BIOGRAPHY
b. 1951, Santiago, Dominican Republic; lives and works in Paris and Cabarete (Dominican Republic)
Represented by Lyle O. Reitzel in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
José García Cordero was born 1951, in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He studied painting with the Dominican Master Hernández Ortega. In 1977, running away from Balaguer's dictatorship, he moves to Paris in a voluntary exile, where he studied Contemporary History in the University of Vincennes.
"Dividing his time between Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo and Cabarete) and Paris, France, José García Cordero creates large-scale, "double entendre" paintings that reflect both the duality of his personal experience and the conflicts between European and Caribbean culture. Also an eloquent poet/philosopher, this Dominican Republic native is inspired by Latin American authors as much as by visual artists.
To create his astonishing imagery, Cordero relies on the viewer's ability to respond to symbolic metaphor, allegory, irony and biting satire--plus both magic and social surrealism. Not only does he repeatedly depict himself treading water in dangerous territory, he also paints scores of sad-eyed little dogs in threatening life and death situations."
AWARDS
1979 Premio Dibujo, Bienal de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sto Dgo, R. D.
1990 Premio Especial en Pintura. Bienal de Artes Visuales. BID Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom. (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo)
1991 Premio "Novembre a Vitry", Vitry-Sur-Seine, París, Francia
1992 "Medalla de Oro", I Bienal del Caribe y Centroamérica, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, R.D.
1996 "Medalla de Oro", III Bienal del Caribe y Centroamérica, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, R.D.
1997 Invitado Especial a " I Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima", Perú
1999 Premio de adquisición Bienal de artes visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sto Dgo, R.D.
2012 Medalla al Mérito Artístico, Senado Francés, París, FR
2023 ‘Premio Nacional de las Artes Visuales’, Ministerio de la Cultura, Santo Domingo, R.D.
2023 ‘Primer Premio’, III Edición del Salón Bienal de Fotografía y Video del Centro de la Imagen. Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, R. D.
2022 Invitado Especial 29va Bienal de Artes Visuales, Museo de Artes Moderno, Santo Domingo, R.D.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ARCO MADRID, José García Cordero Solo Show - Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery Booth, Madrid, España2021. Opera Nera, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, RD
2021 Opera Nera, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, RD
2019 Re-Fresh, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, RD
2017 Estancias Placenteras, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2016 Tales from the Caribbean Nights, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York
2014 Concierto Unico, Casa de Teatro, DR
2013 El Reposo del Guerrero, Allegro Galería, Panamá
2012 Más de lo mismo…?, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2009 Landscapes Post-Publicitarios 01-09, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2006 L’Eau Qui Dort, Galerie 13Sévigné , Paris, FR
2004 Obras eclecticas:02-04, Galeria Lyle O. Reitzel, Santo Domingo, DR
2004–2003 El Mata-Perros…Y otros como Yo, Galeria Angel Romero, Madrid, ESP
2003 El regreso del Mata-Perros… Y otros como Yo, Lyle O. Reitzel arte contemporáneo, Santo Domingo, DR
2002 Obra Actual, Galería Angel Romero, Colateral ARCO 02, Madrid, ESP
2001 Miedo al Miedo – Obras coyunturales, Lyle O. Reitzel, Arte Contemporáneo, Santo Domingo, DR
2000 Obras Recientes, Galería Artconsult, Panamá, PA
1998 Falsos Trópicos, Lyle O. Reitzel, Arte Contemporáneo, Santo Domingo, DR
Falsos Trópicos, Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, ESP
Millenarium, Freites-Revilla Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1995 Obras Recientes, David Pérez-Mac Collum, Guayaquil, Ecuador
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 'La orilla, la marea, la corriente: un Caribe Oceánico', Sección Curada por Sara Hermann y Carla Acevedo Yates. ARCO MADRID, Madrid, España
2023 Last Summer, Group Show. Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, R. D.
Libro de Imágenes, Group Show. Mar Y Arte durante el Design Week, Ciudad Colonial, R. D.
Digo Buena’ Noche’, Digo Bueno’ Día’, Museo Fernando Peña Defilló, Santo Domingo, R. D.
Salón Bienal, Centro de la Imagen, Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, R. D.
