Victor Chab - Artist Info

About Victor Chab

  • Biography from RoGallery

    Born in Buenos Aires the 6 of September of 1930, Victor Chab did work that was featured in 90 individual exhibitions and was in in more than 200 collective exhibitions in the Argentina and abroad.

    In 2002, a retrospective had phases from "Apple on the Table" (1947), award-winning book by Berni and Victorica that connected his surrealism with the notion of automatism or starting the work without prior ideas, without any sketch, which has not ceased to adhere.

    SYNTHESIS OF INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

    1956
    Galería Arte Bella. Montevideo, Uruguay.

    1957
    Rubbers Gallery . Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    1964
    Pan American Unión. Washington, United States.
    Museum of Fine Arts of Caracas. Venezuela.

    1967
    Library Luis Angel Arango. Bogotá Colombia. Center of Arts and Letters. San José Costa Rica.

    1968
    International Center for the Youth. Jerusalén Israel. Institute of Contemporary Art. Lima, Perú Galería Dideco. El Salvador, San Salvador.

    1972
    Pan American Unión. Washington, United States.

    1982
    Meeting Point Art Center. Miami, United States.

    1983
    Arte Consult Gallery. Panama.

    1988
    Kimberly Gallery. Washington, United States. Rubbers Gallery . Buenos Aires, Argentina. Galería 1-2-3. El Salvador, San Salvador.

    1989
    Galería Nueve. Lima, Peru. Salon of Contemporary Art. Quito, Ecuador. Durban Gallery . Caracas, Venezuela.

    1990
    Corinne Timsit Gallery, Puerto Rico. Magíster Gallery,Asunción, Paraguay. Park Gallery ,Boca Ratón, United States.

    1992
    Galería Habitante, Panama. Corinne Timsit Gallery. Paris, France.

    1993
    Alfred Wild Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia. Gary Nader Gallery , Miami, United States. Contemporary Plastic Gallery, Guatemala.

    1994
    Centoira Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    1995
    Walks Brent Gallery, Lima, Peru. Rubbers Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    SOME COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

    1956
    International Biennial of Venice. Italy.

    1958
    Universal Exhibition of Brussels. Belgium.

    1960
    Award Torcuato Di Tella. Buenos Aires, Argentina

    1964
    New Art of Argentina. Walker Art Center. Minneapolis, United States. Biennial lnternacional of Venice. Italy.

    1967
    Prize Palanza. Witcomb Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina. International Triennial of Pittsburg. United States.

    1989
    Masters of Latin America and the Caribbean. Museum of Modern Art of Latín América. United States.

    1992
    Surrealism New World. National library. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    1994
    Small Works, Great Masters. Gary Nader Gallery, Miami, United States. PrizeTrabucco 1994. National Museum of Fine Arts. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    1996
    A Selection of Works from The University of Essex. Collection of Latín American Art. London, UK.

    WORKS AT MUSEUMS

    National Museum of Fine Arts of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contemporary Art Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Museum of Fine Arts of Mar del Plata, Argentina.
    Museum of Fine Arts of Tres Arroyos, Argentina.
    Museum of Fine Arts of Caracas, Venezuela.
    Museum of Fine Arts of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
    Forma Museum, San Salvador.
    Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Emilio Petorutti Museum. Asunción del Paraguay.
    Lino Eneas Spilimbergo Museum. La Paz, Bolivia.
    Museum Modern Art of Latín América. Washington, United States.
    Carrol Reece Museum. Tennessee, United States.
    Lowe Art Museum. Miami, United States.
    Collection Permanent Bank of the Republic. Bogotá, Colombia.
    Museum of Art of the America. Managua, Nicaragua.
    Museum of Engraving. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Center of Contemporary Art. Chateaux Carreras. Córdoba, Argentina.
    Embassy Argentina. Washington, United States.
    Paraguayan Museum of Contemporary Art. Paraguay.
    Museum of American Art of Maldonado, Uruguay.
    Provincial Museum of Fine Arts Dr. Pedro Martínez. Paraná, Argentina.
    Museum of Contemporary Art. Panama.
    Provincial Museum of Drawing and Engraving. Concepción del Uruguay. Entre Rios, Argentina. University of Essex Collection of Latín American Art. England.
    Museum José Luis Cuevas. Mexico.
    Mudic Museum Contemporary Drawing, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
    Museum of Fine Arts Eduardo Sivori. Bs. As. Argentina.
    Rally Museum. Punta del Este, Uruguay.
    National Commission of Atomic Energy.BsAs.Argentina.
    Irureta Museum , Tilcara, Jujuy. Argentina.
    Latin American Art Museum. Long Beach.U.S.A.

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