CV

Jorge Leiton Salas
Visual Artist · Santiago de Chile / Copenhagen

Education

2020–2024
Civil Constructor, KEA Copenhagen, Denmark
Mention: Architecture Designer

1998–2002
Designer Degree, INACAP University, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile
Mention: Illustration

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017
Mirror Inside Me — Retrospective Exhibition
The Royal Opera House Copenhagen, Art Association Group, Copenhagen

2004
Mixed Media
Gallery Parque Arauco, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile

2003
Funny Birds
Gallery Bucharest, Providencia, Santiago de Chile

2002
Flying Birds
Interior Ministry Building, Santiago de Chile

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017
The Mirror Ego
Cat Dannanneskiold Samsøe, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
Mixed Media Group Exhibition
Gallery Parque Arauco, Santiago de Chile

2006
Figurative Inspirations
Gallery Praxis, Santiago de Chile

Selected Collections

Jorge Leiton Collection
Ehsan Taran, Denmark

Private Collection
Dr. Ximena Fonseca, Santiago de Chile

Private Collection
Plastic Surgery Clinic, La Parva, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile

International Private Collections
Works sold internationally during the partnership with Gallery Bucharest, Providencia. According to your CV, approximately 1,000 works were sold to an international art dealer.

Banco Santander Collection
Santiago de Chile

Santiago Ramón & Cajal Association
Providencia, Santiago de Chile

Awards

1987
Best Artwork — First Prize
Young Artist Category, Culture Ministry, Santiago de Chile

1986
Best Artwork — First Prize
Young Artist Category, Culture Ministry, Santiago de Chile

Grants & Special Projects

2015
Authorization from the Danish Tax Ministry to use destroyed number plates for art projects involving metal sculptures assembled with pop rivets.
Granted 22 September 2015.

2006
Fond Art, Culture Ministry, Santiago de Chile
National Fund for the Development of Culture and the Arts

2005
Fond Art, Culture Ministry, Santiago de Chile
National Fund for the Development of Culture and the Arts