Carlos Eduardo Maturana Piña, better known by his artistic pseudonym Bororo, is Chilean artist born in Santiago, Chile, on November 10, 1953. Along with Samy Benmayor, Omar Gatica, Matías Pinto D'Aguiar and Ismael Frigerio among others, he formed part of Chilean art’s 80s Generation. Bororo was his childhood nickname.Carlos Maturana (Bororo) Biography (in spanish) www.portaldearte.cl Artistas Plásticos Chilenos, Biblioteca National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago de Chile, 2008, Retrieved May 20, 2013
Biography
Bororo studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Chile’s School of Fine Arts and in 1972, he studied under the well-known artists Rodolfo Opazo, Ximena Cristi and Eduardo Garreaud.
Teaching formed an important part of his career. From 1975 to 1981, he was a teaching assistant and teacher in drawing, painting and sketching at the University of Chile's School of Fine Arts. From 1982 to 1985, he taught a Color and Graphic Expression workshop to design students at Gaston College and from 1983 to 1985, he taught at the Drawing and Painting Workshop at the Medical College of Chile's Art and Culture Institute (Spanish: Instituto de Arte y Cultura del Colegio Médico de Chile). Between 1983 and 1984 he taught at La Brocha Art Workshop, in Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro in the central Santiago neighbourhood of Lastarria. He also taught at the Planet Earth Academy of Art (Spanish: Academia de Arte Planeta Tierra).
Style and technique
Bororo belonged to the 80s Generation group, primarily made up of artists from the University of Chile faculty of art and linked to German Neo-expressionism. This generation has become famous for the innovative art they produced after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and during the dictatorship period,Generaciones - Promoción Ochenta, (80`s Generation ) Web Artistas Plásticos Chilenos, Biblioteca National Museum of Fine Arts Retrieved May 25, 2013 shocking Chilean society with non-traditional painting.
Just like his contemporary Samy Benmayor, Bororo used traditional materials like oil on canvas and watercolors, as well as other less traditional materials like latex and India ink on paper.
His work is notable for its symbolism, its basic shapes and the use of colour splatters that represent everyday objects.
Career
Work Works in public collections MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, SANTIAGO, CHILE Fábrica de Paté de Chungungo en Tunquén, 1993, acrylic on canvas, 168 x 200 cm El Poeta y la Muerte, 1995, lithography, 76 x 56 cm Paisajes con Arboles MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO, UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, SANTIAGO, CHILE Retrato, 1978, oil and latex on canvas, 170 x 110 cm Sin título, 1979, mixed techniques on canvas, 220 x 66 cm MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO DE CHILOÉ, CASTRO, CHILE MUSEO DE ARTES VISUALES, MAVI, SANTIAGO, CHILE Monumento de Todo Esto, 1991, oil on canvas, 170 x 139 cm El Farol, 1992, oil on canvas, 195.5 x 150.5 cm Sin título, 1991, oil on canvas, 58 x 58 cm MUSEO MUNICIPAL DE BELLAS ARTES DE VALPARAÍSO, CHILE El Califont, graffiti and acrylics ASOCIACIÓN CHILENA DE SEGURIDAD, ACHS, POLICLÍNICO DEL TRABADADOR, COIHAIQUE, XI REGIÓN, CHILE Pingüinos, 1996, oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm COLECCIÓN COMPAÑÍA CERVECERÍAS UNIDAS, CCU, SANTIAGO, CHILE Como Pez en el Agua, oil on canvas, 83 x 97 cm COLECCIÓN DE ARTE NESTLÉ, CHILE Los Bohemios, acrylics on canvas, 200 x 167 cm ESCUELA MARIANO LATORRE, CURANILAHUE, CHILE Sin Título PINACOTECA UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA, CHILE Extraterrestre llegando a mi casa, 2005, acrylics on canvas, 187 x 168 cm
Exhibitions Solo exhibitions
