Nicaragua Painting Co-Exhibition – Unique & Original

2016-05-25

Nicaragua is a country with beautiful scenery, mild climate, abundant land, and honest and modest people. Its volcano-surrounded land gives birth to world renowned coffee, and its people reside between the mountains and the water with a simple and satisfying life. "Nicaragua Painting Co-Exhibition – Unique & Original" is organized by the Nicarguan embassy to specifically exhibit the artworks by the international renown coffee art creator, Mario Campos Cuadra, and the Primitive art painter, Luis Alvarado. Their paintings depict the local lifestyle through the images of volcanoes, villages, and festivals. Mario Campos Cuadra brushes away in creation with liquid coffee as paint. The sepia tone invites people to experience the pastoral simplicity of local life. Luis Alvarado's artworks are colorful and full of life, pulling viewers into the passionate embrace of Latin America.

Artists Profile:
Mario Campos
Mario Campos Cuadra's accomplishments in art are completely self-taught. He is currently a member of UNAP. He is the first avant-garde artist to use coffee concentrate as the pigment base for painting in Nicaragua. Such a technique is very rare in Nicaragua, but he is notably accomplished in this field. 

Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado is one of the well-known primitive art painters in Nicaragua. He began his career in painting when he was nine years old, following the teachings of self-taught artist, José del Carmen Suaziki using basic watercolor techniques. After the success of the revolution, he and other artists in Masaya organized the first artist group of primitive art in the city. His art studio is located at Don Bosco College.

Time: 7/1-7/14/2016
Location: Art Gallery at The Mayor's Residence Art Salon (46, Xu-zhou Road, Taipei)