| Place and date of birth: |
Medellin Colombia – October 8th, 1960 |
EDUCATION:
Colegio Benedictinos (Benedictinos School)
Medellin, Colombia
Primary
Colegio Los Alcázares (Los Alcazares School)
Instituto El Poblado (El Poblado Institute)
Medellin, Colombia
High School
WORK EXPERIENCE:
After high school, Cristobal started working with Rodrigo Arenas Betancurt, one of Colombia’s most prestigious artists, with whom he learned to work his technique with bronze. After Betancourt’s death in 1995, he prepared a studio and started working independently.
Currently he has around 100 sculptures and paintings, most of them which have been in expositions in Bogota, Medellin, Miami and Europe, with great success:
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| July 2000 |
Medellin’s Mayor House - Sculpture |
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| October 2000 |
Tribute to Justo Arosemena
“Collective”- Sculpture
San Diego Mall
Medellín |
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| June 2001 |
La Obra Art Gallery - Sculpture
Medellín |
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| August 2001 |
FENALCO Art Gallery - Sculpture
Bogotá |
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| November 2001 |
26 painters and sculptors from Medellin - Sculpture
Medellin’s Mayor House |
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| March 2002 |
La Obra Art Gallery
"Collective" First Anniversary - Sculpture
Medellín |
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| October 2002 |
El Castillo Museum
“Collective”- Sculpture
Medellín |
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| September 2004 |
Coral Gables - Sculpture
Miami |
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| December 2005 |
International Biennial of Contemporary Art
Installation
Florence – Italy |
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| November 2006 |
Dann Carlton Hotel – Painting
Medellin |
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| December 2007 |
Galería Nacional – Escultura y Pintura
San José de Costa Rica |
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| June 2008 |
Consulado de Colombia en Miami – Escultura
Miami |
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On numerous occasions, Cristobal has traveled to the United States and Europe in pro of his art. Several of his sculptures are exhibited in the Colombian Embassies in Washington and Madrid, as well as the residence of figures like the United States President, George Bush, Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe, and Colombian former President, Andres Pastrana, as well as the home of Enrique Iglesias and Luis Alberto Moreno, presidents of the Interamerican Development Bank, and in the Zarzuela Palace, home of Spain’s King and Queen.
In Medellin, Colombia, he has two public sculptures, El Genio, natural size sculpture situated in the city surroundings, accompanied by a similar piece, Aladino. Both pieces belong to a series of sculptures named One Thousand and One Nights. These pieces, along with a third called Simbad el Marino, participated in representation of Colombia in the V Internacional Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy in December 2005.
In Boca Raton, Florida (USA) he installed a public piece, Addison Mizner, tribute to the pioneer and founder of the city, 3.5 meters high and with a weight of 1.500 kgs, made in bronze over a 16 meter pedestal.
In 2006 he starts painting, showing his creativity over linen, using acrylic and metal, “Profiles”, an interesting combination he defines as “the fusion of sculpture and painting through the minimization of the forms”.
His “Profiles” are “ephemeral characters that at some time limit their environment in the infinite background of an atmosphere”.
