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Bio

Costa Rican artist born in the province of Cartago. Keta´s works play on the paradoxes of nature and contemporary culture  through techniques such as oil painting, drawing and artistic educational projects with people of all ages. In 2016 he received the National Culture Award in the Cultural Management category with the AMUBIS Association. He has exhibited his work collectively and individually both in Costa Rica and internationally. He currently lives and works as an art teacher and aspiring tattoo artist in San José, Costa Rica.

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Solo shows

2017 AMUBIS Cultural Festival, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2013 Person, Jacob Karpio Gallery, San José Costa Rica.
2008 New Paradigm, AMUBIS Cultural Festival, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2008 New Paradigm, Casa Cultural Amón, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
2008 New Paradigm, Blue Gallery, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2006 Anatomy of everyday life, Creative University, San José, Costa Rica.
2006 Anatomy of Everyday Life, Blue Gallery, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Cartago.
2005 The meditative kitchen, Habitarte Workshop Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.
2001 AMUBIS Cultural Festival, Cartago, Costa Rica.

Group shows

2019 Fiscal Paradais, Paradais, San José, Costa Rica.
2019 HD, House of Popular Culture Figueres Ferrer, San José, Costa Rica.
2019 Sinai at night, Paradais, San José, Costa Rica.
2019 National Salon of Visual Arts, Museum of Costa Rican Art, San José, Costa Rica.
2018 Jacob Babchuc Gallery, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica.
2018 Valoarte, Texas Tech University, Escazú, San José, Costa Rica.
2018 Valoarte Projet-Teológica, Municipal Museum of Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2017 Political art residency with Nuria Güell, Cultural Center of Spain in Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
2017 Jacob Karpio Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 The No Biennial. Kroma Gallery, San José Costa Rica
2016 PAINT Miami, Miami Beach. Jacob Karpio Gallery
2016 Decorative migration, Jacob Karpio Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia.
2015 Art-Lima International Fair, Jacob Karpio Gallery, Lima, Peru
2015 Biennial Painting Salon Marco Aurelio Aguilar Mata, Cartago, Costa Rica
2014 Art Brussels, Belgium, Jacob Karpio Gallery.
2010 Valoarte, National Gallery, National Center of Art and Culture, San José, Costa Rica.
2009 I draw every day, National Gallery, National Center of Art and Culture, San José, Costa Rica.
2009 Valoarte, National Gallery, National Center of Art and Culture, San José, Costa Rica.
2008 Artilugios, National Gallery, National Center of Art and Culture, San José, Costa Rica.
2007 Habemus Papam, City House Spaces, Pirie Building, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2007 VIII Festival of Free Art of the CUC, Cartago, Costa Rica.
Collective 2007, Gallery Taller del Artista, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2006 VII Festival of Free Art of the CUC, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2005 XIII Annual Marco Aurelio Aguilar Mata Hall, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2004 Instructions for hanging clothes, Casa de la Cultural Popular José Figueres Ferrer Gallery, San José, Costa Rica.
2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 AMUBIS Cultural Festival, Cartago, Costa Rica.
2001 IX Annual Meeting Marco Aurelio Aguilar Mata, Cartago, Costa Rica.
1999 II University Hall, San José, Costa Rica.

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Curriculum: CV
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