My interest in painting emerges from a personal connection with the materiality of the medium itself, its physical qualities and possibilities. Also because of the particular relationship that exists between a painting and its existence in time. The timelessness of visual representation, compared to other temporal art forms, is its most significant property. The contrast between the stillness of a painting and our very existence within time, enhance our very awareness of temporality not only as an inevitable precondition of existence, but more importantly, as an ontological premise. Clouds in that sense, represent for me, the ultimate paradigm of ephemerality and impermanence, while at the same time of beauty and sublimity.
- Jorge Rios
The artist describes these paintings as composed of two main elements: “Nature as a metaphor for the substantive real world and text as a symbol for knowledge. The paradox of describing natural phenomena – that not only precede humanity but are by definition untraceable – is a metaphor to our contradictory instinct of understanding the universe and the narrow limits of this understanding. The structure of the text is always the same grandiose phrase This was the first… This intentional repetition acts as an echo to the repetitive rhetoric and language structure common in religious narratives.”
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Jorge RiosThis was the first seed, 2022Colored pencil and watercolor stick on paper30 x 22 in$ 2,500.00
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Jorge RiosThis was the first lightning, 2021Oil on canvas96 x 120 in
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Jorge RiosThis was the first sunset, 2021oil on canvas96 x 120 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis is the first blue, 2020Mixed Media on paper: water color, oil, oil/stick, bleach and chalk on paper26 x 30 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis was the first aurora, 2020Watercolor on paper21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in$ 1,600.00
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Jorge RiosThis was the first color, 2020oil on canvas96 x 120 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis was the first fire, 2020Oil on canvas96 x 120 in
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Jorge RiosThis Was The First Fire, 2020watercolor on heavy paper22 x 30 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis Was The First Fire II, 2020Watercolor on heavy paper18 x 25 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis was the first gloom, 2020Oil on canvas96 x 120 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis was the first green, 2020Mixed Media on paper: water color, oil/stick, bleach and chalk on paper
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Jorge RiosThis Was the First Lightning, 2020Mixed media on paper22 x 30 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis Was the First Mist, 2020Watercolor on heavy paper22 x 30 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis was the First Morning, 2020Watercolor on paper26 x 30 in$ 3,000.00
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Jorge RiosThis was the first mountain, 2020Oil on canvas86 x 110 in
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Jorge RiosThis was the first penumbra, 2020Oil on canvas96 x 120 in
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Jorge RiosThis was the first reflection, 2020Oil on canvas96 x 120 inSold
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Jorge RiosThis was the First Shadow, 2020Oil on canvas96 x 120 in$ 20,000.00
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Jorge RiosThis Was the First Shadow, 2020watercolor on heavy paper22 x 30 in
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Jorge RiosThis Was the First Snowfall, 2020Watercolor on heavy paper22 x 30 in$ 2,700.00
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Jorge RiosThis Was the First Star, 2020Watercolor on heavy paper22 x 30 in
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Jorge RiosThis was the First Violet, 2020Mixed Media on paper: watercolor, oil, oil stick, bleach and chalk on paper26 x 30 in$ 3,800.00
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Jorge RiosBloomsday, 2019oil stick on paper57 x 79 in
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Jorge Rios10:04 am, 2018oil on canvas42 x 42 inSold
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Jorge Rios10:15 pm, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios11:55 pm, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios12:05 am, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios12:24 pm, 2018oil on canvas42 x 42 inSold
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Jorge Rios1:59 am, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios2:04 pm, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios4:01 am, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios4:11 pm, 2018oil on canvas42 x 42 inSold
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Jorge Rios6:05 pm, 2018Oil on canvas48 x 48 in$ 5,200.00
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Jorge Rios8:02 pm, 2018Oil on canvas42 x 42 in
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Jorge Rios8:03 am, 2018oil on canvas42 x 42 inSold
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Jorge RiosUntitled, Cellar Door Series, 2018oil on canvas66 x 66 in
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Jorge RiosLepus, 2017Oil on canvas72 x 72 in
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Jorge RiosUntitled, Cellar Door series, 2017oil on canvas64 x 64 inSold
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Jorge RiosClouds I, 2016oil on canvas71 x 71 in
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The most important intellectual influences in my life derive directly from my Cuban and Latin American identity. I grew up an avid consumer of Magical Realism literature, especially the work of Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, and the Cuban Alejo Carpentier, who developed the term “Lo Real Maravilloso” (The Marvelous Real) to describe the fantastical quality of Latin American history and culture: where the everyday life is intrinsically mixed with pre-Columbian indigenous mysticism, the Spanish Catholic dogma and African pantheistic religions.
