FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN ORIGINAL & HAND SIGNED WORK OF ART (SILKSCREEN ON WOVEN PAPER)

CREATED BY THE

HIGHLY ACCLAIMED & AWARD WINNING COLOMBIAN ARTIST

PEDRO ALCANTARA HERRAN

UNTITLED ARTWORK
1981 FROM THE ANCESTORS SERIES

ARTE MODERNO GALERIA IN CALI, COLOMBIA

THIS IS A MUSEUM QUALITY SCREEN PRINT ON WOVEN PAPER STOCK. FRAME MEASURES 24 1/2" BY 18 1/2" INCHES. ITEM IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS DISPLAYED IN THE PHOTO GALLERY.

Pedro Alcántara Herrán Martinez is an outstanding painter, illustrator, graphic artist, set designer, teacher, cultural leader, born in Cali, Colombia).
As a guest artist has represented Colombia in exhibitions and international biennial, between 1970 and 2005 in: Venice-Italy; Krakow-Poland; Fredriskstad-Norway; Berlin-Germany; Italy; Bologna-Madrid-Spain; Helsinki-Finland ; Brno-Czechoslovakia; Kyoto - Japan; Kochi-Japan; Seoul-Korea; Tokyo-Japan; Taipei-Taiwan; Baghdad-Iraq; Sao Paulo - Brazil; Córdoba-Argentina; Havana-Cuba; San Juan-Puerto Rico; Trujillo - Peru; Caracas-Venezuela.

The most outstanding awards he has received are: 1962, gubbio award and gold medal of the council of ministers, Italy; 1963 National Hall of artists, Bogotá, 1965 National Hall of artists, bogotá; 1967 Hall, National Artists, Bogotá, 1969 National Hall of artists, Bogotá, 1971 National Hall of artists, bogotá; 1973 Biennial, Pan American Graphic Arts, Cali; 1980, Gold Medal, Intergrafik, Berlin, Germany; 1981 Biennial Friedrikstad, Norway; 1982 Biennial, the third world, Baghdad, Iraq; 1982, Grand Prix, biennial of brno, Czechoslovakia; 1884, international labour organization , Santiago, Chile; 1991 Biennial, Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico Latin American; ministry of foreign affairs of the German Parliament, bonn; foundation rentsma, Berlin, Germany; states general of culture, Paris, France; Pole-Sud, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Individual exhibits
1974-10 years of graphic work, Luis Ángel Arango, bogotá; museum of Latin American printmaking, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1980-Alcantara 1960-1980, museum of modern art in bogotá; museum of modern art the tertulia, Cali.
Recent drawings, the sings gallery, New York.
1989-Gallery of modern art, Cali.
1993-Gallery Diners, Bogotá.
Bolivarian Museum of contemporary art, Santa Marta.
Group exhibitions
1962-prize gubbio.
Prize of journalists, Rome.
1968-Latin American exhibition of printmaking and drawing, Caracas. Biennale of Buenos Aires.
1969-xx Hall of National Artists, Library Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá.
1984-I biennial of Havana, centro wifredo lam, Havana.
1990-Xxxiii National Hall of artists, corferias, Bogotá.
1992-Xxxiv National Hall of artists, corferias, Bogotá.
1993-VI Regional Hall of artists, corferias, disambiguation) give bogotá.
1994-XXXV National Hall of artists, corferias, Bogotá.
1995-for what purpose, Gallery Genii Vila, Cali
1995-museum vial to cartagena
1995-museum vial to bugalagrande
Distinctions
1963-prize, XV HALL OF COLOMBIAN ARTISTS, National Museum, Bogotá.
1965-prize, XVII HALL OF COLOMBIAN ARTISTS, National Museum, Bogotá,
1966-prize, XVIII Hall of National Artists, Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá.
1967-prize drawing, biennial of Latin American drawing and printmaking, Caracas,
1973-prize drawing, I American Biennale of Graphic Arts, Cali.
1976-Gold Medal and prize, intergrafik 76, Berlin.
1996/2002-Cultural Committee of the society of public improvements Cali
Calima Gold Medal and Jorge Isaacs, cultural merit
Chairing the worker cooperative of artists integrartes, of which he is co-founder in 1997
Taken from the book: XXXV National Hall of artists
Bogotá, 1994.