Félix Toranzos
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Toranzos is a Paraguayan artist, architect and graphic designer, considered to be one of the most conspicuous representatives of the new generation of artists in Paraguay.
, capital of the Republic of Paraguay
on October 30, 1964.
His parents are Don Luis Toranzos, a prominent artist himself, and Angelina Miers, of Argentina
.
He attended the elementary school “General Eduvigis Diaz” in his neighborhood, where he spent much of his childhood until his father died. His Secondary School was at Colegio Nacional de la Capital.
Since youth, he has been in contact with art and its manifestations, through the activities of his father in this area.
Undoubtedly, the great artist Luis Toranzos 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 my father gave me, since he painted with great eloquence without even having had a formal education, as I had happened to my… "
In 1973 and 1974, he conducted studies in the Escuela de Bellas Artes Asunción
. Likewise, in 1980 he ended his career of architecture, made in the National University of Asunción
.
In all those years of training, his management regarding the discovery and experimentation in various techniques plastic makes this a unique self-taught artist.
He has delivered classes in drawing and painting workshops at the 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 to 1979. Since then, he has raised to great heights his artistic production, which gave him a privileged place among Paraguayan painters, to become one of the most prominent artists 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
and United States of America.
His works are part of the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Paraguayan Centre for Visual Arts. They are also given in Museo del Barro Asunción.
Part of its plastic production, integrates the Collection of the Art Museum of the America of the Organization of American States
Washington DC (OAS Art Museum of the USA)
Numerous private collections of Paraguay and the United States contain his works, with some produced by Felix Toranzos.
“Intro-Misiones”, Drawings and other techniques, Galería Fábrica.
Exhibition of Drawings, Café de la Plaza.
Paintings Exhibition, Café de la Plaza.
Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica.
Paintings Exhibition, Fundapel, Salón Municipal, Pelotas Brasil.
Paintings Exhibition, Galería Arte-Sanos.
Paintings Exhibition, Galería Arte-Sanos.
Objects and Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fábrica.
Watercolor Exhibition, Galería Forum.
Watercolor Exhibition, Galería Arte-Nuestro, Villa Rica.
Drawings and Objects Exhibition, Galería Arte-Nuestro, Villa Rica.
Watercolor Exhibition, Café de la Plaza.
Drawings and Painting Exhibition, Galería Ana Scappini.
Objects and Paintings, Centro de Arte, Corriente Alterna, Lima
, Perú
.
Drawings Exhibition, Galería El Patio.
Paintings Exhibition, Galería Arte-Sanos.
"Asunción-Otra Escenografía Utópica", Galería de Arte del Patio López.
"Taller de Arquitectura", Drawings Exhibition, Espacio Miguel Acevedo, Centro Cultural de la Ciudad.
"Buonarroti, los trazos preliminares", Drawings and Paintings, Galería Fábrica.
"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.
"Primigenia", paintings and collage, Galería Scappini-Lamarca.
"La Estancia de Rafael", Paintings, Galería Fábrica.
“Trans-visión de Palladio”. Galería Fábrica.
Drawings and Paintings Exhibition, Centro Cultural Citibank.
Objects and Paintings Exhibition, Galería Fabrica.
"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 collective samples in Asunción and other major cities around the world.
In his more than thirty years of artistic production he has become a joiner of painting, engraving and other facilities, using different mediums ranging from the simple canvas up tolarge 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.
His architectural studies have served as a liaison for the expressive use of space, making works in a perfect harmony between the rigidity of the geometry and the lightness of metaphorical poetry.
His drawings contain an exquisite balance between the schematic and the ethereal.
On occasion, he has been inspired by works of the Renaissance period, introducing a series of works dedicated to the great masters like Miguel Ángel
Leonardo Da Vinci
and Rafael.
His children are Haydée Rafaela, Dario Luis Augusto Bardel and Felix, the oldest son.
His family lives in Asunción now.
Children and Youth
Born in AsunciónAsunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
, capital of the Republic of Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
on October 30, 1964.
His parents are Don Luis Toranzos, a prominent artist himself, and Angelina Miers, of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
He attended the elementary school “General Eduvigis Diaz” in his neighborhood, where he spent much of his childhood until his father died. His Secondary School was at Colegio Nacional de la Capital.
Since youth, he has been in contact with art and its manifestations, through the activities of his father in this area.