- Jorge Rios
Jorge Rios holds a BA in painting from the National Academy of Arts “San Alejandro” in Havana, Cuba. In 2021 earned his BFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently enrolled in the MFA program at Washington University in St. Louis.
The work of Jorge Rios transcends the flatness of ordinary visual language reaching the subtlety, ambivalence and complexity that we perceive more clearly like in other art forms such as music or poetry. Rios tries to establish through his art a link between the individual experience of reality and the totality of existence. Whether you call it God, the Truth, the Idea, the Spirit, the Da-sein, the Being, or the Nothingness… In other words, “art for me has the mission of redeeming the being out of the mundanity of the human condition, by stimulating what is divine, universal and eternal in it.”
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Abcdefg
Collective Exhibition June 25 - August 20, 2022Pan American Art Projects is excited to announce ABCDEFG, a group show featuring the works of mainly Miami based artists Paul Amundarain, Rigoberto Diaz, Filio Galvez, Delvin Lugo, Marlon Portales,...Read more -
Jorge Rios
The Age of the Wind May 1 - July 10, 2021Pan American Art Projects is pleased to announce The Age of the Wind, a solo show of Cuban-born artist Jorge Rios. We will be presenting a new body of work,...Read more
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Jorge Rios work featured in a NADA exhibition
September 2, 2022Jorge Rios, along with other artists, will be participating in the Reduction to Satire exhibition, organized by NADA curated series. The exhibition is a gathering...Read more -
PAAP at LA Art Show 2022
LA ART SHOW IS TWO WEEKS AWAY WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED PROGRAMMING, NFTs, AND MORE. January 5, 2022The LA Art Show , the most comprehensive international contemporary art show in America, is excited to be returning to the LA Convention Center with...Read more -
Random Specific | Pop-Up Exhibition
Featuring gallery artist Jorge Rios and Filio Galvez November 20, 2021November 27 – December 31, 2021 Opening Reception: November 27, 6 – 10 pm 2930 NW 7th Ave, Miami, FL 33127 Open 11am – 6pm...Read more
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Art On Paper
group show September 8 - 11, 2022Our gallery will present a collective project (5 artists) based on the idea of the “non-place”, those landscapes that only exist in memory and that,...Read more -
Contemporary Art Auction
Charity Sale to support Fountainhead Arts, Miami, FL May 3 - 15, 2022May 3 — 15, 2021 MIAMI, FL | April 14, 2021. Pan American Art Projects is pleased to announce Contemporary Art Auction , a charity...Read more -
Intersect Palm Springs
Group Show February 10 - 13, 2022Intersect Palm Springs is a boutique fair that brings together a dynamic mix of Modern and Contemporary Art and Design galleries, and is activated by...Read more -
LA Art Show
GROUP SHOW January 19 - 23, 2022Our gallery is pleased to announce our participation at LA Art Show 2022 from January 19 to 23, where we will present contemporary artists who...Read more -
Art Miami
GROUP SHOW November 30 - December 5, 20212021 FAIR INFO Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Platinum VIP Preview: 4.30pm - 6:30pm Access for Art Miami + CONTEXT Art Miami Platinum VIP Cardholders Tuesday,...Read more -
LA Art Show
GROUP SHOW July 29 - August 1, 2021OPENING NIGHT PREMIERE PARTY Thursday, July 29, 2021 VIP Red Card Special Collectors’ Preview 6pm – 10pm SPECIAL VIP RED CARD SHOW HOURS (Exclusively for...Read more -
100 years of Cuban art
Charity Sale to benefit Caritas Cuba August 8 - 23, 2020Pan American Art Projects is pleased to announce 100 YEARS OF CUBAN ART, a charity auction to support Friends of Caritas Cuba with the donation...Read more -
Art Miami
GROUP SHOW December 3 - 8, 2019BROWSE WORKSRead more