Painter, Photographer
Enrique Collar
Enrique Collar
Netherlands
Credentials
- Major permanent collection
- International Exposure
- Works on commission
« All abstract paintings speak to us with figurations, and all figurative painting speak to us with abstractions »
Enrique Collar is a visual artist and film director from Paraguay, who is currently living and working in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Collar’s figurative paintings explore representations of reality in a 2D context and spherical 360-degrees for Virtual Reality.
The best Iberoamerican films- Winner- Madrid, Spain
The best Iberoamerican films- Winner- Mexico City, Mexico
Dienst kunst en Culture-Rotterdam - Nominated- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fondec, Audiovisual production fund for Costa Dulce- Winner- Lisbonne, Portugal
Jury Award-Special Mention - Nominated- Rome, Italy
Novena. Best film from Latin American- Winner- Mar del Plata, Argentina
Prize by V Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition- Winner- Barcelona, Spain
The IV Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition- Winner- Barcelona, Spain
BP Award - Nominated- London, United Kingdom
IV Figurativas Painting and Sculpture Competition- Winner- Barcelona, Spain
Audiovisual production fund for Novena - Nominated- Asunción, Paraguay
Rotterdam Artists Centre - Nominated- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Audiovisual production fund for Miramenometokéi - Nominated- Asunción, Paraguay
Matisse Award - Nominated- Asunción, Paraguay
The International Fellowship Granted - Nominated- New York, United States
Década de las poblaciones indígenas - Nominated- Asunción, Paraguay
3rd Biennial of Young Art - Nominated- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Martel Biennial- Winner- Asunción, Paraguay
Mutual Influences / Hepner Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
Oxygen, 8 paintings / Hepner Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
Recent work, Photography / Monocromo Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
Agnieten Kapel / Godá Gallery - Gouda, Netherlands
From the Oral to the Light Myth / Gallery Goda - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Videokupación. Video-installation and Video-sculpture / Espacio Sajonia - Asunción, Paraguay
The identity chimera / Cultural center of the Brazilian Embassy - Asunción, Paraguay
The identity chimera / international art fair - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Video and photography / Manzana de la Rivera - Asunción, Paraguay
Encaramado a mi quimera / Belmarco Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
Other Sensibilities / IDB Cultural Center - Washington, United States
Pilgrims, paintings and woodcuts / Belmarco Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
Under the South American Sun / Belmarco Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
About our magic realism / Belmarco Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
From and towards my homeland / Belmarco Gallery - Asunción, Paraguay
Drawings and paintings / Social and Cultural Center Deportivo Paraguayo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Drawings and paintings / Social and Cultural Center Deportivo Paraguayo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Drawings and paintings / Social and Cultural Center Deportivo Paraguayo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Group Exhibition / Weekend van het Portret - Amsterdam, Netherlands
ArtBreda - Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Breda, Netherlands
Realisme ‘16 Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
PAN Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Realisme ‘15 Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Realisme ‘14 Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
PAN Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Paraguay
PAN Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
ArtMadrid 11 / Foundation for the Arts and Artists - Madrid, Spain
PAN Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
ArtAntique Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Utrecht, Netherlands
Figurativas V - Painting and Sculpture Competition / MEAM Museum - Madrid, Spain
Figurativas V - Painting and Sculpture Competition / MEAM Museum - Barcelona, Spain
Realisme ‘10 Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dutch Art Now / Harms Rolde Collection - New York, United States
PAN Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Realisme ’09 Art Fair / Collectie Harms Rolde - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Proponendo Art Fair / Pablo Ruiz Gallery - Rome, Italy
Figurativas IV - Painting and Sculpture Competition / MEAM Museum - Madrid, Spain
PAN Art Fair / Collectie Harms Rolde - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Realisme ‘09 Art Fair / Harms Rolde Collection - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Figurativas IV - Painting and Sculpture Competition / MEAM Museum - Madrid, Spain
Realisme 08 Art Fair / Collectie Harms Rolde - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Group Exhibition / Open Art Fair - Utrecht, Netherlands
Van oude mensen het geheim / Karmel klooster Drachten - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Agnieten Kapel / Agnieten Kapel - Gouda, Netherlands
BP Portrait Award / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Mercosur Biennal / Espace - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Aspects of Contemporary Paraguayan Painting / Museum Ecole de La Perrine - Laval, France
Contemporary Photography prize / Diario La Nación - Asunción, Paraguay
ArteBA-International Fair / Espace - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Identidades (Identities), Latin American and Caribbean Artists / Passage de Retz - Paris, France
El Mito Real / IV Aparición. C.C. Recoleta - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Group Exhibition / Palazzio Santa Crocce - Rome, Italy
Objects – Eight Mercosur Artists / Galería Belmarco - Asunción, Paraguay
Eight Mercosur Artists / Salas OEA - Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Mito Real II (The Real Myth) / Palais de Glace - Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Mito real- Manifiesto / Fundación Alberto Elía - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Teko / Maison de L' Amerique Latine - Paris, France
Martel Biennial / Special guest - Asunción, Paraguay
El Mito real (The Real Myth) / C.C. Recoleta - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Opening of Museo de las Artes / Universidad de Guadalajara - México City, Mexico
Three Paraguayan Artist / Galería Latina - Montevideo, Uruguay
9th Ibero American Biennial–Domec Engravings / Palacio de Bellas Artes - México City, Mexico
Florida Art Triennial. Museo vivo / Arte Contemporáneo - Santiago, Chile
Nolix anit negra grabado (Engravings) / C.C.Recoleta - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gunther Prize / CAYC - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Otium Prize / C.C. Recoleta - Buenos Aires, Argentina
New Image for an Ancient America / Palais de Glace - Buenos Aires, Argentina
El viaje (The Journey) / C.C. de la Ciudad - Asunción, Paraguay
Martel Prize / Espace - Asunción, Paraguay
Salón Nacional de Dibujo / Espace - Buenos Aires, Argentina
First Latin American Encounter / Espace - San Luis, United Kingdom
Página 12- Tres opiniones para tres artistas
Vision Magazine- Paraguay rescues its expressions and projects them. Currency of a traditional art
MEAM, Spain
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
Harm Rolde Collectie, Netherlands
Inter-American Development Bank, United States
Maisón de L' Amerique Latine, France
His paintings can also be found as part of private collections, Argentina
Universidad del Norte, Portugal
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