Carlos Jacanamijoy
Carlos Jacanamijoy is a Colombian painter of native South American origin of the Inga people. His artwork has been exhibited in more than 25 individual shows and is part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of the American Indian as well as several Colombian museums. He lives and works in Bogotá.
Education
Jacanamijoy started his higher education in fine arts at the Universidad de La Sabana in Bogotá between 1983 and 1984. The following year he moved to the southern Colombian city of Pasto to continue his studies in fine arts at the University of Nariño.Between 1986 and 1990 Jacanamijoy received a Master in Plastic Arts from the National University of Colombia in Bogotá. In 1989 he also began studying philosophy and literature at La Salle University, graduating in 1990.
Exhibitions
- The George Gustav Heye Center, National Museum of the American Indian, Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination, New York, 2007.
- Luis Ángel Arango Library, Bank of the Republic, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, Colombia.
- La Tertulia Museum, Cali, Colombia.
- Museum of Modern Art, Pereira, Colombia.
- Museum of Art, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
- District Planetary, Bogotá, Colombia.