ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
PUBLIC SCULPTURES
2016
Presentation of the sculpture Angel of Peace to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Guatemalan Peace Agreements, Guatemala City Town Hall, Guatemala, 2016. DC29
Presentation of the sculpture Angel of Peace on United Nations Palace, Geneva. NOV9
Unveiling of the sculpture Angel of Vision commemorating Sam and Helen Walton and the Walton Scholarship program, John Brown University, Arkansas, Unites States. OCT8
Presentation of public sculpture Urban Forest on Austriaco Boulevard zone 16, Guatemala, Guatemala. AUG4
2015
Presentation of Urban Forest Mural in La Morera neighborhood, Guatemala City, Guatemala. NV21
Public presentation of the sculpture Utopic City in Landgoed De Wittenburg gardens, bike lane of Wassenaar, The Netherlands. SP20
Public presentation of the sculpture Angel of Peace during the 750th Anniversary of Tennenlohe, Erlangen, Baviera, Germany. JN21
2014
Public presentation of the sculpture Fuente de Vida in Díaz Ordaz Boulevard, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico NOV10
Public presentation of the sculpture Ángel de las Olas del Mar in Galería 123, San Salvador, El Salvador. OCT9
Public presentation of the sculpture Del caos deviene el orden in University San Carlos of Guatemala´s auditorium. Guatemala, Guatemala. JN26
Public presentation of the sculpture Angel of Peace in OEA gardens, Washington, D.C., United States of America. APR30
2013
Public presentation of the sculpture Ciudad consciente de sí misma (Self-conscious city) from the series Utopic cities, in Plaza de la Luz, OEG building, Guatemala, Guatemala. 29NV
Public presentation of the sculptural ensemble Quauhtlemallan at the Air Terminal, International Airport La Aurora, Guatemala, Guatemala. 22AG.
Public presentation of the sculpture Nudo neurológico al final del arcoiris (Neurological knot at the end of the rainbow), at Cultural Center Carranza, Delegación Venustiano Carranza, México, D.F. MY18
Public presentation of the sculptures Tree in expansion and Tree whose ideas blew up, Urban forest, Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Guatemalan Embassy at Washington D.C. MY4
2012
Public presentation of the sculpture Ángel de la paz (Peace Angel) at Memorial de la Concordia (Concord Memorial), National Police Historical Archive, in presence of David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. Guatemala, Guatemala. DC6
Tribute and public presentation of the sculpture Ángel de la paz (Peace Angel) at Cultural Center Lázaro Carranza, Venuestiano Carranza’s Borough, Mexico, Federal District. The sculpture was installed at Hangares Avenue within the framework of the cultural project Circuit of the Nations. This space already has 18 sculptures for peace from different nations, located in the main roads leading to México City’s airport. DC6
Tribute and presentation of the public sculpture El grito (The Scream) and inauguration of the Museum of Contemporary Art at Chiapas Cultural Center Jaime Sabines, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, México. NV22
Presentation of the public sculpture Ángel de la paz (Peace Angel) at México City’s Book Fair 2012, Historical Center, México, Federal District. OC19
2011
Public presentation of the sculpture Bushes making themselves interesting, from the series Bosque urbano (Urban Forest), Klaus Steinmetz Latin American Art Gallery, San José, Costa Rica. JN9
Public presentation of the urban sculpture Síntesis neurológica de la abstracción en el eterno conflicto conceptual entre percepción y representación (Neurological synthesis of abstraction in the eternal conflict between perception and conceptual representation), Jade Awards, Unión Guatemalteca de Agencias de Publicidad (Guatemalan Union of Advertising Agents), Santo Domingo del Cerro, Antigua Guatemala. JL29
Public presentation of the urban sculpture Satélite (Satellite), Ana Lucía Gómez Gallery of Latin American Art, Guatemala. JAN20
2010
Public presentation the sculptures El Grito and Taurus (Scream and Taurus), Paseo de la Sexta, Historic Centre, Guatemala. JL17
SPECIAL PROJECTS AND EVENTS
2016
Angel of Peace temporarily at National School of Art, Guatemala, Guatemala. AUG29
Angel of Peace at Cultural Festival Paseo La Sexta, Guatemala, Guatemala. APR16
2015
Cup holder design for Juannio’s special edition coffee cups, Guatemala, Guatemala.
