Ezra Bejar

Ezra Bejar

San Diego, CA, United States

About Ezra Bejar

EB is an expressionist / scientist from Mexico City residing in California. He creates “transformative” paintings depicting an alternative reality at the intersection of art, science and humanity. Ezra's art is guided by his own transformation after a temporary loss of vision and 30 years of research. His paintings are distilled from traditional and modern methods, including algorithms, multimedia and science. His work is bold, provocative, and highly original. Rich in color, lines, geometries, texture and esthetics. Well appreciated, exhibited and collected in the US, Europe, Asia and Mexico. _________________________________ PERSONAL STATEMENT I am driven to create meaningful art. Guided by my own transformative journey after an eye condition, and while spending thirty years of research in the lab, I developed an artistic practice emphasizing the intersection of art, science and humanity. The process in my studio includes observation, idea and method development and media experimentation using software and physical paint. Thoughts and ideas flow from a time scale that include traditions of my ancestors. Ideas found in nature, historical documents, world travel and scientific publications. "Expressionism in Blue" and "Discoveries" are two recent collections showing the ways I fuse art and science.

Education:

Ezra received training and education as an artist and also as scientist in Mexico and the US. He has a BS, and MS degrees (experimental biology) and a Ph.D. (pharmacology and medicinal chemistry). After his scientific career, he enhanced his art attending San Diego State University, School of Art and Design. He spent two years participating in independent studies on multimedia art and advanced painting.

MEMBERSHIPS
- International Association of Art (IAA/IAIP)
- American Botanical Council (ABC)

Events:

"Expresionismo en Azul" (Expressionism in Blue) at Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Secretaria de Cultura, Gobierno de Mexico. Video available on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du8JZ4bkyaQ

"Cat in the Mulberry Tree" in the New This Week 04/20/20 Ninety Two Artworks curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art.

"World Art Day," First Official IAA/USA Members, Los Angeles, CA, 2020

"Bilateral (US-Mexico) Multidisciplinary Artist Encounter," Mexico City, December 5-6, 2019. Institute for Mexicans Living Abroad (IME), Ministry of Culture, and, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexican Government.

"Dreaming a Grove" in the 10/24/19 week Saatchi Art Collection of Ninety Nine Artworks curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art.

Participated in the CDCR - Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (RJD) Mural Project conceived and directed by SDSU Carlos Castro Arias, May 11, 2019.

1st place winner of cash prize, Vote 4 Art App, Switzerland. "South View," May 2017,

Artist of the Day, Saatchi Art Online, April 5, 2016.

ON LINE sketches and ideas posted weekly on Instagram at:
https://www.instagram.com/ezra.bejar/
https://www.instagram.com/expressionsinblue/

Exhibitions:

Individual on line "Expresionismo en Azul" Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Secretaria de Cultura, Gobierno de Mexico, Tijuana, BC, Mexico, 2020.

Collective on line- Gloria Delson Contemporary Art Gallery, online exhibit, Los Angeles, CA, 2020

Collective on line- First Official IAA/USA Members Only Fully Online Art Exhibition, "World Art Day," Los Angeles, CA, 2020. https://www.iaa-usa.org/new-page

Solo-Transforming the Landscape. Casa de Oro - San Diego County Library, Community Room, October 7-March 20, 2019.

Collective- Botánica Retórica, Three paintings to explain the philosopher's stone. Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico City, December 19, 2019. Multidisciplinary exhibit of the works of select Binational (US-Mexico) artists.

Solo- Discoveries: Ten paintings out of a test tube. Casa de Oro - San Diego County Library, Main library July 1-January 25, 2019.

Collective- Ghosts in the Forest. San Diego Art Institute C-Note exhibit and sale, Balboa Park, November 14-17, 2019.

Collective, Hints about Balche, Artbox Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, September-November 2019.

Collective- ARTBOX.PROJECT ZÜRICH 1.0, August 15th to 19th, 2019.

Collective- San Diego Art Institute, C-Note, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, November 8-11, 2018.

Collective- San Diego State University, School of Arts and Design, San Diego, October 30- November 13, 2018.

Collective- Lucid Impulses, San Diego State University, San Diego, October 4-30, 2018.

Collective- Artbox Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, September 1-30, 2018.

Collective- bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, August 4-18, 2018

Collective- San Diego State University, April 23-May 1, 2018

Collective- "South View" and "Modernite" in New York 1.0. ARTBOX PROJECT at the Armory Art Weeks in New York, March 5-17, 2018.

Collective- Artbox, Switzerland, Participating with "Afflatus" at the Euroairport, Swiss side, Event platform Luminator. June 14-18, 2017 part of the Basel Art Weeks.

Collective- Vote4Art, Art Application by Ideenmeisterei GMBH General-Guisan-Strasse 6, 6300 Zug, Switzerland, October 15 2016 - May 15, 2017. "South View," "Otra Arboleda" "Afflatus," "An Unusual Day," "Ocean," "Dream," "Alegria," and "Atemoztli"

Collective- Artbox.Project Miami at Spectrum, Artweeks in Miami, FL, Nov 30 - Dec Dec 4 2016. Booth 211, 1700 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132. Participating with: "Alegria" at the Collective Exhibition Artbox.Project Miami 1.0.

Collective- Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA)- Artist Alliance, North Coast Repertory Theater, Solana Beach, CA during the West Coast Premiere of Way Downriver; William Faulkner's "Old Man," from April 13–May 8, 2016. Play adapted by Edward Morgan and directed by David Ellenstein. Participant with "Rain is Coming Down," 2016.

Collective- Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA)- Artist Alliance, North Coast Repertory Theater, Solana Beach, CA During the U.S. Premiere of George Feydeu's "Now You See It" translated by Kenneth McLeish and Directed by Bruce Turk. Participating with: "Camellia and RetinART" 2016.

Collective- Latin American Art Festival, NTC Liberty Station, San Diego, CA 2016."Mexico Paintings and Digital Collages,"

Collective- San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, "Green Tapestries and Pansies" 2015,

Solo- Long Beach City Hall, Long Beach, CA. "Camellia and Kelp Life," 2014.

Solo- Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach, CA, "Impressions from the Right Angle" 2014,

Solo- Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach, CA. "Ocean and Signals in Long Beach" 2014,

Solo- Green Bliss Cafe, Fullerton, CA,
"RetinART," 2013.