Artist Registry

Jorge A. Yances

Jorge A. Yances. “Day in the park” Jorge A. Yances. “Winter at Edwin Warner Park” Jorge A. Yances. “Moments”

Contact information

jarrietta@bellsouth.net

Artist statement

“My paintings are like poetry, that allows the viewer to make up his or her own story, seeing beyond the obvious into a world of endless possibilities”

Jorge A. Yances’ work is a fusion of reality and fantasy, two essential elements that place him squarely in the Magical Realism movement. Yances’ art takes the viewer beyond the tangible world into the hidden essence of life that walks hand in hand with everyday reality. Each piece of art transports the viewer into an enchanted world. In a visual journey that bridges one reality and another, one becomes convinced that there is only a thin line between facts and visions and anyone can transcend its boundaries.

Resume / bio

Jorge A. Yances was born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and he has been living in the United States since the age of thirteen when his family moved from his native country. His interest in art has been a constant in his life when at seven years old he started experimenting with different techniques in painting. While in high school his teachers saw his potential and encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Since then, Yances continued studying on his own developing a unique style and passion for colors, forms and shadows.

After he finished high school, he started working with Lyson Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee as assistant to Streingfield and Paul Lancaster, a well-known sculptor and fine arts artist respectively. With them, Yances learned techniques for carving in wood and etching in plexiglass. In 1974 he won the Medal of Bronze, a prestigious award given by the Grumbacher Company. At that time, his career started to escalate as he was named artist in residence at the Cruciana & Rosler Gallery in Orlando, Florida where he was part of important number of projects.

J. Yances has exhibited his work in galleries in the United States and Colombia. His recent work “Cartagena Memories” is a trip to the past in which he recreates the beauty of his native land. In this collection, Yances goes beyond the narrow streets of this colonial city to include its people and their basic elements of daily life with the unique style that characterizes his work. This vision of man and circumstances intertwined in each piece of his art puts him among one of the clear exponents of the movement known as “Magic Realism”.

Exhibitions

(Information last updated: 13 April 2009)

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