Undoubtedly, the great artist Luis Toranzos 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 my father gave me, since he painted with great eloquence without even having had a formal education, as I had happened to my… "
In 1973 and 1974, he conducted studies in the Escuela de Bellas Artes Asunción
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
. Likewise, in 1980 he ended his career of architecture, made in the National University of Asunción
Universidad Nacional de Asunción
The Universidad Nacional de Asunción, abbreviated UNA, is a public university in Paraguay. Founded in 1889, it is the oldest and most traditional university in the country.In 2006, there were 36,000 students and 5,500 professors.- Organization :...
.
In all those years of training, his management regarding the discovery and experimentation in various techniques plastic makes this a unique self-taught artist.
His career
His first sample dates back to 1979. Since then, he has raised to great heights his artistic production, which gave him a privileged place among Paraguayan painters, to become one of the most prominent artists of his generation.
He has made significant individual and collective exhibitions organized by several galleries and art centers, Asuncion
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Peru
Peru
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Spain
Spain
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, Brazil
Brazil
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, Japan
Japan
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and United States of America.
His works are part of the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Paraguayan Centre for Visual Arts. They are also given in Museo del Barro Asunción.
Part of its plastic production, integrates the Collection of the Art Museum of the America of the Organization of American States
Organization of American States
The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
Washington DC (OAS Art Museum of the USA)
Numerous private collections of Paraguay and the United States contain his works, with some produced by Felix Toranzos.
Works
Among his 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.
- 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
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Perú
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
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.
- 1997: "Sueños Robados", objects and collage, Galería Fábrica.
- 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 collective samples in Asunción and other major cities around the world.
| Year | Main Exhibitions. |
| 1979 | La Plástica Joven en el Paraguay, Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano. Asunción. |
| 1982/1983 | Prize “Benson&Hedges” Artes Visuales. Asunción. |
| 1984 | 9th. International Drawing Exhibition, Modern Art Museum, Rijeka Rijeka Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants... , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... . Muestra de cajas y objetos, Galería Fábrica. Asunción. "Arte Experimental" 10th. Anniversary, Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. |
| 1985 | Luís y Félix Toranzos` Paintings, Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. "Plástica Paraguaya Actual", Galería Magister. Asunción. |
| 1986 | Bienal Latinoamericana de Arte sobre papel. Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... . |
| 1987 | "Interiores", Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. "La luz y la imagen", Galería Miró. Asunción. 19º Bienal Internacional de Arte Sao Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... . |
| 1988 | "De regiones y paisajes", Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. Paraguay. "Eros y Thanatos", Galería 530. "Naturarte", Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. Paraguay. 5ta. Bienal del Retrato, Tuzla, Yugoslavia. "Homenaje a la Ciudad de Asunción", Banco Unión, Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. Paraguay. Luis y Félix Toranzos` Paintings, Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. Paraguay. "Espacios y construcciones", "De realismos y Surrealismos", Galería Arte-Sanos/ San Bernardino San Bernardino, Paraguay San Bernardino is a town and distrito in Paraguay, located on the shores of Ypacarai Lake in the Cordillera Department... , Paraguay Paraguay Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the... . |
| 1989 | "Acto de Libertad", Galería Arte-Sanos. 1ra. Bienal de Arte Joven, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... . "Dos momentos en la Pintura Paraguaya Contemporánea", Galería PRAXIS, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... . |
