José Luis Chacón

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation Architect, Artist, Professor, Researcher, Flaneur
Location Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Introduction Born in Mérida-Venezuela, 1966. Architect at Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela, 1990. MSc. in Philosophy, at the same university, 2001. PhD in Architectural Composition at Politecnico di Milano-Italy, 2009. Professor Titular in the Faculty of Architecture and Design, at Universidad de Los Andes of Mérida. Teaches: Design Studio, Philosophy of Art, among others. Coordinator of the resarch group Lisa_D (Laboratorio de Investigaciones sobre Arte y Diseño), since 2004. Founder Coordinator of TiA (Taller i Arte+Arquitectura), since 2012. Art work: installations in individual and collective exhibitions in Venezuela, Italy and Canada. Artworks in Galería La Otra Banda, Museo de Arte Moderno Juan Astorga Anta, Museo Mario Abreu, Ateneo de Valencia, Programa Alma Mater, Galería Espacio de Arte, private collections. Architecture work: small buildings and other interventions in Mérida, Humocaro, Caracas. Awards: Mención Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Mérida; Premio Tridimensional Salón Aragua; Premio Herrera Toro Salón Michelena; Canadian Studies Grant; Politecnico di Milano scholarship.
Interests Art + Architecture, Aesthetics, Phenomenology, Project Theory, Public Art, Sacred Art and Architecture