SITIO WEB: http://marthacotes.com/
RESUME
Born in Barranquilla, a city located on the north coast of Colombia. Since She was a child she had a strong inclination towards art, elaborating pencil drawings; In 1979 wins an intercollege drawing contest in the city of Bogotá.
In 1980 at the Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Switzerland deepens her studies in history of arts. Sharing with different cultures, opened her a universe of concerns and wanted too embrace the world and unify it through her paintings.
In 1984 she began studies in management of the different techniques in plastic arts at the Colombo-French Alliance of Cartagena with the master Jean Pierre Accault.
In 1988 she entered the School of fine arts from Cartagena, continuing her studies with the teacher Benjamín Olier and also ventures into photography and art of stained glass. In this lapse of time participates in different individual and collective regional exhibitions.
In 2003 reinforces oil techniques in conceptualist trends with her teacher Camilo Calderon.
In 2005 she makes workshops with Joseph Hinton (teacher of contemporary art in Harvard University).
In 2010 participates in art worshops at the MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
LAST EXHIBITIONS
- Bodegón de la Candelaria gallery
Cartagena,
year 1997 - Escuela de Bellas Artes
Cartagena, year
2003 - La Cometa gallery
Bogotá,
year 2004 - Art lounge “Origen Colombia”
Cartagena, years
2004 – 2005 - Hotel Santa Clara gallery,
Cartagena,
Year 2006 - Cano Gallery Cartagena,
year 2007 - Landucci Gallery,
Mexico D.F.
year 2008 - Colombian Consulate in New York ,
year 2009 - Montserrat Art Gallery
New York,
year 2009 – 2010 - Expo-Arte 2010” New York
- Colective “Viva Cartagena 2010”
Museo de Arte Moderno Cartagena - Hotel Hilton Art Gallery,
Cartagena,
year 2010 – 2011 - “Habitat 80” Gallery
Barranquilla,
year 2011 - Museo Naval de Cartagena,
Year 2012 – 2013