Gonzalo Fuenmayor’s photorealistic charcoal drawings enthrall with drama and whimsy. Rococo chandeliers hang from bunches of bananas; palm trees and other tropical plants infiltrate Victorian-era theaters and state rooms; and headdresses are piled high with exotic flora and fauna. Such imagery is rooted in both reality and magical realism, alluding to collisions of culture and realms of the past.

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b. Barranquilla, Colombia 1977

EDUCATION
2004 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in affiliation with Tufts University, Medford, MA
2000 BFA, Fine Art Major with Art Education Minor, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bretonian Slip, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022 Simulacros, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain

2021 Florida Contemporary, Artis Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL

2020 Palindromes, Dot FiftyOne Gallery, Miami, FL
Los Macondos, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia
Florida Contemporary, Baker Museum, Naples, FL
2019 Empire, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
2018 Todos Tenemos Nuestra Sombra, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 Tropicalypse, Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 Picturesque, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Prohibidas las Metáforas, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Colombia
2015 Tropical Mythologies, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , MA
2013 They Say I Came Back Americanized, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Tropicalia, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 Splendor, Galeria Mundo, Bogota, Colombia
2009 Pornorama, Dot Fifty One Gallery Project Room, Miami, FL, USA
2006 Imaginary Displacements, Galeria Pluma, Bogota, Colombia
2004 Silencios Maduros, Galeria Pluma, Bogota, Colombia
Ballet, The Artist Foundation, Boston, USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Tropics, Anderson Gallery , Palm Beach, FL

Revival I XVIIIE Siecle, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, SZ

2022 Tremors in Paradise, Gonzalo Fuenmayor and Marcos Castro, Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami,FL

Shifting, Glances, Simone Subal Gallery, NY
Macondo: Colombian Imaginaries, Casa Amacord, London, UK
NADA Fair, Sean Horton Presents Gallery, New York

2021 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC, USA
On the Samaras Wing, The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, Pembroke Pines, USA

Skin in the Game, curated by Zoe Lukov, Miami Beach, USA

2020 Alien Nations 2020, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
A Subtropical Affair, Good To Know, Low Res Space, Miami, FL

