Armando Villalón

Armando Villalón
From the haze and other atmospheric creations
Biographical Synopsis

Few artists in Venezuela have the fortune to have the outright affection and admiration of the city where they were born, as expressed by Barquisimeto and its citizens for the Master Jesus Armando Villalón.

Born in the capital of Lara state, on July 6th, 1945, in the midst of a middle class family. The well known landscaper, dabbled in the arts of being a parent, having built a solid economic stability, thanks to his business skills.
However, those deserved achievements, product of hard work for the welfare of his family, not daunted his deepest youthful desire to be a painter. Close to turning 30 years old in 1974, Villalón began his formal training in the arts and enrolled at the Art Studio of Artist Ramon Diaz Lugo, one of the most consistent disciples of the master Rafael Monasterios, who is considered as part of the forerunners of landscape movement in Venezuela, in the early twentieth century.

Almost immediately, the young Villalón demonstrated extraordinary qualities to recreate the landscape. Disciplined in his lessons, but without pawning his plastic convictions, quickly he managed to define his own style, characterized by stro...

1981 - 1982
Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Estudio Arjona (Madrid, Spain)
Academia Rogelio García (Madrid, Spain)

In 40 years of experience, the master Villalon has more than 50 individual and collective exhibitions inside and outside Venezuela, this exhibitions include:

2001. Individual - Consulate General of Venezuela, Miami Florida, USA.
2008. Collective - "Three Testimonials of Authenticity from Venezuela", invited by CITGO Petroleum Corporation. The New World Museum, Houston, Texas, USA.
2009. Collective - "Three Testimonials of Authenticity from Venezuela, with special guest Rosibel Ramirez", invited by CITGO Petroleum Corporation. Embassy of Venezuela, Washington DC, USA.
2011. Individual - "Tour of Venezuela", Consulate General of Venezuela, Miami, Florida, USA.
2012. Collective - "Lara, color and canvas in 4 time." Santa Barbara Airlines, Coral Gables, Miami Dade, Florida, USA.
2013. Collective - "Art Exhibition 2013". Square design furniture, Pembroke Pines, Broward Florida, USA,
2014. Individual - "Burgeoning Hope". White's Art Gallery, Bird Road Art District, Miami, Florida, USA.
2015. Individual - "Atmospheres of Landscape and Urban Planning." Country Club of the South, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2015. Collective - "Lara, color and canvas five times." The Grijalva Group, The Woodlands, Montgomery, Texas, USA
2016. Individu...