Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles

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Artworks for sale: 108

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United States

About Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles

 
 
  • Biography
    40 x 30 x 40
    In Search of Color and Geometry

    Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957 to parents from  Puerto Rico. He has been drawing and painting since a child. Juan attended The School of Visual Arts in NYC from 1979 to 1982 where he studied under Elizabeth Murray, Keith Sonnier, Raphael Ferrer, Nachume Miller, and Lucio Pozzi. After participating in several group shows in Tribeca and the Lower East Side, where a new gallery district was developing, Juan increasingly found it difficult to remain a full-time artist. Therefore in order to make a living, Juan worked for several decades in business management for several large companies in corporate law, accounting, and telecommunications. During this period Juan continued making art when he could but did not exhibit. After two open heart surgeries in 2011 and 2013 for congenital heart valve prolapse, Juan went into early retirement. Finally freed from money constraints, Juan relocated toan Doesburg (1883-1931) and refers to art that is non-objective and is also calle Clearwater, Florida in 2014 and has returned to painting since then.  

    Juan is an abstract, geometric, hard-edge painter. His paintings are fueled by his love of abstraction which he has been attracted to since a child. The practice of making them has involved researching the many abstract schools of art from the early 1900s to the present. Since returning to painting he started a series named Concrete Composition, which is still ongoing and in addition he paints other geometric paintings .

    The term Concrete Art was first used by the Dutch artist and designer Theo Vd geometric abstraction. Although Juan does not believe in adhering to one idea and making many variations, all of his paintings adhere to the visual codes of Concrete Art, such as flat blocks of color, straight lines, hard edges, the grid, patterns and geometry. 

    He experiments with color juxtaposition, form, space and rhythm, often listening to background music ranging from contemporary jazz, disco, and even House dance music. Although a mature artist, his spirit is young. He relates to painting as if it were a dance, trying to understand new steps between color and geometry. There are never any hints of gestures or marks. The paintings are distilled, precise and elegant.

    He works intuitively and never works from drawings or studies. One painting influences the other. He puts one color down and the next color is a response to the previous. If it doesn't work, the paint is overpainted but he never reveals any traces. His work is firmly planted in the Minimalist, Reductive, Geometric, and Hard Edge Schools of painting.

    His painting technique involves a mixture of acrylic paint, matte medium, and gesso on canvas, paper, or wood, giving his work a matte flat finish similar to gouache paint and creating the great depth of color that he prefers. His preferred canvas size is 40" x 30" vertical or 30" x 40" horizontal.  

    His intentions are to force a new dialogue inherent to abstraction that started in the early 1900s and continues to be relevant to this day. He hopes that when a viewer sees his work, they get a feeling of simplicity, harmony, order, and rhythm.

    Artists that have influenced his work are Imi Knoebel, David Novros, Ellsworth Kelly, Carmen Herrera, Blinky Palermo, Robert Mangold, Oli Sihvonen, and Ann Edholm.

    His work is in many private collections across the U.S. and Europe including,
    The UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Denmark.   

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  • Education

    1979 - 1982

    School of Visual Arts, New York City

    1976 - 1978

    Art Students League, New York City

  • Awards

    2021

    Spotlight - Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 23

    Pages 76-77

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    2020

    The Hastings Center Report Volume 50, Number 6, November-December 2020

    On The Cover: Post Modern Pharma, 2019
    18 x 12 inches, acrylic paint on Canson watercolor paper

    2017

    Honorable Mention

    Summer Camp For Masterpieces, 2017
    Stirling Art Gallery, Dunedin, FL

    1983

    Publication

    New York: Caidoz, 1983. First Edition. Slim quarto, stapled. The photocopied zine-style publication was made in conjunction with a show at the Caidoz Gallery held from May 7th through May 27th at two locations at 226 East 3rd Street and 41 East Houston Street in New York. Consists of 25 pages, each created by a different artist including Paul Thek, Arleen Schloss, Tzvi Ben-Aretz, No Grupo, Julius Valiunas, Mike Cockrill, Red Spot, Juan Hoyos, Jean Dupuy, Robert Montoya, Luis Stand, Roger Welch, Jeff Way, Judith Gutierrez, and others.
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: Art and Architects

