The painting features a bold and striking use of color, with a predominance of fiery reds and yellows that create a sense of intensity and dynamism. The central figure, rendered in an abstract, expressionistic style, appears to be a fragmentary, distorted human form, conveying a sense of emotional turmoil or visceral energy. The composition is dramatic and unconventional, with the figure seemingly emerging from or interacting with a dark, brooding background. The artist's distinctive brushwork and application of paint suggest a raw, emotive approach, characteristic of the abstract expressionist movement, which sought to convey deep, subjective experiences through the power of color and form. ...
Jorge Morocho studied at ITAE (insItuto tecnologico de artes del Ecuador) and subsequently at the UArtes (Universidad de las artes de Ecuador) where he graduated in Fine Arts with a special menIon in painIng in 2018. He is Currently in the MFA program at the FHNW Academy of art and design in Basel.
His work has been exhibited at galeries and museums as Museo Antropologico y de arte contemporaneo (Guayaquil), Museo municipal de Guayaquil, Museo Nahim isaisas, CAC (quito), Grau galeria (Lima), Q Galeria (quito), No lugar (Quito), No minimo (Guayaquil), DPM (Guayaquil), Violenta (Guayaquil), and at art fairs such as Art Lima (Lima) and ch.ACO(SanIago)
He was awarded with the 1st prize in the Salon de Julio in Guayaquil in 2017 and 2018.
Lives and works between Basel and Guayaquil.
SOLO/DUO SHOWS
2023-2024 Montevideo, Ginsberg + Tzu, Madrid, Spain
2021 DOG backwards is GOD, MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018 El primer animal visible, MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2016 MU, DPM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2015 La memoria imposible, Museo Nahim Isaias, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2015 PLOT, MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2023 Paisaje de interior, Casa del banco terrirpIal, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2022 Escuela de la pintura en Guayaquil, Ecuador
2022 MulIverso, Q Galería, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2022 Schonaustrasse, Casa del Barrio, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2021 Avistamiento de la pintura en guayaquil, Galería Mz14, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2020 La conspiración del fasma Casa abandonada centenario, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2020 Sinergia II Espacio cultural plaza De la Fuente, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2020 ch.ACO SanIago, Chile
2020 ART LIMA, Lima, Peru
2019 Estar siendo, CAC, Quito, Ecuador
2019 Sinergia Espacio cultural Plaza de la Fuente, gye (2019) NASA(L) GROUP SHOW
Galería Grau, Lima, Peru
2019 Open Studio, Galería Violenta, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018 Infulas de manglar, Casa Cesa, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2018 Made in GYE, Tragaluz, Lima, Peru
2017 Sub 30 DPM, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2017 Salon de Julio, Primer lugar, Museo municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2017 Material gris, Galería Violenta, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2016 Salon de Julio, Primer lugar, Museo municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2016 Residencia 103AM, MAAC, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2015 Salon de Julio, Mención de honor, Museo municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador 2014 La noche del cazador, Casa Cino Fabiani, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2014 Propensiones, Museo de los metales, Cuenca, Ecuador
2014 L.O.S, NoMínimo, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2014 GYE-UIO, No lugar, Quito, Ecuador
2014 Premio Batan, NoMínimo, Guayaquil, Ecuador ...
