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


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011    VOLTA7 Basel, represented by Magrorocca
2010    Bacanales, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York
2010    Pictures at an Exhibition, new work Lincart San Francisco CA 
2009    Lincart San Francisco CA,  November
2009    Greene Contemporary, New York NY / February 11 – March 15
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
2010    VOLTA6 Basel represented by Magrorocca
2009    Zsona Macomexico Arte Contemporaneo,
              Centro de Expocisiones Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City - represented by Magrorocca
2008    Aqua Wynwood Miami, represented by Lincart, San Francisco
2008/2009    “Material Color”, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ /
2008/2009    Queens International, Queens Museum, Queens NY
2008    AMACI Associazione Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani “IV Giornata del Contemporaneo”  
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
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