The Salon of Colombian Artists is a cultural event in 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...

, considered the event with most trajectory. This event is celebrated every year between August 5 and September 12 with two main categories a national event and a set of regional contests.

The first version of the Salon of Colombian Artists was set up during the presidency

President of Colombia

The President of Colombia is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was part of "la Gran Colombia"...

 of Enrique Olaya Herrera

Enrique Olaya Herrera

Enrique Alfredo Olaya Herrera was a Colombian journalist and politician, President of Colombia from August 7, 1930 until August 7, 1934 representing the Colombian Liberal Party.- Early years :...

 whose administration tried to organize an official gallery. In 1931 the first official Salon of Colombian Artists took place in the Fine Arts Pavilion at the Independence Park in Bogotá

Bogotá

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...

. Ricardo Gómez Campuzano obtained the first place in painting and Luis Alberto Acuña in sculpture. Only until 1940 the first annual Salon of Colombian Artists was organized.

Winners

Winners 1940 - 2002

• 1940 first Price: Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo
  Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo
  Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo was born in Antioquia. Master Gomez Jaramillo was one of Colombia's most important artists of the 20th century. He was part of the Colombian Muralist Movement along with Santiago Martinez Delgado and Pedro Nel Gómez...
  
   with "Madre del pintor", gold medal:Santiago Martínez Delgado
  Santiago Martínez Delgado
  Santiago Martínez Delgado was a Colombian painter, sculptor, art historian and writer. He established a reputation as a prominent muralist during the 1940s and is also known for his watercolors, oil paintings, illustrations and woodcarvings....
  
   with "El que volvio"

• 1941 first Price: Santiago Martínez Delgado
  Santiago Martínez Delgado
  Santiago Martínez Delgado was a Colombian painter, sculptor, art historian and writer. He established a reputation as a prominent muralist during the 1940s and is also known for his watercolors, oil paintings, illustrations and woodcarvings....
  
  , with "Interludio", gold medal:Débora Arango
  Débora Arango
  Débora Arango was a Colombian artist, born in Medellín, Colombia as the daughter of Castor María Arango Díaz and Elvira Pérez. Though she was primarily a painter, Arango also worked in other media, such as ceramics and graphic art...
  
  

• 1942 first Price: Carlos Correa, with "La Anunciación" Sculpture: José Domingo Domínguez with "Angustia"

1943 Suspended

• 1944 First Price: Miguel Diaz Vargas, with "Estudio en gris"

• 1945 First price: Jorge Ruíz Linares, with "Retrato de Eduardo Mendoza"

• 1946 First price: Josefina Albarracín, with Sculpture "Cabeza de muchacha" and First price: Carlos Díaz Vendaval,

• 1950 First price: Moisés Vargas, with Sculpture "Laureano Gómez" , Luis Alberto Acuña, with El Bautizo de Aquimín

• 1952 Tito Lombana, San Sebastián Escultura

Blanca Sinesterra de Carreño Delfinius (primavera) Pintura

• 1957 Enrique Grau
  Enrique Grau
  Enrique Grau was a Colombian artist, renowned for his depictions of Amerindian and Afro Colombian figures...
  
    Elementos bajo un eclipse Pintura Hugo Martínez  Forma mística Escultura

• 1958 Fernando Botero
  Fernando Botero
  Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...
  
    La Camara Degli Sposi Pintura

• 1959 Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar  Horizontal blanco y negro Pintura

• 1961 Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo
  Ignacio Gómez Jaramillo
  Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo was born in Antioquia. Master Gomez Jaramillo was one of Colombia's most important artists of the 20th century. He was part of the Colombian Muralist Movement along with Santiago Martinez Delgado and Pedro Nel Gómez...
  
    3 Dibujos Dibujo

Pedro Luis Hanné Gallo  Niña pintora Grabado
Manuel Hernández Flores en blanco y rojo Pintura

• 1962 Alejandro Obregón
  Alejandro Obregón
  Daniel Alberto Alejandro María de la Santísima Trinidad Obregón Roses commonly known as Alejandro Obregón was a Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver.-Career:...
  
  , Violencia

Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Relieve circular Escultura

• 1963 Pedro Alcántara Herrán
  Pedro Alcántara Herrán
  Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez de Zaldúa was a Colombian general and statesman who served as President of the Republic of the New Granada between 1841 and 1845. As a general he served in the wars of independence of the New Granada and of Peru....
  
  , Naturaleza muerta # 1, 2 , 3 Dibujo Beatriz Daza,Crisol para Prometeo Escultura

Carlos Granada, Solo con su muerte Pintura
Edgar Negret

Edgar Negret

Edgar Negret is a modern Latin American abstract sculptor. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia...

, celeste Escultura
Augusto Rendón, Santa Bárbara Grabado

• 1964 Leonel Góngora, El gran inquisidor Dibujo

Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar  Saludo al astronauta Escultura
Augusto Rivera  Paisaje y carroña Pintura

• 1965 Pedro Alcántara Herrán
  Pedro Alcántara Herrán
  Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez de Zaldúa was a Colombian general and statesman who served as President of the Republic of the New Granada between 1841 and 1845. As a general he served in the wars of independence of the New Granada and of Peru....
  
    De esta tumba, de estas benditas cenizas no nacerán violetas Dibujo

Feliza Bursztyn Mirando al norte Escultura
Normam Mejía,La horrible mujer castigada Pintura

• 1966 Pedro Alcántara Herrán
  Pedro Alcántara Herrán
  Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martínez de Zaldúa was a Colombian general and statesman who served as President of the Republic of the New Granada between 1841 and 1845. As a general he served in the wars of independence of the New Granada and of Peru....
  
