Galerie Beauchamp

Medium : clay, mixed media

Jorge Aguilar was born in Mexico in 1973.

From 1993 to 1996, he learned clay sculpting techniques from one of the best-known Mexican sculptors, Javier Marin. He completed his art studies at the Antigua Academia de San Carlos in Mexico. Since 2003, Aguilar has been sculpting and painting in Montreal.

His interest in volume, matter, light, and movement can be seen through his art. His subjects evolve in the space that surrounds them as dancers or acrobats would. His sculpting style combines both of his ideals. He is very much influenced by his Mexican background as well as by his mentors: Niki de Saint Phalle and Fernando Botero. The way which he blends his clays and pigments, give his works a very sensitive touch. Through his Art, the artist shares his love for life with the unlooker.

Recent solo exhibitions :

JLS Gallery, Valle de Bravo, Edomex, Mexico, 2004; French Alliance of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, 2003; French Alliance del Valle, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico; University of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, 2001; JLS Gallery, Valle de Bravo, Edomex, Mexico, 2000.

Recent group exhibitions :

Art Museum of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; SOFA New York and Chicago, 2005; Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2004; Galerie Valentin, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; JLS Gallery, Valle de Bravo, Edomex, Mexico, 2003; XVIIIe Festival of the Historic Center of Mexico City, D.F., Mexico, 2002.

Collections (selections) :

Art Museum of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; Consulate General of Mexico, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Occurrence Espace d'art et d'essai, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; French Alliance of Mexico/Del Valle Center, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico; Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico; and private collections in USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, France and Singapore.