Angel of Peace at Soñé Futuro event promoted by Saúl E. Méndez at Miguel Ángel Asturias Cultural Center, Guatemala, Guatemala. NV29
Angel of Peace Global Project presentation at Santo Domingo de Guzmán Temple, Guatemala, Guatemala. NV3
XI National Theatre June Festival, Angel of Culture Awards, Miguel Ángel Asturias National Theatre, Guatemala, Guatemala, JN15
Relieves exhibit for first Cultural Thursday in L’Osteria di Francesco, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. FEB26
2014
Medal design for race TransformArte in benefit of Artes Muy Especiales Foundation, Tecpan, Guatemala. SEPT 28TH
2012
Tribute and presentation of the sculpture Misil orgánico (Organic Missile) from the Bestiary series at Museum and Club Auto Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. SP7
Presentation of the sculpture El tiempo está loco (Time is Crazy), invited artitst, Time Hall collection, Nivada Swiss, Diego Rivera’s Museum – Anahuacalli, Mexico, Federal District (January 26).
Presentation of the artwork Scorpio from the Bestiary series at José Luis Cuevas’s Museum, Mexico, Federal District (January 24).
2011
Un homenaje a la creatividad, (A homage to creativity), Guatemala Design Week, Ambiente Studio, Guatemala. Artist to whom homage is paid and exhibitor. (May 3).
2010
Presentation of the artwork Taurus from the Bestiary series at Hotel Museum Casa Santa Domingo, Antigua, Guatemala (September 13).
2004
Exhibition and painting a picture in 40 minutes, Centro Cristiano Shekinah, Guatemala
(September 12).
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2016
Dangerous Sculptures, Art All Night, Guatemalan Embassy in Washington D.C., Washington D.C., United States. SP24
Estampa, Galería del Inter, Intercontinental Royal Hotel, Guatemala, Guatemala. MAY26-JL11
Seven Liquid Poems and Two Allegories, National Museum of Modern Art Carlos Merida, Guatemala, Guatemala. APR21-MAY29
2015
Shadows, Guatephoto Festival, G&T Continental Foundation, Guatemala, Guatemala. NOV12-NOV30
Oceánica, G&T Continental Foundation, Guatemala, Guatemala. NOV5-NOV27
Angels, Art For The People Gallery, Austin, Texas. APR27
Urban Sculpture Retrospective, National School of Visual Arts Rafael Rodríguez Padilla, Guatemala, Guatemala. MAR3
Refractions, Santiago Museum, Royal Palace of Captains in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala FEB14-MAR15
Estampa, National Palace of Culture. Guatemala, Guatemala. JAN8-FEB9.
2014
Dangerous Sculptures, Duin & Kruidberg Estate, Santpoort-Noord, The Netherlands. OCT1-MAR23
Urban Sculpture Retrospective, Santo Domingo del Cerro, Antigua, Guatemala. NOV15
Urban Sculpture Retrospective, UNAM Juriquilla Campus, Querétaro, Mexico. OCT23
Ángeles at Galería 123, San Salvador, El Salvador OCT9-NOV9
Obra Digital y un Artefacto, during Festival Antigua 2014 UGAP, at El Cerro de Hotel Casa Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala 5SP-6SP
Urban Sculpture Retrospective, Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, Mexico D.F, Mexico 28AGO-30SEP
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures),Raadhuis de Paaw, Town Hall, Wassennar, The Netherlands. (16MR-1MY)
2013
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Maison de l’Amériqe latine, Cour Ovale, París, France. (9OC-6DC).
Retrospective – José Toledo Ordóñez at Festival Antigua 2013, Premios Jade, Santo Domingo del Cerro, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. (6SP-8SP).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Exhibition Gallery, Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. (18JL-30AG).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), MUSAC, Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala. (May 15 – May 24)
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Passport DC, Around the Embassy Tour, Guatemalan Embassy at Washington. (May 4)
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), International Development Bank (IDB) Staff Association Art Gallery (ISAAG), Washington, D.C. (April 8 – April 19)
2012
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Cultural Center Lázaro Carranza, Venustiano Carranza’s Borough, Mexico, Federal District, (November 22).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Design Center, Guatemala, Guatemala (October 1st).
Angels, Rozas Botrán Foundation, Guatemala, Guatemala. Sept. 27th.
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), main premises of the Cultural Institute from Veracruz, Port of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico (September 27).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Cultural Secretary’s Office Cloisters, San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico (August 1 6).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), tribute, Mariano Gálvez University, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, (June 16).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Visual Arts Center, Mérida, Yucatán (June 8).
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), Jaime Sabines Cultural Center, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico (April 26).
Esculturas peligrosas, (Dangerous Sculptures), Gallery of the Government Palace, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico (March 16).
Esculturas peligrosas, (Dangerous Sculptures), Mariano Gálvez University, Guatemala
(february 16).
