Joan Belmar
Bio
Joan Belmar was born in Chile. He graduated with a degree in Graphic Design/Technical Drawing in 1993 from the Fundacion DUOC in Santiago. At age 24, Belmar moved to Spain where he began his professional career as an artist. In 2003, he was granted permanent residency in the United States on terms of extraordinary artistic merit, and in 2010, he became an American citizen.
Joan Belmar is well known for his unique technique of 3-D paint. He combined his former painting and collage techniques with both painted and untreated Mylar/paper strips in circles and curvilinear shapes. This technique produces variations in transparency, as light and the viewer move in relation to the work. The sheer quality of these translucent materials captures and reflects light and encourages an up-close viewing of the work to reveal the different layers within.
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All sales from Perseverance benefit Only Make Believe
Only Make Believe creates interactive theatre with children in hospitals, schools, and care facilities. Inspiring joy and imagination, their professional actors engage children with medically fragile conditions and developmental disabilities, fostering social and emotional growth. Since 1999, Only Make Believe has served more than 90,000 children with their 62 partner facilities in New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, MA, Philadelphia, PA and Dallas, TX. Currently offering a robust digital program. Looking forward to returning to live in-person performance at partner facilities by 2022.