Chronology
JuanCarlos rLora - conceptual artist, painter, sculptor
Born 1978
Born 1978
Art Education:
- Escuela de Artes Plasticas Candido Bido, Dominican Republic, 1984-1987
- Mentorship in Art with Turkish Master Painter, Aquiles Azar, 1993-1997
- Independent Studies of Visual Arts, Universite Laval, Quebec - 1997-1999
- Electives in Painting and Art History, SUNY Rockland, 2002-2004
- B.S. - with a minor in Arts, SUNY Purchase, 2005-2009
Museums and Art Fairs
- 2021 DORCAM - Doral Contemporary Art Museum - COSMOS Sculptures Exhibition
- 2020 DORCAM - Doral Contemporary Art Museum - Miami Art Week Kick-off Event featuring #MiamiCOSMOS Sculptures
- 2020 NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale - One day exhibition event featuring COSMOS Sculptures
- Miami Art Week 2019 – Solo Sculpture Installation of #MiamiCOSMOS – Brickell River Walk Trail
– Miami Art Week 2018 – Solo Sculpture Installation of #LoveAntennasInThePark – Brickell River Walk Trail
– 2018 Adrienne Arsht Center – Arts Launch with Michele Fontanière Gallery
– 2018 Mindwarehouse – Group Exhibition with Miami DDA
– 2018 Downtown Miami Art Days with Miami DDA (Multiple Group Exhibitions)
– 2017 Miami Spectrum (Top Selling Solo Artist)
– PAMM – Museum of Modern Art Miami – 2 times live painting and 7 piece exhibit, 2017 (in the park)
– Historical Society Museum of Fort Lauderdale – Group Exhibition, 2016
– Miami Beach Art Basel’s Aqua Exhibit, 2016
– MoMA p.s.1 – Group Exhibition, New York, NY 2010
Commercial Works
2008 Celebrity Resort – Giant Arch Mural, Orlando FL
2015 Invented a new art style on canvas, called #AbstractPhotoReality
2017 Commissioned painting for the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale
Galleries
- ArtToSaveLives Contemporary – Solo Exhibitions, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2020 & 2021 (Ongoing)
- #9thAndMichigan - Group Exhibition - curated by Studio De Hache, Miami Beach, 2019
– Village Design Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
– Mana Wynwood Gallery, Miami
– 212 Gallery, Wynwood
– 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
– Sher Gallery, Hallandale Beach
– Mindwarehouse, Brickell Miami
– Mass District & F.A.T. Village, Fort Lauderdale
- The Mills Art Collective Gallery, Bristol, PA – Group Monochrome Exhibition, 2016
– #ArtToSaveLives pop-up Studio Events – Hollywood, FL
– 409 Gallery & Wine Bar – Group Exhibition (featured artist)
– Private Art Shows in New York, NY
Community Outreach Exhibition Events 2019
- Mana Wynwood
- Coral Gables (with the Humane Society)
- West Palm Beach - Meyer Amphitheatre
- Pembroke Pines, FL
- Fundraiser for the Ocean Conservancy - The Ritz Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
Art Cafes & Miscellaneous Shows
- Atelier Art Café – Hollywood, FL (multiple exhibits)
- Aquiles Art Café – Orlando, FL
– Sail Boat Bent Art Festival, Fort Lauderdale
– Ancient Spanish Monastery – Group Exhibition
– Friday Night Sound Waves – #LoveAntennas Sculptures Exhibit
– Miami Seaquarium – Event – Nature meets Technology Exhibition of Mixed Media Sculptures (made with car parts)
– Various Exotic Car Shows – Nature meets Technology Sculptures Exhibitions
- Escuela de Artes Plasticas Candido Bido, Dominican Republic, 1984-1987
- Mentorship in Art with Turkish Master Painter, Aquiles Azar, 1993-1997
- Independent Studies of Visual Arts, Universite Laval, Quebec - 1997-1999
- Electives in Painting and Art History, SUNY Rockland, 2002-2004
- B.S. - with a minor in Arts, SUNY Purchase, 2005-2009
Museums and Art Fairs
- 2021 DORCAM - Doral Contemporary Art Museum - COSMOS Sculptures Exhibition
- 2020 DORCAM - Doral Contemporary Art Museum - Miami Art Week Kick-off Event featuring #MiamiCOSMOS Sculptures
- 2020 NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale - One day exhibition event featuring COSMOS Sculptures
- Miami Art Week 2019 – Solo Sculpture Installation of #MiamiCOSMOS – Brickell River Walk Trail
– Miami Art Week 2018 – Solo Sculpture Installation of #LoveAntennasInThePark – Brickell River Walk Trail
– 2018 Adrienne Arsht Center – Arts Launch with Michele Fontanière Gallery
– 2018 Mindwarehouse – Group Exhibition with Miami DDA
– 2018 Downtown Miami Art Days with Miami DDA (Multiple Group Exhibitions)
– 2017 Miami Spectrum (Top Selling Solo Artist)
– PAMM – Museum of Modern Art Miami – 2 times live painting and 7 piece exhibit, 2017 (in the park)
– Historical Society Museum of Fort Lauderdale – Group Exhibition, 2016
– Miami Beach Art Basel’s Aqua Exhibit, 2016
– MoMA p.s.1 – Group Exhibition, New York, NY 2010
Commercial Works
2008 Celebrity Resort – Giant Arch Mural, Orlando FL
2015 Invented a new art style on canvas, called #AbstractPhotoReality
2017 Commissioned painting for the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale
Galleries
- ArtToSaveLives Contemporary – Solo Exhibitions, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2020 & 2021 (Ongoing)
- #9thAndMichigan - Group Exhibition - curated by Studio De Hache, Miami Beach, 2019
– Village Design Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
– Mana Wynwood Gallery, Miami
– 212 Gallery, Wynwood
