Biography

Born on August 14, 1938 in the region of Chiapas, Mexico and died on September 8, 2004 in Chartres, Jorge Dubon (or Jorge Du Bon) was a Franco-Mexican architect and sculptor of great renown.

Jorge Dubon began his academic career in Mexico City at the National School of Painting and Sculpture “La Esmeralda”, before pursuing his architecture studies at the National University from 1956 to 1961. In order to further develop his skills, he went to Paris to attend courses at the Institute of Urban Planning and participated in the II and III Biennials of sculpture of the city of Paris in 1961 and 1963.

In 1967, he was invited as an artist to the School of Visual Arts in New York and received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1964. Winner of the Grand Prize for Sculpture of Middelheim in 1971, he is the author of one of the largest open-air sculptures in the United States in Los Angeles in 1983. Jorge Dubon also participated in about twenty international symposia, notably in Mexico, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Austria.

His works have been exhibited all over the world and he has received orders from the State, notably for the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 and for the Art Olympiad in Seoul in 1988. In 1992, he participated in the International Symposium of open-air sculptures in Madrid.

Jorge Dubon was one of the pioneers among the young artists of his country to adopt the technique of “direct carving”, characteristic of the art of the Aztec ancestors. He wanted to integrate his work into architecture in an urban setting, firmly believing that art should have its place in the street.

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Press & Medias

Charente Libre (France) – Tribute Exhebition –  September 2024

Presentation of the Tribute Exhibition (Montbron 2024; in French)

List of Artworks

This list will be continuously enriched as new artworks by Jorge Dubon are discovered around the world.


1960’s

1968 – Mexico – Olympics Games 

1970’s

1970 – Anvers Belgium – Middleheim Museum – Painted Steel – “Mettalic Wood

1971 – Mexico DF – Torres de Plateros – Painted Steel –  “Serpiente

1977 – Nagyatad Hungary – Wood.

1980’s

1983 – Los Angeles USA – Griffith Park – Sequoia Wood

1986 – Kostanjevica Yougoslavia – Forma Viva – Wood

1988 – Seoul Korea – Olympics Stadium –  Corten Steel – “Bridge of Eternity

1989 – Hakon Japan – Open-air museum – Marble

1989 – lindabrunn Austria – Open-air – Wood

1990’s

1990 – Oloron Sainte Marie France – Open Air – Marble

1991 – Madrid Spain – Juan Carlos Park – Corten Steel – “Viga

1992 – Canillo Andorra – Mirador Roc Del Quer – Bolobo Wood – “Self-Generating Structure

1992 – Thassos Greece – Marble

1993 – Minamikata Japan – Marble

1994 – Lamentin Guadeloupe – Open Air Park – Wood

1995 -San Juan Puerto Rico – Botanic garden – Corten Steel

1996 – Clermont-Ferrand France – Open Air – Corten Steel

1997 – Santo Tirso – Open Air – Marble

1998 – Quito Ecuator – Metropolitan Park Del Sur – Corten Steel – 

2k’s

2000 – Wicklow Ireland – Devil’s Glen Forest – Wood

2001 – Pu Yo Korea –

2002 – Oaxaca Mexico – Jardin Etnobotanico – Wood