View ArtistGeorge Calle

Artist's Biography
George Calle was born in Cuenca, Ecuador in 1966.

I studied at the Ontario College of Art.

My work is contemporary and of high emotional content. Each piece is a unique expression of being, that is to say the distinct life moments that have left impressions on me. My work reflects a personal state of continuous evolution. Constantly in search of new mediums and materials, I am an innovative artist who crosses boundaries.

My strength lays in the utilization of discarded materials and objects that are little use to others. These surplus metals have become an imaginary staple for me. As my pieces are reflective of moments in time that triggered their inception, my work is a journey of poignant footprints in the human experience. My view of life as a gradual development is also a dominant force in my pieces, as I often do not utilize a material until what I term the right moment. The Right Moment being my signature creative trademark, and only then does the fusion of emotion and material occur.

My work is currently displayed in many corporate and private collections. Some of more significant locales include Museo de Artes Aborigenes, Banco del Pacifico, Orange County Court house Orlando Florida.

I am a elected member of The Ontario Society of Artists, past member of the Orlando Visual artist League, a current member of Fundarte latino America and member of the Weston Collective in Toronto. I have received many awards, most notably the latino America First Prize Sculpture Award bestowed in 2006 and the AT&T Financial Services Organization Award Bestowed in 1994 in Orlando, Florida.
Curriculum
GROUP EXHIBITS:
2009- Arta Gallery,Distillery District.Toronto-Canada
2008- Urbanscape Art Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2008- Arta Gallery, Distillery District.Toronto-Canada
2008- Art at the Castle,Casa Loma .Toronto-Canada
2007- Artcube Art Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2007- Kohl Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2007- Arta Gallery,Distillery District.Toronto-Canada
2007- Artcube Art Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2007- 4th. National and International Juried Exhibition of Visual arts.
Etobicoke On.Canada
2007- Scratch Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2007- Korean Consulate Art Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2007- Korean Consulate Art Exhibition sponsored by the Government of
Korea.Toronto-Canada
2007- Ontario Society of Artists,one hundred thirty-third Annual Juried
Exhibition. Jhon B.Aird Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2006- Art Americas Gallery. Montreal-Canada
2005- Korean and Latin American Fine Art Exhibition.
Consulate General R.O Korea Art Gallery.Toronto-Canada
2006- Latino America 2006 Third Annual International
Exhibition .Etobicoke On.Canada
2005- Colour and Form Society Fifty-Third Annual Juried
Exhibition,Etobicoke On.Canada
2005- Art Americas Gallery,Montreal-Canada
2005- Mosaico Art Exhibit
Mississauga Living Arts Centre, Mississauga On.Canada
2005- Latino America 2005 Second Annual National Juried Exhibition of
Visual Arts. Etobicoke On.Canada
2004- First Latin America Visual Art Exhibition, Downsview On.Canada
2003- O.V.A.L. Gallery Juried Visual Arts Exhibition.Orlando-Florida USA.
2002- City of Orlando Juried Sculpture Program.Orlando-Florida USA.
2001- Terrace Gallery.Orlando City Hall Juried Visual Art Exhibit,
Orlando-Florida USA.
1994- AT&T Hispanic Heritage Month.Orlando-Florida USA.
1992- Igor Munoz Art Gallery.Cuenca-Ecuador
1992- Galleria Cuatro Rios.Cuenca-Ecuador


SOLO EXHIBITS:

1997- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana,Cuenca-Ecuador
1997- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Loja-Ecuador
1993- International Art at Church St. Station Exchange,Orlando-Florida USA.
1993- International Art at the Mediterranean Village,Orlando-Florida USA.
1992- Banco del Pacifico Art Gallery.Cuenca-Ecuador

SELECTED REVIEWS:

1- The Art of George Calle by Fernando Coellar Marquez, Cuenca-Ecuador. 1992
2- Notes for an Exhibition-Cesar Burbano C. Cuenca Ecuador.1992
3- Bestialismo Catalogue Essay by Eliecer Cardenas E. Cuenca Ecuador 1997
4- Experiencias Obras Pictoricas .Catalogue Essay by Gustavo Lopez M. Cuenca-Ecuador 1997
5- Bestialismo Obra Pictorica by Dr.Fausto Aguirre T. Loja Ecuador 1997
6- Telerama Television Interview.Cuenca Ecuador 1997
7- The Orlando Sentinnel. From Canada with Imagination by Jim Carchidi Orlando Florida 2002
8- Rogers Television Interview .Mississagua On.Canada 2005
9- Flavio Belli-Latino America 2006 Etobicoke On. Canada
10-The Art of George Calle by Catalina Carrasco V. Cuenca Ecuador 2008
Artworks

George Calle
Machu Picchu
2008
Aluminum
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George Calle
The Deep
2007
Aluminum and Copper
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