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For many years René Tosari equally divided his time
between the two countries of Suriname and the Netherlands, in both of which he
has been very active in the arts. In 2014 however, he permanently moved to
Suriname, the country of his birth. Many who remember Tosari from the beginning
of his art career remember him for his graphic work as well as his politically
and socially motivated work of the seventies and eighties. Although related
themes occasionally do reappear, the work from this artist has in recent years
mostly taken a different course.
He describes himself as an experimental artist, an
artist who aims to achieve something unique in each new creation and who
ultimately tries to achieve a higher level of skill in every work of art he
creates.
The artist is especially well known for his unique
style and technique. He combines oils and acrylic paints, give his paintings a
unique texture and a mystical appearance. Tosari often expresses his concern
for the environment in his paintings. Animals and nature play an important role
and in his compositions the artist combines them with self conceived symbols
and other organic shapes. Some examples are the hummingbird because of its role
in cross-pollination, the ‘maripaboto’ representing the protest of traditional
communities against the infringing modern world, a spade, a cow and other signs
which are reminiscent of his previous politically oriented work. Typical for
Tosari is also the way in which he outlines his figures with contrasting lines.
For his last solo exhibition in 2010, he took special interest in the signs and
symbols from old original communities from all over the World.
In his research he went all the way back to the
origins of mankind, to the origins of human artistic expressiveness in all its
fascinating diversity. He combined these mostly abstract signs and symbols from
different times and different cultures with elements from his own artistic
signature, and created compositions which express their own universal visual
language.
Working experience: 2006 - 2014 Board member of SBK, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1998 - 2001 Teacher Culture Education BK, Matchpoint, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1994 - 1999 Affiliated to Stichting Open Ateliers Amsterdam Zuid Oost, the Netherlands 1994 - 1996 Teacher Visual Art, Kunstweb, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Exhibitions: 2017 TNF of December "Special Gift Edition", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2017 TNF of October "Beastly", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2017 TNF of May "Open House", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2017 TNF of January "Sjoeroe", Readytex Art Gallery, Suriname 2015 Opening exhibition new location Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname 2014 Circus Terminal, international traveling exhibition, De Hal, Suriname 2014 WAT, RAG group exhibition, De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname 2013 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2013 Exhibition 20 years Readytex Art Gallery, De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname 2012 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2012 Revealing our stored treasures, RAG in De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname 2011 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname 2011 De Verleiding van Coronie, The Hague, the Netherlands 2010 National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname


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