Work
His first formal exhibition took place in September 1933 at the Libreria Walton, a centre of cultural events. This event was sponsored and introduced by the poet Vicente Huidobro, with whom Carlos Sotomayor shared a close friendship.
In 1934 Sotomayor joined the Grupo Decembrista, together with Maria Valencia, Gabriela Rivanedeira, Jaime Dvar and Waldo Parraguez. This group of neocubist artists was led by Vicente Huidobro. Two years later, Carlos Sotomayor married Franka Serka Jurac, fellow student at the Fine Arts College.
In 1937 he joined the Grupo Rectangulo de Arte Moderno, encouraged by the artist Vergara Grez. He exhibited at the Alianza de Intelectuales de Chile together with Maria Valencia, Waldo Parraguez and Haroldo Donoso.
In August 1944 he exhibited 20 paintings at the Sala del Ministerio de Educacion. In the catalogue there were articles and poems by the poets Eduardo Anguita and Julio Molina. The critic Antonio Romera wrote a very complimentary review in the press.
In 1946 Sotomayor exhibited several oil paintings and drawings at the Sala del Ministerio de Educacion. The writer Andres Sabella wrote an article about it.
In December 1952 Sotomayor exhibited at the Sala Pro Arte and in 1953 he took part in the Primer Salon de Primavera de la Casa de la Cultura de Nunoa, together with 50 other artists: Jose Balmes, Sergio Montecinos, Raul Santelices and Jose Venturelli among them.
In 1955 he started working at the Chilean Railway Company (EFE) as a draughtsman in the Department of Vias & Obras.
In 1960 Sotomayor took part in La Segunta Feria de Artes Plasticas (Parque Forestal) organised by the Museo de Arte Moderno. Sotomayor won second prize.
Sotomayor exhibited his works at the Exposicion de Pintura Chilena Nueva in March 1962, organised and sponsored by Empresa Esso Oil Co. Nemesio Antunez and Jose Balmes also participated.
In November 1966 Sotomayor exhibited his oil paintings at the Sala del Instituto de Artes Plasticas de la Universidad de Chile.
His last exhibition while he was alive, took place in 1979 at the Galeria Eco, where there were 30 of his paintings, among them: The painter and his models, Rape 1 and Landscapes of Cartagena. The art critic Jose Maria Palacios praised Sotomayor’s works in the press.
In 1973 Sotomayor retired from the F.F. C.C. del E. and devoted himself entirely to his paintings until his death. In 1984 he travelled to Europe where he visited museums of modern art in Paris, London, Birmingham and Rome.
In 1988 he suffered a heart attack from which he did not recover and died on 17 April.
In the year 2004, there was realized an exhibition of his paintings in the Cultural Corporation of Las Condes, so called "Carlos Sotomayor: A modern classic"
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