Education
1980
B.A. In Graphic Design, ENAP-UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
1982 B.A. in a”Art Restoration and Curatorship”, Escuela Nacional de Conservacién, Restauración y Museagrafía “Manuel del Castillo Negrete”, INAH-SEP, Mexico City, Mexico
Individual and Group Exhibitions
2007
Hiding in Plain Sight
Gallery Centella Tuscon, Arizona
La Gloria
Longboat Key Center for the Arts Longboat Key, Florida
2006
Inauguracion
Galeria 1 Piso, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Centramiento
Couturier Gallery Los Angeles, California
Metal en Equilibrio
Factor Arte Galeria Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
2005
El Viaje
Hotel Four Seasons, Punta Mita, Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, Mexico
Jorge Marin Bronces
Galeria Florencia Riestra, San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Mexico
2004
El Cuerpo Como Paisaje
Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporaneo San Jose, Costa Rica
El Cuerpo Como Paisaje
Couturier Gallery Los Angeles, California
La Noche San Vicente
Galeria Oscar Roman Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Proyecto Casa Mayor
San Angel Mexico, D.F., Mexico
2003
Performance Escultura Viva
Estudio Jorge Marin Mexico City, Mexico
Escultura Jorge Marin
Hotel Mision del Sol Cuernavaca, Mexico
2002
Corpus Oris
Museum of Latin American Arts Long Beach, California
Sculptures
Henaine Fine Art Port Chester, New York
Equilibrium
Colegio La Salle Campus Mexico City, Mexico
2001
Jorge Marín: Paintings and Sculpture
Couturier Gallery Los Angeles, California
2000
Pluaralidades
Museo de Arte Moderno Mexico, D.F., México
Desnudos en el 9
Galería Oscar Román México, D.F., México
Sólo un Guiño
1999
Heutes Mexikanisches Malere,
Galerie Schwabin Munich, Germany
Jorge Marín: Fin de Siglo
Club de Banqueros de México México, D.F. , México
1998
Ceramic Portraits
Couturier Gallery Los Angeles, California
1997
Blanco
Galería Oscar Román México D.F., México
Myth and Fantasy
Couturier Gallery Los Angeles, California (with Michael Madzo)
1996
Esculturas Jorge Marín
Galería Lourdes Chumacero México D.F., México
1995
Instructivo XXII
Museo del Puebla Guanajuato, México
Formatos Paralelos VIII
Galeria Drexel Monterrey, N.L., México
VII de Entorno
Galeria Oscar Román Arte México D.F., México
Education
1980
B.A. in Graphic Design, ENAP-UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
1982
B.A. in “Art Restoration and Curatorship”. Escuela Nacional de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museografia “Manuel del Castilla Negrete”, INAH-SEP, Mexico City, Mexico
Borrowing from mythology, religion, and theater, Jorge Marín’s sculptures combine the traditional in classical bronze sculpture with the tension and anxiety of the modern era.
The emotional intensity is as evident as the artistry in Marin’s sculptures. The poses are powerfully dramatic, and the facial expressions drawn taut. The religious underpinning in these bronzes seems evident, but not overwhelming.
Many of Marín’s figures wear a beaked mask, recalling the long-nosed masks of characters originating with the 16th century Commedia dell’Arte. Masks serve multiple purposes. They protect: the Commedia doctor who stuffed his long nose with spices to protect against the plague, to the modern day gas mask. Masks can also disguise, conceal and even reflect someone’s likeness.
Truly a classic contemporary sculptor, Jorge, like many of his forbears, displays a highly developed ability to recreate the human physique. Marín’s characters most often appear active rather than static. They capture a moment, an instant frozen in time between both the fluid movement that came before and the action that will gracefully follow. Marín captures his characters at their apex.