Federico Junca
Born in Cali, Colombia. (1975).
In 1993 he completes his High School and began studies of Art at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota. Received his BFA in 2002. He has won several recognitions in the course of his career, and his work has been shown in many countries. In his paintings Junca creates layers upon layers of convergent images, so that in the end the result is a dialogue, a painted conversation, an interaction of all those opposing forces that surround us. For Federico Junca life is messy and everything around us is constantly crashing and bouncing away. As a result, he aspires to express this on-going chaos, and does so by transforming it into a painting that like music has rhythm, tension, interrupts silence, and occupies empty space. Vibrant colors and dissipated images hide behind his layers of paint, creating texture, volume, and depth. Thus, when looked from afar, his paintings seem to be made out of wax rather than from acrylic paint. Within these walls of "wax" images are consolidated so that they no longer have a name, nor represent one image or one thing, but instead reflect one another. Images swim in-between these layers that allow you to see a flow of energy being transformed, unified and revealed.
Selected Exhibitions
2014
•Art Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia (Jacob Karpio Galería)
2013
•SCOPE, Miami Beach, FL,U.S.A (Jacob Karpio Galería)
• ”Light Within” ,Solo Show @ Witzenhausen Gallery, NY, U.S.A
2011
•MoLAA Awards 2011, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA,U.S.A
•Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach Convention Center, FL,U.S.A (Witzenhausen Gallery)
2010
•SCOPE, Miami, FL,U.S.A (Witzenhausen Gallery)
•IKF Wonderfund Art Auction 2010, Dot Fifty One Gallery , Miami, FL,U.S.A
•Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Witzenhausen Gallery)
•Zona Maco-Mexico city - Mexico (Witzenhausen Gallery)
•Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A(Witzenhausen Gallery)
• Group Show, Witzenhausen Gallery Chelsea, NY, U.S.A
•Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach Convention Center, FL,U.S.A (Witzenhausen Gallery)
•MIA Art Fair, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL,U.S.A (Witzenhausen Gallery)
2009
•PULSE, Miami, FL,U.S.A (Witzenhausen Gallery)
•ZONA MACO. Feria México Arte Comtemporáneo. Ciudad de Mexico (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•CIRCA Puerto Rico'09 (Puerto Rico Convention Center - Isla Grande) (Witzenhausen Gallery, Jacob Karpio Galería) •Merrill Lynch ArteAméricas . Miami Beach Convention Center (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•Los Angeles Art Show, LA Convention Center (Jacob Karpio Galería)
2008
•SCOPE, Miami, FL,U.S.A (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•IKF Latin American Art Auction 2008, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL,U.S.A
•MoLAA Awards 2008, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA,U.S.A
•ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Isabel Salinas Galería)
2008
•FEMACO. Feria México Arte Comtemporáneo. Ciudad de Mexico (Jacob Karpio Galería) •Art Brussels. 26th Contemporary Art Fair. Belgium (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•CIRCA Puerto Rico'08 (Puerto Rico Convention Center - Isla Grande) (Jacob Karpio Galería) • Merrill Lynch ArteAméricas . Miami Beach Convention Center (Jacob Karpio Galería)
2007
•Art Basel. Miami Beach (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•Secreciones decorativas, San Jose, Costa Rica (Jacob Karpio Galeria)
•ArtBO, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•MoLAA Awards 2007, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA,U.S.A
•IKF Latin American Art Auction 2007, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, FL,U.S.A •ValoArte, Galería Nacional Museo de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica (Jacob Karpio Galería) •BaleLatina, Basel, Suiza (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•Art Brussels. 25th Contemporary Art Fair. Belgium (Jacob Karpio Galería)
•CIRCA Puerto Rico'07 (Puerto Rico Convention Center - Isla Grande) (Jacob Karpio Galería) •SOL Sotheby’s Baypoint Annual Art Exhibit . Miami, Fl,U.S.A
•Art Miami. Miami, Fl,U.S.A (Nature and technology with VIM)