Project Description
Web Site: www.cristobalochoa.com
Contact: Cristobalo19@gmail.com
(0058) 412-590.98.44 (0058) 212-435.57.37
Biography:
Studied Sculpture at UNEARTE School of Fine Arts, 2007-2011. In 2009 is awarded First Prize in Ceramic Sculpture in the Salón Nacional de las Artes del fuego, in Caracas Venezuela. In spite of his youth, his work is already part of important private and public collections, among others: Banco Mercantil, Ateneo de Valencia, and Cultura Chacao). Ochoa has been honored with several sculpture awards and a First Place in Drawing. He has had three solo exhibits and has been in many group exhibits in several Venezuelan cities. His first solo exhibit was in June 2012 in Bogota, Colombia and his work was purchased by important Colombian. His work is broader than Ceramic Sculpture, he is known in Venezuela by his artistic street interventions and performances. In May of the present year, he would show his work in his fourth solo exhibit at the Galeria Gsiete, Caracas Venezuela, and at the end of this year, another solo show will feature his work in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Currently Ochoa lives and works Caracas.
CV:
Collective and solo exhibitions.
2008 Exposición experimental (Experimental exposure). UBV.
2008 Cerámica Contemporánea (Contemporany Ceramic). UNEARTE.
2008 Fiesta de las Artes (Arts Festival). Caracas, Venezuela.
2009 Suiche Urbano (Urban Switch). Universidad Monteavila.
2009 “Conos de madre” in Por Medio de la Calle. Caracas, Venezuela.
2009 Collective exhibition El Sitio. Carora, Edo. Lara, Venezuela.
2009 República de Guarimure, Carora Edo. Lara, Venezuela.
2009 36 Salón Artes del fuego. Galería Universitaria Braulio Salazar. Valencia.
Award “Ateneo de Valencia”.
2010 Won firt place in drawing competition, sponsored by the Diesel brand.
2010 I Bienal de Papel. Galería Braulio Salazar. Valencia. Venezuela.
2011 Iconos 1, urban intervention El Bosque, Santillana y Castillito building. Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 Collective exhibition, 1, Múltiple y Variaciones, Galería Múltiple Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 June. Participation in the FIA represented by GBG. Gabriela Benaim. Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 June-July. Solo exhibition, “Enconos”, La Guayaba Verde. Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 August. Artist participating in Festival de arte urbano, El pedregal, Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 September-November. 38 Salón Nacional de las Artes del Fuego.
Recognition ACAF. Valencia, Carabobo st.
2011 September. Artist participating in Por El Medio de la calle. With “Los conos de madre”. Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 October-November. Solo exhibition “Introyección” Galería Múltiple Arte Contemporáneo. Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 October-December. Acciones, Reacciones y Visiones. Arte Joven Venezolano. Collective exhibition in Galería 39. El Hatillo, Caracas, Venezuela.
2011 October-December. Cerámica Contemporánea. Collective exhibition, Galería G7. Los Galpones. Los chorros, Caracas, Venezuela.
2012 Mayo. Colective “Blanco y Negro”. Galería Fernando Zubillaga. Los Galpones. Caracas, Venezuela.
2012 Junio- Julio Solo exhibition Galeria El Gato, Bogotá, Colombia.
2012. Junio. FIA. Feria Iberoamericana de arte. Galeria Gsiete. Caracas, Venezuela.
2012. Septiembre. Colective in Galeria Viloria Blanco. Maracaibo., Venezuela.
2012. Nov. FIAAM. Galeria Viloria Blanco. Maracaibo, Venezuela.