    Dates: 22 Feb 2019 - 22 Mar 2019

    Venue: AIA Gallery, Tampa, FL

    Art and Architects

    Event: Summer Camp For Masterpieces

    Dates: 1 Aug 2017 - 31 Aug 2017

    Venue: Stirling Gallery, Dunedin, FL

    Group exhibit showcasing local Florida artists from the Dunedin, Clearwater, Tampa and St. Petersburg area. Exhibiting three paintings, Concrete Composition 3, 2017-
    Portal/Concrete Composition 4, 2017 and Concrete Composition 5, 2017.

    Event: Inspire/Chapter Two 2016

    Dates: 15 Jun 2016 - 30 Aug 2016

    Venue: Hue Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wichita, KS

    Exhibited "Signals Number Two" Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24"

    Event: Art in America 2015

    Dates: 1 Dec 2015 - 6 Dec 2015

    Venue: Art in America/Internet exhibit curated by Julie Torres, National

    Exhibited "The Dance" 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

    Event: Variations

    Dates: 1 Sep 1983 - 30 Sep 1983

    Venue: Caidoz Gallery, NYC

    Exhibited "Sound Piece", Continuous loop sound tape, book, nails.

    Event: Black and White Show

    Dates: 1 Jun 1983 - 30 Jun 1983

    Venue: Kenkeleba House Gallery, NYC

    Exhibited "Blackout", Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48"

    Event: Printmakers

    Dates: 1 May 1981 - 30 May 1981

    Venue: School of Visual Arts Gallery, Tribeca, NYC

    Exhibited two monoprints

    Event: Juan Hoyos and Luis Stand

    Dates: 1 Oct 1980 - 30 Oct 1980

    Venue: School of Visual Arts Gallery, NYC

    Installation using cut and folded white paper constructions and adhesive black tape.

Links


Education

1979 - 1982

School of Visual Arts, New York City

1976 - 1978

Art Students League, New York City


Awards

2021

Spotlight - Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 23

Pages 76-77

Show more awards Hide

2020

The Hastings Center Report Volume 50, Number 6, November-December 2020

On The Cover: Post Modern Pharma, 2019
18 x 12 inches, acrylic paint on Canson watercolor paper

2017

Honorable Mention

Summer Camp For Masterpieces, 2017
Stirling Art Gallery, Dunedin, FL

1983

Publication

New York: Caidoz, 1983. First Edition. Slim quarto, stapled. The photocopied zine-style publication was made in conjunction with a show at the Caidoz Gallery held from May 7th through May 27th at two locations at 226 East 3rd Street and 41 East Houston Street in New York. Consists of 25 pages, each created by a different artist including Paul Thek, Arleen Schloss, Tzvi Ben-Aretz, No Grupo, Julius Valiunas, Mike Cockrill, Red Spot, Juan Hoyos, Jean Dupuy, Robert Montoya, Luis Stand, Roger Welch, Jeff Way, Judith Gutierrez, and others.

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Art and Architects

Dates: 22 Feb 2019 - 22 Mar 2019

Venue: AIA Gallery, Tampa, FL

Art and Architects

Event: Summer Camp For Masterpieces

Dates: 1 Aug 2017 - 31 Aug 2017

Venue: Stirling Gallery, Dunedin, FL

Group exhibit showcasing local Florida artists from the Dunedin, Clearwater, Tampa and St. Petersburg area. Exhibiting three paintings, Concrete Composition 3, 2017-
Portal/Concrete Composition 4, 2017 and Concrete Composition 5, 2017.

