Silent Bodies III
Metamorphosis I
Prometheus
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas - Diptych
96 x 70 inches - 244 x 178 centimeters
Concealed bodies XVII
Oil on Canvas - Diptych
124x78 inches - 305x198 centimeters
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas
79x58 inches - 201 x 147 centimeters
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas - Diptych
124x78 inches - 305x198 centimeters
The Rituals of Violence I
Falling Bodies I
Untitled I - II
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas - Diptych
92 x 80 inches - 234 x 173 centimeters
Metamorphosis II
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas
79x58 Inches - 201 x 147 centimeters
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas
96x70 inches - 244 x 178 centimeters
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas
79x58 inches - 201 x 147 centimeters
Exodus XX
Fragmenting Rubens VI
Fragmenting Rubens II - III
Oil - Charcoal on Canvas - Diptych
96 x 70 inches - 244 x 178 centimeters
Silent witnesses XVII
Acrylic on Canvas
79x58 inches - 201 x 147 centimeters
Oil - Acrylic on Canvas
68 x 57 inches - 173 x 145 centimeters
Oil on Canvas
70x62 inches - 178 x 157 centimeters
Jorge Posada: A Life Across Borders
Born in Medellín, Colombia, and now a vital voice in American art, Jorge Posada is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work bridges two worlds. His talent was recognized early: as a young artist, he won first prize at the prestigious Salon of Young Art at the Antioquia Art Museum in his hometown. Honors soon followed—an award from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bogotá, an Honorable Mention at the Expresiones Hispanas Art Tour USA, and a feature on Channel 13’s documentary The New Immigrants.
Posada’s public practice is equally powerful. He transformed the Ritz Theater in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with a monumental 1,500-square-foot mural, a testament to his commitment to community and large-scale storytelling.
Since the 1980s, Posada has lived and worked in New York, where his Long Island City studio has become a creative anchor. He serves on the board of the nonprofit LIC Artists and is the founder and curator of the annual LIC Drawing Show, a cornerstone of the local art scene. His work is collected and exhibited internationally—from Europe to South America to the United States—yet it remains deeply rooted in the immigrant experience and the rhythms of urban life.
Memory of the Body
In his paintings and drawings, Jorge Posada, works primarily in a semi-abstract depiction of the human body, exploring both its realistic and abstract qualities. His work investigates the tension between structure and chaos, the premeditated and the improvised, within the gestural representation of the human form.
Before starting a new painting, Posada studies the numerous sketches he continuously creates. These sketches serve as the original visual foundation, not through their literal translation into the final piece, but through the memorized images they leave in his mind.
Posada employs a mixed-media approach, using acrylic, oil, and charcoal. To establish the color sequence and overall composition, he relies on the fast and versatile application of acrylics, combined with charcoal to define areas of interest and expression. He finalizes his paintings by applying several layers of color and transparencies, a process that allows him to achieve a rich and subtle finish.
Immersed in the urban environment, his principal source of inspiration is the human being. He is drawn to their presence—sometimes anonymous, fragmented, and in constant movement. He explores figures articulated or disarticulated, constrained by real or imagined barriers, concealed within limited spaces, and struggling to escape societal, geographical, or mentally imposed boundaries.
By deliberately working with a monochromatic color palette, Posada aims to reveal a mysterious and unpredictable concert of human forms. For him, painting is an act of manifesting and uncovering the hidden qualities of the human body.