Esculturas peligrosas, (Dangerous Sculptures), Ángeles Espinosa Yglesias Gallery of
Modern and Contemporary Art, Puebla, México (February 9).
2011
Esculturas peligrosas (Dangerous Sculptures), José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City.
Escultura, relieves y obra digital, (Sculptures, Reliefs and Digital Work), Klaus Steinmetz Latin-American Gallery, San José, Costa Rica (June 9).
Relieves y esculturas (Reliefs and sculptures), Rafael Rodríguez Padilla National School of Plastic Arts, Guatemala (February 15).
Ciudades utópicas (Utopian cities), Ana Lucía Gómez Gallery of Latin-American Art,
Guatemala (January 20).
2010
Esculturas peligrosas y relieves (Dangerous sculptures and reliefs), Jack’s Place, Historic Centre, Guatemala, Guatemala. (December 4).
Relieves y esculturas (Reliefs and sculptures) Rocío Quiroa Art Gallery, Guatemala
Dangerous Sculptures, debut show, Marco Augusto Quiroa Hall, Museum Walk, Museum Hotel Casa Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. July 3rd.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2016
Funsilec, delARTEalNIÑO, Zona Pradera Bussiness Center, Guatemala, Guatemala SP8
Junkabal, Anacafé, Guatemala, Guatemala AUG22-25
Juannio, Instituto Neurológico de Guatemala, Modern Art Museum Carlos Mérida, Guatemala, Guatemala JN
Art in May, Fundación Rozas Botrán, Guatemala, Guatemala 9MY-11JN
Angel of Peace at Cultural Festival “Paseo de la Sexta”, Central Park, Guatemala, Guatemala. APR15-APR24
2015
Entre Siglos, Contemporary art from Central America and Panama, Museum of Modern Art Carlos Merida, Guatemala, Guatemala. DC15-JAN16
Funsilec, delARTEalNIÑO, Zona Pradera Bussiness Center, Guatemala, Guatemala 10SP
Junkabal, Anacafé, Guatemala, Guatemala AUG
Juannio, Instituto Neurológico de Guatemala, Modern Art Museum Carlos Mérida, Guatemala, Guatemala JN
Art in May, Fundación Rozas Botrán, Modern Art Museum Carlos Mérida, Guatemala, Guatemala MY
Conversando alrededor de Juannio con Guillermo Monsanto, El Attico Gallery, Guatemala, Guatemala. 28JAN-5FB
2014
Interrupted Dream, G&T Continental Foundation, Guatemala, Guatemala 14JAN-28FEB
Funsilec, delARTEalNIÑO, Zona Pradera Bussiness Center, Guatemala, Guatemala 4SP
Junkabal, Anacafé, Guatemala, Guatemala 4AGO
Margarita Tejada foundation, Masks, San Martín zone 10, Guatemala, Guatemala. June 17th.
Exposición Colectiva Caos 2014, Caos Gallery, Guatemala, Guatemala . (June 26)
Juannio, Latin American Art Auction by the Neurological Institute of Guatemala, Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala. Invited artist. (June 4).
Vth Sculpture Garden, Duin & Kruidberg Estate, Santpoort-Noord, The Netherlands. MY8
Arte en Mayo by Rozas Botrán Foundation, Museum of Modern Art Carlos Mérida, Guatemala, Guatemala. MY2
Oscararte, tribute to sculptor José Oscar Barrientos. MUSAC, Guatemala, Guatemala. MY18
2013
Miniatures, CAOS Gallery, Guatemala, Guatemala. 28NV.
Trazos en vivo, Mario Monteforte Toledo Foundation, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala, Guatemala. 9NV.
El arte de cambiar vidas, House of Dolls Museum, Puebla, Puebla, México. 7NV.
Woods Arte Gallery inauguration, Deco City, Guatemala, Guatemala. 10SP.
Del arte al niño, FUNSILEC, Zona Pradera Business Center, Guatemala, Guatemala. 5SP.
Taller de bateas, JUNKABAL, ANACAFÉ, Guatemala, Guatemala. 7AG.
Hearts of Hope, Margarita Tejada Foundation, San Martín Zona Viva, Guatemala, Guatemala. 27JN.
Invited artist Juannio, Neurological Institute of Guatemala, Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala (June 5).
Arte en mayo (Art in May), Rozas Botrán Foundation, Carlos Mérida National Museum
of Modern Art, Guatemala (May 16th.)
2012
Miniaturas (Miniatures), CHAOS Gallery, Guatemala, Guatemala (December 5).
Artgala 2012, Mexican Embassy, Guatemala, Guatemala (November 8).