'Trilogía Caribe', junto a José Bedia y Edouard Duval-Carrié, Sección Ejes curada por Direlia Lazo, ZⓈONAMACO México Arte Contemporáneo, CDMX
2022 ZⓈONAMACO México Arte Contemporáneo, José García Cordero y José Bedia, sección ZⓈONAMACO SUR curada por Luiza Teixeira de Freitas
2019 Modo, Tiempo y Lugar, Fundación Chocolate Cortés, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
Re-Fresh, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2018 Espacio Vivo, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2017 22 On Tour, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
2016 Context Art Miami 2016, Miami, FL
2015 XXVIII Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, DR
Context Art Miami 2015, Miami, FL
2012 Scope Art Fair NY 2012, Booth Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York
Opening Casa Cortes, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
Oscuras Aventuras Gráficas, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, DR
KIAF 12, Korea International Art Fair. Booth Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Seul, Korea
2011 Scope Art Fair New York 2011, during The Armory Show, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York
2010 Scope New York 2010, booth Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, New York, NY
Scope Miami Art Fair, during Art Basel Miami Beach 2010, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, Fl
The Base Paint Tents for Haiti, during ‘Art Basel Miami Beach 2010, Green Epic Residence & Hotel, Miami, Fl
PINTA 2010, The Modern & Contemporary Latinamerican Art Fair, Piers 93 & 94, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York
MIA 2010 Miami International Art Fair, booth Lyle O. Reitzel, Miami, FL
2009 Pinta 09 The Modern & Contemporary Latinamerican Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavillion, Booth Lyle O. Reitzel, New York, NY
AGUA’ Artistas Contemporáneos Dominicanos, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo
Arteamericas 09, Miami Beach Convention Center, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Miami, Fl
2008 Pinta 08, Metropolitan Pavillion, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Dominican Power & Solid Friends, During Art Basel Miami Beach 08, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Fl
Extended Boundary, Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center’ Washington, D.C
Full Optimist, co-lateral ‘Art Basel Miami Beach 08’ Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami,FL
MIART 08′:Art Now! Project Room, International Contemporary Art Fair, Lyle O.Reitzel Gallery, Milan, Italy
Arteamericas 08, Miami Beach Convention Center, booth Lyle O. Reitzel, Miami,Fl
Circa 08 International Art Fair, booth Lyle O. Reitzel,San Juan,Puerto Rico
2007 Pinta 07, The Latinamerican Contemporary Art Fair,Metropolitan Pavillion, New York, NY
ART MIAMI 2007, booth Lyle O.Reitzel Gallery, MIAMI BEACH, FL
Arteamericas 07 Miami Beach Convention Center, booth Lyle O. Reitzel, Miami,Fl
CIRCA 07 International Art Fair, booth Lyle O. Reitzel,San Juan,Puerto Rico
2006 The EGO show, co-lateral ‘Art Basel Miami 2006’ Lyle O Reitzel, Wynwood, Miami,Fl
2005 AAF Contemprary Art Fair, booth Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Pier 92, New York. NY
23 Bienal Nacional De Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom
On the right track (Contra – corriente), Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dom
Arteamericas 05,Coconut Grove Convention Center, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery,Miami, Fl
Dominicanazo: new wave of dominican contemporary art, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
ARCO 05, Galeria Angel Romero,Madrid, España
Cuerpo (Im)propio, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, R.D
International Kids Fund Latin American Art Auction 2005, Miami Art Central, Miami FL
2004 Monstruos, monstricos y aspirantes…, Galeria Lyle O. Reitzel, Santo Domingo, R.D
Arteamericas, Feria Internacional de Arte Latinoamericano, Galeria Lyle O. Reitzel, Coconut Grove Convention Center, Miami, Fl
2003 Paradise Lost? Aspects of Landscapes Latin American Art, The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Muestra 2, Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Galeria Lyle O. Reitzel, México, DF
2002 Situaciones Humanas – Human Conditions, MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Latin American Graphics: The Evolution of Identity from the Mythical to the Personal, Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CL
El Cuerpo del Delito, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, DR
2001 ART MIAMI 01, Galería Angel Romero & Lyle O. Reitzel, Miami Beach, FL
Regard Sur L’art Latino Americain FIAC 2001, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, FR
1999 ARCO 99, Galería Angel Romero, Madrid, ESP
1998 ARCO 98, Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery, Madrid, ESP
1996 Premio Marco, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico
Modern and Contemporary Art from the Dominican Republic, Americas Society, New York, NY
Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
1995 Caribbean Visions, The Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, South Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museo Clara Martínez La Romana
MoLAA Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
Fundación Colección Cortés, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
Centro León Jimenes, Santiago, DR
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, DR
Banco Central, DR
Fundación Ortiz Gurdian, León, Nicaragua