Onofre Frías

Presentation
Onofre Frias, Venezuela, 1953. Bachelor of Arts from the best art schools in the country.
30 years continuous in creative work and teaching. Mastered the art of painting, drawing,
sculpture, graphic arts, performance and installations. Awards: Malta Biennial (Malta); Gold
Medal at the First Biennial of Painting of the Caribbean and Central America, Santo
Domingo (Dominican Republic); First Prize in both painting and drawing national
exhibitions . More than 100 national solo exhibitions and over 200 collective. In 1998, he
made a solo in one of the most important museums in Latin America, the Museum of
Contemporary Art Sofia Imber (MACSI).
Onofre has exhibited in Latin America, Europe, Korea, Canada and the United States. His
work is in the collections of the Museum of Latin American Art of the OEA in Washington /
MOLAA Museum of Latin American Art in Los Angeles / Museum of Modern Art, in Bogota,
Colombia / Le Frac for France, Martinique / Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia Imber, in
Caracas / Museums, universities, banks, and private collections both at his country and
abroad / permanent exhibition in Caracas at Eurobuilding Hotel and Marriot Hotel.

.php/artista/biografia

Teaching Activity
Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia Imber MCCSI, Caracas / Bellas Artes Museum,
Caracas / Ateneo de Caracas / Ateneo de Valencia, Carabobo / Carmelo Fernández
Museum, in San Felipe, Yaracuy / Universidad Católica Andres Bello / Universidad Simón
Rodríguez / Art Plastic School Cristóbal Rojas / Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas /
Alejandro Otero Museum / Conferences and talks in Universities / Museums.

International Exhibitions
USA: 2014 artist collective presentation.
Spain: 2012 "Venezuela: Four areas of art" Castillo de Santa Catalina Cadiz.
2009 University of Huelva synchronies Caribbean, collective synchronization in
spring, Sevilla
2002 International Art Fair ARCO, Madrid (Catalog)
2006 "Caribbean 5" (Catalog) Cultural Center Pablo Ruiz Picasso. January.
Torremolinos
1991-1992 Visual Iberoamericana Proposal Itinerant, Sevilla Expo, Barcelona.
France: 2004 French Alliance of Paris.
2003 Espace Meyer - Zafran.
2000 "Injertos Del Alma" in English: "Soul Grafts" (Catalog) Cloitre de Billetes, in
Paris, France, from 16 to September 30.
1998 CIACC Vanhocke Pascal, Paris, France.
1996 "Semaine du Venezuela á Toulouse" (Catalog) Cultural Center Les Mazades,
from 14 to October 20, in France.
1999 Itinéraire 99, Exposition d'Art Contemporain, Levallois, France.
1998 International Center Creation and Contemporary Art, Paris, France.
1997 Vénézuélinne Plastique, Ville de Ruil - Malmaison. Paris.
Grands et Jeunes D'aujord'hui (Catalog) Espace Eiffel - Paris.
Realités Branly 51st Hall Nouvelles (Catalog).
42nd Hall of Montrouge, France.
1996 Collective Venezuela Week in Paris from 15 to October 29, Clöitre des
Bill...