Jaume Plensa

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Born 1955 in Barcelona, Spain

Lives and works in Barcelona



SOLO EXHIBITIONS




2011

“A N O N Y M O U S” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“Echo,” Madison Square Park, New York, New York

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, United Kingdom



2010

"Awilda," Salzburg Art Project, Toskana-Trakt (Tuscany wing), Salzburg University, Salzburg, Austria

“Alphabets de l’Âme: Dessins” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France

“Jaume Plensa: L’Âme Des Mots 1998-2009,” Musée Picasso, Antibes, France

“Obra Sobre Papel,” Galería Estiarte, Madrid, Spain

“Genus and Species,” Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

“Jaume Plensa,” Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Frankfurt, Germany



2009

“Jerusalem,” Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

“In the Midst of Dreams,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“Triptych,” Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

“Obra Grafica,” Galeria Gacma, Malaga, Spain

Galería Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain

“Slumberland,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France

“Silent Music,” Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow, Russia

“Jaume Plensa: The Making of Sho,” New Meadows Museum Sculpture Plaza, Meados Museum, Dallas, Texas



2008

Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Madrid, Spain

Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan

“La Riva de Acheronte,” Stadtkirche Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

“Save our Souls,” Albion Gallery, Michael-Hue Williams Fine Art Limited, London, England



2007

Institut Valencia d’Art Moderne, Valencia, Spain

Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France

"Nomade," Bastion Saint-Jaume, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France. Organized by the Musée Picasso, Antibes, France. Traveled to Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida

“Shakespeare,” Centro Cultural Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, Spain

“Silent Voices,” Tamada Projects, Tokyo, Japan

“Barcelona 1947–2007,” Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence, France

“Sinónimos,” Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain



2006

“I in his eyes as one that found peace,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois & Richard Gray Gallery, New York, New York

“Canetti’s Dream,” Mario Mauoner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

“Jerusalem,” Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

“Livres, estampes et multiples 1978-2005,” Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium. Traveled to Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

“Songs and Shadows,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

"Une âme, deux corps... trois ombres,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France



2005

“Anónimos,” Galería Estiarte, Madrid, Spain

Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Fundacio Caixa Catalunya, Girona, Spain

"Good Luck?" Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

“Is Art Something in Between?” Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

“Opera, Teatro y Amigos,” Musee Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Spain

“Song of Songs,” Albion Gallery, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England



2004

“Anonim,” Galeria Toni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain

“Fiumi e Cenere,” Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy

“Silent Noise,” The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Traveled to Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

“Il suono del sangue parla la stressa lingua,” VOLUME!, Rome, Italy

Galeria Gentili-Villa il Tasso, Montecatini, Italy

“Livres, estampes, et multiples sur papier 1978-2003,” Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen, France; Fundación César Manrique, Lanzarote, Spain



2003

“Crystal Rain,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France

Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

“Hot? Sex?” Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

“Who? Why?” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York



2002

“B. Open,” The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England

Fondation Européenne pour la Sculpture, Parc Tournay-Solvay, Brussels, Belgium

“Primary Thoughts,” Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain

“Rumor,” Centro Cultural de España, Mexico City, Mexico

The Spanish Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

“Wispern,” Museu de Pollença, Pollença, Spain



2001

“Close Up,” Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia

“Europa,” Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain

“Logbook,” Galerie Diehl-Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin, Germany



2000

“360 º,” Museo Municipal de Málaga, Málaga

“Chaos–Saliva,” Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

“Desir,” Palacio de Velazquez – Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

“Proverbs of Hell,” Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria

“Twin Shadows,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York and Richard Gray Gallery, New York, New York



1999

“Bruit,” Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

“Etwas von Mir,” Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

“Obra Recente,” Galería Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal

Galería Toni Tàpies - Edicions T, Barcelona, Spain

“Komm Mit, Komm Mit!” Rupertinum Museum, Salzburg, Austria

"Love Sounds," Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany

Tamada Projects Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

"Wanderers Nachtlied," Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria

"Whisper," Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



1998

"Dallas?...Caracas?" The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. Traveled to Fundación Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela

Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy

Galería Gianni Giacobbi, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France

"Golden Sigh," Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland

"Water," Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens



1997

Galerie Berggruen, Paris, France

Galería Der Brücke, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Traveled to Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden; Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Michael Hue-Williams Gallery, London, England

"Rumore," Fattoria di Celle, Santomato di Pistoia, Italy

"Wie ein Hauch," Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany



1996

"Blake in Gateshead," Baltic Flour Mills, Gateshead, England

Centre de Cultura Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

"Close Up,” Office in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain

"Islands," Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Scognamiglio & Teano, Napoli, Italy



1995

Michael Hue-Williams Gallery, London, England

“One Thought Fills Immensity,” Städtische Galerie, Göppingen, Spain

"Wonderland," Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France



1994

"Calligrafies," Galería Toni Tàpies - Edicions T, Barcelona, Spain

Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Galerie Christine König, Vienna, Austria

Galleria Civica Modena, Modena, Italy

Galleria Gentili, Florence, Italy

"The Personal Miraculous Fountain," The Henry Moore Studio at Dean Clough, Halifax, England

"Wonderland," Galería Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid, Spain

"Un Sculpteur, Une Ville". Valence, France



1993

Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany

"Mémoires Jumelles," Galerie de France, Paris & Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland

