Lina Dorado
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Lina Dorado is a contemporary art
ist and filmmaker based in New York City
noted for her multimedia work and travel photography, Lina Dorado has authored two books in bilingual editions: Doble Vista / Second Sight (Arte Dos Gráfico-Editores) and Drawing Only, Solo Dibujo (Villegas Editores) alongside her long term collaborator: Luis Cantillo. Their book Doble Vista / Second Sight written by Dorado and photographs by both was acquired by the New York Public Library Museum of Modern Art
in New York MOMA
and the Whitney Museum for their Artists' Books Collection.
she attended a screenwriting seminar at 16 years old with the writer and producer Juana Uribe and landed a job writing for television as part of the creative writing team behind the TV series "De Pies a Cabeza", that went on to write many T.V hits including Colombia’s Betty la Fea ( Now the American comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty
).
Dorado entered the B.A program in Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she was awarded for three consecutive terms the academic recognition matricula de honor (gaining top marks in her class with the right to free registration the following year).
Dorado then moved to London
earning a B.A.
(Hons.) degree in Fine Arts specialized in Film and Video at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
.
With a First Class Honours degree from Central Saint Martins, Dorado applied to the graduate film program at Columbia University
in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2006 earning an MFA
in film directing.
Non-Stop (2008), Directed by Margarita Jimeno, and Abraham-Obama (2009) Directed by Kevin Chapados.In April 2009 Dorado traveled to India where she shot and directed a series of shorts about Tibetan Communities in exile,documenting the program of the Namgyal Monastery"The Heart of Tibet in Exile", organized by the Monastery of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
, Colombia
, she is the daughter of actor and screenwriter Humberto Dorado and painter
Maria Moran.
She worked alongside contemporary art
ist Luis Cantillo for over ten years they claim to "continue to comment and participate in each others endeavors" but each of them currently pursues their own individual work while admitting that their career "continues to be informed and influenced by their extraordinary artistic collaboration".
Doble Vista/Second Sight,Written by Lina Dorado.Photos by Lina Dorado and Luis Cantillo.Publisher: Arte Dos Grafico, Bogotá, Colombia
2001
Sólo Dibujo,Author. Original Concept :Lina Dorado curated by Luis Cantillo, Villegas Editores, Bogotá, Colombia
First Prize Fine Arts Short Film, New Screen TV (USA, 2006)
II Bienal Inter-Americana de Video (Washington D.C., 2004)
File Festival (Brazil, 2004).The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, England.
Poporo Animation Story by Lina Dorado 1st Award, Inter-American Biennial of Video Art, Washington DC, USA 2004
2nd Award, Salón de Fotografía ´El Municipal´, Bogotá, Colombia 2002
Mención de honor, Barclays Drawing Award, Northampton, Inglaterra 1999
1st Award, XXIII Salón Francisco Antonio Cano, Bogotá, Colombia 1996
Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Museum of Modern Art (Colección libros de artista), Nueva York, EU
Whitney Museum of American Art (Colección libros de artista), Nueva York, EU
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
ist and filmmaker based in New York City
New York City
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noted for her multimedia work and travel photography, Lina Dorado has authored two books in bilingual editions: Doble Vista / Second Sight (Arte Dos Gráfico-Editores) and Drawing Only, Solo Dibujo (Villegas Editores) alongside her long term collaborator: Luis Cantillo. Their book Doble Vista / Second Sight written by Dorado and photographs by both was acquired by the New York Public Library Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York MOMA
Moma
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and the Whitney Museum for their Artists' Books Collection.
Early life and education
Born in BogotáBogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
she attended a screenwriting seminar at 16 years old with the writer and producer Juana Uribe and landed a job writing for television as part of the creative writing team behind the TV series "De Pies a Cabeza", that went on to write many T.V hits including Colombia’s Betty la Fea ( Now the American comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
).
Dorado entered the B.A program in Fine Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where she was awarded for three consecutive terms the academic recognition matricula de honor (gaining top marks in her class with the right to free registration the following year).
Dorado then moved to London
London
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earning a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(Hons.) degree in Fine Arts specialized in Film and Video at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
.
With a First Class Honours degree from Central Saint Martins, Dorado applied to the graduate film program at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2006 earning an MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
in film directing.
