Omar Chacon
Biography
Curriculum Vitae
Omar Chacon
Born in Bogotà Colombia in 1979
Currently lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2004 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, M.F.A.
Major: Painting
2002 Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, B.F.A.
Major: Painting, Minor: Art History
PROGRAMMED EXHIBITIONS:
2010 solo show, Lincart San Francisco CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Sancocho Vitae – “Tata” Greene Contemporary, New York NY
2008 Omar Chacon New Paintings, Magrorocca, Milan IT
2008 Sancochos Casiqueños a la Cimabue, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford Ohio
2008 Sancochos a la Cimabue, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2007 Omar Chacon New Paintings, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
2007 Busy at War and Love (with Jose Sarinana), Greene
Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2005 Mostra Personale, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2005 New Works, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Unified South Part 1 (Venezuela, Ecuador, Uruguay), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 New Works By, Stanford Art Spaces CIS-004, Stanford, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Zsona Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo, Centro de Expocisiones
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City / April 22 – 26
December 2008 Aqua Wynwood Miami, represented by Lincart, San Francisco
October 05, 2008 – January 31, 2009 “Material Color”, Hunterdon Art Museum,
Clinton NJ /
December 2008/ April 2009 Queens International, Queens Museum, Queens NY
2008 AMACI Associazione Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani “IV Giornata del Contemporaneo” 800 luoghi dell’arte in Italia
2008 Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo, Centro de Expocisiones
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Lindo
2008 “MiArt” art fair in Milan, represented by gallery Magrorocca
2008 Sancochos Casiqueños a la Cimabue, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
2008 Scope New York, Lincart – San Francisco
2007 ScopeNewYork, Lincoln Center, NY, NY
2007 Miami University Young Painters Exhibition, Hiestand Galleries,
Miami University, Oxford, OH
2006 ScopeMiami, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
2006 Entre Chien Et Loup, Bleu Acier Inc, Tampa, FL
2006 ScopeHamptons, East Hamptons Studios, Wainscott, New York
2006 FiReCrAcKeRs, Roshambowinery+gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2006 Uneasy Marriage, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 artLA 06, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
2005 FREEFALL: Painting in the ‘00’s.
On line exhibition curated by Chandra Cerrito
2005 Ad Infinitum: The Aesthetics of Repetition II, Haines Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2005 ScopeHamptons, Hampton Hall, Long Island, NY
2005 Spacey, Mighty, San Francisco, CA
2005 First Class, Lincart at Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo, Centro de Expocisiones
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Lindo represented by Lincart, San Francisco
2005 Close Calls, Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
2004 CREAM from the top, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
2004 # 1 The South, Ft Mason MFA Exhibit at Herbst Pavilion,
San Francisco, CA
2004 505 Sansome Trans-American Tower Project, Trans-American Pyramid, San Francisco, CA
2003 Glad to be Unhappy, The Tahoe Gallery, Sierra, NV
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, (Painting)
2007 Winner of the 10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award ( Juror, Jerry Saltz), Miami University, Oxford, OH
2005 SECA Award Nominee
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 Tournesol Award and Residency Finalist,
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2004 MFA Studio Award Nominee,
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2002-2004 Merit Scholarship and Grant,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002 Teaching Assistantship,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2002 Jurors' Award, Best of Ringing,
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007 Jacobs, Joseph. “When Abstract Art Isn’t”, Art & Antiques March
2006 Cash, Stephanie. “Report From San Francisco I”, Art In America January
2005 Van Proyen, Mark. “Different Strokes”, Art Net Magazine November
2005 Berry, Colin. “Omar Chacon and Jose Sarinana at Lincart”,
Artweek Magazine (Image used in front cover) of Issue
November
2005 Ormond, Mark. “Variety of new works on view in area galleries”, Pelican Press, December
2005 Costello, Kevin. “Ringling grad devises ingenious technique with paint”, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, December
Omar Chacon
Born in Bogotà Colombia in 1979
Currently lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
2004 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, M.F.A.
