José Fors - Biography

1958 – Born July 30 in La Habana, Cuba.  
1960 – The Fors family moves to the United States of America.  
1967 - José Fors travels to Mexico for the first time, and lives in Guadalajara and Mexico City. 
1976 – Returns to Miami for three years to study anatomical drawing with Roberto Martínez.
1980 – Returns to Guadalajara, Jalisco where he currently lives and works.
1996 - José Fors gains Mexican nationality.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2006
-Guanajuanto Cultural Center, Gto. Mexico – Feminin forms.
-Galería Luis Tinajero, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Weapons and tools.
-Alliance Française, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico – José Fors, Engravings.

2005
-Mueso de las Artes, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors 25 years.
-Galeria Haus der kunst, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors and Roberto Turnbull
-Galería Azul, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Portraits.

2003
-Museo de Arte Moderno de Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico - José Fors, recent work.
-Museo de la Ciudad, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., México - José Fors,recent work.
-Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors, recent work.
-Café la Gloria, D.F., Mexico – Recent graphic work.

2002
-Galería Los Zacatecanos, Zacatecas, Zac., Mexico – Flower or fruit.
-Promo Arte, Latin American Art Gallery, Tokio, Japón - Fors 2002.
-Art Space, Televisa Guadalajara, Mexico – The other women: recent works on canvas and ceramic by José Fors. -Pinacoteca of the University of Colima, Col., Mexico – Flower or fruit.
-Galería Azul, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Recent painting, graphic work and ceramics.

2001
-Galería Arte Tres León, Gto. Mexico – Flower or fruit.
-Galería de Arte Moderno, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors 2001.
-Drexel Galería, Monterrey, NL., Mexico – Physiognomy of the unconscious.
-Museo Posada, Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico – Rivers of ink.
-Museo Francisco Goitia, Zacatecas, Zac., Mexico - Rivers of ink.

2000
-Ravel Fine Art, Austin, Texas, USA - Turning Point.
-Galería Arte 3, León, Gto., Mexico – Painting by José Fors.
-Casa Durer, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Recent graphic work.

1999
-Museum of the Mexican tax department, Old Archbishop’s Palace, D.F, Mexico – The aesthetics of cannibalism.  
-Casa Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico – In ink and metal.
-Museo de la Cd. de León, León Gto., Mexico – Metal and paper
-Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors in the Cabañas.

1998
-Museo Taller José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - Puntas secas, Aguas fuertes.

1997
-Museo del Consulado Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, USA – Under pressure.

1996
-Museo de las Artes, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors, Retrospective.

1995
-Galería Raíces, Atho Rey, Puerto Rico - Mud and light.
-Sindin Gallery, New York, USA – Recent work.
-Waller Gallery, Amsterdam, Holand - Landscapes of the skin.
-Martin Rathturn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, USA – Geography and religion.

1994
-Ravel Fine Art, San Antonio Texas, USA - Geography and religion.

1993
-Galería Raíces, Atho Rey, Puerto Rico – Testimonies and consequences.
-Americas Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA - Under pressure.

1992
-Galería Jorge Alvarez, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Collective.

1991
-Galería Raíces, Atho Rey, Puerto Rico – Sons of metal.
-Galería Jorge Alvarez, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Full moon.
-Galería Vincent A.C., Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Engravings  and monotypes.
1990
-Galería Arvil, D.F., Mexico - Fors, 1990.

1989
-Galería Jorge Alvarez, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Rectangular funerals.

1988
-Galería Azul, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - Retrátola

1987
-Galería Magritte, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Fragments and sequences.

1986
-Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico - José Fors.

1985
-Rafael Matos Galería de Arte, D.F., Mexico – Reverence to fear.
-Galería Magritte, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Act of guilt.

1983
-Estudio del Artista, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Commun burrial.

1982
-The University of Guadalajara Gallery, Jal., Mexico – We the fearful.

1981
-Atelier Galería, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Expectations.

1980
-Hotel Lafayette, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.

1979
-Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Florida, USA – First individual exhibition.

