Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo (27 August, 1959 – 15 July 2024) was a Colombian painter, illustrator, sculptor and cultural promoter, one of the most notable artists of his native region, Valle del Cauca.
Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Juan Fernando Cobo Agudelo August 27, 1959 |
| Died | July 15, 2024 |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking |
Artistic career
editCobo lived and worked in places ranging from his native Cali and nearby Bogotá to Quito, Chicago, New York, Tucson and Madrid, which gave him a broad vision of art. His work was featured in group and individual exhibitions since 1977, in Colombia and around the world.
In his final years, he edited and directed an online Latin American cultural magazine, Primera Plana.
In 2005, he called upon a number of writers and poets from Latin America and Spain to produce a literary anthology about the topic of violence and how it affects women, a particularly significant issue in recent Latin American history. The result was a book entitled MUJER, Soledad y Violencia ("Woman, Solitude, and Violence"), which he subsequently illustrated.
Cobo died in Madrid in July 2024.[1]
Sources
edit- Cobo A., Juan Fernando, (Ed.). MUJER, Soledad y Violencia. 1st ed. Santiago de Cali: Gente con Talento Ltda., 2005. ISBN 958-33-7493-8.
- ArteLista.com, Online Gallery. Entry at http://cobo.artelista.com/ (In Spanish)
- World Artist Directory https://web.archive.org/web/20071008114508/http://accessarts.net/cgi-bin/webdata/webdata_artz.pl?pagenum=81&cgifunction=Search&all_search=painting+watercolor+oil+acrylic&allany=+or+
- Art History Archive http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/glossary/Painters-by-Nationality.html
External links
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20071008112216/http://juanfernandocobo.com/ - The artist's personal website (in Spanish).
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060810170449/http://www.gentecontalento.net/ - The artist's former cultural magazine (in Spanish), now unavailable.
- http://www.primeraplana.co - The artist's cultural magazine (in Spanish).
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- ^ País, El (19 July 2024). "Nadie es profeta en su tierra". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2024.