1976 Galería Matta, Santiago, Chile. 1981 Galería Sur, Santiago, Chile. 1984 Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1985 Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1989 Muestra de Pintura, Galería el Caballo Verde, Concepción, Chile. 1990 Plaza Mulato Gil, Santiago, Chile. 1991 Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1991 Galería Praxis, Santiago, Chile. 1991 Carlos Maturana Bororo, 6 Years of the Galería de Arte El Caballo Verde, Concepción, Chile. 1992 Magnus Gallery, Gent, Belgium. 1992 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, United States. 1993 Galería Tomás Andreu, Santiago, Chile. 1995 Bororo, The World, Paintings, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1996 Drawings and Paintings, 1994–1996, Galería Artespacio, Santiago, Chile. 1997 Bororo: Recent Works, Galería Artespacio, Santiago, Chile. 2005 From the Man in the Moon to Dolly the Sheep, Galería Artespacio, Santiago, Chile. 2006 From the Man in the Moon to Dolly the Sheep, Sala de Arte Casa Collahuasi, Iquique, Chile. 2007 The Rights of the Child, Biblioteca de Santiago, Santiago, Chile. 2008 Bororo Paintings, Galería Florencia Lowenthal, Santiago, Chile. 2009 Papers, Galería Artespacio, Santiago, Chile.
Joint exhibitions
1972 Fernán Meza Student Exhibition, Casa Central of the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1973 Alumni Salon, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1975 Alumni Salon, Facultad de Arte de La University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1975 National Bond Placement Painting Competition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1975 Arte Joven, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1975 Salón Sur, University of Concepción and National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1975 Borges in Visual Arts, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1976 View of Contemporary Art in Chile, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1976 Painting Exhibition, Galería Matta, National Arts Content, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1978 International Exhibition of Visual Arts, San Francisco Museum, Santiago, Chile. 1978 Five Chilean Graphic Artists at the University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, Israel. 1978 Chilean-German Cultura Institute, Santiago, Chile. 1978 National Bond Placement Painting Competition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1978 Painting Competition, Fundación Pacifico Scholarship, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1978 3rd Painting Contest, Exterior Relations Ministry, Chilean Diplomatic Academy, Santiago, Chile. 1979 National Bond Placement Painting Competition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1979 Galería C.E.D.L.A., Santiago, Chile. 1980 2nd National Bond Placement Competition, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1980 Eight Young Painters, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1980 2nd Young Art Conference, Las Condes Cultural Institute, Santiago, Chile. 1980 Amigos del Arte Society Exhibition, Santiago, Chile. 1980 University of Chile Art Faculty Professors’ Show, Taipei, China. 1981 Amigos del Arte Society Scholars’ Show, Torre Santa María, Santiago, Chile. 1981 Painting Show, Galería Sur, Santiago, Chile. 1981 2nd University Art Biennale, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1982 2nd Visual Arts Contest, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. 1982 The Tree in Chilean Painting Contest, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1982 Scholars’ Show, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1983 Show in Galería de Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1983 Galería La Brocha, Santiago, Chile. 1983 The Survival of our Planet, Natural History Museum, Santiago, Chile. 1983 VI International Art Biennale, Valparaíso, Chile. 1983 50 Years of Chilean Painting, Instituto Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. 1984 Art and the Planet's Survival, Natural History Museum, Santiago, Chile. 1984 Becados Amigos del Arte 1978–1984, Galería La Fachada, Santiago, Chile. 1984 Ilustraciones a poemas de Nicanor Parra, Galería Época, Santiago, Chile. 1985 Gráfica Xerox, Instituto Cultural de Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. 1985 VII Bienal Internacional de Arte, Valparaíso, Chile. 1985 Concurso Valdivia y su Río, Valdivia, Chile. 1985 El Tango, Galería Lawrence, Santiago, Chile. 1985 Chilean envoy from Galería Arte Actual to the London International Fair, England. 