Jorge Gonzalez

Jorge R. Gonzalez

Artist Statement

Why I started, what has and still inspires me, and why I’m in this Road.

Like most visual artists throughout my adolescence, I enjoyed doodling, most classes in school tended to be rather boring to me, which led to my using the side of most composition papers to draw and daydream. As I was entering my high school years, I was inclined to become an airplane mechanic causing my three years of high school to be totally focused on that endeavor.
After graduating from high school, I applied my energy into obtaining a degree in the optical field, but halfway through a certain spark of passion awoke in me towards the arts. I started with drawing, which led to printmaking, then photography and at the end of my studies, years down the road I obtained a degree in sculpture. Photography and painting were also my interests, but sculpture was my true calling.
After graduation from the university, I started my studio and commenced my career in the Fine Arts in what I thought would be my life for years to come. But life tends to throw you curves and things sometimes don’t go as planned. And this is what happened to me, a life changing event or series of events drew me away from the arts for many years. Rai...

Education
1988 Florida International University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture
1986 Miami Dade Community College
Associates in Arts
1984 Miami Dade Community College
Study Abroad Program: England & France Photography & Art History
1980 Miami Coral Park High School
High School Diploma
1980 George T. Baker Aviation School
Sheetmetal Technician

Selected Exhibits
2023 Artist in the Spotlight
Seminole Theater, City of Homestead, Florida
1988 Florida International University
BFA Exhibit at the Frost Art Museum
1987 29th Annual Hortt Juried Exhibition
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1987 Artist in Residence
Altos de Chavon Art Museum, Dominican Republic
1984 Group Show
Nottingham Place, London, England