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Álvaro VALCÁRCEL STRONG (b. 1960 – Bogota) is a Colombian artist that comes from a family line of artists, musicians, writers and poets. He learned his artistic style from his uncle, a close friend and companion of García Márquez and Obregón.
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INDIVIDUAL SHOWS
2005 Metropolitan Gallery , La Jolla, CA, USA
2004 Principal Gallery, Municipal Center of Culture, Queretaro, Mexico.
Craven Gallery. Indiana, USA
2002 Arte Espacio Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Arte Costumbrista Gallery, El Salvador, San Salvador
2001 Hotel Embassy Suite, Bogotá, Colombia
Banco Mercantil de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
2000 Hotel Bogotá Royal, Bogotá, Colombia
Blanco y Negro Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
GROUP SHOWS
2004 Chelsea Art Festival, New York.
2003 Painters of The World Gallery, Sante Fé, New México.
2001 Arte y Color. Maracaibo, Venezuela
1999 Club de Leones, Bogotá. (First Prize)
1998 First National Painting & Scupture Contest, Expreso del Arte, Bogotá, Colombia.