John Swarbrooke Fine Art is delighted to announce an exhibition of new works on paper by José Sarmiento. Titled Pigeon Chest, the exhibition will be presented from 2-8 March 2023 (preview on 1 March) at Stephen Ongpin Fine Art and features a collection of portraits and large-scale works on paper.

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Iden with Falcons cap, sanguine and colour pencil on cotton paper, 76 x 57 cm.

Scott with pineapple and trophy tee, sanguine on cotton paper, 76 x 57 cm.

Nick, sanguine on cotton paper, 76 x 57 cm.

Liam, sanguine on cotton paper, 76 x 57 cm.

James, sanguine and colour pencil on paper, 57 x 76 cm.

Daring night, graphite powder on cotton paper, 153 x 121 cm.

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Biography

José Guillermo Sarmiento (b. Bucaramanga, Colombia, 1991; London based) 

José’s art is drawn from the immediate reality of friends, lovers and acquaintances as well as images he encounters in the wider world. For him, painting and drawing are a means of capturing fleeting moments of intimacy, desire and otherness. Through these media he explores figuration as a way to express the complex relationship between the artist, his subject and surroundings.

José graduated in 2022 from the Master in Fine Arts at Slade School of Art, London and completed a BA in Art and Art History in 2013 at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He has been awarded the Terence Cuneo Memorial Award (London, 2021) from the Slade Committee, The Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Grant (Canada, 2020) and has been nominated twice for the Colombian Award, Premio de Arte Joven (2018-2020) amongst others.

He has shown in a number of international exhibitions in the USA, UK and Germany including: Why don’t you dance, ASC Gallery, London, 2022; Get it for cheap, The Hole, New York, 2020; Summer Intensive Showcase, Camden Arts Centre, London; Unfinished Hasse, Alte Handlesschule, Leipzig, 2019. Pigeon Chest will be José’s first solo exhibition in London.

José’s work is found in collections in the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Spain and Colombia.