Juanpablo Bahamonde

I was born in 1987, Chile.
I studied Fine Arts, sculpture, in the Fine Arts School of Viña del Mar, and currently I'm coursing a Ceramics specialty.

I believe in the importance of telling stories, sharing ideas and thoughts, I believe in art that is free from preconceptions, and that flows genuinely in search of what is essential; that is my goal in life and arts, and the path I choose to follow is that of the exploration of my interior self. Because when we stand up and participate in the culture dialogue owning our individuality, we make visible the individualities of everybody else; masculinities, feminities, humanities; we stand out the raw material of which the human society has been built upon; the individual. I believe in the concept of cultural mosaic, and in the moment we exhibit we make sensible our existence in this mosaic.
I like to perceive a sort of symbolism in concrete matter; found objects carry the contents of their history, my possessions are attached with my own biography, tools are filled with the evolution of human made purposes; and since matter equals energy, I do not exclude any medium or material when it comes to achieving my goal:
t...

Educación/Education
2013-… Ceramics specialty, in Escuela de Bellas Artes de Viña del Mar.
2008-2012 Fine Arts, Sculpture, in Escuela de Bellas Artes de Viña del Mar.

Curses & Certificates
2014 I.N.V.E. Laboratorio de Formación en Video Experimental.
2013 Diplomado en Historia del Arte, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
2013 “Creating Site-Specific Dance and Performance Works”(Coursera) Calarts.
2013 Cuenta Cuentos Nivel Básico, Fundación Muskatis.
2012 Escultura en Metal, Universidad de Chile.
2012 “Engranaje y Construcción de una Obra Plástica”, Balmaceda Arte Joven.
2009 Danza Contemporánea, Academia de Danza Miguel Pizarro.
2005 “Inglés B” IBO certificate HL.
2005 “Artes Visuales (esp)” IBO certificate HL.

Solo exhibitions.

2015, “Nesten in Lüneburg - Kammer” in Balyon Gallery. (Lüneburg - Germany)
2014, “Más Acá del Cuerpo” in Plazarte Galería Independiente. (Medellín - Colombia)


Group exhibitions.

2014, “Obras de Taller” en UVM (Viña del Mar)
2012-2013, “Dispositivos Imaginarios” en Casa Abierta de Concón. (Concón)
2012, “Desde Mi Mirada” en Foyer del Teatro Municipal de Viña del Mar. (Viña del Mar)
2012, Trío, en Balmaceda Arte Joven. (Valparaíso)
2011, Performance de clausura Encuentro “Sexualidad(es) Ciudadanía”. (Valparaíso)
2011, XXXIII Exposición Nacional de Arte Joven, Sala Rubén Darío. (Valparaíso)
2011, Exposición de Alumnos de la escuela de BB.AA. de Viña del Mar, Universidad Santo Tomás.
(Viña del Mar)
2010, Exposición de Compañeros de la escuela de BB.AA. de Viña del Mar, Balmaceda Arte Joven.
(Valparaíso)
2008, Bienal Escuela de BB.AA. de Viña del Mar, Centro Cultural Palacio Carrasco. (Viña del Mar)