José Garcia Cordéro

José García Cordero (born 1951 in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican artist who lives and works in Paris. He studied painting with the Dominican master Hernández Ortega. In 1977, fleeing the dictatorship of Balaguer, he moved to Paris in a voluntary exile where he studied contemporary history at the University of Vincennes.

During his career, he has received many awards, such as the "Medal of Merit" granted by the French Senate for his contributions to Latin American culture, the "Gold Medal" of the 1st and 3rd editions of the Museum of the Caribbean Biennial. Modern art of Santo Domingo, among others. Her works have been exhibited in group and individual exhibitions in galleries, museums, art fairs and institutions in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States.

Fairs:
His work has been exhibited at contemporary art fairs around the world like Miami Art Background during Art Basel, ArteBA Buenos Aires (Argentina), Milan MiArt (Italy), Scope NY, Scope Miami and others.

Exhibitions:
Recently, he had his first solo show in New York, "Tales of the Caribbean Nights" at a new opening of the Lyle O. Reitzel NY branch on the 11th until July 30th, 2016. This exhibition is a body composed of 13 paintings, mostly unpublished, made of acrylic on linen, covering the period 2005-2016.

Collections:
His work belongs to the permanent collection of Salón Vitry-Sur Seine, France. Jesús David Alvarez / Vega Sicilia, Madrid, Spain, Angel Romero, Madrid, Spain. FRAC - Fondo Regional de Arte Contemporáneo, Martinica. Colección Cortés Foundation, Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico. Colección Arq. Marcelo Narbona, Panama. Centro Leon Jimenes, Santiago, DR. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, DR. Banco Central, DR. Fundación Ortiz Gurdian, León, Nicaragua the Congress of the Dominican Republic, as well as the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA), among others.