About the artist
Omar Benítez Favela is a visual artist and restorer whose practice is characterized by a unique fusion of tradition and contemporaneity. With a solid background in conservation and restoration techniques, Benítez Favela has successfully translated this technical knowledge into the field of artistic creation, achieving a body of work deeply rooted in art history but imbued with a fresh, critical, and contemporary perspective.
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Omar Benítez Favela
Mexico City, October 8, 1978
Studies
Bachelor of Visual Arts with a specialty in Plastic Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
Autonomous University of Querétaro
Courses and workshops
Drawing and Painting Workshop, Faculty of Fine Arts, UAQ
Encaustic workshop taught by Oscar Guttman ENEAP 2000 Jalapa, Veracruz
Painting workshop taught by Irma Palacios, Faculty of Fine Arts, UAQ
Courses in intaglio, photopolymer, and grained aluminum plate lithography. International Center for Contemporary Printing, Betanzos, A Coruña, Spain.
Solo exhibitions
“Panoramik: How beautiful almost everything is”, 2004 City Museum, Querétaro, Qro.
“A little bird told me”, 2009 Contemporary Gallery, San Juan del Río, Qro.
“It is what it is”, 2010 City Museum, Querétaro, Qro.
Collective exhibitions
“Julio Castillo National Biennial”, “Libertad State Art Prize” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro.
“80 X 80”, “games, dreams, objects and words” University Gallery of Contemporary Art, Querétaro, Qro.
“Alejandrina Award”, “Young Querétaro Painting” Art Museum, Querétaro, Qro. (Traveling)
“8th Anniversary of the City Museum”, City Museum, Querétaro, Qro.
“Alfredo Zalce National Biennial of Engraving and Painting” Alfredo Zalce Museum of Contemporary Art, Morelia, Mich.
“Libertad State Art Competition, 2007” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro.
“XXVIII National Meeting of Young Art 2008” Museum of Contemporary Art, Aguascalientes, Ags. (Traveling)
“XXiX National Meeting of Young Art 2009” Museum of Contemporary Art, Aguascalientes, Ags. (Traveling)
“Tribute to Francisco Goitia” Querétaro House in the Cervantino, Guanajuato, Gto.
“National Visual Arts Award” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro.
Awards and distinctions
First prize in painting “National Visual Arts Competition 2010” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro.
Fellow of the Querétaro Artistic Creation and Development Incentive Program, Querétaro Institute of Culture and the Arts. Querétaro, Querétaro.
Work Residency at the International Center for Contemporary Printmaking, CIEC, Betanzos, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
First prize in painting “Libertad Art Competition 2007” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro.
First prize in painting “Libertad Art Competition 2000” Libertad Gallery, Querétaro, Qro.
First place “Art-Object Toy Contest” La Estación Cultural Development Center, Querétaro, Qro.
Honorable Mention “Salvador Dalí Casal – Virolai painting competition” Regional Museum, Querétaro, Qro.