Alicia H Torres

Biography

I was born in Colombia. Studied in Barranquilla at Marymount School. Spent four years in Switzerland where I studied art history. There I had the chance to visit European museums and enjoy and admire what I love most - art and all of its expressions.

I graduated in psycho-pedagogy at the Corporación Universitaria de la Costa. Presently, I reside in Miami, Florida, where I took Ikebana classes at Fairchild Tropical Gardens with the Japanese teacher Mieko Kubota and ceramic classes with the master Rafael Consuegra where I had my first exhibition. I also took portrait classes with Yovani Bauta. I have completed painting courses for five years at Miami Dade College with renowned painter Baruj Salinas.

Artist Statement

Creativity is my motivator, what truly comes from the inside out and the only thing that brings me satisfaction and happiness. My work contains the beauty and the admiration of the world. I follow in my abstraction the path of life and its elements. The texture, composition and intense colors are the main elements of my paintings put into a paper, canvas or a board. The figures are ambiguous, sometimes distorted to make abstraction, scattered all over the sea, the earth, the sky, the ...

I graduated in psycho-pedagogy at the Corporacin Universitaria de la Costa. Presently, I reside in Miami, Florida, where I took Ikebana classes at Fairchild Tropical Gardens with the Japanese teacher Mieko Kubota and ceramic classes with the master Rafael Consuegra where I had my first exhibition. I also took portrait classes with Yovani Bauta. I have completed painting courses for five years at Miami Dade College with renowned painter Baruj Salinas. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 Elite Art @ Wynwood to Art Basel Elite Art Editions Gallery Wynwood Art District. Miami, Florida December 8th Masters Mystery Art Show ( FIU) Ritz Carlton Hotel Miami Beach, Florida December 6th 85@85 - MiArte Gallery Coral Gables, Florida December 1st Tendencies Elite Art Editions Gallery -Wynwood Art District. Miami, Florida. September 8th Bis - Arte Como a Arte . 1a. Bienal Internacional de Sorocaba.(Bronze medal) Brasil. August 26th Independence Art Exhibition Elite Art Editions Gallery- Wynwood Art District. Miami, Florida. July 14th Woman for a Cause in the Arts Elite Art Editions Gallery -Wynwood Art District. Miami, Florida. June 9th Urban Landscape Tower Theatre of Miami Dade College-Miami, Florida. June 6th Tema Libre Tower Theatre of Miami Da...