Toribio Quintero

Free Thinker. Toribio (born April 4, 1975) is a Venezuelan Visual Artist who has stood out for his continuous study and mastery of expression and visual knowledge through painting, sculpture, installation and now his creativity operates with audiovisual media (video-art). The concept of his work has been focused on natural spaces; in the macro and microbiology, as well as in the ethnic aspects, building a bridge from the primitive to the contemporary and vice-versa. He studied Visual Arts at the Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela and obtained a degree in 2008. The formation of Toribio Quintero has been completed with trips and experiences to cities such as Santa Marta (Colombia, 1994), Venezuelan Amazonia (1995), Milan, Parma, Venice (Italy, 1998); Paris (1998, France) and the amazing landscapes of the Merida moors. In relation to his most recent artwork belonging to the serie "Legendarias y Legendarios", year 2014-2018, it is a tribute to all the forms of life that have stood out in his proposals, is constituted by a series of paintings and sculptures influenced by Pre-Columbian art from a contemporary perspective. On the other hand, the serie "888 and 999", year 2015-2018, is an approximation to the virtual language of t...

Licenciado en artes visuales,universidad de los andes,2008
Mérida, Venezuela
Seminario de la Energía del Punto Zero, dictado por la Fundación Alianza Universal.. Mérida, Venezuela
2006
Seminario Internacional de Semiótica Dictado en la Facultad de Artes. Organizado por Dr. Rocco Mangeri.. Mérida, Venezuela
2003/Julio
Seminario de Arte y Ciencia, dictado por Prof. Víctor Lucena , Museo de Juan Félix Sánchez y Epifania Gil. Mérida, Venezuela
2003/Octubre
Seminario de Arte y Ciencia, dictado por Prof. Víctor Lucena en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela

1996
Novel Artista Plástico. 1º Premio Ramiro Najul. AVAP-Mérida, Venezuela.
1999 .2000, beca de estudio en Italia ,Suiza y Francia, por la familia Alemani Barbieri.