Born in 1983 in Santiago, Chile, Javier Toro Blum studied psychology and Fine Arts at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and he holds a MA in Sculpture from The Royal College of Art, London.
His work focuses on visual perception, phenomenology of light, darkness and space, and its subsequent emotional and psychological implications on the viewer. With particular interest in architecture, specifically in those spaces where artworks have the capacity of mediate perception. This opens to the question of how a body of work - that is primarily formal and phenomenological - is able to permeate the cultural sphere. Consequently, the artwork allows a triangulation between space, viewer and the piece itself.
His work is in the collections of the Royal College of Art, Princeton University, Museo de Arte Moderno de Chiloé, White Elephant Bibliothek, Consejo para la Transparencia del Gobierno de Chile, Fundación Ca.Sa and Fundación Engel, as well as in private collections in Chile, Germany, France, United States, Spain, England, Mexico and Perú.
-
Melancholic Dreams
Ben Arpea ⎮ Aldo Chaparro ⎮ Jade Fenu ⎮ Beya Gille Gacha ⎮ Jean-Marc Hunt ⎮ Lib ⎮ Hyacinthe Ouattara ⎮ Javier Toro Blum ⎮ Rob Tucker 2 Feb - 31 Mar 2024 Venice193 Gallery returns to Venice and it has chosen to breathe new life into one of the city’s oldest pharmacies, with exhibitions held on two levels. Before hosting a major exhibition starting in the month of April, the gallery presents a pre-opening exhibition "Melancholic Dreams", that will be held for two months, starting February 2nd, with its inauguration coinciding with the famous Venice Carnival.Read more -
Azul Bleu
Javier Toro Blum 3 Sep - 29 Oct 2022 ParisJavier Toro Blum crosses his work and French culture, he takes as a starting point for his exhibition Azul Bleu a dialogue between 'two blues': the color IKB (International Klein...Read more