1985 Chilean Art Exhibition at Olympia, London, England. 1985 Bororo with José León, Galería Visuala, Santiago, Chile. 1985 Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1986 Exhibition of artists awarded scholarships by the Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile 1986 Our Andean World Competition, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1986 Youth Art National Conference, Sala El Farol, Valparaíso, Chile. 1986 Havana Biennale, Cuba. 1986 Joint exhibition, Madrid, Spain. 1986 Wurlitzer Art, Galería Bucci, Santiago, Chile. 1986 Bag of Cement Exhibition, Galería Bucci, Santiago, Chile. 1986 Paper Biennale, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1986 Couples in Art, Galería Plástica Tres, Santiago, Chile. 1986 Eight Young Artists in Small Formats, Galería de Arte Praxis, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Chile Vive, Chilean Art Show, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. 1987 Joint Exhibition, Colectiva Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Joint exhibition Galería Praxis, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador. 1987 Joint exhibition, Taller 619, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Joint exhibition, Galería Época, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Joint exhibition, Galería Caballo Verde, Concepción, Chile. 1987 Humorous Painting Contest, Centro Cultural Casa Verde (Arrayán), Santiago, Chile. 1987 V PREALC Contest, El Empleo o su Carencia, Galería Carmen Waugh - Casa Larga, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Chile: New Generations, Museo Sívori, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1987 12 Artists of Today, Galería Municipal de Arte Valparaíso, Chile. 1987 Two Continents Paint America, Galería Carmen Waugh, Casa Larga, Santiago, Chile. 1987 Deux Continents Peint L'Amérique, Galerie Anysetiers du Roy, Paris, France. 1987 Let's Encourage Art Contest, Guillermo Winter prize, Centro Casaverde, Santiago, Chile. 1988 Galería Época, Santiago, Chile. 1988 The Urban Landscape: Center of Santiago, Galería de Arte de la Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile. 1988 Long Live the Postcard, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1988 Exhibition of Chilean painters in Los Angeles, California, United States. 1988 Latin American Art Show, Italian Art Museum, Lima, Peru. 1988 Santiago, Florence, Paris: Vision of Young Chilean Painting, Palazziana Tiro al Volo, Florence, Italy. 1988 The Urban Landscape Painting Contest, El Centro de Santiago, Galería Universidad Católica Los Arcos de Bellavista, Santiago, Chile. 1988 Amigos del Arte Scholars, 1978–1984. Galería La Fachada, Santiago, Chile. 1988 Third Anniversary, 1985–1988, Galería El Caballo Verde, Concepción, Chile. 1988 Painting Painting, Galería del Cerro, Santiago, Chile. 1988 Images of Travelling to Los Angeles, United States, Centro de Extensión U.C., Santiago, Chile. 1989 Two Painting, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1989 Chile by Chile, Galería Carmen Waugh, Santiago, Chile. 1989 Museo de Arte Moderno, Castro, Chiloé, Chile. 1989 Those 80s Years, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santiago, Chile. 1989 The Rights of the Child, Carlos Maturana y Georgia Wilson, Explanada Cultural Metro Estación Baquedano, Santiago, Chile. 1989 Painters of Chile in thel Edificio de la Construcción, Santiago, Chile. 1989 IX International Art Biennale of Valparaíso, Municipalidad de Valparaíso, Chile. 1990 Joint exhibition, Galería de Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1990 Banco Bid acquired a Bororo work to exhibit in Washington, United States. 1990 In the Footsteps of Van Gogh, Galería Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile. 1990 Conference in Horcón, Chile. 1990 The Young Choose Their Godfathers, Galería Plástica Nueva, Santiago, Chile. 1990 Chile by Chile, Centro de Extensión U.C., Santiago, Chile. 1990 Exposición subasta de Pintura Joven, Galería de Arte Viña del Mar, Chile. 1990 Today's Chilean painting, Centro Cultural Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.