Jose Maria Casas

José María Casas
January the 7th, 1981, Mar del Plata, AR.

He studied Ceramics (from 1987 to 1989), Drawing (from 1989 to 1993) and Painting (from 1993 to 1997) with teacher Marcela Angera. During 2006 he has done workshops on painting analysiss with the Masters Ary Brizzi, Hencer Molina, Lydia Tarica, Susana Fedrano, Juan C. Lasser, Salvador Costanzo, Daniel Perez, and Eduardo Mac Entyre. He continued working with Master Hencer Molina during 2007 and 2008. In 2009 Casas went to Ernesto Ballesteros's workshop on artwork analysis at Mundo Dios. In 2010, he attended Sol del Rió and Leopoldo Estol's "Encuentros de Dialogos Con Artistas" at Bruzzone Museum.

Trying to avoid the usual, Jose Maria has developed a strong personal style that outstands for its shocking but clear use of color, the balance and equilibrium of his compositions which creates the feeling that "everything is in it's right place", and his painting's great expressionism. His approach to the art materials is goes trougth the experimental path, and his creations are strongly influenced by music.

His work plays with the multiplicity of interpretations. He wants it, he goes for it. Instead of closing and imposing, his work tries to open and liberate, so as t...

Art Education:
- `87 -`89 - Ceramics workshop, Prof. Marcela Angera, MDQ, AR.
- `89 -`93 - Drawing workshop, Prof. Marcela Angera, MDQ, AR.
- `93 -`97 - Painting workshop, Prof. Marcela Angera, MDQ, AR.
- `00 -`05 - Self-taught painting studies.
- `05 -`06 - Bi-monthly analysis of paintings with Master Hencer Molina, BA, AR.
- `06 - Engraving on cloth seminar with Julia Rossi, Inst. Cromos, BA, AR.
- `06 - Analysis of paintings with Masters: Ary Brizzi, Lydia Tarica, Juan C. Lasser, Susana Fedrano, Salvador Costanzo, Hencer Molina, Daniel Perez, and Eduardo Mac Entyre, BA, AR.
- `06 - "Artes Contemporaneas: Sensibilidad y Percepciones" seminar, with Alicia Romero and Marcelo Gimenez, Cromos Institute, Buenos Aires, AR.
- `08 - Analysis of paintings with Master Hencer Molina, Buenos Aires, AR.
- `08 - "Curaduria: administracion, diseo, y montaje de exhibiciones" course with Isabel Block y Carol E. Vitagliano, Inst. Filadelfia de Estudios Avanzados, BA, AR.
- `09 - Watercolor workshop, Prof. Jorge Melo, MDQ, AR.
- `09 - "Esbozo para una Teoria Estetica. Tiempo y Espacio: El paso de la poiesis a la obra-objeto" seminar, with Guillermo Lema, U.T.N., MDQ, AR.
- ` 09 - Analysis of paintings with Ernesto Ballesteros, Mundo Di...

You can find the complete exhibitions list at: http://josemariacasas.com/exhibitions.html

Lastest exhibitions:
- "Mas alla de la Superficie" at Babel Art Space, San Telmo, Buenos Aires - Mar. 2013 - [Solo Show]
- "Mas alla de la Superficie" at Centro Provincial de las Artes Teatro Auditorium, Mar del Plata - Oct. 2012 - [Solo Show]
- "Desembarco", Babel Art Space, San Telmo, Buenos Aires - Dec. 2011 - [Solo Show]
- "Satori", Ciudad Cultural Ñ - La Normandina, Mar del Plata - Mar. 2011 - [Solo Show] - "Objeto-Pinturas", Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires. - May. 2010 - [Solo Show]
- "Código País", Buenos Aires - Apr. 2010 - [Collective]
- "Cartografías Abstractas y Objeto-Pinturas", Ciudad Cultural Ñ, Mar del Plata - Feb 2010 - [Solo Show] - Juan Carlos Castagnino Museum, Mar del Plata - Sep. 2009 - [Collective]