    Testimonio # 1, 2, 3 Dibujo

Roxana Mejía, Ziruma Cerámica
Alejandro Obregón

Alejandro Obregón

Daniel Alberto Alejandro María de la Santísima Trinidad Obregón Roses commonly known as Alejandro Obregón was a Colombian painter, muralist, sculptor and engraver.-Career:...

, Ícaro y las avispas Pintura
Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, El río Escultura
Augusto Rendón, Un homenaje Grabado

• 1967 Edgar Negret
  Edgar Negret
  Edgar Negret is a modern Latin American abstract sculptor. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Cali, Colombia...
  
  , Cabo Kennedy Escultura

• 1969 Carlos Rojas
  Carlos Rojas
  Carlos Rodolfo Rojas Rojas is a Chilean football midfielder who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Unión Española.-External links:*...
  
    Ingeniería de la visión Pintura

• 1970 Omar Rayo
  Omar Rayo
  Omar Rayo was a Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, white and red. He was part of the Op Art movement. Rayo's work shows that geometric art is as much a part of...
  
    Butatán Pintura

• 1971 Olga de Amaral
  Olga de Amaral
  Olga de Amaral is a Colombian textile artist. Her works, which are internationally known, often take the form of large tapestries covered with gold or silver leaf....
  
    Muro tejido # 79 Textil

• 1972 Suspended

• 1973 Ever Astudillo  Dibujo # 10 - # 11 Dibujo

Juan Antonio Roda  El delirio de las monjas muertas Pintura
Carlos Rojas

Carlos Rojas

Carlos Rodolfo Rojas Rojas is a Chilean football midfielder who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Unión Española.-External links:*...

  Espacios Escultura

• 1974 Juan Cárdenas
  Juan Cárdenas
  Juan Cárdenas , Colombian painter, was born in Bogotá, and studied in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States....
  
    Autorretrato Dibujo

John Castles Modulación vertical Escultura
María de la Paz Jaramillo  La señora Macbeth Grabado

• 1976 Germán Botero  Torre de metal Escultura

Santiago Cárdenas  La corbata Pintura
Fernell Franco  Interior 1 - Interior 2 Fotografía

• 1978 Ana Mercedes Hoyos  Atmósfera Pintura

Grupo El sindicato Alacena con zapatos Escultura

• 1980 María Consuelo García  Juego # 1 Escultura

Beatriz Jaramillo  Zócalo Audiovisual

• 1985 Carlos Salazar  La carta ( Betsabé ) Pintura

Ronny Vayda  Sin título Escultura

• 1986 Leonel Góngora  Maternidad, Magadalena Pintura

Víctor Laignelet  Trilogía de los espejos Pintura
Ángel Loochkarh  El Ángel nos llama Pintura
Miguel Ángel Rojas  Las partes I - Las partes II Pintura
Alicia Viteri  Tiempo gris Pintura
Gustavo Zalamea  Pera amarilla, estudio con frutas Pintura

• 1987 Luis Fernando Peláez  Sin título Escultura Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera, Medellín

Doris Salcedo

Doris Salcedo

Doris Salcedo is a Colombian-born sculptor.Salcedo completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in 1980, before traveling to New York, where she completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at New York University. She then returned to Bogotá to teach at the Universidad...

  Sin título Instalación

• 1989 Diego Mazuera  Desayuno en las rocas Pintura

Miguel Ángel Rojas  Felicidad perdida Fotografía
Bibiana Vélez  Dificultad inicial Pintura
Hugo Zapata  Geografía Escultura

• 1990 Rafael Echeverri  Sin título Pintura

Consuelo Gómez  Guatavita Escultura
María Teresa Hincapié

María Teresa Hincapié

María Teresa Hincapié was a well known Colombian performance artist.She was born in 1956 in Armenia the capital of the department of Quindio...

  Una cosa es una cosa Performance
Alberto Sojo  Sin título Pintura

• 1992 Catalina Mejía  Sin título Pintura

Nadín Ospina

Nadín Ospina

Nadín Ospina is an award-winning Colombian artist with significant international exposure. His awards include First Prize, 34th Salon of Colombian Artists and First Prize, 18th Salon of Fire, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation...

  In - Partibus Infidelium Instalación
Enrique Vargas  El hilo de Ariadna Performance

• 1994 Fernando Arias  Cuarto frío Instalación

José Horacio Martínez  La Naturaleza no da saltos Pintura
Alfonzo Suárez Ciodaro  Visitas y apariciones Performance

• 1996 María Teresa Hincapié
  María Teresa Hincapié
  María Teresa Hincapié was a well known Colombian performance artist.She was born in 1956 in Armenia the capital of the department of Quindio...
  
    Divina proporción Performance

Mario Opazo Ícaro González, de la serie de Los ausentes Instalación
Luis Fernando Roldán  Calendario Pintura

• 1998 Wilson Díaz Fallas de origen Instalación

Alejandro Ortiz  Sin título Instalación
Grupo Nómada Rastros al vacío Performance

• 2000 Proyecto Pentágono PROYECTO PARALE

• 2002 38 Juan José Rendón Movimiento interior Videoinstalación

External links

Colombian Ministry of Culture - Salon of Colombian Artists National Salon of Artists