39 Facts About Jacobo Borges

Jacobo Borges has had solo exhibitions in France, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Britain and the United States.

Jacobo Borges's oeuvre includes a rich body of paintings, a film directed in 1969, and a book The Great Mountain and Its Era, published in 1979.

In 1982, a biography by Dore Ashton, called Jacobo Borges, was published in English and Spanish.

Jacobo Borges has a wife, Diana and three children, a daughter named Ximena and two sons, one named Ezequiel and other Emiliano.

Jacobo Borges worked as a lithographer at the Cartones de Venezuela company and as a draftsman at the McCann-Erickson advertising agency alongside the master Carlos Cruz-Diez.

Jacobo Borges participated in the Venezuelan stand at the Brussels World Fair and exhibited at the Official Salon in Caracas.

Jacobo Borges was included in the retrospective "Pintura venezolana " presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas.

Jacobo Borges was part of the exhibition "22 pintores venezolanos", organized by the Neumann Foundation, which toured Chile, Uruguay, and Peru.

Jacobo Borges participated again in the VII Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil.

Jacobo Borges participated in the VI Exhibition of Graphic Arts, Drawing, and Engraving of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Central University of Venezuela and in the XXV Official Annual Salon of Venezuelan Art.

Jacobo Borges initiated the series "Las jugadoras" in 1965, the same year he participated in the VIII Sao Paulo Biennial and the XXVI Official Annual Salon of Venezuelan Art.

Jacobo Borges was part of the traveling exhibition "20 Artistas sudamericanos", which later presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Mexico, the University of California, the American Federation of Arts in New York, and the Pan American Union in Washington.

Jacobo Borges was included in the exhibition "Evaluacion de la pintura latinoamericana", which toured the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas, the Ateneo de Caracas, and the University of Cornelly Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Messer invites Jacobo Borges to participate in the exhibition "The Emergent Decade: Latin American painters and painting in the 1960s," presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Jacobo Borges directs the cinematic material, theatrical development, and installation of this installation.

Two years later, in 1974, Jacobo Borges participates in the III Latin American Print Biennial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and at the Estudio Dos Gallery in Valencia, Venezuela.

Jacobo Borges is included in the collective exhibition "Nine Venezuelan Artists," presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas, and in the collective exhibition "Great Creators of the Continent" at the Estudio Actual Gallery in Caracas.

Argentine writer Julio Cortazar writes a short story titled "Encuentro con un circulo rojo" inspired by one of Jacobo Borges's paintings, published in catalogs in Mexico and Caracas.

Jacobo Borges participates as a special guest in "Arte actual de Iberoamerica", an exhibition organized by the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica in Madrid, alongside Jose Luis Cuevas, Alejandro Obregon, and Fernando de Szyszlo.

Jacobo Borges is invited to the exhibition "Homenaje a la pintura latinoamericana" under the auspices of the Patronato de la Cultura de El Salvador.

Jacobo Borges's work is included in the 1979 calendar of the Du Mont publishing house, Germany, alongside artists such as Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Jacobo Borges is honored for being a comprehensive artist of extraordinary significance in the Venezuelan plastic and cultural sphere.

In 1985, before creating the set and costumes for the play "Lo que dejo la tempestad", written by Cesar Rengifo, directed by Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, and presented by the National Theater Company of Caracas, Jacobo Borges participates in the exhibition "Nueva Figuracion" at the Moss and Harcourts Gallery in San Francisco and the Yanes Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, alongside Sandro Chia, Philip Guston, Jim Peters, Peter Booth, and Steven Campbell.

Jacobo Borges receives support from Thomas Messer, director of the Guggenheim Museum, Waldo Rasmussen from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, and art critic Jack Flam.

Jacobo Borges participates in other group exhibitions in cities across the United States: Harcourt Gallery and Moss Gallery in San Francisco, California; and Yares Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jacobo Borges has his second solo exhibition in Mexico at the Arvil Gallery; the series "Puertas" stands out among the exhibited works.

Jacobo Borges is recognized with the Order of Francisco de Miranda, First Class, by the President of the Republic of Venezuela.

Jacobo Borges is included in the publication "Art Diary International 1989: The World's Art Directory," directed by Giancarlo Politi Editore, Milan, Italy.

The Der Brucke Gallery in Buenos Aires opens the 1990s with an individual exhibition by Jacobo Borges, accompanied by a catalog featuring texts by Dore Ashton.

Jacobo Borges is part of the exhibition "A Propos de Romantisme Barroque" at the Fondation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence, France, organized by the critic and writer Salvatore Lombardo.

Jacobo Borges is named Guest of Mexico City and is invited to work in the city for six months.

Jacobo Borges is part of the exhibition "Maestros latinoamericanos" at the Arvil Gallery in Mexico City and contributes to the publication "Artistas latinoamericanos en su estudio," which includes an introductory text by Carlos Fuentes and texts by Marie-Pierre Colle.

In 1995, the Jacobo Borges Museum is inaugurated in Caracas, conceived as an eco-museum with an anthropological approach to culture.

Jacobo Borges is mentioned in Edward Lucie-Smith's book "Art Today," published by Phaidon in London.

Jacobo Borges is included in "Art in the Turn of the Millennium," published by Taschen, offering an overview of international art from the late 20th century through the most representative artists of recent decades.

Jacobo Borges creates an installation as part of the II Summit of Heads of State and Government of OPEC.

Jacobo Borges is included in the book "Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America", written by Jackeline Barnitz and edited by Austin University of Texas Press.

In recent years, Jacobo Borges has resided between Caracas and New York, working on various projects for both Venezuela and abroad.

The Jacobo Borges Museum is a state funded institution located in Catia, a suburb of Caracas, Venezuela.