Juan Diaz

JUAN DIAZ B. 1981, Bogota, Colombia

Juan Diaz was born in 1981 in Bogota, Colombia. His father graduated from Colombia's National University with an emphasis in fine art and recognized his son's natural creative intelligence and artistic gifts by age 5. After graduating high school in 1999, Diaz studied art history, materials, and techniques independently. Jonathan Green Studios granted a three-year Artist Residency (2006-2009), to mentored Diaz in administrative-management methods, and more recently, artist Marcus Jansen provides international affairs art advisory.

Since the late 1990s, Diaz has used painting and drawing to explore the human condition. He added performing art and installations in 2010 to investigate the relationship between life and death. His work reflects a constant search to express his understanding of the human experience and shows a desire to break out of his own comfort zone.

Diaz’ work has been included at the Baker Museum of Art/Artis-Naples, The Naples Depot Museum, Florida Gulf Coast University and Art Basel Miami Beach. Commissions include the Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida and The Naples Art Association.

Diaz was the recipient of Southwest Florida 2013 FACE Award for Culture & Ar...

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Marco Island Center for the Arts. The Gathering. Marco Island, FL
2016 Art Basel. Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater. The LIGHT Performance Art Series Exhibition. Miami, FL
2015 Wynwood Exhibition Center. The Diversity of Life. Miami, FL
2010 Sweet Art Gallery. Naples, FL
2009 Art in the Atrium at Robb & Stucky. Fort Myers, FL.
2009 Oasis. Inside & Out. Fort Myers, FL.
2006 Journeyman Gallery. Life. Death. Freedom. Silence. Naples, FL.

SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Holocaust Museum and Education Center of Southwest Florida. The Garden. Naples, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Method & Concept. Dia de Muertos - Art Exhibition. Naples, FL.
2023 Naples Art Institute. Naples Invitational Exhibition. Naples, FL.
2019 Sidney Berne Davis Art Center. SW Florida Collects. Fort Myers, FL.
2019 Sidney Berne Davis Art Center. THEM An Anthology of Migration. Fort Myers, FL.
2018 Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Southwest Florida Annual Juried Painting Exhibition: Intersection of Man and Nature
2018 Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Parallel Harmonies: Art & Nature. Naples, FL.
2017 Arsenault Studio & Banyan Art Gallery. JUMP U...