2019 The Place as a Metaphor, Rollins, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
Universos Desdoblados, 45 Salón Nacional de Artistas curated by La Usurpadora, Museum of Modern Art, Bogotá
Altered States of Consciousness, Oolites Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2018 Trasatlántica, Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
EVA International Biennial of Visual Art, Limerick, Ireland
Aesthetics & Values: An Exhibition Presented by the Honors College at FIU, Frost Museum of Art, Miami, FL
Deconstruction, Curated by Amy Galpin, Frost Museum of Art, Miami, FL
Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Locals Only, Diane Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, FL
Lo Foto-gráfico, Galería El Museo, Bogotá, Col
2017   Let there be Light, ArtNexus Foundation, Las Nieves Studios, Bogotá, Colombia
Champions; Caribbean Artists Breaking Boundries in South Florida, ArmoryArt Center, Palm Beach, FL
El Gótico Tropical, Passerelle, Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France
2016 Papered Stories; 14 Artists Dealing with Paper, LMAK Gallery, New York, NY
ConTexto; palabra, escritura y narración en el Arte Contemporáneo, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
At Home in the World, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Displacement, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, U.S.A.
Another Better World March, The Bascom: Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC
2015 100 Degrees in the Shade; A Survey of South Florida Art, Miami, FL
New Art: South Florida Cultural Consortium Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Masa Crítica; Prácticas Artísticas Emergentes en el Caribe, Galería La Escuela, Barranquilla, Colombia, Sept 16, 2015
Lenguajes de Papel, Galería El Museo, Bogota, Colombia
ArteBA Feria, Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
La Boca BA, Proa Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 Pinta Art Fair, Dot Fiftyone Gallery, Miami, FL
Installation “Eden” at Faena Hotel Miami Beach during Art Basel, Miami, FL
2013 Bidimensional Salon, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
ParC Fair, Individual Project, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru
Utopia of Illusions, Nube Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2012 Art Miami Fair, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Caribbean Crossroads of the World, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
leitmotiv, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Change, The World Bank, Washington, D.C
Arte BA, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011   BLACK AND WHITE, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Florida Contemporary: Paintings, Photography and Sculpture Exhibition, Naples Museum, FL
All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
Arte BA, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Accumulations, Art Solar Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2011   All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
Arte BA, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010 10 x 10 + 1, Museo de Arte del Tolima, Ibague, Colombia
Arte BA, Dot Fifty One Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thank You For Thinking Of Me, Parque Cultural del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia
2009   Hacer del Cuerpo,13 Salón Nacional de Artistas – Zona Caribe. Curatorial
Group “Este Lado Arriba”, Cartagena, Colombia
IV Salon Bidimensional, Gilberto Alzate Avendano Foundation, Bogota, Colombia
ArtBo 2009, Pabellón Artecámara curated by Maria Iovino, Corferias, Bogotá, Colombia
ArtBo 2009, Galería MUNDO, Corferias, Bogotá, Colombia
Encuentro “Instituto Hemisferico”, Hemispheric Institute-NYU, Universidad
Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia
II Concurso Arte Joven Colsanitas, Galería La Cometa, Bogotá, Colombia
2008   V International Biennial of Standards / 8th Edition, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico
Premios Molaa, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
Laberintos, Galeria MUNDO, Bogota, Colombia
Coloring Book, LMAK projects, Brooklyn,NY
Conexion Colombia Auction, Galeria La Cometa, Bogota, Colombia
Sintonizar 2008, Entrearte Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
Alchemy; Collage, Photomontage & Assemblage, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
The Dynamics of Belonging, curatorial project, G-A-S-P Projects, Brookline, MA
2007 The 20th Drawing Show, "Drawing the Line – Magdalena Campos Pons, Juror", The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Brave New World, Solar Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA
Arte Joven, Galeria MUNDO, Bogota, Colombia
VI Salón de Dibujo de Santo Domingo, Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Premio Botero, Claustro de la Ensenanza, Bogota, Colombia
Cover Up, KOP Foundation, Breda, Netherlands
Papel XIII, Galeria Blasini, Caracas, Venezuela
2006   Imagen Regional, Banco de la Republica, Valledupar, Colombia
ARTBO, Galería Jenny Vilà -Arte Contemporáneo. Bogotá, Colombia
2005   IMAGEN MULTIPLE, Galeria France,Alianza Francesa, Barranquilla, Colombia
XIII Concurso Nacional de Pintura BBVA, Casa de Moneda, Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Colombia
III Juried Show, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
2004   Sexy Sustenance, Imming Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
SLIP, Thesis Exhibition, Aidekman Arts Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, USA
2003 Exploraciones, Ministerio de Cultura, Monteria, Colombia
Memorias de Apolo, Colombian Center Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
2001   Procesos XI, Amira de la Rosa, Banco de la Republica, Barranquilla, Colombia
2000 Painting the Line, East Side Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA.

HONORS + AWARDS
2022 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant recipient, New York, NY

2020 EFG Bank Latin America Art Award nomination, Miami, FL
2018 The Ellies Creator Award, South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL
Art Center South Florida Studio Residency, Miami Beach, FL
Harpo Foundation Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2017   Artist Residency at La Sierra Artist Residency, Santa Marta, Colombia
2015 Tropical Mythologies, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2014   Artist Residency at Bemis Center, Omaha, NE, June 2014
2013 1stPlace - 6th Bidimensional Salon, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá Colombia
New American Paintings Ed. 106. Juror, Miranda Lash,
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans
2012   SMFA Traveling Fellowship Award, Boston, MA
2011 Third Place, 2011 All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
2010   New American Paintings Ed. 88. Editor’s Pick. Juror, Barbara O’Brien,
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2009 Second Prize, II Concurso Arte Joven Colsanitas,
Galería La Cometa, Bogotá, Colombia
2007 Vermont Studio Center Residency Program, August 2007,Johnson, Vermont, USA
Honorable Mention, Premio Botero,
Fundación Jóvenes Artistas Colombianos, Bogota, Colombia
2006 Art-Omi Artist Residency,Ghent, NY, July 2006
2005 Second Place, 13th Concurso Nacional de Pintura BBVA 2005,
Casa de Moneda, Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Colombia
Included in Slide Registry of The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2000   Finalist Nuevos Artistas Costeños promoted by Chamber of Commerce,
Barranquilla, Colombia
Keith Haring Full Tuition Scholarship Recipient granted by the
Visual Arts Foundation and the Keith Haring Foundation, New York, NY
Silas Rhodes Family Award granted by School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Stacey Sussman Traveling Award granted by School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

PUBLICATIONS + REVIEWS
2021 Tropical Burn, Tobias Ostrander/Dennis Scholl, DelMonico Books/Oolites, Mar 2021 2019

