Visiting Card: Landscapes by Cipriano Martínez Foyer of the Bolívar Hall After the opening, visits by appointment only 020 7383 5850 Exhibition dates: 18 April - 7 June For the exhibition Landscapes, Cipriano presents a series of recent paintings that use exciting and varied media. The pieces are a suggestion of maps: from the duality of Cartesian order vs. chaos, they aim to question the objectivity of conventional cartography.

Andrés Issac Santana wrote of his work: “Weavings, patterns of
nerves, mental projections prefiguring misleading ideas of possible
maps - these are some of the resources Cipriano Martínez uses to
draw a landscape. Nobody can encounter his work with an innocent
gaze. All have the favourable prejudice that art always means
something, because the lack of a name confounds, torments,
and unhinges pure reason”.

Andrés Issac Santana. ArtNexus. No. 60. Volume 5. Year 2006
www.ciprianomartinez.com

Cipriano Martínez was born in Venezuela. Having first graduated
as a Civil Engineer from the Central University of Venezuela,
he went on to study Fine Arts at the Armando Reverón Institute,
both in Caracas. In 1999, he obtained a Master in Fine Arts from
Chelsea College of Art & Design. He currently lives and works
in the UK.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions: 2001 Expacio, Bolívar Hall, London; 1999 Galería
Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain; 1998 Morfologías Visuales,
Museo del Oeste Jacobo Borges, Caracas.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2006 Ibero American Art Fair FIA
Sala Mendoza, Caracas; Latin American Art Auction, Casa de
Subastas Fernando Durán, Madrid; 2005 Torres de Caracas:
Modernidad Silenciada, Sala Mendoza; 2004 ARCO: Futuribles,
Madrid; 2003 Premio Mendoza, Sala Mendoza; Contrasentido, Sala
Mendoza; 2002 VX Salón Arturo Michelena, Valencia, Venezuela;
De Colección, CELARG, Caracas; 2000 Open Studios, Bow Arts
Trust, London; Jóvenes con FIA, Ateneo de Caracas; 1999 Artistas
para el Tíbet Libre, Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid; 1998 II
Bienal Nacional del Paisaje, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario
Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela; 1997 V Bienal de Artes Visuales
Christian Dior, Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas; Festival
Internacional de la Cultura, Tunja, Colombia; Caballo de Troya,
Museo del Oeste Jacobo Borges, Caracas; 1995 II Salón Pirelli,
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas; 1994 VII Bienal de
Dibujo de Caracas, Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas.

Awards: 2003 Special Mention Premio Mendoza, Sala Mendoza;
1998 Scholarship Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Caracas;
Special Distinction II Bienal Nacional del Paisaje, Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo Mario Abreu.

Collections: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas; Colección
Banco Mercantil, Caracas; Private collections in Latin America,
United States and Europe.