Javier Cárcamo (born January 25, 1980) is a Guatemalan novelist and visual artist.[1] Alongside the muralist Jorge Corleto and other artists, the murals that illustrate the history of art, in the walls of the Popular University of Guatemala, declared as Cultural Heritage of Guatemala, by the Instituto de Antropología e Historia (Institute of Anthropology and History).[2]
Javier Cárcamo | |
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 Javier Cárcamo | |
| Born | January 25, 1980 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Occupation | Novelist, Visual artist |
| Education | Roberto Cabrera School of Art, Popular University Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
| Period | 1999–present |
| Genre | Literature, fiction, dark fantasy |
| Literary movement | Gothic surrealism |
Biography
editJavier Cárcamo was born in Guatemala, Guatemala, on January 25, 1980. He was born in the suburbs of Guatemala City and studied in the Roberto Cabrera[3] night school of plastic arts, of the Popular University of Guatemala. Cárcamo worked alongside artists such as the muralist Jorge Corleto,[4] the painter Francisco Escobedo and the sculptor Byron Ramírez.[5]
Other of his collections were "Stigio '99", "The Tunnel of the Massacres", "Reliving the Scene of the Crime", "After Hours of Thought" and "Gods You Are", a collection of engravings created with blood. He was a teacher at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla" (National School of Plastic Arts) (ENAP) and his collection Art is Not Explained was presented to commemorate the centenary of the school.[6]
As a novelist, he has published "Words that you would never dedicate" (Palabras que Nunca Dedicarías), in the year 2003, "What I Wrote While You Were Hiding" (Lo que escribí mientras te escondías), (2008) and "The Apotheosis of the Stones" (2019), a psychological and gothic novel.[7]
Visual arts exhibitions
editLiterature
edit- Words that you would never dedicate A Novel (2003, Lidet; ISBN 978-99939-0-734-3 [1])
- What I Wrote While You Were Hiding A Novel (2008, Lidet; ISBN 978-99939-0-733-6 [2])
- Genesis Empresarial Foundation 30th Anniversary (2018, Genesis Empresarial Foundation; ISBN [3]
- The Apotheosis of the Stones: A Novel (2019, Lidet; ISBN 978-9929-787-44-5 [4])
References
edit- ^ "Diccionario de artistas guatemaltecos – Prensa Libre". December 29, 2002.
- ^ Abrego, Berta. "Recorra los murales de la Universidad Popular".
- ^ Mobil, Jose A. (2002). Historia del arte guatemalteco (2a., corr. y aum ed.). Guatemala: Libros y Revistas de Centroamérica. p. 322. ISBN 978-99922-917-8-8. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Artista guatemalteco demostró su talento en colorido mural en México". March 3, 2020.
- ^ "El Mundo Mágico de Javier Cárcamo". Issuu.
- ^ "Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas celebra su centenario". May 11, 2020.
- ^ ">> Agencias ISBN".
- ^ Lopez, Esvin (July 4, 2017). "Jorge Corleto y Chucho Callejero presentarán una exposición de obras inéditas en el Club Italiano".
- ^ López, Stephany. "Los Chuchos Callejeros toman el Club Italiano".
- ^ "Exposición El Arte no se Explica – SIC". www.sicultura.gt. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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