El arte de cambiar vidas (The Art of Changing Lives), House of Dolls Museum, Puebla, Puebla, México (November 7).
Trazos en vivo (Live Strokes), Mario Monteforte Toledo Foundation, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala, Guatemala (October 27).
CHAOS Gallery, Guatemala, Guatemala, (June 28).
Invited artist Juannio, Neurological Institute of Guatemala, Carlos Mérida National Museum of Modern Art, Guatemala (June 5).
Niños en alegría (Children in Happiness), Villa Alejandra, Acapulco, Guerrero, México
(May 12).
Arte en mayo (Art in May), Rozas Botrán Foundation, Carlos Mérida National Museum
of Modern Art, Guatemala (May 1st.)
Artifici International Art Consultant & Design, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala (February
28).
San Valentín, Caos Gallery, Guatemala (February 14).
Plástica contemporánea guatemalteca. Encuentros y tendencias (Guatemalan contemporary plastics, Encounters and trends), Diego Rivera-Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City (October 13).
Galería 123, San Salvador, El Salvador (January).
2011
Miniaturas (Miniatures), Caos Gallery, Guatemala (December 1st).
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala
Plástica contemporánea guatemalteca. Encuentros y tendencias (Guatemalan contemporary plastics, Encounters and trends, Encounters and trends), Jardín Borda Museum, Cuernavaca, México, November 18).
Plástica contemporánea guatemalteca. Encuentros y tendencias (Guatemalan contemporary plastics, Encounters and trends, Encounters and trends),Ollin Yoliztli Cultural Centre, Mexico City (October 13).
Del arte al niño (Children’s art), FUNSILEC Foundation, Centro Empresarial (Business
Centre) Zona Pradera, Guatemala (September 22).
Taller de bateas, (Flat-bottomed boat workshop) Junkabal Foundation, ANACAFE (National
Coffee Association), Guatemala (August 8).
Arte en mayo (Art in May), Rozas Botrán Foundation, Carlos Mérida National Museum
of Modern Art, Guatemala (May 11).
Arte subasta (Art auction), Guatemala Sur Rotary Club, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala
(March 16).
2010
Miniaturas (Miniatures), Caos Gallery, Guatemala (December 2).
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December 11).
Del arte al niño (Children’s art), FUNSILEC Foundation, Centro Empresarial (Business
Centre) Zona Pradera, Guatemala (September 8).
Arte en mayo (Art in May), Rozas Botrán Foundation, Carlos Mérida National Museum
of Modern Art, Guatemala (May).
Arte subasta (Art auction) Guatemala Sur Rotary Club, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala
(March 3).
2009
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December 5).
Del arte al niño (Children’s art), FUNSILEC Foundation, Hotel Intercontinental, Guatemala.
Arte subasta (art auction), Guatemala Sur Rotary Club, Ixchel Museum, Guatemala
(March 16).
2008
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December).
Del arte al niño (Children’s art), FUNSILEC Foundation, Hotel Intercontinental, Guatemala
(October 2).
35th anniversary of El Túnel Gallery, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala
(September 3).
2007
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December).
Trazos de un mundo salvaje (Traces of a wild world), Mario Monteforte Toledo Foundation, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (November 15).
Del arte al niño (Children’s art), FUNSILEC Foundation, Hotel Intercontinental,
Guatemala (October 2).
Homenaje de Guatemala a Frida Kahlo (Guatemalan Homage to Frida Kahlo), Luis
Cardoza y Aragón Cultural Centre – Mexican Embassy, Guatemala (August 2).
El Túnel Gallery, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (May).
2006
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December).
Trazos de un mundo salvaje (Traces of a wild world), Mario Monteforte Toledo
Foundation, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (November 16).
El Túnel Gallery, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (May 4).
2005
Expresiones 2005 (Expressions 2005), El Shaddai Church, Guatemala (December 1st).
Trazos de un mundo salvaje (Traces of a wild world), Mario Monteforte Toledo Foundation, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (November 24).
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (November 14).
El Túnel Gallery, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (May 6).
2003
Trazos de un mundo salvaje (Traces of a wild world), Mario Monteforte Toledo Foundation, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (December).
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December).
Isométricas, El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (September).
El Túnel Gallery, La Aurora National Zoological Park, Guatemala (September).
Los pasos a través del túnel (Walking through the tunnel) El Túnel Gallery, National
Palace of Culture, Guatemala (July).
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December).
2002
Miniaturas (Miniatures), El Túnel Gallery, Guatemala (December).
Ríos Gallery, Guatemala (October).
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Los visitantes (The visitors), 2008
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