mauricio velez acosta
Bogotá – Colombia
ximena steevens mendez
Bogotá – Colombia

"Abstractus creates an inventive topography defined by bold juxtapositions of recorded spaces – photography and painterly patina of abstraction. Texture and color is displayed with an unusual consistency between the two mediums. It is an optical and cerebral combinationof forms that comments on the visual formation of landscape, field space and mechanical impression".

Angela Di Bello Editor in Chief, ArtsisSpectrum Magazine, New York

“Abstractus have understood that the artist doesn’t live only of inspiration, but also of constant work, deep and conscientious analysis of the surrounding world, the reinterpretation and rereading of all cultural and artistic tradition. Their work contributes singular innovations to the aesthetics and the experimentation fields.  Abstractus’ ascendant and differential evolution deserves all our attention.”

Commentary on Abstractus from Margarida Guell Baró, art historian L’Université de La Sorbonne, Paris 

GROUP SHOWS

2011         AAF Amsterdam. Group Exhibition.
                ArteRed NY at The Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011         Art Chicago. ArteRed NY at Art Chicago Art Fair. Chicago, United States
2011         AAF. Group Exhibition. ArteRed NY at The Affordable Art Fair.
                Brussels, Belgium
2010         A Night With The Arts. USA Ambassador’s Residence. Bogota - Colombia
2010         Bricolage Kitchen takes Pan- demonium to The Knot in Berlin. Curated Exhibition by                     Bricolage Kitchen UK (Gillian Whitely) incollaboration with Oneoftheroughs/ The                          Shape of the Inconstruable Question (Berlin).
                Tempelhof Airport. Berlin, Germany
2010         Next Art Fair. Baobab Galería. (Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art).
                Chicago, United States
2009         24 Hours Festival. LaGuardia Performance Art Center. Long Island, NY
2009         Pan- demonium Project. Curated Exhibition by Bricolage Kitchen UK (Gillian Whitely)                   AC Institute (Direct Chapel).New York - United States.
2009         Art for Colombia – Charitable Exhibition. Leticia Foundation.
                Baobab Galería Bogotá - Colombia
2008         Group Exhibition. Baobab Galería - Bogotá - Colombia
2007         Art Exhibition at the Landmine Monitor Report 2007.    
                International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Gimnasio Moderno. Bogotá
2007         DNA Diesel New Art. Juried selection of the best Colombian new artists.
                (Some Jurors: David Elliot -Director of the Museum of Modern Art
                of Istanbul and Former Director of Mori Museum Tokyo-, Amy Smith Stuart                                     Independent Curator – PS1) Milano, Italy and Bogotá, Colombia
2007         Salón Fernando Botero. Juried selection. (Jurors: John Sillevis - Chief Curator of                          Gemeentemuseum of Holland-, Pascal Bonafoux - Ambassador of
                France in Colombia -, and Safet Zec -Artist-) Bogotá, Colombia
2006         Salón Marginal de Artistas Revista Semana. Bogotá, Colombia
2006         Salón Internacional de Grabado Inter Grabado. Minas, Uruguay
2006         10 Latitudes same Meridian. Casa Cuadrada Galería. Bogotá, Colombia
2005         Milieu & Metamorphosis (Eleven Forgotten Memories).
                Agora Gallery. New York, United States
2004         Group Show (The Wealth of a Blue Island in a Red Sea).
                Galerie Gora. Montreal, Canada
2002         CD Project. Grupo Arte Galería. Bogotá, Colombia
2001         A Space Odyssey. Valenzuela y Klenner Arte Contemporáneo.
                Bogotá, Colombia
2000         In Vitrina. Valenzuela y Klenner Arte Contemporáneo. Bogotá, Colombia

SOLO SHOWS

2010         ABSTRACTUS Open Art House. Bogotá - Colombia
2010         Synthetic Dreams Garden. Abstractus at Next Art Fair. Chicago, United States
2007         Unthinkable Chronology. Metropolitan Club. Bogotá, Colombia
2007         The Opposite Visions from the Top. Baobab Galería. Bogotá, Colombia
2007         Unthinkable Chronology. Galería Arte y Espacio. Bogotá, Colombia
2006         Selected Artworks 2005 – 2006. Club Los Arrayanes. Bogotá, Colombia
2006         Silence Dissonance. Baobab Galería. Bogotá, Colombia
2005         Absent Spaces. Baobab Galería. Bogotá, Colombia
2005         Journey trough the Window. Club Guaymaral. Bogotá, Colombia
2002         Take the pose facing the Robin Corpse. Origen Galería. Bogotá, Colombia

OTHER INFORMATION

2007         Documentary video on Abstractus. The Internationalists.
                New York, United States
2007         Feature: Abstractus. Review by Cella´s Round Trip
2007         “Inside Manhattan Project”. Experimental activity trying to “take Manhattan (NY)                        against all odds in one month”. New York, United States
2007         Curated Selection. Chevrolet - McCann Ericsson Young Art Competition.
                Bogotá, Colombia
2006         II Latinamerican Creativity Week. William Shakespeare Theatre.
                Bogotá, Colombia
2004         Curated Selection. OLYMPICS OF VISUAL ARTS – ARTIADE 2004.
                Athens, Greece
2004         Research. Comparison and analysis of Abstractus´work in context with the new                            tendencies of european contemporary art reafirming its process in line with twenty’s                   century art’s evolution. (London, Paris, Berlin, Milan and Venice).
2004         Study. “Stukism vs. Saatchi: artistic disagreements about pounds ”. London, UK.
2003         Personification of imaginaries. Analysis and parallel of two cases: “Monsters” of                            Antonio Berni and “The Book of The Secrets and Lemurs sedated with millipedes”.                        Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001         Research: “When Anti-art became Establishment” (Dada, Neo Dada, Russian                                 Constructivism, Noveau Realissme, L’Art
                Informel, Fluxus, etc.) Berlin and Dusseldorf, Germany
2001         Expositor at “Doctorate of Symbolization in Contemporary Art”. Universitat de                            Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain

SOME DONATIONS AND ACQUISITIONS

               (Dana Davis) Davis Steel Collection NY, Donald Trump (CEO Trump Organization) NY,                      Ivanka Trump (Trump Organization) NY, Chris Kennedy (CEO Merchandise Mart                              Properties) Chicago, Ken Tyburski (Curatorial Director Next Art Fair,                                 Director DCKT Gallery) NY, Paul Kahn (Chef The Blackbird, The Publican, Avec)                      Chicago, Craig Robins (CEO Dacra) Miami, Rosa de la Cruz Miami, Avaya Colombia,                        Telefónica – Movistar Colombia,
               Petrotesting Colombia, etc.