Major: Painting
2002 Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, B.F.A.
Major: Painting, Minor: Art History
PROGRAMMED EXHIBITIONS:
2010 solo show, Lincart San Francisco CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Sancocho Vitae – “Tata” Greene Contemporary, New York NY
2008 Omar Chacon New Paintings, Magrorocca, Milan IT
2008 Sancochos Casiqueños a la Cimabue, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford Ohio
2008 Sancochos a la Cimabue, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2007 Omar Chacon New Paintings, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
2007 Busy at War and Love (with Jose Sarinana), Greene
Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2005 Mostra Personale, Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, FL
2005 New Works, Lincart, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Unified South Part 1 (Venezuela, Ecuador, Uruguay), Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 New Works By, Stanford Art Spaces CIS-004, Stanford, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Zsona Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo, Centro de Expocisiones
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City / April 22 – 26
December 2008 Aqua Wynwood Miami, represented by Lincart, San Francisco
October 05, 2008 – January 31, 2009 “Material Color”, Hunterdon Art Museum,
Clinton NJ /
December 2008/ April 2009 Queens International, Queens Museum, Queens NY
2008 AMACI Associazione Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani “IV Giornata del Contemporaneo” 800 luoghi dell’arte in Italia
2008 Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo, Centro de Expocisiones
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Lindo
2008 “MiArt” art fair in Milan, represented by gallery Magrorocca
2008 Sancochos Casiqueños a la Cimabue, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
2008 Scope New York, Lincart – San Francisco
2007 ScopeNewYork, Lincoln Center, NY, NY
2007 Miami University Young Painters Exhibition, Hiestand Galleries,
Miami University, Oxford, OH
2006 ScopeMiami, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
2006 Entre Chien Et Loup, Bleu Acier Inc, Tampa, FL
2006 ScopeHamptons, East Hamptons Studios, Wainscott, New York
2006 FiReCrAcKeRs, Roshambowinery+gallery, Healdsburg, CA
2006 Uneasy Marriage, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 artLA 06, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
2005 FREEFALL: Painting in the ‘00’s.
On line exhibition curated by Chandra Cerrito
2005 Ad Infinitum: The Aesthetics of Repetition II, Haines Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2005 ScopeHamptons, Hampton Hall, Long Island, NY
2005 Spacey, Mighty, San Francisco, CA
2005 First Class, Lincart at Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo, Centro de Expocisiones
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Lindo represented by Lincart, San Francisco
2005 Close Calls, Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, CA
2004 CREAM from the top, Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
2004 # 1 The South, Ft Mason MFA Exhibit at Herbst Pavilion,
San Francisco, CA
2004 505 Sansome Trans-American Tower Project, Trans-American Pyramid, San Francisco, CA
2003 Glad to be Unhappy, The Tahoe Gallery, Sierra, NV
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, (Painting)
2007 Winner of the 10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Award ( Juror, Jerry Saltz), Miami University, Oxford, OH
2005 SECA Award Nominee
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 Tournesol Award and Residency Finalist,
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2004 MFA Studio Award Nominee,
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2002-2004 Merit Scholarship and Grant,
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002 Teaching Assistantship,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2002 Jurors' Award, Best of Ringing,
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007 Jacobs, Joseph. “When Abstract Art Isn’t”, Art & Antiques March
2006 Cash, Stephanie. “Report From San Francisco I”, Art In America January
2005 Van Proyen, Mark. “Different Strokes”, Art Net Magazine November
2005 Berry, Colin. “Omar Chacon and Jose Sarinana at Lincart”,
Artweek Magazine (Image used in front cover) of Issue
November
2005 Ormond, Mark. “Variety of new works on view in area galleries”, Pelican Press, December
2005 Costello, Kevin. “Ringling grad devises ingenious technique with paint”, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, December