Ricardo Valbuena

A life of Art, International Travel and Spirituality.

I was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1960. At the age of nine my mother, who had become a widow when I was 2 years old, was posted as a Diplomat and sent to Vienna, Austria where my family (my mother and her four children) lived for two years. This started a life of international travel, which has continued to the present day.

After Austria we moved to Quito, Ecuador where we remained for three years. Then we went to Bilbao, Spain where we lived for four years, and where I finished my high school education.

In 1979 we returned to Colombia where I was expected to go to university to study medicine. When I was due to start medical studies, the National University went on strike for a few months. This allowed me, who had an interest in drawing and painting from an early age, to take a drawing course at the studio of, Colombian artist, David Manzur.

Two years later in 1981, after few months of medical studies, and three semesters of Architecture at the University of Los Andes, I finally made the decision to become a painter. I began working and studying on my own.

In 1982 I moved to London with the intention of studying art. The high cost of College for a foreign stud...

EDUCATION
1979-1980 Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
1979-1981 Taller de David Manzur, Bogota, Colombia
1992-1994 Yoga, Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, India

Selected One Man Exhibitions

1986 Quinton Green Fine Art, London
1987 Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, Colombia
1990 Long & Ryle Art International, London
1992 Galeria Alfred Wild, Bogota, Colombia
Long & Ryle Art International, London
1996 Long & Ryle Art International, London
1998 Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
2000 Origin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
2001 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.
2002 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.
2003 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.
2004 Gallery-Restaurant Mogador, Aspen Colorado, U.S.A.
2006 Aitken Ltd., Centro de Diseno Portobello, Bogota, Colombia
2010 Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
2011 School of Rock, Bogota, Colombia
2012 Cill Rialaig Gallery, Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, Ireland
2014 Unbrales de Luz, Fundacion Grau, Bogota, Colombia

Selected Group Exhibitions

1981 Salon de Artistas, Fundacion Gilberto Alzate Avendano, Bogota, Colombia
1982 Colombian Art in the Twentieth Century, C...