| Timeline | |
| 1932 | Born in Medellin, Colombia |
| 1950 | Graduated from Medellin University |
| 1952 | Studied, San Fernando Academy and the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain |
| 1953–55 | Studied fresco techniques and art history, Florence, Italy |
| 1955 | Returned to Colombia |
| 1960 | Took up residence in New York |
| Won Guggenheim National Prize for Colombia | |
| 1967 | Visited Italy and Germany; studied work of Dürer in Munich and Nuremberg, Germany |
| 1973 | Moved to Paris, France |
| Lives and works in Paris, Monte Carlo, Pietrasanta, and New York | |
| Exhibitions | |
| 2012–2013 | Museo Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain |
| 2012 | Una celebración, Palacio Bellas Artes de México, Mexico |
| Hommage zum 80. Geburtstag, Botero - Gemälde, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany | |
| 2010 | Art is deformation, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY (solo) |
| Inaurgural Exhibition: Fernando Botero, David Benrimon Gallery, New York, NY (solo) | |
| Latinas!, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY | |
| 2009 | Gary Nader Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL |
| Fernando Botero: The Circus. James Goodman Gallery, New York, NY | |
| El Dolor de Colombia, Pinacoteca Diego Rivero, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico | |
| 2008 | The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE |
| 2007–2008 | Botero: Oeuvres récentes, Marlborough Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco (solo) |
| 2007 | Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, University of California, Berkeley, CA (solo) |
| The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada (solo) | |
| Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (solo) | |
| New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (solo) | |
| Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Latin Masters, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, NY | |
| Fernando Botero, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany (solo) | |
| Malerei und Skulptur, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany | |
| 2006 | Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY |
| Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Fernando Botero, Athens Concert Hall, Greece (solo) | |
| Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY (solo) | |
| Public Collections | |
| The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | |
| Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea | |
| Staatgalerie Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany | |
| Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia | |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
