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Javaier LÓpez Barbosa

Oil on Canvas

About the Artist

Javier López Barbosa was born on October 8 1962 in Guadalajara Mexico. At the age of 2, he and his family moved to Monterrey Mexico where he grew up. Some of Javier's earliest memories were projected images of himself as an adult artist. Self taught, Javier has painted passionately from childhood on. As an adult, Javier has perfected a beautiful mixed media, oil on canvas technique that is difficult to categorize, but could best be viewed as an outgrowth of glazing technique that evokes powerful emotions and captures the true essence and brilliancy of color.

Artist Statement

• The white canvas for me is an open window to speak to the world.
• It is the opportunity to reveal the deepest levels of love and emotion that come directly from my soul.
• It is the gate of opportunity to give and share. It is the constant chance to help fulfill the souls and lives of others, and with this my own fulfillment takes place.
• My inspiration comes from every miracle of life that we take for granted.
• A child, a flower, a smile from another human being, the formation and coloration of a rock from ancient times, the magnificence of a tree and it’s stages that come from a tiny seed. Even the corrosion on a wall and its manifestations that were possible because the miracle of nature.
• We’re all gifted, we’re all here for a reason, this is mine, and I share it with the world, and when the world smiles back that is the best gift of all.

~Javier López Barbosa

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Elder R. Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2007

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2006

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Santa Fe Artisan Artist of the Month, Santa Fe, NM

2005

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2004

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2003

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2002

• Terrapin Chelsea Art Gallery, New York, NY
• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

1996 - 2001

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

GALLERY REPRESENTATION & GROUP EXHIBITION

2008

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Cameron Gallery, Dallas, TX
• The Arts Company, Nashville, TN

2004 - 2007

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2003

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Wind Whispers Gallery, Cody, WY

2002

• Terrapin Chelsea Art Gallery, New Yark, NY
• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Hopkins Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2001

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• Terrapin Chelsea Art Gallery, New York, NY

2000

• National Landscape Invitational, Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

1993 - 2000

• Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
• El Taller Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• Kimo Theater, Albuquerque, NM

PUBLICATIONS

2008

• Mc Gaw Graphics, US and Europe

2007

• The Reporter, Santa Fe, NM

2006

• The New Mexican

2005

• Focus Santa Fe

2004

• Santa Fean

2003

• Focus Santa Fe

2002

• The New Mexican, "A Show of Emotion" by Craig Smith Focus Santa Fe

1996-2001

• The Magazine, full show review by Richard Tobin
• The New Mexican, "Creating a Compelling Elegance", G. Fauntlero)
• Focus Santa Fe
• El Nuevo Mexicana
• The New Mexican, full show review by Emily Van Cleve

Focus Santa Fe June/July 2006

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