Juan Bernal

Juan Bernal graduated as an architect from Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.  He has participated in over 50 group exhibitions and 25 solo shows in NY, Washington DC, Miami, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, France, Japan, China, among others.

Juan explains: “My work is about the importance of simple things; elements of nature that we usually take for granted, and whose beauty we don't take time to observe, like a fragment of a leave, a flower, or the way light is reflected as it strikes a drop of dew.  These elements are recreated with emphasis in the geometry of nature's designs.  It is the complexity within the simplicity.  The work constitutes an alarm to remind us all to preserve the environment that we are part of and that we are relentlessly destroying.”

Below is a partial list of Juan’s Awards, Reviews and Collections that include his paintings.

Paintings in Collections
- MAC. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota, Colombia
-The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
-The National Museum of American History, Washington DC
-Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
-The Library of Congress, Washington DC

Awards
-First Prize Architectural design for the Music Conservatory, Ibague Colombia
- Best in Show, First Stained Glass international Salon, Bogota, Colombia
- Commission for the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC

Memberships
-International  Stained Glass Center, Chartres, France

Reviews
- The New York Times, New York, NY
-The Washington Post, Washington, DC
-Casa & Estilo Internacional, magazine, Miami, Florida