Portraits
Cartoons, comics and caricatures
Fine Art
Architectural rendering
BIO
Enrique Bravo is a fine artist and architect, who lives in Canada since July of 2018. His work is divided into almost all facets of artistic expression. He works mostly in acrylic and watercolour, as well as mixed media for a variety of expressive results.
Enrique has won live painting tournaments in Toronto and Barrie, and exhibited in shows, events and galleries in Ontario. As an architect, he has done conceptual architecture and manual renderings for different firms in Venezuela and the Caribbean area, as well as working in other forms of expression such as comics, political cartoons, illustrations for magazines and books, portraits and murals. An awarded cartoonist and comic maker, he has been published in several print and digital media in Venezuela.
For more than 35 years, his vision on space, volume and perspective has been implicit in his expressive nature, and the human figure is a constant feature in his paintings.
Experience:
Solo Exhibits:
-Featured artist in the Barrie Art Club in 2021 in Barrie, ON.
-Guest Artist in the Barrie Art Club in 2022 in Barrie, ON.
-First Floor Gallery at the Barrie City Hall, 2022 in Barrie, ON.
Group Exhibits:
-The Toronto Rotunda Metro Hall in July 2019, The J.E.H MacDonald Gallery in Thornhill, ON. in September 2019,
-Culture and Latin American Identity in Canada’’ at Toronto City Hall in October 2019
-The Beaux Art Gallery in Brampton, Ontario in November 2019,
-Barrie Art Club, at the Barrie Town Hall in 2019, 2022 and 2023.
-Colores de Latinoamerica exhibition in London, ON. in January of 2020
-The Annual Dundas Valley Art Auction in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Hamilton, ON.
-Barrie Art Club at The Simcoe County Museum in 2022. Barrie, ON.
-Benefactors Art Exchange program in the MacLaren Art Centre in 2022 and 2023. Barrie, ON.
-Garden Follies Exhibition, June of 2023, MacLaren Art Centre. Barrie, ON.
-Orillia Opera House Art Exhibition, January 2024, Orillia, ON.
-Hibernation Arts Gallery, February 2024, Orillia,ON.
Freelance Artist:
-Illustrator for books, magazines and newspapers, Portraitist, Cartoonist, Caricaturist,
comic illustrator in Venezuela and the Caribbean area since 1986.
Public Art:
-Selected as artist forthe ‘’Art Trees Project’’ in Oro-Medonte, ON. May 2023.
-Selected as artist forthe ‘’Sprockets and Brushes Project’’ by the Orillia & District Arts Council,June 2023.
Achievements
-Won 6 Live Painting (‘’Art Battles’’) Tournaments in Toronto and Barrie, ON. from 2019 to 2023
-Presenter at The Online Conference ''Graphic Expression in Architecture'' at The University of Monterrey,Mexico, May 12, 2021
- Featured Artist in the Virtual 2021 Barrie Public Library Comic Con. Barrie, ON, September 2021.
-Winner of the Barrie 2022 Mayor’s Christmas Card Contest. in Barrie, ON.
-Winner of the Barrie Art Club First Annual Christmas Card Contest, 2024 in Barrie, ON.
Architect
As an architect, since 1988, conceptual designer, and architectural renderer for different firms in Venezuela and the Caribbean area, as well asworking in other forms of expression such as comics, political cartoons, illustrations for magazines and books, portraits and murals.
Teacher
As a teacher in architecture, he worked as University professor ofdrawing at different levels in the school of architecture and design in the University of Zulia in Venezuela for 22 years.
Memberships
Member of the Barrie Art Club since March of 2019
Active Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists since January of 2024
Education
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Zulia, Venezuela, 1988.