Address: C/ Picasso 408 Jardines de Oriente
Town: León, Guanajuato
Country: México
Tel: +477 7722605
E-mail: José Apaza
Site: www.joseapaza.com
Brief Biography
In 1974 he leaves College Journalism studies to dedicate himself full time to self-taught painting.
In 1977 he travels to Mexico te attend the Mural Painting School, Escuela de Muralismo Siquieros in
Cuernavanca. in 1979 he earns his Fine Arts BA Degree, Cum Laude, in the Instituito Allende, Guanajuato.
Anatomia 2
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In 1980 hefounds the Taller de Grabado (Printmaking Workshop), in Casa de la Culturade Léon, Guanajuato and creates the Workshop Taller Gráfica Infantil (Children's Printmaking Workshop), and carries out local, national as well as international expositions in USA, Poland, India, Cuba, Bulgaria. in 1982 he arranges Primer Festival de Mural Infantil (First Children's Mural Festival) and until 1987 teaches in the same institution, courses in printing, anatomy, drawings and painting.
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In 1982 he illustrates the Poetry Page, Con Permiso, in El Sol de Léon newspaper. In 1983 he illustrates the Poetry Posters
for Arídas Márgenes in Guanajuato. from 1984 to 1986 he illustrates the Poetry Notebooks La Vida no Vale Nada for Casa de la Cultura de Léon.
Ambulante
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1996
In 1998 he recieves Honorable Mention in the XII Diego Rivera Drawings and PrintmakingBiennial in Guanajuato; and he is in 1990 and 2006 selected for the II and III international Miniature Art Biennial in Czestochowa, Poland. In 2000 he is selected for the II International Miniature Art Biennial in Ville Mariè, Quebec, Canada. In 1989 he takes part in Correo para el intercambio de Pequeñes Estampa (CIPE) (Mail for exchange of Small Stamps) in Havana, Cuba.
Trance
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1999
He has participated in 27 Collective Expositions in Cuba, Poland, Canada, USA, Perú and México (León, Guanajuato, Durango, Monterrey, D.F., Cuernavaca, San Miguel Allende, Aguascalientes).
He has installed 12 individual shows: Pequeños-Grandes Mundos (Gallería Jesús Gallardo, León, México and Alianza Francesa, in Lima and Arequipa, Perú - 2006). Como Eternos Dados (Gene Byro Museum, Guanajuato - 2000). Bocetos, Estudios, Pinturas (City Museum, León - 1997). Raza (middelsex County College, Edison NJ, USA - 1988). En el Camino Andamos (Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato - 1986). Arrieros Somos (Teatro Manuel Doblado, León - 1985). Acuarelas (Centro de Expopsiciones y Convenciones, León - 1980). Le Tierra Habl (Teatro Manuel Doblado, León - 1980). University of Guanajuato - 1980. French-Mexican Alliance, San Luis Potosí - 1979.
Oteando
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2000
Mascara Cora
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2001
Muchacha
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2002
Penumbras
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2004
Cajas
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2006
Compadres de Tantoyuca
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2006
El diablo de Maruata
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2006
Visita
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1996
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