Jose Varela
Jose Varela born in 1983, always had the passion for images and the way they can transmit an idea or even set a mood. For over 12 years he not only have studied the fundamentals in several academies such as NYIP (New York Institute of Photography) but also likes to keep exploring and considers himself a self taught photographer. Also he has experience in the marketing world when he was the CFO for the biggest tourism and hotel guide magazine back in Venezuela. Combining this with groundbreaking tricks, techniques and gadgets he captures the world as he sees it.
Press :
VIP GALLERY TOUR II / SPRING 2019 BRUSSELS / presented by ART CENTER MIAMI & GALERIE LA SPIRALE
Art Auction for FIANC ( Fundacion amigos del niño con cancer; Foundation for Kids with cancer)
Featured Photography Exhibit CBS local
Articulo de Prensa (Venezuela)
Silent Auction at the annual event for Leukemia Lymphoma Society
Exhibitions
2006 Sala de exposiciones muebles Hervigon, Caracas Vzla.
2007 Art Montereal, Canadá
2008 "Serie Looking" Espacios Galería Arte Núcleo, México
2010 Art Shanghai Shanghai, China
2011 Primera Exposición Imagen y Arte Le concierge Magazine, Caracas Vzla.
2011 Canton Art Fair Canton, China
2011 Shanghai Art Fair Shanghai, China
2011 Miami International Art Miami, Fl.
2012 Hongqiao Carnival Art Fair Shanghai, China
2013 Art Expo Beijing, China
2014 Scoope New York, New York, USA
2014 Solo Expo Inedit Art, Hollywood Fl
2015 Art Expo New York. NY
2016 Shelton Academy, Doral Fl.
2016 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai China
2016 Art Beijing, Beijing China
2017 The Art of Union, Art & Design Gallery, Miami Fl.
2017 Art Collective Show by South Florida Art Gallery, Miami Fl
2018 Photography Collective Exhibit at Miart Space, Wynwood, Fl.
2018 Art Expo Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2018 Art Expo New York , New York , NY
2018 Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai China
2018 Seoul Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
2018 Pavia Art Expo, Pavia, Italy
2018 Lucca Art Fair , Lucca, Italy
2018 Solo Show Shelton Academy , Doral, Florida
2018 Art Basel Collective Parallel, Wynwood, Florida
2019 Solo Show NPTI Coral Gables, Florida
2019 VIP Gallery Tour 2019 Brussels(Galerie La Spirale)- Wynwood (MiArt Space)
2019 G3 Galerie . Brussels, Belgium
2019 Vaduzer-Saal Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2019 Galerie La Spirale, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Photography Solo Exhibition Gallery MiArt Space. Wynwood, FL
“Artist Statement:
One of the qualities as a photographer is the ability to tell a story or simply show the person who sees your work the vision you have of the world in other words the way you see all
that is around you and you want to express. What separates me from other photographers is the elevated attention to detail on my work weather is a commission job or is a piece
from for art collection. Sometimes I spend more time just thinking on the end result before even touching the camera, to me visualizing the scene or the story i want to communicate
beforehand helps the end result in telling the story to the audience easier. I think that over the years I have learned to develop that “eye” that needs training, needs a lot of trial and
error in order to view a fast moving world as we live in today as just one or a couple of still images, and communicate effectively what the brain behind the lens is seeing
I have always had the vision that photography is way more important than what sometimes people give credit nowadays , with the advances in technology we have the ability to take
incredible photos with our cellphones, but what makes you a photographer its not the gear you have but the knowledge of how light behaves and that is what takes years or practice,
The way I see it is that I can show people that photography or “painting with light” it’s much more deep that most think. But I do really enjoy the way my work can produce different
emotions and feeling on the person that looks at it. ”