– 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
– Sher Gallery, Hallandale Beach
– Mindwarehouse, Brickell Miami
– Mass District & F.A.T. Village, Fort Lauderdale
- The Mills Art Collective Gallery, Bristol, PA – Group Monochrome Exhibition, 2016
– #ArtToSaveLives pop-up Studio Events – Hollywood, FL
– 409 Gallery & Wine Bar – Group Exhibition (featured artist)
– Private Art Shows in New York, NY
Community Outreach Exhibition Events 2019
- Mana Wynwood
- Coral Gables (with the Humane Society)
- West Palm Beach - Meyer Amphitheatre
- Pembroke Pines, FL
- Fundraiser for the Ocean Conservancy - The Ritz Carlton, Fort Lauderdale
Art Cafes & Miscellaneous Shows
- Atelier Art Café – Hollywood, FL (multiple exhibits)
- Aquiles Art Café – Orlando, FL
– Sail Boat Bent Art Festival, Fort Lauderdale
– Ancient Spanish Monastery – Group Exhibition
– Friday Night Sound Waves – #LoveAntennas Sculptures Exhibit
– Miami Seaquarium – Event – Nature meets Technology Exhibition of Mixed Media Sculptures (made with car parts)
– Various Exotic Car Shows – Nature meets Technology Sculptures Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions:
In the Project Room:
AUDREY'S BUTTERFLY GARDEN
April 5 - 30
AUDREY'S BUTTERFLY GARDEN
April 5 - 30
EARTH - an Immersive Installation
by JuanCarlos rLora
February 1 - March 1
EXTENDED by popular demand until March 31st, 2021!
by JuanCarlos rLora
February 1 - March 1
EXTENDED by popular demand until March 31st, 2021!
#MiamiCOSMOS Sculptures going to Doral Contemporary Museum of Art for Miami Art Week Kick-Off!
NATURE MEETS TECHNOLOGY
The Narrative explores the vision of a future emergency, as humanity realizes that governments and politicians didn’t know anything about science, as they scramble and turn to scientist to demand they reconstruct through technology the benefits nature once offered, before we burned through it all. As usual, they will treat those scientists as if they had been asleep this whole time, denying the fact that scientists have been warning of the impending catastrophe ahead, as Earth, like any other living organism, will use its defenses to try and purge and rid itself of its affliction or disease.
The Narrative explores the vision of a future emergency, as humanity realizes that governments and politicians didn’t know anything about science, as they scramble and turn to scientist to demand they reconstruct through technology the benefits nature once offered, before we burned through it all. As usual, they will treat those scientists as if they had been asleep this whole time, denying the fact that scientists have been warning of the impending catastrophe ahead, as Earth, like any other living organism, will use its defenses to try and purge and rid itself of its affliction or disease.
Contact us by phone or email to request all available works and additional images from this series.
845.548.5161
arttosavelivescontemporary@gmail.com
845.548.5161
arttosavelivescontemporary@gmail.com
This series is the beginning of JuanCarlos' practice at 15 years old. It was then, and still is, his roots, his neutral zone that brings him back to ground, when his explorations take him too far into the self...
”I love exploring the female figure, as it is the ultimate form, Mother Nature herself.”
”I love exploring the female figure, as it is the ultimate form, Mother Nature herself.”
Havana Themed Jazz Night Exhibition
Fundraiser Gala
At the Ancient Spanish Monastery
North Miami
Feb. 6
6-9:30 pm
Fundraiser Gala
At the Ancient Spanish Monastery
North Miami
Feb. 6
6-9:30 pm
NSU Art Museum of Fort Lauderdale - One day exhibition event featuring COSMOS Sculptures
January 2020
January 2020
Solo Sculpture Installation
ArtToSaveLives Contemporary cordially invites you to experience a walk across the galaxy, an out of this world Sculpture Installation entitled - Cosmos.
An exhibition of works that stems from JuanCarlos rLora’s ‘Flower of the Sun’ concept art story. A parallel narrative of a flower of love, whose life begins on Earth and ends across the vastness of space.
#MiamiCOSMOS
~Luba Kladienko-Ramirez
The event is taking place December 1st - 15th at the Brickell RiverWalk Trail in downtown Miami during Art Week and beyond!
609 Brickell Ave. Miami, FL 33131
Make sure to catch it during dusk, from 5 - 7 pm, for the fullest effect of this incredible Installation!
An exhibition of works that stems from JuanCarlos rLora’s ‘Flower of the Sun’ concept art story. A parallel narrative of a flower of love, whose life begins on Earth and ends across the vastness of space.
#MiamiCOSMOS
~Luba Kladienko-Ramirez
The event is taking place December 1st - 15th at the Brickell RiverWalk Trail in downtown Miami during Art Week and beyond!
609 Brickell Ave. Miami, FL 33131
Make sure to catch it during dusk, from 5 - 7 pm, for the fullest effect of this incredible Installation!
#MiamiCOSMOS
COSMOS - More photos
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811-C E Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Hours:
Mon-Sat: 12pm-9pm
Sun: 12pm-6pm
811-C E Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Hours:
Mon-Sat: 12pm-9pm
Sun: 12pm-6pm