BARTUS BARTOLOMES
BARTUS BARTOLOMES
Monaco, Montecarlo, Monaco
About BARTUS BARTOLOMES
BIOGRAPHY - BARTUS BARTOLOMES
Bartus Bartolomes was born in Venezuela. In 1958 he faced his first experience as an exile in Colombia and Europe due to the change of political regime which occurred in his country, and to which part of his family was linked. Upon finishing his secondary education, he traveled to Europe and settled in Paris. In 1969 he wrote the manifesto of "Kitsch Art", promoting street artistic experimentalism, which he summarized in the books "Lumpen-Visive"; "Flipper Posthume"; "Azure Night Cup"; "Erotogramas and Chacharas", fragmentarily published.
In the early seventies, away from these trends, he published a counter-manifesto in San Francisco, California, proclaiming it "Meta-conceptualism". It was the beginning of his iconographic investigations of the new handwriting and symbolic proposals combining "haiku" and "visive art".
In the late seventies and early eighties he was involved in several events, carried out in Italy and other European countries, organized by the group "Zeta International", promoters of "New Visuality" or "Visive Poetry", together with Carlo Marcello Conti, Lamberto Pignotto, Adriano Spatola, Gerard Jaschke, Eugenio Miccini, Luciana Arbizzani, T. Blittersdorf, Graziella Borghesi, Erio Sughi, among many others.
In the mid eighties, while holding a diplomatic position, he lived in India and China, where he participated in various cultural events. In New Delhi, the "Dhoomi Mall Gallery", considered the best art space at that time, gave him the opportunity to show his work and to interact and form liaisons with the exponents of the vanguard neo-symbolist, informalist and neo-tantric movements of that country. Among them are names that are now reference of contemporary art from India, such as Swaminathan, Satish Gujurat, Santosh, Francis Souza, etc., etc. During this period he was warmly welcomed by critics and the international press in India and began his experimentations in "object-painting", adding sequins and textile to his artistic research. Subsequently, he studied calligraphy in Beijing, China and 'Bantu' art, in Libreville, Gabon, Central Africa.
In the early nineties he returned to his country where he attempted to develop some graphic art proposals with Arturo Carrion and took part in a project to edit a "visive-poetry" magazine called "Nadja", along with some local writers. The group disbanded prematurely because of dissimilar and divergent political and cultural concepts.
Bartus returned to Europe in the mid nineties and started his project on "Global Rights" to water, in an effort to motivate the 'International Community" to create large 'Caves of Drinking Water' to assuage the droughts of 65 countries which were suffering from seasonal shortage of fresh water. These shortages had been occurring with more intensity in recent years due to the incompliance, by almost all governments, to "International Agreements" on the subject of "Sustainable Development", such as the "Kyoto Treaty".
He currently alternates living in Rio, Paris, New York and Caracas, and serves as advisor to institutions devoted to the development of "Alternative Energy" projects. He is also dedicated to writing and compiling his books, which summarize his collaboration in the project "Graphic-Visive Poetry", developed the Italian group "Campanotto". He has promoted in New York several aesthetic manifestations, like: "Khromatone" ; "B2art" in association with such artists and creative minds as Scott Alger, Ken-Co-Kren, Hayley McCulloch, Bobo Ivancich, Alexander Russo, Belen Moreno, Joseph Ian Henrikson, among others.
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Education:
Fine art in France, India, China.
Exhibitions:
2013.
ST. ART 2013, Foire Européenne d’Art Contemporain
22 au 25 novembre. GALLERY MONTEOLIVETO. Strasbourg - Wacken.
BEIJING ART EXPO 2013.
HOMMAGE A MATISSE / NICE-FRANCE 2013.
AAF STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN OCT. 3/6.
Art Monaco 2013. ‘One Man Show’. Sculptures. Gallery Monteoliveto. Nice- France.
‘Snug Harbor Art Lab. Public Project. . State Island, N.Y. USA;
‘41st Salon Antibes. & Modern Art Fair’’. April 20th/May 6th.Port Vauban. Old Port of Antibes.
‘Smart Aix en Provence Art Fair. May 2/6. Gallery Monteoliveto. France.
‘Art of the Prom’. Promenade des Anglais.7/9 june. Gallery Monteoliveto.Nice. France
‘Transitoriedad’. Ateneo del Táchira. Salón de Lectura. ‘One Man Show,’ San Cristobal. Tachira. Vzla;
Biblioteca Civica di Feltre, Belluno. Italia. Poesia Visiva Group Show.
Art Monaco 2013. Irreversible Art Projects, Air Sculptures. Giants in the City.
Global Art Gallery. “Rassegna Internazionale Plagi” Globalart . Noicataro, Italy
Miami International Art Fair. (MIA) Irreversible Art Projects.
MIA Encore Aboard SeaFair. April 4/7
2012
Miguel Rodes Art Project Bird Road / Miami - Florida.
The Contemporary Art Ruhr ‘C.A.R.’ Autumn Exhibition at Zollverein Heritage Site.
Essen Germany. Public Art Project. Installation.
The Office Contemporary Art, Roma Italy
13th Annual day of the ‘Dead Exhibition’ at SomArts Cultural Center
San Francisco, California. Public Art Project. Two artists show & Installation.
Grafito International Art Exhibition . Miami Florida.
One Hundred Twenty Eight Gallery. Lower East Village, N.Y.C
YAA Museum Broward County Library, Public Project/Giants in the City. Florida.
Kavachnina Contemporary Art Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, Florida
Area 24 Art Gallery. Napoli, Italy
‘BluorG’ Gallery, Bari, Italy. Group Show
Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City . Mexico.
The Art Link Gallery, Miami-Wynwood, USA.
Zona Maco. Mexico Arte Contemporaneo. Anonymous Gallery .
‘Arte America’. ‘’ Irreversible Art Projects’’. Miami Beach Convention Center. Two Artists Show.
Museo di Matino. Magliano, Italy . Group Show .
‘Burning Man Passport Proposal’ Black Rock City & Desert.
2011
‘Giants in the City’, Monumental Sculpture Project, Bay Front Park, Miami Art Basel Collaterals Events;
’Arte Padova’ 22ª Edizione. Campanotto Graphic & Art Books Group Show. Padova. Italy
‘Latinamente’ Prima Piano LivinGallery, Lecce Italy.
Art Verona Art Fair, Campanotto Group Show , Verona, Italy
Art Platform Art Fair, Anonymous Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
World Monuments Fund Gallery, NY, USA
2010
PINTA, International Art Fair , Solar Gallery, NY, USA
D.A.S (Descubrimiento de America), Guest Artist ,Países del Mercosur.
Consulado Argentino. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
World Monuments Fund Gallery, NY, USA
Festival del Libro d’Arte. Campanotto Ed.Graphic Art Works. Bologna. Italy
2009
World Monuments Fund Gallery, NY, USA
Fiera Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea di Bologna. Campanotto Ed. Lithographs