2019 Porges, Maria, Empire at Dolby Chadwick, Squarecylinder.com, May 2019
2017 Tropicalypse at Dot Fiftyone, Francine Birbragher, Art Nexus Magazine, May 2018
2016   Porges, Maria. “Gonzalo Fuenmayor @ Dolby Chadwick”. Squarecylinder.com. September 5, 2016.
“Displacement: Symbols and Journeys”, catálogo Cornell Fine Arts Museum of
Rollins College, Amy Galpin and Mary Beck 2016
2015   McQuaid, Cate.“Bananas ripe with symbolism for Gonzalo Fuenmayor at the MFA”.
The Boston Globe. June 23, 2015.
MFA Preview Magazine, p. 18, Boston, MA
Birbragher, Francine. “El Exotismo Híbrido de Gonzalo Fuenmayor,” Periódico
Arteria, Edition #49, June-July 2015.
Arias, Andres.“Las Obsesiones de Gonzalo Fuenmayor”. Esquire Magazine Colombia, April, 2015
Arias, Andres.“Europa contra Macondo, en la obra del artista Gonzalo Fuenmayor”.
El Tiempo, April 17, 2015
Metzger, Morgan. Art for Rollins: The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art,
Volume II, Edited by Abigail Ross, Cornell Fine Arts Museum. Pg. 45. 2015.
2013   New American Paintings Ed. 106. Juror, Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans
Cheng, De Witt, Review “They say I came back Americanized, art ltd. magazine
2012   Caribbean Crossroads of the World, Debora Cullen & Elvis Fuentes, Yale University
Press, Nov. 2012. Article by Alvaro Medina
2011 La Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dec.18, 2011
Herrera, Adriana. “Gonzalo Fuenmayor: Canibalizar el Trópico”. El Nuevo
Herald, Sept 18, 2011, Miami, USA
Catalog 13 Salones Regionales de Artistas de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
2010   New American Paintings Ed. 88, Southern Edition, Open Studios Press, 2010
Esplendor, Revista Mundo, April 2010
2009   Herrera, Adriana. “Hernan Cedola y Gonzalo Fuenmayor. Arte al Dia, Ed. November
Herrera, Adriana. “Cedola y Fuenmayor: Nuevos Horizontes del Arte Emergente”,
El Nuevo Herald, Jul. 6, 2009, Miami, USA
Fiorillo, Heriberto, El Hombre que Murio en el Bar, (front cover and illustrations),
Editorial Norma, 2009
2008 Mayfield, Dan. “Show Portrayis Modern Relevance por Collage” Albuquerque Journal, April 6th, 2008
2007   Rogers, Pat. "Artists Explore "Brave New World"". The East Hampton Press,
McQuaid, Cate, Drawing Show Works Around the Edges, Boston Globe, Dec.21, 2007
Franco, Maria Angelica, "Platanos como Propuesta Pictorica",
Revista noventaynueve, Dec. 21, 2007
Landes, Jennifer, Scary New World, The East Hampton Star, Nov. 8, 2007
ARTE JOVEN, Revista MUNDO, Sept. 23, 2007.
2004 McQuaid, Cate, Boston Globe. Immig Exhibit meant for Public Consumption,
Monsalve, Jaime, Fruta Fresca, Revista Cambio 16. Jul. 26, 2004
McQuaid, Cate, Young Masters. Boston Globe. Jun. 13, 2004
2003 Villamarin, Paola, Los Colores de la Costa. El Tiempo. Feb. 19, 2003
2002 Cuello, Claudia, El Estudio de un Artista. Revista Gente Caribe. Jul. 13, 2002
Cuello, Claudia, La Musica de Gonzalo Fuenmayor. Revista Gente Caribe. Sept, 1.
Diaz, Paola. El Sujeto detras de los Trabalenguas. El Heraldo, Aug. 2001
Martinez, Carolina, Los Trabalenguas de Gonzalo Fuenmayor, El Heraldo, Aug, 19
Diaz, Paola. El Sujeto detras de los Trabalenguas. El Heraldo, Aug. 2001

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Alan Faena, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brian and Brandi Sodi, Boca Ratón, FL USA
The Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, USA
Enrique y Denise Lerner, Miami USA
Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia
Jorge & Darlene Perez, Miami, USA
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Minuto de Dios, Bogotá, Colombia
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA

Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL,
Sayago & Pardon, California, USA

Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC, USA Dennis and Debra Scholl, Miami, FL