José Herazo-Osorio

José Herazo-Osorio was born in Barranquilla, Colombia where he was a journalist and cartoonist and lives in Miami, Florida, USA. He studied at Florida State University and University of Texas at Dallas.

Herazo-Osorio has participated in international juried exhibits and has been awarded with honors for the quality of his artworks:

• First Prize of PAMM's Staff competition for designing an allegory for the Perez Art Museum Miami - Miami, Florida, USA
• Third Prize of the Anglo-Italian Academy of Art - Chianciano, Italy
• Honorary Mention of the Davie Museum - Davie, Florida, USA
• Semifinalist @ The BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Artisan Series @ Scope - Miami, Florida, USA
• Honorable Mention for Artistic Merit at the Biennale of Chianciano, Italy - Chianciano, Italy
• I Place Juried Exhibit, Coral Springs Museum of Arts, Artist Guild - Coral Springs, Florida, USA 
  
  

Herazo-Osorio has exhibited in numerous venues in Italy, England, Colombia and the United States of America. His artworks have been acquired by private collectors in the USA, Europe, Azerbaijan, and Colombia. He is a Member and Docent of PAMM -Perez Art Museum Miami-, Locust Projects -Miami-, PFAD -Partners for Arts and Design, Miami-, NALAC - National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and Broward Art Guild -Fort Lauderdale.

The artworks of Herazo-Osorio suggest ephemerality, introspection, and musical interaction with morphology. His preferred media is oil painting on canvas ciphering his subject with symbolic figures. Herazo-Osorio is known for engaging a variety of subjects with surreal imaginary and a wide range of painting styles, from gestural and figurative to conceptual.

The artist engages his audience stimulating its attention with the progressive movement of colors and forms. The paintings by Herazo-Osorio reflect the disintegration of physical phenomena as it is transformed into intangible emotions. Human experiences translate into colorful energy in his art. In art history his paintings are categorized as formal considering the structure of his compositions, neatness of colors and fluidity of gestures to conform a unified artwork.  

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José Herazo-Osorio nació en Barranquilla, Colombia donde fue periodista y caricaturista. Reside en Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos. Cursó estudios en la Universidad del Estado de Florida (FSU) y la Universidad de Texas en Dallas (UTD).

Herazo-Osorio ha participado en numerosas exposiciones internacionales en las que ha obtenido premios por la calidad de su obra:

• Primer Premio en la competencia del PAMM para diseñar una alegoría del Perez Art Museum Miami - Miami, Florida, USA
• Tercer Premio de la Academia de Arte Anglo-Italiana - Chianciano, Italia
• Mención Honorifica del Museo de Davie - Davie, Florida, USA
• Semifinalista @ The BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Artisan Series @ Scope - Miami, Florida, USA
• Mención Honorifica por su Mérito Artístico en la Bienal de Chianciano, Italia - - Chianciano, Italia
• I Premio Coral Springs Museum of Arts, Artist Guild - Coral Springs, Florida, USA 

Herazo-Osorio ha realizado exposiciones de arte en Italia, Inglaterra, Colombia y Estados Unidos de América. Coleccionistas en Estados Unidos, Europa, Azerbaiyán y Colombia han adquirido su obra. Es miembro y docente del PAMM -Perez Art Museum Miami-, Locust Projects -Miami-, PFAD -Partners for Arts and Design, Miami-, NALAC - National Association of Latino Arts and Culture y Broward Art Guild -Fort Lauderdale.

La obra de Herazo-Osorio sugiere evanescencia, introspección e interacción musical con morfología. Prefiere ejecutar sus creaciones al óleo sobre lienzo con figuras simbólicas. Se conoce a Herazo-Osorio por el manejo de temas diversos con imágenes surrealistas y variedad de estilos desde figurativo hasta conceptual.  

El artista interactúa con su audiencia al estimular su atención mediante la acción del color y las formas. Sus pinturas reflejan la desintegración de los fenómenos físicos transformados en emociones intangibles. Las experiencias humanas se traducen en la energía del color en su arte. En la historia del arte sus pinturas se catalogan como formales debido a la estructura de sus composiciones, pureza de sus colores y fluidez de los gestos para lograr la unidad pictórica.

2023 Pembroke Pines/Walter C. Young Resource Center, Pembroke Pines, Florida

2022 Government Center @ Broward County

2021 Broward County Cultural Division, South Regional, Pembroke Pines, Florida

2019 Scope, Miami Beach, Florida https://scope-art.com/show/miami-beach-2019

2019 Pembroke Pines/Walter C. Young Resource Center, Pembroke Pines, Florida

2018 Art Miami-Dade “Art Basel Week” Miami-Dade Government Center, Miami, Florida

2018 PAMM Staff Art Exhibit, Wynwood, Florida

2018 Oakland Park Library, Oakland Park, Florida

2018 Reflect Exhibit at ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2017 North Lauderdale Library, North Lauderdale, Florida

2017 RedEye Exhibit at ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

2017 Broward Southwest Regional Library, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA

2016 Art Gallery 21, Wilton Manors, Florida, USA

2016 ArtVIVA: Rhythm of the Night, Miramar Cultural Center and ArtServe, Miramar, Florida, USA

2016 PAMM Staff Art Exhibit at University of Miami Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA

2016 RedEye Exhibit at ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

2015 The BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Artisan Series Exhibition, Miami, Florida, USA

2015 London Art Biennale, Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK

2014 PAMM - Perez Art Museum Miami Staff Art Exhibition, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

2014 South Florida Group Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

2014 Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

2014 ArtServe Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 

2013 Coral Springs Museum of Arts, Artist Guild, Coral Springs, Florida, USA
2012 Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery / Pre-Art Basel International Art Exhibit - Miami, Florida, USA 
2012 The James L Knight International Center - Miami, Florida, USA 
2012 Broward Regional Library - Retrospective Art Exhibition - Coral Springs, Florida, USA 
2012 MAM Miami Art Museum Staff Art Exhibition, University of Miami Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA 
2012 Art Gallery 21, Wilton Manors, Florida, USA 
2012 SaludArte Foundation, Miami, Florida, USA 
2012 Gagliardi Gallery, London, UK
2012 Affordable Art Fair, London, UK 
2012 ArtServe Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 
2011 Biennale 2011, Museo dArte di Chianciano Terme srl, Italy 

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2011 Greight Spaces, Art on the Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 
2011 ArtServe Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA 
2010 60th Anniversary Exhibit Broward Art Guild, Gallery 6, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
2010 Disintegration, Icosahedron Gallery, New York, NY, USA 
2009 Broward Art Guild, Wilton Manors, Florida, USA
2008 Glass Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
2008 Coral Springs Museum of Arts, Artist Guild, Coral Springs, Florida, USA
2007 V Salon de las Americas, Weston, Florida, USA
2007 Old Davie School Historical Museum, Davie, Florida, USA
2006 Coral Springs Museum of Arts, Artist Guild, Coral Springs, Florida, USA
2006 Old Davie School Historical Museum, Davie, Florida, USA
2006 IV Salon de las Americas, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2005 III Salon de las Americas, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2002 Salon Santander Art Gallery, Colombian Consulate, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2000 Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
1999 Plantation Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
1998 Centro Cultural Latino Americano, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
1997 Design Gallery of the Americas, Miami, Florida, USA
1995 I Saludo Latino, Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
1969 Centro Colombo-Americano, Barranquilla, Colombia
1968 Centro Colombo-Americano, Bogota, Colombia