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2003
-Galería López Quiroga, D.F., Mexico – Monotype II.
-Biennal of drawing of the Museum of Wakita in Kuruisawa, Japan – Invited artist.
-Art space, Televisa Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - 3 x 6.

2002
-Taro Okamoto Museum, Kawasaki, Japan - Taro Okamoto and Mexico.
-Elite Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA - Summer group show.
-Omar Centeno Fine Art, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Teachers.
-Gallo Cultural Foundation, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Contemporary art in Jalisco.
-Drexel Galería, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico - 10 plus 10, painting collective.
-Book Fair, University of Talca, Talca, Chile – Graphic art in Jalisco and Chile.
-Atelier Galería, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Inaugural exhibition.

2001
-Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, Republic de China – Selected artists from the 10th International Biennial Print  and Drawing Exhibition 2001, R.O.C.
-Contemporary Art Space Osaka CASO, Osaka, Japan – Selected artists form the Osaka Triennale 2001.
- Museum of the Mexican tax department, Old Archbishop’s Palace, DF., Mexico – Painting in Jalisco 1950-2000.

-Latin American Art Gallery Promo-Arte, Tokio, Japan – Contemporary art in Latin America.
-Institute of Graphic Arts, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico – Graphic work in Jalisco.
-Centro Cultural Casa Vallarta, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Painting collective.

2000
-Instituto Cultural Cabañas – Painting in Jalisco 1950-2000.
-Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA - Multiplicity Prints from the permanent collection.

-Casa Durer, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Made of paper.
-Miura Museum of Art, Miura, Japan - Latin American and Caribbean art "TODAY".

1999
-Universidad de Winnipeg, Canada - Contemporary etching from Jalisco.

1998
-Fundación Cultural Bancomer, D.F., Mexico, y Monterrey, N.L.

1992
-Galería de Arte Moderno, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Contemporary Jaliscan artists.
-Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, USA – Mexican realism.

1991
-Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan - Latin Art.
-Galería Florencia Riestra, D.F., Mexico - Martha Pacheco and José Fors.

1990
-Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington, D.C., USA – A panorama of Mexican art.
-Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Seven decades of art from Jalisco.

1989
-Galería Manina Centeno, Manzanillo, Col., Mexico - Carla Rippey and José Fors.

1988
-Sindin Gallery, New York, USA - Works on paper.
-Intersection of the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA – Flying pieces of paper.
-Galería del Consulado Mexicano, New York, USA - Six artists working in Guadalajara.

1986
-National Auditorium, D.F., Mexico – National Conference of Young Art.
-Galería Varia, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – The women.

1985
-Forum of art and culture, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Graphic prize 86.
-Galería Sloane Racota, D.F., Mexico - Rigor Mortis.

1983
-Galería Ricardo Barreto, Boston, Mass., USA - Dotty Attie and José Fors.

1983
-Galería La Pulga - Lucía Maya, Ricardo Anguía and José Fors.
-Palacio de Bellas Artes, D.F., Mexico – First biennal of drawing.

1982
-Galería Municipal, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Life and death.

1980
-Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Fl., USA – Latin artists.

PRIZES AND RECOGNITION

2001
-Selected in the last stage of the Osaka Triennale 2001, Osaka, Japan.
-Selected in the last stage of the 10th International Biennale for the print and drawing exhibition R.O.C., Taiwan, Republic of China.
-Selected in the XIII Biennale of San Juan de Puerto Rico for Latin American and Caribbean engraving.

2000
-Awarded a prize in the VIII National Engraving Prize José Guadalupe Posada.

1991
-Awarded a prize in the Ninth Biennale of Latina American and Caribbean Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1987
-Awarded a prize in the Seventh National Conference of Young Art, Aguascalientes state government, Mexico.

1986
-Awarded a prize in the 1986 Engraving Prize, Forum of Art and Culture, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico.

1985
-La Fundación Cintas, Inc. Awarded him the Cintas grant for 85-86 through the International Institute of Education in New York, NY., USA.

1982
-Awarded a prize in the October Prize held by the department of Fine Art and FONAPAS of the Jalisco state government, Mexico.

1979
-Awarded a prize by Public Television WPBT2 in the South Florida, Art Auction Exhibition 1979.

WORK IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS