Juan Carlos Noria

1968 Caracas, Venezuela

Pop Art

Juan Carlos Noria aka Dixon
FUCK CLEARCHANNEL!!!
A confluence of cultures and contradictions, Juan Carlos Noria is a
painter for our times. Born in Caracas, Venezuela he carries his Latin
American sensibility on his sleeve. As a teen growing up in Ottawa,
Canada, he became an accomplished figure skater. Grace and lines were
an obsession. So, too were his ideas of subversion. He fell out of
skating after hitting the rigid class structure of the sport, finding
comfort (and discomfort) in visual art, on the streets with a paint
can, postering, skateboarding, fleeing police. A strange opportunity
then came. A world tour with Disney on Ice. It heightened his sense of
absurdity, humour and anger, sharpened his visual and social
awareness. Arriving back in Ottawa, he hung up the skates and his
career took flight with live painting performances. So proficient from
his days of graffiti, he quickly earned a reputation for highly
resolved canvases produced in front of appreciative crowds. Through
these events in various venues, Juan Carlos also ensured a showcase
for other young Ottawa artists, raising the bar and pushing them to
achieve with h...

Select Group Exhibitions:

-"Inoxidable Neopop", Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, january 2007;

- "EnRiosTurbulentos", Distrit Quinto, Barcelona, november 2006;

- "Circus", SubV Gallery, Montreal, Que., August 2006;

- "Street Camp", Yves Laroche L'autre Gallery,
Montreal, Que., June 2006;

- WAR CHILD and ARABESQUE, "FREEDOM FIGHTERS", El Mocambo, Toronto, May 2006

- "Hinterland Who's Who",
Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2005;

- "Metal Pig", Orchard Street Gallery, New York,USA, 2005;

- "Contrapeso", ADN Galleria, Barcelona, Spain, March 2005;

- "Opposition Party," SAW Gallery, Ottawa, On. June 2004;

- "Hype 3," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, On. Sept 2002;

- "Beatz and Piecez," 3 Shows, 2002-2003;

- "H.Y.P.E. 2," A.G.O. Toronto, On. Feb. 2002;

- "Visual Funk," Toronto, On. May 2002;

- "Dropping Bombs," Gallery 101, Ottawa, On. Aug. 2001.

- "Long and Skinny" Show, Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, On. 1999.

Other Exhibitions:

- Bingo Shop,
Barcelona, Spain, June 2006;

-"Galerie La Petite Mort Gallery" Ottawa, On. May 2006;

- "Art Guise",You Are Being Lied To, Ottawa, On. 2005;

- "Sav...