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Nadin Ospina
Nadin Ospina is an award-winning Colombian artist with significant international exposure. His awards include First Prize, 34th Salon of Colombian Artists (1992) and First Prize, 18th Salon of Fire, Gilberto Alzate Avendano Foundation (2004). From 1979 to 1982, he held the position of Professor of Fine Arts, Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota. In 1992 he participated and is awarded at the Salon de Artistas Colombianos. In 1997, he was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in New York City.
Ospina reportedly was inspired to create the Pre-Columbian style statues after unknowingly buying fake Pre-Columbian pieces which led him to reflect on the idea of "untainted primitive Latin American culture".
Nadin Ospina's Official website (primarily in Spanish)
Related websites
ArtNexus database resume
Artfacts.Net database profile
Nadin Ospina's Official website
Colombia Land, "arte secuestrado"
University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art
Nadin Ospina's Official website
7 Bienal de la Habana/Universes in Universe
Mesa Redonda: El Final del Eclipse/Fundacion Telefonica
Daros Latinamerica.
BBC Londres
Radio Francia Internacional
Exposicion "Colombialand"
Art & Artists From Colombia
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