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BIO

José Ventura was born in 1955 in the village of San Pedro Nonualco, El Salvador. He went to school in the village and drove his teachers to despair by covering his note books with drawings instead of doing the work he was assigned.

He moved to the capital, San Salvador when he was 17 in order to attend art school. Three years later, armed with a diploma in architectural drawing, he joined the National Museum of Anthropology of San Salvador to work first as a graphic designer, then as a model maker.

All the while, he strove to develop his art and took part in many exhibitions. He won a scholarship from the Organization of American States and went to study museography in Mexico, then returned to his country where already, the political situation was deteriorating.

In 1980, because of political violence, he was forced to flee Mexico, and he came to Canada a year later. Since then, he has been painting and developing his artistic vision. Growing up in a traditional Latin American village has been a determining influence on his work as an artist.

He spent 1991 in Paris where he haunted museums, painted and exhibited. Since returning to Canada in 1992, he has exhibited in Vancouver, Edmonton, Victoria, Toronto, Saskatoon and Regina.

He has also designed and executed stained glass pieces, some for churches and many for private collections. He has perfected the blending of the traditional techniques of glasswork, fusing and painting to create pieces which bear the full flavour of his style. In 1996, with his partner, Yves Trudeau, he created the many sandblasted panels that make up a whole new entrance to St. Andrew’s Wesley church in downtown Vancouver.

Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions
2010
Open House Exhibition, Main Street, Vancouver. B.C.

2009
Appassionato Exhibition, Foresight Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.

2003
Solo show, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2001Solo show, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2000
Solo show, Bessborough Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

1999
Group show, West End Gallery, Victoria, B.C.

1998
Solo show, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.

1997
Solo show, Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.

1996
Show, Centenial Museum, Kelowna, B.C.Honorable mention at the SFU 1996 Biennial Exhibition for Glass.Creation of
glass panels for St. Andrews Wesley Church, Vancouver.Solo show, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.

1995
Show, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver.

1994
Solo show, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.

1993
Solo Show, Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.

1992
10th Juried Exhibition, Community Arts Council of Vancouver, B.C.Solo show, Ace Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1991
Collective exhibition, Galerie Simonof, Paris, France.

1990
7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, B.C. Artists in the Square, Vancouver, B.C.

1989
Vancouver East Cultural Center, Vancouver, B.C.

1986
Collective exhibition for Amnesty International Anniversary, Vancouver, B.C.Vancouver East Cultural Center, Vancouver, B.C.

1985
Oasis Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.(N)on Commercial Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

1984
Centennial Museum, Kelowna, B.C.

1983
Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C., First prize – Annual Juried Show.

1978
Collective exhibition, Coyoacanence Stage, Mexico City, Mexico.

1975
Collective exhibition, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Other Work
BOOKS
Treasured Moments, Assiniboia Gallery, 1996Marrying the Animals, Cornelia Hoogland, Brick Book, London Ontario, 1995

POSTERS
Mascal Dance, Comtemporary Dance, 1992Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1992

CD COVER
Vienen Llegando, Adrián Goizueta y el Grupo Experimental, New Songs from Costa Rica, 1990

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To view more artwork and/or information about originals, commissioned paintings, and/or limited edition prints please email us here or call 778-855-0289.