Drawings, Centro de Estudios Brasileros.
*1983: Exhibition of Drawings and Objects, Galería Arte-Sanos.
*1985: “Transvisión de Palladio”, Drawings and other techniques, Galería Fábrica.
*1986/87: Drawing and Paintings, Galería Arte-Sanos.“Intro-Misiones”, Drawings and other techniques, Galería Fábrica.Exhibition of Drawings, Café de la Plaza.
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1988 : “Asunción-Una Escenografía Utópica”. Drawings and other techniques, Galería Fábrica.Paintings Exhibition, Café de la Plaza.
*1989 : Paintings Exhibition, Condovac, San Bernardino.Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica.Paintings Exhibition, Fundapel, Salón Municipal, Pelotas Brasil.*
1990 : Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica.Paintings Exhibition, Galería Arte-Sanos.*
1991 : Objects Exhibition, Pequeña Galería.Paintings Exhibition, Galería Arte-Sanos.Objects and Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica.Watercolor Exhibition, Galería Forum.Watercolor Exhibition, Galería Arte-Nuestro, Villa Rica.*
1992 : Cajas y Objetos, Pequeña Galería.Drawings and Objects Exhibition, Galería Arte-Nuestro, Villa Rica.Watercolor Exhibition, Café de la Plaza.Drawings and Painting Exhibition, Galería Ana Scappini.*
1993 : Objects and Paintings, Centro Cultural de la Ciudad.Objects and Paintings, Centro de Arte, Corriente Alterna,Lima ,Perú .Drawings Exhibition, Galería El Patio.Paintings Exhibition, Galería Arte-Sanos.*
1994 : "Onomástico", Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica."Asunción-Otra Escenografía Utópica", Galería de Arte del Patio López.*
1995 : Paintings Exhibition, Galería Lamarca."Taller de Arquitectura", Drawings Exhibition, Espacio Miguel Acevedo, Centro Cultural de la Ciudad."Buonarroti, los trazos preliminares", Drawings and Paintings, Galería Fábrica.*
1996 : Paintings Exhibition, Aniversario Da Vinci Café."Delgado Rodas, Los trazos preliminares", Drawings and Paintings, Galería Fábrica."Asunción, los escenarios de la utopía", Galería Scappini-Lamarca."Objects and collage", Galería Fábrica."Leonardo, los primeros trazos", Verónica Torres, Colección de Arte.*
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1998 : "Primigenia", Collage and Paintings, Gabinete Florian Paucke, Centro de Artes Visuales/Museo del Barro.*
1999 : Paintings Exhibition, Centro de Artes Visuales/Museo del Barro. "Primigenia", paintings and collage, Galería Scappini-Lamarca.*
2000 : "Geometrías", Paintings, Centro Cultural Citibank. "La Estancia de Rafael", Paintings, Galería Fábrica.*
2001 : Paintings Exhibition, Centro Cultural CitiBank. “Trans-visión de Palladio”. Galería Fábrica.*
2002 : “Fuschias y otras flores”, Verónica Torres, Colección de Arte.*
2003 : Objects and Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica.*
2004 : Objects and Paintings Exhibition. Galería Fábrica.*
2005 : Drawings and Paintings Exhibition "Botticelli", Galería Matices.Drawings and Paintings Exhibition, Centro Cultural Citibank.Objects and Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fabrica.*
2006 : "Una Interpretación de la Obra de Luís Toranzos", Verónica Torres Colección de Arte."La Resistencia de los materiales", Centro Cultural Español, Juan de Salazar.Drawings and Paintings Exhibition. Galería Matices.Paintings Exhibition, Centro Cultural Citibank.
Likewise, he has taken part in numerous exhibitions, and biennial collectively samples in Asunción and other major cities around the world.
Awards and honors
His style
In his more than thirty years of artistic production has become a route between painting, engraving and facilities, using different mediums ranging from the simple canvas up large racks of plaster, marked by brilliant combinations of painting and engraving. His assemblages are creations of three-dimensional pieces with knots and tensions that are interwoven in the area. His style is marked by an exquisite combination of colors and textures.
Its architectural studies have served as a liaison for the expressive use of space, making their works in a perfect harmony between the rigidity of the geometry and the lightness of metaphorical poetry. Also in his drawings, stands this exquisite balance between the schematic and the ethereal. On occasion, was inspired by works of the Renaissance period, introducing series of works dedicated to the great masters like Miguel Ángel
Leonardo Da Vinci andRafael .His Family
Felix's father, Don Luis Toranzos, having been a widower with two daughters, Candida Maria and the other, Angelina Rosalie, married in second marriage with Angelina Miers. His children are Haydée Rafaela, Dario Luis Augusto Bardel and Felix, the oldest son. His family lives in Asunción now.
References
* Escobar Ticio and Salerno, Osvaldo. La Resistencia de los Materiales. Felix Toranzos. Centro Cultural de España. 2006. Asunción.
* EVP - Wikipedia
* [http://www.evp.edu.py/index.php?title=Portada Enciclopedia Virtual Paraguaya - Portal]External Links
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