Hanavarro (Hugo A Navarro) was born in Santiago, Chile in 1956. At the
age of 20 he moved to the United States.
Introduction to the Arts: Painting-Poetry-Theatre-Film-making
Back in Chile (1989 -1998). In 1992 at the age of 35, he studied and attended different Arts Schools and
work-shops: Theatre with Elihu Galvan ,a Theatre Director from Mexico; Film-making with Daniel Sandoval ,a Chilean
Film Director resident in France and the creator of the first "Festival del Cine Mudo De La Serena"; Painting and
Drawing Schools Taller 619 and Fundacion Claudio Arrau . His first exposure to charcoal/drawing and sketching (live
models) was with Fernando Allende, a graduate from the Fine Arts School of the Universidad de Chile and watercolor
and drawing with Susan Rosnowski, a Fine Arts School Graduate of the Universidad Catolica de Chile.
Becoming the full time Painter:
In 2002, while working full time in the Elevator Industry and studying Electro mechanics and Construction for four
years and later worked as a dental apprentice technician in ceramics in two dental laboratories, Mr.
Hanavarro continued taken classes at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center in Michigan.
-He studied Classical painting and Modern art with Roumen Boudev M.F.A., National Art Academy, Sofia (Bulgaria),
a professor of Painting at the National Art Academy in Bulgaria and Art Teacher at CCS (College for Creative Studies)
-Art History, Landscaping and Portraits with Dianne Benoit, a graduate from a Fine Arts School of The College for
Creative Studies (Detroit, Michigan), and Jorge Torres (Member of The Michigan Society of Portraits Artists and The
American Society of Portrait Artists).
In addition, Mr. Hanavarro has participated in several events with the
local art community and exhibitions.
Biography and Artist Statement
•555 Gallery: artists Dan Gay, Carl Goines, Brian Heath, Monte, Nicole
Parker, Lindsey Verschuren, "ILL Magazine" artists and Film Director/Sculptor
James Bonner (movie "Trap"). Detroit, 2006.
Academicos
-1992/1995 Taller 619 estudio pintura y dibujo. Santiago Chile.
-2002/2004. Birmingham-Blommfield Art Center. Estudio figura, retrato y arte
contemporaneo
en Oleo.
-2004. 2006 Michigan Society of Portrait & Landscaping Group, estudio Art History. Clarkston
Michigan USA.
Exposiciones
•1996 (Solo) Cafe Galeria Kawin Dungun. Santiago, Chile.
•2005 (Grupo) Gallery on 3rd. Rochester, Michigan USA.
•2005 (Grupo) Detroit’s historic Scarab Club, Silver Edition. Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2006 (Grupo) 555 Gallery "Mensaje Latino". Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2006 (Grupo) The Wayne State University, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies "Visions
of Peace Children’s Art Exhibition". Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2006 (Grupo) ACLU Organization "Lady Liberty Project". Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2006 (Solo) Bagley Housing Gallery "Latino Pop and Abstract Show”. Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2006 (Solo) 555 Gallery (Artist in Residence), Artist Talk “Abstract Platforms”
Awarded by the Puffin Foundation Grant. Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2006 (Grupo) Benjamin Franklin Project. Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2007 (Grupo) 555 Gallery Show Love. Detroit, Michigan USA.
•2007 (Grupo) Certamen Goya. Urban Landscaping. Bilbao, Spain.
•2007 (Grupo) ACLU Organization Lady Liberty Project. Michigan USA.
•2008 (Grupo) 555 Gallery Show Love. Michigan, USA.
•2008 (Grupo) 555 Gallery Proyecto Benjamin Franklin. Michigan, USA.
•2008 (Grupo) Madonna University. Livonia, Michigan USA.
Premios
•2006 Puffin Foundation Grant. Michigan, USA.
"When as a child and I couldn't sleep at night
Looking through a crystal marble into the light
I found my first colors, ".
"Every Time I Paint, I Discover Part of Me"
I go through so many emotional stages as I start choosing my colors and to refine my own way of expression
through the paint. Most of the time, it is by experimentation and connection of my poetry with the imagery. It's so
important, because every time I paint, there are feelings involved with ideas and concepts such as Natural
Disasters, Passion and Poetry, War, Abstracts Platforms and "Gravity".
"Platform of Gravity"
Is the source of "Life" in the Universe
And
"Painting"
Is the source of the "Abstraction of Gravity" in the canvas.
To me, there is only one way of painting, and it is how you feel in that moment, and the "moment" will define my
colors. And "Technique" is what will, in the end,
define an artist's stage of development in terms of style and goals.
I do experiment with layers of colors and "Texture", using Oil and Acrylic as
mixed media with which I express myself through the forms, shapes and shadows. It is then, when my nature
comes out.....just me, my pallet knives,
brushes and the colors waiting to rest forever on that canvas in a way where passion takes over."
Hanavarro
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