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8/4/2019 Eclectic Press09 08
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
M i a m i , F l o r i d a . - F l o r i d aInternational University alumnus,Jesus Manuel Rojas Torres M.S05will travel this week to Shanghai,China to cover the inauguralAmerican Pavilion, Shanghai ArtFair 2011.
Rojas Torres, a Venezuelan-born
Internationalist & Blogger based inMiami since 1995, is the Founder& Publisher for Whats UpMiami?, the forward-looking art &culture blog and for La Columnade Jesus, an artistic blog abouth u m a n c o n s c i o u s n e s s a n dspirituality.
Rojas Torres first experience as agraduate student of Journalism wasin 2005 when he partnered withMiami-based artist Sinuhe VegaLeiter and with former business
partner, Ben Bela Abounassif tocreate Leiter Gallery, an art spacelocated in Belle Meade outside thearts circuits of Miami.
The creative trio of professionalssuccessfully produced exhibitionssuch as Cachao & Friends a
photographic exhibition by MiamiHeralds Carl P. Juste to honor thel a t e M a m b o K i n g . O t h e r
u n p r e c e d e n t e d v i s u a l a r texperiences followed such as TheArt of Living, and the Unveilingof the Sculpture Garden.
In less than a year, such artisticinvolvements allowed Ben BelaAbounassif to start creating his ownart and Rojas Torres eventuallystarted to produce art events inalternative spaces such as Art AfterDark & Experimental Innovatorsduring April 2008 Wynwood ArtsWalk.
In November 2009, Rojas Torrescreated Whats Up Miami? to
promote Abounassifs soloexhibition at ICON South Beachduring Art Basel Week.
"One day, it was that simple, I was
listening to WVUM 90.5 FM, and
I heard Dj Laura of Miami with her
sultry voice say, What's Up
Miami? and Eureka! What's UpMiami? blog was born, said Rojas
Torres in his Examiner column.
For more than a year, Rojas Torresvisited galleries throughout Miamiand gave free publicity to establishhis credibility as a blogger.
In April 2010, he was selected byClarity Media Group to write as anindependent contractor the Miami
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Whats Up Miami? To Cover Shanghai Art Fair and The
Inaugural American Pavilion 2011
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Art Gallery & Museum column for Examiner.com.
In January 2011, Museum Curator & Art Dealer,Aldo Castillo offered Rojas Torres the opportunityfor additional exposure doing publicity for theInternational Fine Arts Expositions during MIA ArtFair at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
His booth was strategically located at the Museumwing of the fair along with the Lowe Art Museum,the Frost Art Museum, The Wolfsonian- FIU and theBass Museum.
This will be Rojas Torres first internationalexperience, a blogger from Miami will document, as
reported in the New York Times, Chinas New
Cultural Revolution, A Surge in Art Collecting.
The pavilion curated by Associate Director, Aldo
Castillo, will host the presence of American galleries
exhibiting selective Contemporary and Modern:
Studio International Art & Design, Galerie Helene
Lamarque, Curators Voice Art Projects, CFM
Gallery, Lowe Art Museum, Rimonin Art Gallery,
LGM Internacional, Beaux Arts Gallery, Bandi
Trazos Gallery, A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, Elite
Fine Art Editions and Aldo Castillo Gallery.
This inaugural initiative is a collaborative endeavor
between Castillo and BandiTrazos, a company
established in Shanghai, China and Seoul Korea
since 2006 developing artists from South and North
America.
The American Pavilion follows in the footsteps of
the Latin-American Pavilion, also organized by
Bandi-Trazos since 2007.
American Pavilion - Shanghai Art Fair
Address: 99 Xing Yi Rd., Hong Qiao
Development Zone, Shanghai. P.R. CHINA
Tel: 86 1370 186 4617
www.americanpavilion.us www.sartfair.com
Fair Schedule:September 14-18, 2011
(Wednesday to Sunday)
Preview: September 13, 7:00 - 10:00 PM
For more information please contact:
Eclectic Network
305-763-1468
Email: [email protected]: http://www.eclecticnetwork.net
ECLECTICMONTHLY
Credit Images,
Upper (left),
Carolina Rojas,
Sergio Garcia,
Mariano Costa-
Peuser, Thierry
Farcy
Middle Center:
Yovani Bauta,
and LuisKaiulani
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