Ezra Bejar
Ezra Bejar
San Diego, CA, United States
About Ezra Bejar
Artist, scientist, and author from Mexico City residing in California. His art narrative is guided by his own transformation after a temporary loss of vision and 30 years of scientific exploration. Paintings showing an alternative reality distilled from traditional and modern methods. His work is provocative, energetic and innovative. Rich in color, geometries, textures and esthetics. Well appreciated, exhibited and collected in the US, Europe, Asia and Mexico. _________________________________ PERSONAL STATEMENT My pursuit is to leave a mark in the art world with innovative paintings and art pieces that communicate visually the complex relationship between art, science and humanity. My art creation process is guided by my own transformative journey initiated by a temporary loss of vision. A sudden shift in my perception of reality and thirty years of research in the lab, were the catalysts to develop an art practice and a method where art, nature and humanity coalesced and merged. The process involves observation, idea generation and media development. I drive the idea first, experimenting the best way to communicate it using multiple layers of physical paint and software. Thoughts and ideas flow from a time scale that include traditions, current events, ideas found in nature, historical documents, world travel and scientific publications. The "Alternative Reality" and "Discoveries" are two series featured here that exemplify well the manner in which my work is expressed.
Education:
Ezra received training and education as an artist and as a scientist. He conducted advanced painting and multimedia studies at San Diego State University, School of Art and Design and received a Ph.D. in pharmacology (Medicinal Chemistry) from University of the Pacific in Stockton. Ezra is also a board member of the International Association of Art/USA.
Events:
"After the Storm" featured in the curated twenty piece collection. Singulart, Paris. Nov 10, 2020.
"Tzompantl" mural video was created by the Binational Mexico-US artists group I belong. The video is traveling around the US and the world through Mexican consulates and embassies. See: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=374288093688644
"The Journey from the South" was featured in JaamZIN Creative magazine, Singapore. Oct 2020. https://issuu.com/jaamzin/docs/jaamzin_20creative_20october_202020
"Crossing," was the selected US print in the Third International Print Biennial, Skopje, North Macedonia, October 2020.
"Cocolixtle" painting was physically integrated in the "Tzompantli Community Mural, Mexican Directorate of Artistic Heritage and Culture. SRE, Mexico City, and Mexican Consulates in Austin, TX and Oxnard, CA.October 26, 2020.
Featured on "Jaamzin Creative" - JaamZin Creative Studios, Singapore City, Singapore. September 28, 2020. https://www.jaamzin.com/post/painter-ezra-bejar
Featured in "Mexican Contemporary Art" collection curated by Singulart, Paris.
"The Journey from the South" was chosen in the "New This Week 08/10/20 Saatchi Art Ninety Nine Artworks" curated by Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory.
"Coronado" n the New This Week 07/13/20 Ninety Nine Artworks curated by Chief Curator, Saatchi Art.
Featured Artist, Ciclo Cultural de Arte en la Cancilleria, Direccion de Patrimonio Cultural, Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Secretaria de Cultura, Gobierno de Mexico, Mexico City, June 1-30, 2020,
"Expresionismo en Azul" at Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT), Ministry of Culture, Mexico. Video 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 at Saatchi Art.
"World Art Day," First Official IAA/USA Members, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
"Bilateral (US-Mexico) Multidisciplinary Artist Encounter," Institute for Mexicans Living Abroad (IME), Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs, Mexican Government. Mexico City, December 5-6, 2019.
"Dreaming a Grove" featured in the 10/24/19 week Saatchi Art Ninety Nine Artworks collection of Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art.
CDCR - Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility Mural Project conceived and directed by SDSU Carlos Castro Arias, May 11, 2019.
1st prize, Vote 4 Art App, Switzerland. "South View," May 2017,
Artist of the Day, Saatchi Art Online, April 5, 2016.
Exhibitions:
Collective "Cocolixtle" in the Tzompantli video and mural. Mexican Consulates in the US and Embassies around the world, November, 2020.
Collective "Amanecer en el Puerto" and "Crossing" virtual exhibition of the "Third International Print Biennial" in Skopje, North Macedonia. November 3-30, 2020.
Collective - "From My Window!" An on line-July IAA members only online exhibition at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts Gallery and IAA/. July 1- 31, 2020.
Solo - "Expresionismo en Azul" Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT) exhibit on line, Secretaria de Cultura, Gobierno de Mexico, Tijuana, BC, Mexico, 2020.
Collective -"WAD" Online exhibit at the Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
Collective - "World Art Day," First Official IAA/USA Members Only Fully Online Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, 2020.
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 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.