JOSÉ FORS 1958 – Born July 30 in La Habana, Cuba. 1960 – The Fors family moves to the United States of America. 1967 - José Fors travels to Mexico for the first time, and lives in Guadalajara and Mexico City. 1976 – Returns to Miami for three years to study anatomical drawing with Roberto Martínez. 1980 – Returns to Guadalajara, Jalisco where he currently lives and works. 1996 - José Fors gains Mexican nationality.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 2006 -Guanajuanto Cultural Center, Gto. Mexico – Feminin forms. -Galería Luis Tinajero, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Weapons and tools. -Alliance Française, Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico – José Fors, Engravings. 2005 -Mueso de las Artes, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors 25 years. -Galeria Haus der kunst, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors and Roberto Turnbull -Galería Azul, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Portraits. 2003 -Museo de Arte Moderno de Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico - José Fors, recent work. -Museo de la Ciudad, Santiago de Querétaro, Qro., México - José Fors,recent work. -Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors, recent work. -Café la Gloria, D.F., Mexico – Recent graphic work. 2002 -Galería Los Zacatecanos, Zacatecas, Zac., Mexico – Flower or fruit. -Promo Arte, Latin American Art Gallery, Tokio, Japón - Fors 2002. -Art Space, Televisa Guadalajara, Mexico – The other women: recent works on canvas and ceramic by José Fors. -Pinacoteca of the University of Colima, Col., Mexico – Flower or fruit. -Galería Azul, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Recent painting, graphic work and ceramics. 2001 -Galería Arte Tres León, Gto. Mexico – Flower or fruit. -Galería de Arte Moderno, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors 2001. -Drexel Galería, Monterrey, NL., Mexico – Physiognomy of the unconscious. -Museo Posada, Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico – Rivers of ink. -Museo Francisco Goitia, Zacatecas, Zac., Mexico - Rivers of ink.

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2000 -Ravel Fine Art, Austin, Texas, USA - Turning Point. -Galería Arte 3, León, Gto., Mexico – Painting by José Fors. -Casa Durer, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Recent graphic work. 1999 -Museum of the Mexican tax department, Old Archbishop’s Palace, D.F, Mexico – The aesthetics of cannibalism. -Casa Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico – In ink and metal. -Museo de la Cd. de León, León Gto., Mexico – Metal and paper -Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors in the Cabañas. 1998 -Museo Taller José Clemente Orozco, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - Puntas secas, Aguas fuertes. 1997 -Museo del Consulado Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, USA – Under pressure. 1996 -Museo de las Artes, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - José Fors, Retrospective. 1995 -Galería Raíces, Atho Rey, Puerto Rico - Mud and light. -Sindin Gallery, New York, USA – Recent work. -Waller Gallery, Amsterdam, Holand - Landscapes of the skin. -Martin Rathturn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, USA – Geography and religion. 1994 -Ravel Fine Art, San Antonio Texas, USA - Geography and religion. 1993 -Galería Raíces, Atho Rey, Puerto Rico – Testimonies and consequences. -Americas Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA - Under pressure. 1992 -Galería Jorge Alvarez, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Collective. 1991 -Galería Raíces, Atho Rey, Puerto Rico – Sons of metal. -Galería Jorge Alvarez, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Full moon. -Galería Vincent A.C., Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Engravings and monotypes. 1990 -Galería Arvil, D.F., Mexico - Fors, 1990. 1989 -Galería Jorge Alvarez, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Rectangular funerals. 1988 -Galería Azul, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - Retrátola GUADALAJARA lópez cotilla 1238 col. americana t. + 52 (33) 3124 1916

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1987 -Galería Magritte, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Fragments and sequences. 1986 -Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico - José Fors. 1985 -Rafael Matos Galería de Arte, D.F., Mexico – Reverence to fear. -Galería Magritte, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Act of guilt. 1983 -Estudio del Artista, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Commun burrial. 1982 -The University of Guadalajara Gallery, Jal., Mexico – We the fearful. 1981 -Atelier Galería, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Expectations. 1980 -Hotel Lafayette, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. 1979 -Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Florida, USA – First individual exhibition.

