About.
Horacio Garcia Rosas formally started his art career at a very young age in the city of Saltillo, Mexico. In 1981, he was very fortunate to complete his first art workshop with Fernando Flores Sanchez, who was a former disciple of one of the greatest muralist artists Mexico ever produced to the world, the legendary David Alfaro Siqueiros. With Horacio’s spirit permeated with new possibilities of colors, shapes, canvas, and self-expression, he would fully take the reins towards a life-long search of art exploration.
During the next five years of non-stop and intense art activity, he became a student of renowned local art institutions and participated in multiple art exhibits. His name and artistic talent quickly garnered recognition after 1983, when he won fifth place in the drawing category during the Center of Vitro Art contest, which is one of the most prestigious art events held in Northern Mexico.
Burning with an inner desire to be in the places of mainstream arts in Mexico, he felt the urge to travel to new horizons, and in 1986, he left his hometown for the mythical city of Oaxaca, Mexico, where he immediately joined a workshop founded by the maestro Rufino Tamayo, one of the most internationally recognizable modern painting artist from Mexico.
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City of Oaxaca, Mexico (1987) Highlighted in the center; from left to right, are the Legendary Mexican Painting Artist Mr. Rufino Tamayo, Atanacio Tapia the Course Director, and Horacio Garcia Rosas during an art contest celebrating Rufino Tamayo's 70th anniversary in Arts. Famed Argentinian Art Critic, Raquel Tibol was also President of the Jury on that occasion.
During his two-year stay in Southern Mexico, Horacio was recognized by Rufino Tamayo himself with an honorific mention during an art contest held by the Rufino Tamayo art workshop. He was also given the City of Oaxaca of Juarez prize art recognition by the City of Oaxaca Government. Horacio also sought to approach other influential artists of the time and enrolled in high-level art workshops with art masters such as Shinzaburo Takeda and Luis Velasco.
With new knowledge, art exhibits, prizes, and recognitions under his arm, Horacio traveled back to Northern Mexico where he engaged in a fructiferous art production that led him, until today, to offer multiple art workshops, participate in art exhibits, solo and collective, locally and into multiple neighboring Mexican States and also internationally in La Habana.
HORACIO GARCIA ROSAS
DETAILED TIMELINE OF EVENTS
1981 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Enrolled in the Painting and Drawing Workshop from AGORA, House of Culture offered by Fernando Flores Sanchez a former art disciple of the internationally renowned Mexican Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros.
1982 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Founding student of the Engraving Workshop belonging to the Center of Visual Arts and Aesthetic Investigations (CAVIE)
Enrolled in the prestigious School of Plastic Arts a faculty part of the Autonomous University of Coahuila
Obtained first place in Engraving, third place in Painting, and third place in Mixed Techniques in a contest held by the School of Plastic Arts “Ruben Herrera”
Participated as a founding artist and exhibitor for the Art Gallery ORIN owned by the local intellectual figure Angel Sanchez
1983 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Collabs in the Art Traveling Expo into the Northern States of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Obtained first place in the Drawing category in a contest held by the School of Plastic Arts “Ruben Herrera”
Obtained an Honorific Mention in painting and a Fifth place in the Drawing category during the Visual Arts Week by the prestigious Center of Vitro Art in the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
1984 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Art Collab for the HESSE ESO local art group held at the XEKS local radio station building
Art Collab Young Art held by the School of Plastic Arts “Ruben Herrera” Art Gallery
Art Collab for Traveling Art Expo covering the Mexican State Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo. Expo coordinated by the National Institute of Fine Arts and the Center of Vitro Art.
1986 - City of Oaxaca, Mexico
Enrolled in the famed Rufino Tamayo Art Workshop
Solo Art Exhibit Homage to Zapata, by El Carmen Art Gallery
Enrolled in the course Plastic Observation held by the Japanese-Mexican Painting Artist, Shinzaburo Takeda
Enrolled in the course Codification and Decodification of the Plastic Language in Visual Arts held by Artist Luis Velasco.
Solo Art Exhibit FORMA by Los Principes, House of Culture Art Gallery
1987 - City of Oaxaca, Mexico
Obtains the Prize Oaxaca City of Juarez
Obtains an Honorific Mention at the Rufino Tamayo Workshop by the hands of Mexican Painting Artist Rufino Tamayo
1991 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Solo Art Exhibit 10 in YAGUL by the Museum of Cultures Gallery
1995 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Solo Inter-State Traveling Art Exhibit E-TERRA by the Saltillo Cultural Festival
Art Collab Form and Color by the University Cultural Center at the Autonomous University of Coahuila
1995 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Artwork included in the Biographical Dictionary of the State of Coahuila by the State Government
1996 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Artwork included in the National Edition of TIERRA ADENTRO magazine. Issue 81
1999 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Art Collab 100 Years of Art in Saltillo, XX Century by the Cultural Center of the Garcia Carrillo Theater Building
2000 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Traveling Art Collab through the Mexican State of Zacatecas in coordination with the University Cultural Center at the Autonomous University of Coahuila
2006 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Solo Art Exhibit Beyond the Shape and the Color by Renacimiento Art Gallery
Art Collab by the Visual Arts Corridor of the Museum of Contemporary Arts of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico
Art Collab in Albertina Centro Gallery by the Cultural Center of the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Art Collab by the Ricardo Castro Theater Building in the State of Durango, Mexico
Art Collab by the Teatro de los Heroes in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico
Art Collab by the House of Culture State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Art Collab by the Cultural Center Border City of Nuevo Laredo, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico
2007 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Art Collab Los Hijos de Sanchez by the University Cultural Center at the Autonomous University of Coahuila
Art Collab Casa Guayasamin in La Habana, Cuba
2010 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Solo Art Exhibit Beyond Color by the Cultural Center at Casa Purcell of the Vanguardia Newspaper
2021 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Solo Art Exhibit Chronicles of Time at the Ruben Herrera Art Gallery
2025 - City of Saltillo, Mexico
Solo Art Exhibit El Descubrimiento del Tiempo at the Centro Cultural Casa Purcell