Rodolfo Oviedo Vega
"Mis piezas no solo representan, sino que confrontan : son fragmentos de realidad que revelan las cicatrices invisibles que moldean nuestro espíritu colectivo".
Rodolfo Oviedo Vega has become a symbol of the Salvadoran diaspora since Paris in the Inter-American system, being the most international Salvadoran artist of his generation. He is an Artist, Architect and Cultural Manager. His work has been reflected in cultural management and the consolidation of cultural links between France and Latin America, exhibited to date in more than 26 countries around the world individually. Among these exhibitions and public and private collections are the LangLang Foundation, the Pompidou Museum in Metz, the House of Artists in Tehran, the Ministry of Defense in Spain, the Gomez Palace in Havana in Cuba, owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, the Prince Albert of Monaco Collection and Prince Charles de Bourbon of the Two Sicilies, among others.
Currently, he is President of the Cultural Association “Jour et Nuit ” in Paris, from 2018 to 2022 he was Director of the International Cultural Center in Panama, in both locations providing a special workplace for artists where they can also exhibit their creations. Annually providing opportunities to more than 400 artists from around the world since 2010. In 2015, he co-founded the ACA Association for the promotion of Central American culture.
Since 2023, he has worked as vice-president of the Legacy Forum Foundation, which looks after the legacy of indigenous peoples.
He is an artist committed to art and its impact, who travels, lives, and sees the world, restoring its essence. Rodolfo Oviedo Vega’s work is not just about painting, but about going beyond representation, communicating a message without imposing it; working the materials to achieve cohesion through his perspective, without inhibiting it. It is about exploring the symbolic and touching the universal.
About his art
This exhibition of the collection in the Art Museum of the Américas marks a milestone, as it is the first solo exhibition by a Salvadoran artist at this prestigious museum since 1989.
This exhibition features a series of sculptures and paintings centered on the concepts of freedom, resilience, and the reinterpretation of historical narratives. Drawing inspiration from Latin American cultural identity, my goal is to spark conversations about postcolonial transformation, environmental sustainability, and the ways in which history continues to shape our societies today.
The exhibition is structured around four fundamental axes intrinsically related to significant historical periods on the continent: the indigenous peoples; the complexity of the cultural clash of the conquest; slavery and Afro-descendant communities; the struggle for independence and national identities; and the challenges of the modern era.
This project would not have been possible without the generous support of the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) from the Organization of American States (OAS), The The Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the OAS, The Permanent Observer of France to the Organization of American States (OAS), The Embassy of France in El Salvador, as well the tireless efforts of the collectors, curators and collaborators who have helped bring this vision to life.
Through this exhibition, I invite you to explore the delicate balance between abstract symbolism and tangible references to our shared histories, embodied in both paintings and sculptures.
Artwork
2024
2023
2022
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
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2009
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2003
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2011-2024
2014
2013
2009-2010
2006-2014
2016
2014
2012
2009
Collection, Solo and Group Exhibition
Collection Lang Lang fondation, London, UK.
Solo Exhibition - Residency of France, San Salvador, El Salvador; Christian Real Fondation, Annecy, France; Forma Museum, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Solo Exhibition - Katara, Doha, Qatar; FIAC Tajan auctions house, Paris, France; Kalasrot Gallery, Lucknow, India; Indira Gandhi NaTional Center for Arts & The Indian council of cultural relations, New Delhi, India.
Solo Exhibition - Cervantes Institut, Utrech, Netherlands.
Artist Residency for the UNESCO National Comission of Andorre, Andorre.
Solo Exhibition - The Witte Society, La Haye, Netherlands; Forum of arts, Tehran, Iran; Forma Museum, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Group Exhibition - UNESCO, El Salvador Delegation, Paris, France.
Public collection - Palacio Gomez, La Habana, Cuba.
Solo Exhibition - Guest Artist at the Ministery of forein affairs of El Salvador; Forma Museum, San Salvador, EL Salvador.
Dual exhibition, Galerie Patries Van Dorst, Wassenaar, Netherlands.
Group exhibition - UNESCO, El Salvador Delegation, Paris, France; «Arte en Mayo», Rosas Botran Fondation, Guatemala.
Solo Exhibition - Patries van Dorst Galerie, Wassennar, Netherlands; Casa del ALBA, La Habana, Cuba.
Exhibition and Concert - Saint Germain l’Auxerrois church, Paris France.
Group Exhibition - Galerie Ahtzic Silis, Lyon, France.
Solo Exhibition - House of Latin America in Monaco; Instituto Cervantes, Dublin, Ireland; Embassy of El Salvador, London, UK.
Group Exhibition - Espacio Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador; 212 Gallery, Miami, United States; Beirut Art Fair, represented by Southborder Gallery, Beirut, Liban.
Performance - Auction Sale, Salon des étoiles, Sporting de Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Group Exhibition - Post Office Museum, Paris, France; «Melting Potes», Museum Montparnasse, Paris, France; «Visiones», Fundation Rosas Botran, Guatemala, Guatemala; Sanguinetti Gallery, Lima, Perou.
Solo Exhibition - Embassy of El Salvador in Paris, France; Gli eroici furori Arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy.
Group Exhibition - Imagen Gallery, Panama, Panama; Sanguinetti Gallery, Lima, Peru; De Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Public Collection of Ministry of Defence of Spain ISDEFE, Madrid, España.
Solo Exhibition - Consulate of El Salvador in Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Espazio Laghetto, Milan, Italy; De Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador; Pascal Gallery, Suchitoto, El Salvador.
Solo Exhibition - India International Centre, New Delhi, India; De Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Group Exhibition - UNESCO Palace, Paris, France.
Solo Exhibition - Villanueva 8 Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain; Atrium Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia.
Solo Exhibition - De Gallery, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Solo Exhibition - Talbot Art Gallery, Paris, France; City Hall of Sens, Sens, France.
Solo Exhibition - Claude Marumo, Paris, France; Lilla Studio, Cochin, India.
Group Exhibition - Klauss Gallery, San José, Costa Rica; Wer Gallery, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
Group Exhibition - Ginza Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Auctions
Festival de Cannes, Lang Lang fondation with the collaboration of Baron Ribeyre & Associes, Cannes, France.
Tajan, Paris, France.
Drouot, Baron Ribeyre & associes, Paris, France; Auction sale, El Salvador Museum Forma, Guest artist, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Contemporary Art Museum(MAC), Guest artist, Panama, Panama.
El Salvador Museum of Modern Art (MARTE), Guest artist, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Performance – auction by ARTCURIAL, Stars room, Sporting de Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Performance - Auction Sale, Stars room, Sporting de Monte Carlo, Monaco.
MASSOL S.A., Vannes, France.
Gallery Besch, Cannes, France; Auction, Gallery des Chevau-Légers, Versailles, France.
Prizes
Senat French.
1° - «Arte en Mayo» festival, Rosas Botran Foundation, Guatemala.
2° - 23rd Painting biennial IHCI, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
1° - “Les Grands Maîtres de demain” (The Great Masters of Tomorrow), Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France.