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS 2003 -Galería López Quiroga, D.F., Mexico – Monotype II. -Biennal of drawing of the Museum of Wakita in Kuruisawa, Japan – Invited artist. -Art space, Televisa Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico - 3 x 6. 2002 -Taro Okamoto Museum, Kawasaki, Japan - Taro Okamoto and Mexico. -Elite Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA - Summer group show. -Omar Centeno Fine Art, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Teachers. -Gallo Cultural Foundation, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Contemporary art in Jalisco. -Drexel Galería, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico - 10 plus 10, painting collective. -Book Fair, University of Talca, Talca, Chile – Graphic art in Jalisco and Chile. -Atelier Galería, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Inaugural exhibition. 2001 -Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, Republic de China – Selected artists from the 10th International Biennial

Print and Drawing Exhibition 2001, R.O.C.

-Contemporary Art Space Osaka CASO, Osaka, Japan – Selected artists form the Osaka Triennale 2001. - Museum of the Mexican tax department, Old Archbishop’s Palace, DF., Mexico – Painting in Jalisco 1950-

2000.

-Latin American Art Gallery Promo-Arte, Tokio, Japan – Contemporary art in Latin America.

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-Institute of Graphic Arts, Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico – Graphic work in Jalisco. -Centro Cultural Casa Vallarta, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Painting collective. 2000 -Instituto Cultural Cabañas – Painting in Jalisco 1950-2000. -Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA - Multiplicity Prints from the permanent collection. -Casa Durer, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Made of paper. -Miura Museum of Art, Miura, Japan - Latin American and Caribbean art "TODAY". 1999 -Universidad de Winnipeg, Canada - Contemporary etching from Jalisco. 1998 -Fundación Cultural Bancomer, D.F., Mexico, y Monterrey, N.L. 1992 -Galería de Arte Moderno, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Contemporary Jaliscan artists. -Instituto Cultural Mexicano, San Antonio, Texas, USA – Mexican realism. 1991 -Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan - Latin Art. -Galería Florencia Riestra, D.F., Mexico - Martha Pacheco and José Fors. 1990 -Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington, D.C., USA – A panorama of Mexican art. -Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Seven decades of art from Jalisco. 1989 -Galería Manina Centeno, Manzanillo, Col., Mexico - Carla Rippey and José Fors. 1988 -Sindin Gallery, New York, USA - Works on paper. -Intersection of the Arts, San Francisco, California, USA – Flying pieces of paper. -Galería del Consulado Mexicano, New York, USA - Six artists working in Guadalajara. 1986 -National Auditorium, D.F., Mexico – National Conference of Young Art. -Galería Varia, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – The women. 1985 -Forum of art and culture, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Graphic prize 86. -Galería Sloane Racota, D.F., Mexico - Rigor Mortis. 1983 -Galería Ricardo Barreto, Boston, Mass., USA - Dotty Attie and José Fors. 1983 -Galería La Pulga - Lucía Maya, Ricardo Anguía and José Fors. -Palacio de Bellas Artes, D.F., Mexico – First biennal of drawing.

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1982 -Galería Municipal, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico – Life and death. 1980 -Virginia Miller Galleries, Miami, Fl., USA – Latin artists.

PRIZES AND RECOGNITION 2001 -Selected in the last stage of the Osaka Triennale 2001, Osaka, Japan. -Selected in the last stage of the 10th International Biennale for the print and drawing exhibition R.O.C., Taiwan, Republic of China. -Selected in the XIII Biennale of San Juan de Puerto Rico for Latin American and Caribbean engraving. 2000 -Awarded a prize in the VIII National Engraving Prize José Guadalupe Posada. 1991 -Awarded a prize in the Ninth Biennale of Latina American and Caribbean Engraving, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987 -Awarded a prize in the Seventh National Conference of Young Art, Aguascalientes state government, Mexico. 1986 -Awarded a prize in the 1986 Engraving Prize, Forum of Art and Culture, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. 1985 -La Fundación Cintas, Inc. Awarded him the Cintas grant for 85-86 through the International Institute of Education in New York, NY., USA. 1982 -Awarded a prize in the October Prize held by the department of Fine Art and FONAPAS of the Jalisco state government, Mexico. 1979 -Awarded a prize by Public Television WPBT2 in the South Florida, Art Auction Exhibition 1979.

WORK IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS -Museo José Guadalupe Posada Aguascalientes, Mexico. -The Blantom Museum of Art, Austin, Texas. USA. -San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas USA. -Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico. -Wurt Museum, Germany. -Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. -The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois. USA. - Museum of the Mexican tax department, Old Archbishop’s Palace, D.F., Mexico. GUADALAJARA lópez cotilla 1238 col. americana t. + 52 (33) 3124 1916

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