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Luis Caballero Biography
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1943 |
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Born in Bogota, Colombia
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1961 - 1962 |
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Studied art at Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Columbia. Among the teachers there, he was most strongly influenced by the Spanish-born artist Juan Antonio Roda (1921-2003)
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1963 - 1964 |
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Completed his formal artistic training in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In Paris, Caballero felt liberated by the widespread acceptance of homosexuality and the pervasive mood of sexual freedom
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1967 - 1969 |
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Became a professor of drawing at the Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogata, Columbia
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1971 |
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Received the Painting prize, Biennale de Peinture de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
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1977 |
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Received First prize for drawing at the Biennale de Rijeka, Yugoslavia
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1995 |
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Died: Bogota, Columbia
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1996 |
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The city of Bogota established in his memory the Premio Luis Caballero, a major artistic prize, based on a competition among prominent Latin American artists
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Colección Privada - Nueveochenta, Bogota, Columbia
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2005
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Libertins - Libertines, Galerie La Réserve d'Area, Paris, France
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2004
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Luis Caballero, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Luis Caballero, Galerie Ruta Correa, Freiburg, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Maestros contemporáneos Colombianos - Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid, Spain
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2001
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Homenaje, Generous Miracles Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1999
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Image of Latinoamerica, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
The Use of the Hand, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
Caballero Camacho Cardenas Ferrer Gamarra Lam Moreno, Galerie Albert Loeb, Paris, France
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1998
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Contemporary Colombian Painting: Juan Antonio Roda/ Luis Caballero, Art Museum of the Americas, O.A.S., Washington DC
Arte colombiano contemporaneo: Tres Mestres, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
The Male Nude, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1998
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Seleccion de Obra Grafica y de Ilustraciones,' travelling exhibition: Museo Eduardo Sivori, Buenos Aires; Museo de la Fundacion Buque-Bus, Montevideo; Museo de Bellas Artes, Asuncion. (solo)
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1998
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Luis Caballero, Art Forum Gallery, Hanover, Germany (solo)
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1998
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Luis Caballero, Hartmann & Noe Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1997
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Sin Titulo 1966-1968, Museo Nacional, Bogota, Columbia(solo)
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1997
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Re-Presenting Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
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| Literature |
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2007
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Luis Caballero: Homenaje (text by Antonio Caballero). Bogata, Columbia :Villegas Editores, 2007
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