| 1990 | "Homenaje a Van Gogh", Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1991 | Exposición de Arte Emergente, Nagoya, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... . "Siete Pintores del Paraguay", Centro Cultural Puerta de Toledo, Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... . Semana Cultural Paraguaya, Salón Dorado, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Exposición de Pinturas, Galería Ana Scappini. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1992 | Diez dibujantes paraguayos, Centro Cultural de la Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais is a federal university located in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The students are admitted through yearly exams called vestibular.... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... . Diez Pintores Paraguayos, Centro Cultural Misiones, Posadas Posadas, Misiones Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 323,739 .... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... . "RE-Renacimiento", Galería Arte-Sanos. Asunción. Paraguay. "Colombino, y cuatro artistas del Paraguay", Galería Centoira, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 1993 | Presencia del Paraguay, Galería Latinoamericana, Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba Cuba The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city... . "Ocho artistas del Paraguay", Museo de Arte de las Américas. OEA, Washington Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... . Homenaje a Miró, Galería El Patio. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1994 | Juan Montes y Félix Toranzos, Cantegril Country Club, Punta del Este Punta del Este Punta del Este is a resort town on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. It is located on the intersection of Route 10 with Route 39, directly southeast of the department capital Maldonado and about east of Montevideo... , Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area... . 15 Artistas Paraguayos, Centro de Arte, Corriente Alterna, Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... , Perú Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... . Versiones de Cuatro Artistas, Galería de Arte del Patio López. Asunción. Paraguay. "Vento Sul", Exposición itinerante por Capitales Brasileñas. "Veinte Años, El ciclo de Arte-Sanos", Exposición Colectiva. Asunción. Paraguay. Sanguinetti/Toranzos, Galería Belmarco. Asunción. Paraguay. Homenaje a Pedro Aguero, Galería El Patio. Asunción. Paraguay. Ocho artistas paraguayos en Washington, Galería Fábrica. Asunción. Paraguay. Grabados de Artistas paraguayos, Galería Lamarca. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1995 | "Dos generaciones del Arte Paraguayo", Centro Cultural de la Municipalidad de Miraflores, Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... , Perú Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... . "Apyka", Sillas del Paraguay. Centro Cultual de la Ciudad de Asunción. Vento-Sul, Exposición Itinerante latinoamericana, Casa Castelví, Centro Cultural de la Ciudad. Asunción. Paraguay. Artistas Brasileños y Paraguayos, salones de Promopar. Asunción. Paraguay. "Divagaciones sobre la caja", Galería Fábrica. Asunción. Paraguay. Susana Romero y Félix Toranzos, Cajas, Pequeña Galería. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1996 | Félix Toranzos and Grabadores Mexicanos` Paintings, Salones de Alba de Ahorros para la Vivienda. Asunción. Paraguay. Los tiempos de Goya, Galería Scappini-Lamarca. Asunción. Paraguay. El lenguaje del Abanico, Galería Fábrica. Asunción. Paraguay. Exposición Selección Premio La Nación. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1997 | International Exhibitions. Lima, Perú. XXVII Asamblea General de la OEA, Museo de Osma, Lima, Perú. Collective Exhibition, Galería Scappini-Lamarca. Asunción. Paraguay. 1ra. Bienal de Arte del Mercosur, Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian... , Brazil. |
| 1998 | Artecom 98, Exposición Colectiva, Instituto Cultural Paraguayo Alemán. Medina/Toranzos, Galería Scappini-Lamarca. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 1999 | Gabriela Zuccolillo y Félix Toranzos, Verónica Torres, Colección de Arte. Collective Exhibition, Galería Fábrica. Asunción. Paraguay. Exposición 10 Años de Pequeña Galería. Asunción. Paraguay. Ordiñana, Miranda y Toranzos, Galería Multiarte. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 2000 | "El Ultimo Decenio", Exposición Colectiva, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... , Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area... . "Obra Sobre Papel, en el arte contemporáneo paraguayo", Washington, USA. "El Sacrificio", Arte Colonial, Independiente y Actual, Centro de Artes Visuales/Museo del Barro. Asunción. Paraguay. “Caminos de la línea”, Embajada del Brasil. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 2001 | “El Ultimo Decenio”, Collective Exhibition, Centro de Artes Visuales/ Museo del Barro. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 2002 | “La resistencia de la pintura”, Exposición Colectiva, Galería Fabrica. “Los Argumentos”, Sala de exposiciones del Centro Cultural de España, Juan de Salazar. Asunción. Paraguay. |
| 2004 | Exposición de Pinturas Fundación Aerolíneas Argentinas, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 2005 | Collective Exhibition, Arte Actual Galería de Arte. Asunción. Paraguay. |
Awards and honors
| Year | Main Activities |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Prize “Pedro Agüero”. Edición 1998, Asunción, Paraguay. |
| 2003 | First Place in the Contest “Expressión Fuschia” |
His style
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.
His architectural studies have served as a liaison for the expressive use of space, making works in a perfect harmony between the rigidity of the geometry and the lightness of metaphorical poetry.
His drawings contain an exquisite balance between the schematic and the ethereal.
On occasion, he has been inspired by works of the Renaissance period, introducing a series of works dedicated to the great masters like Miguel Ángel
Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni , commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art...
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...
and Rafael.
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.