José Alberto Jerez

Painter, cartoonist.

José Alberto Jerez, born in 1962 in Bogota, Colombia. 1982-1984 Studied architecture at Universidad De Columbia, Bogota. 1986-1989 Studied drawing at the Instituto Superior de Carrreras Tecnica, Bogota.

1983-1990, cultural worker in various districts of Bogota:

• Co-founder of “Fundación Ensamble”.
• organization of an annual cultural festival in the “zone of 18 workshops” for children and teenagers in drawing and sculpture.
• projects in various schools (wall painting).
• Teaching staff of the District Library “Manuela Beltran” Vesinos de las Granjas de San Pablo 1990 – 1996.

Life in Germany:

• 1996 exhibition of a group of Latin American artists in a casino/Tubingen
• 1996 – 1997 Life in Colombia:
• Exhibition at the National Library of Bogota.
• Exhibition at the Municipal Observatory of Bogota.
• Visiting student in art history at the National University, sculpture and engraving.
• Member of the theater group “Luz de Luna”, Bogota.
• Costume Design Officer at the Instituto Distrital de Cultura
• Artistic advisor, employee of the theater group “Reciclarte”.
• 1998 member of the Association for the Support of Young Artists.
• 1999 exhibition Fördergemeinschaft Junger Kunst eV, at Dr. Peter Billing, Brussels.
• Participation in the art exhibition Hollfelder Kunstausstellung der Hollfelder Kunstfreunde eV in Neckarsulme, German-Latin American Artists Association
• 1999 Member of the initiative for the promotion of art and culture Neckarsulm eV
• Exhibition at Dr. Peter Billing, Brussels.
• Installation of “Faces”.
• Arts and Culture Initiative, Neckarsulm eV.
• Employee of the theater group “Luz de Luna” in Bogota.
• 2000, exhibition in Heilbronn.
• 2001, founding member of Artistas Latinos.
• Association of Latin American Artists in the Stuttgart region.
• Exhibitions at the Contact Böblingen Gallery, the Town Hall, in Stuttgart Ludwigsburg, the Artemis Gerlingen Hotel.
• Until 2003, lives and works in Neckarsulme.
• 2003, Waiblingen.
• 2004 -2009 Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Berlin, Brussels.
• 2010 Berlin, Bernau, Halle, Joachimstal.

Reference: www.alverto.de , 2010