Event: Inspire/Chapter Two 2016

Dates: 15 Jun 2016 - 30 Aug 2016

Venue: Hue Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wichita, KS

Exhibited "Signals Number Two" Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24"

Event: Art in America 2015

Dates: 1 Dec 2015 - 6 Dec 2015

Venue: Art in America/Internet exhibit curated by Julie Torres, National

Exhibited "The Dance" 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

Event: Variations

Dates: 1 Sep 1983 - 30 Sep 1983

Venue: Caidoz Gallery, NYC

Exhibited "Sound Piece", Continuous loop sound tape, book, nails.

Event: Black and White Show

Dates: 1 Jun 1983 - 30 Jun 1983

Venue: Kenkeleba House Gallery, NYC

Exhibited "Blackout", Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48"

Event: Printmakers

Dates: 1 May 1981 - 30 May 1981

Venue: School of Visual Arts Gallery, Tribeca, NYC

Exhibited two monoprints

Event: Juan Hoyos and Luis Stand

Dates: 1 Oct 1980 - 30 Oct 1980

Venue: School of Visual Arts Gallery, NYC

Installation using cut and folded white paper constructions and adhesive black tape.


 

Biography

40 x 30 x 40
In Search of Color and Geometry

Juan Jose Hoyos Quiles was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957 to parents from  Puerto Rico. He has been drawing and painting since a child. Juan attended The School of Visual Arts in NYC from 1979 to 1982 where he studied under Elizabeth Murray, Keith Sonnier, Raphael Ferrer, Nachume Miller, and Lucio Pozzi. After participating in several group shows in Tribeca and the Lower East Side, where a new gallery district was developing, Juan increasingly found it difficult to remain a full-time artist. Therefore in order to make a living, Juan worked for several decades in business management for several large companies in corporate law, accounting, and telecommunications. During this period Juan continued making art when he could but did not exhibit. After two open heart surgeries in 2011 and 2013 for congenital heart valve prolapse, Juan went into early retirement. Finally freed from money constraints, Juan relocated toan Doesburg (1883-1931) and refers to art that is non-objective and is also calle Clearwater, Florida in 2014 and has returned to painting since then.  

Juan is an abstract, geometric, hard-edge painter. His paintings are fueled by his love of abstraction which he has been attracted to since a child. The practice of making them has involved researching the many abstract schools of art from the early 1900s to the present. Since returning to painting he started a series named Concrete Composition, which is still ongoing and in addition he paints other geometric paintings .

The term Concrete Art was first used by the Dutch artist and designer Theo Vd geometric abstraction. Although Juan does not believe in adhering to one idea and making many variations, all of his paintings adhere to the visual codes of Concrete Art, such as flat blocks of color, straight lines, hard edges, the grid, patterns and geometry. 

He experiments with color juxtaposition, form, space and rhythm, often listening to background music ranging from contemporary jazz, disco, and even House dance music. Although a mature artist, his spirit is young. He relates to painting as if it were a dance, trying to understand new steps between color and geometry. There are never any hints of gestures or marks. The paintings are distilled, precise and elegant.

He works intuitively and never works from drawings or studies. One painting influences the other. He puts one color down and the next color is a response to the previous. If it doesn't work, the paint is overpainted but he never reveals any traces. His work is firmly planted in the Minimalist, Reductive, Geometric, and Hard Edge Schools of painting.

His painting technique involves a mixture of acrylic paint, matte medium, and gesso on canvas, paper, or wood, giving his work a matte flat finish similar to gouache paint and creating the great depth of color that he prefers. His preferred canvas size is 40" x 30" vertical or 30" x 40" horizontal.  

His intentions are to force a new dialogue inherent to abstraction that started in the early 1900s and continues to be relevant to this day. He hopes that when a viewer sees his work, they get a feeling of simplicity, harmony, order, and rhythm.

Artists that have influenced his work are Imi Knoebel, David Novros, Ellsworth Kelly, Carmen Herrera, Blinky Palermo, Robert Mangold, Oli Sihvonen, and Ann Edholm.

His work is in many private collections across the U.S. and Europe including,
The UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and Denmark.