JOSÉ SARMIENTO
Born in Colombia. Lives and works in London, UK. // josegsarmiento@gmail.com
STUDIES
2020 - 2022
Master in Fine Arts, Painting, Slade School of Art, UCL, London, UK
2009 - 2015
Bachelor in Fine Arts and Art History, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Academic Exchange, Universidad Autónoma de México, México
SOLO SHOWS
2023
Pigeon Chest, Stephen Ongpin Gallery and John Swarbrooke Fine Art, London, UK
2019
A spectrum of light shot out from his eyes, Centro Cultural del Oriente Colombiano, Bucaramanga, Colombia
2018
Abel, Caín, Espacio Producciones, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
GROUP SHOWS
2023
Be gay do crime, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, USA.
Portrait Mode, John Swarbroke Fine Art, London, UK.
2022
Why don’t you dance?, ASC Gallery, London, UK.
Unity, The Artist Room, Tom of Finland Art and Culture Festival, London, UK.
2020
Salon de Arte Joven Colsanitas, Galería Nueve Ochenta, Bogotá
2018
Salón de Arte Joven Colsanitas, Galería Nueve Ochenta, Bogotá
Crater, Nada Bookstore, Bogotá, Colombia
HONORS
2022
Deans List, Slade School of Art, UCL, UK
2021
Terrence Cuneo Memorial Award, Slade Awards Committe, UCL, London, UK
2020
Elizabeth Greenshield Grant, Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation, Montréal, Canada
Colfuturo Scholarship / Loan Award, Bogotá, Colombia
2019
Creation Grant for emergent artists, Bucaramanga Cree en tu talento, IMCT, Colombia
London Summer Intensive Bursary Award, Slade School of Art, London, United Kingdom
Pilotenkueche International Residence, Leipzig, Germany
2018
Honorific Mention for Colombians in the process of artistic and cultural education , Ministry of Culture, Colombia
Nominee, Colsanitas Award for Young Art, Embassy of Spain, 980 Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
2016
Fellowship for independent publications, Awarded by Idartes, Bogotá, Colombia
PUBLICATIONS
2019
And a spectrum off light shot out from his eyes, drawings book, Independent Publication.
2017
Crater, coauthorship with the Colombian Poet Tania Ganitsky. Published by La Jaula Publicaciones with the support of a grant awarded by Idartes.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
ARKHÉ: Latin American Art Archive, Bogotá, Colombia
Paul Gewirtz, collection on Queer art, Connecticut, E.E.U.U