Filmmaking
After publishing two books and widely exhibiting her art work, she concentrated on her film work for which she is best known: She directed 2 AM, Two Around The Mountain (2005), premiered in New York at the Brooklyn Museum her first feature documentary: Dalai Lama,Colombia. Backstage previewed in New York city at the Maysles Institute in March of 09 and in the Tibet Center in DUMBO. Dorado has acted as a story editing advisor for films such as: Gogol BordelloGogol Bordello
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Non-Stop (2008), Directed by Margarita Jimeno, and Abraham-Obama (2009) Directed by Kevin Chapados.In April 2009 Dorado traveled to India where she shot and directed a series of shorts about Tibetan Communities in exile,documenting the program of the Namgyal Monastery"The Heart of Tibet in Exile", organized by the Monastery of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
Personal life
Born in BogotáBogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, she is the daughter of actor and screenwriter Humberto Dorado and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
Maria Moran.
She worked alongside contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
ist Luis Cantillo for over ten years they claim to "continue to comment and participate in each others endeavors" but each of them currently pursues their own individual work while admitting that their career "continues to be informed and influenced by their extraordinary artistic collaboration".
Selection of Exhibitions and Projects
- 2005 - Viper Video and New Media Festival, Basel, Switzerland
- 2005 - Brooklyn International Film Festival, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA
- 2005 - Independents Film Festival, Tampa, Florida, USA
- 2005 - 2 AM (Dos Alrededor de la Montaña), Alliance Française, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
- 2004 - Doble Vista, Galería Diners, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
- 2004 - Field of depth, Latin Collector, New York
- 2004 - Urbes Interiores, Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2004 - A deux, Web Project, Forum de l’Image, Toulouse, Francia
- 2004 - Errancias, Centro Cultural Comfandi, Cali, Colombia
- 2003 - Afuera, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia (solo)
- 2003 - Errancias, Valenzuela y Klenner Arte Contemporaneo, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2003 - Still Life / Naturaleza Muerta, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2003 - V Bienal de Venecia Bogotá, Centro Comunal Venecia, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2003 - Solo Dibujo, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2003 - 16 FilmWinter, Stuttgart, Alemania
- 2002 - Airborne, Midlanda KonstHall, Timra, Suecia
- 2002 - File 2002, Instituição Cultural Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
- 2002 - EntreCasa, Galeria SantaFe, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2002 - Portatil, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2001 - What we did on our holidays, Hastings Museum of Art, Inglaterra
- 2001 - Travellers’ Tales InIVA, Londres, Inglaterra
- 2001 - Mobil Art, Gallery Rocket, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
- 2000 - A.U.R.E.L.S. Galerie d'Aurel, Francia
- 2000 - Transito, Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2000 - Wigs, Diamonds and a Frozen Turkey, W.i.s.h. Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra
- 1999 - X-hibit 99, London Institute Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra
- 1999 - Barclays Drawing Award, Northampton, Inglaterra
- 1999 - Walk, Lambeth Walk, Londres, Inglaterra
- 1999 - Dislocation, Notting Hill Arts Club, Londres, Inglaterra
- 1998 - Emergencia, Museo de Arte de La Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
- 1997 - 2nd Portobello Film & Video Festival, Londres, Inglaterra
Books
2004Doble Vista/Second Sight,Written by Lina Dorado.Photos by Lina Dorado and Luis Cantillo.Publisher: Arte Dos Grafico, Bogotá, Colombia
2001
Sólo Dibujo,Author. Original Concept :Lina Dorado curated by Luis Cantillo, Villegas Editores, Bogotá, Colombia
Awards
Best Director Award, Columbia University (New York, 2004)First Prize Fine Arts Short Film, New Screen TV (USA, 2006)
II Bienal Inter-Americana de Video (Washington D.C., 2004)
File Festival (Brazil, 2004).The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, England.
Poporo Animation Story by Lina Dorado 1st Award, Inter-American Biennial of Video Art, Washington DC, USA 2004
2nd Award, Salón de Fotografía ´El Municipal´, Bogotá, Colombia 2002
Mención de honor, Barclays Drawing Award, Northampton, Inglaterra 1999
1st Award, XXIII Salón Francisco Antonio Cano, Bogotá, Colombia 1996
Collections
Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, ColombiaMuseo de Arte Universidad Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
Museum of Modern Art (Colección libros de artista), Nueva York, EU
Whitney Museum of American Art (Colección libros de artista), Nueva York, EU
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1223747/
- http://www.telegrama.org] at Lina Dorado + Luis Cantillo official site
- http://www.independentexposure.com/filmmaker/1821/LinaDorado.html
- http://www.villegaseditores.com/libro.html?isbn=9588160073&bzq=activos
- http://www.mcarts.com/souvenir/cantillo.html
- http://www.tibetfilmarchive.org/