"Micce-Prodigiosa Fontana Individuale," Nocera Umbra, Italy



1992

Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain

Centre d’Art Contemporain, Castres, France

“Opera,” Associazione Culturale per le Arti Visive, Perugia, Italy

Galeria Rita Garcia, Valencia, Spain

Galleria Gentili, Florence, Italy

The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland



1991

Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, Switzerland

"Monocroms," Galería B.A.T. Madrid, Spain

P.S. Gallery, Tokyo, Japan



1990

"Dibuixos," Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain

Eglise de Courmerlois-Silo Art Contemporain, Reims-Val-de-Vesle, France

Galerie de France, Paris, France

“Prière,” Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain



1989

Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain

Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, Belgium

The Sharpe Gallery, New York, New York



1988

Galería Rita García, Valencia, Spain

Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany

Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

The Sharpe Gallery, New York, New York

Galerie Axe Actuel, Toulouse, France



1987

Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, Belgium

Halle Sud, Geneva, Switzterland

Galeria Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain



1986

Galería Maeght, Barcelona, Spain



1985

Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain

Galerie Lola Gassin, Nice, France

Galerie Claudine Breguet, Paris, France



1984

Galerie Axe Actuel, Toulouse, France

Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany



1983

Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, Spain



1982

"Llibre de Vidre," Galería Eude, Barcelona, Spain



1981

“Tres Noms Nous,” Galeria 13, Barcelona, Spain



1980

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain







GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

“Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s at Chatsworth,” Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

“Glasstress 2011,” Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, collateral event of the 54th international art exhibition, Venice Biennale, Italy

“Ten Works, Ten Years: Collection Highlights at the New Meadows Museum,” Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas



2010

“New Contemporary Sculpture Acquisitions,” North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

“Sculptors Celebrate the Legacy of Fred and Lena Meijer,” Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan

“Dreams,” Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria

“The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“CORPUS,” Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada

“Colección Norte de Arte Contemporáneo del Gobierno de Cantabria,” Biblioteca Central y Archivo Histórico de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

“DISQUIETED,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon



2009

“Sèvres Then And Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000,” Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, Washington D.C.

“in-transit-ion,” 2009-2011 Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale, Vancouver BC, Canada

“Not For Sale,” Galeria Toni Tapies. Bacelona, Spain

“Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s at Chatsworth,” Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

“Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in the Meadows Collection,” The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas

“Conflicting Tales,” Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany

“Unconditional Love,” Arsenale Novissimo, Project by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, collateral event of the 53rd International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

“Sign, Space, Time,” Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain

“Sculpture at Pilane 2009,” Arranged by Pilane Heritage Society & supported by the National Heritage Board of Sweden, Tjorn, Sweden

“Transparency,” a collaboration between w.art projects and the City of Prague in conjunction with the EU Presidency of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

“Blickachsen 7,” Skulpturen im Kurpak, Bad Homburg, Germany

“Sexe Avec…Ou Pas,” Acentmetresducentredumonde Centre d’Art Contemporain, Perpignan, France

“Libertad, Igualdad, Fraternidad,” Sala de Exposiciones de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

“The John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park at the Des Moines Art Center,” The Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

“La Sombra del Tiempo Escultura Espanola Actual Entre el Objecto y su Ausencia,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain



2008

“Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s at Chatsworth,” Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

“A Year in Drawing,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“Shaping a Space II,” Galeria Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal

“World of Glass,” Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany

“Digitale Raumkunst / Digital Artspace,” Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany



2007

“Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s at Chatsworth,” Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England

“Barcelona 1947-2007,” Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

“Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection of the Contemporary Museum,” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

“Sculpture Biennale Kijkduin 2007,” International Glass and Sculpture Exposition, Kijkduin, The Hague, Netherlands

“Human Figuration and Abstraction: Sculpture of the 20th & 21st Century,” Coleccion Würth Alemania y España, Museo Würth La Rioja, Logroño, Spain

“Fire and Earth,” Niederosterreichische Landesausstellung, Waidhofen/Ybbs and St. Peter, Austria

“La Palabra Imaginada,” Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain

“Entre la palavra e a imagem,” Museo da Cidade, Lisbon/Centro Cultural Vial Flor Guimaraes, Portugal

“Monumental, Sotheby’s at Isleworth,” Windermere, Florida



2006

“Art’Fab: L’Art, La Femme, L’Europe,” Saint Tropez, France

“Don Quixote: Spanish Contemporary Art,” The National Gallery, Oslo, Norway

“Dormir, Rêver… et Autres Nuits,” Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France

“Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples / 1960 to Now,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

“Homenaje a Chillida,” Guggenheim of Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

“Full House-Faces of a Collection,” Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

“El Quijote y el Arte Espanol Actual,” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

“Paper,” Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

“Silent Rain,” Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Spain

Singapore Biennial, Singapore, The Republic of Singapore

“The Snow Show,” Sestriere, Italy



2005

“Dual,” Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain

“Geometry, Sequence, Repetition,” Albion Gallery, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London, England

“New Age of Bronze,” Simposium Escultura Alicante, Alicante, Spain

“Salvador Dalí and a Century of Art from Spain: Picasso to Plensa,” Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Traveled through 2006 to Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida

“Broken Glass,” Glaspaleis Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, Netherlands

“Lenguajes y Sentidos,” Coleccion Caja de Burgos. Sala de Exposiciones de Museo de Pasion, Valladolid, Spain

“Modern Times,” Monchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany

“De la Libertad al Neoexpresionismo. Arte en Espana de 1975–1990,” Centro Cultural Caixanova, Vigo, Spain

“81st Exhibition of Artist Members,” The Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois



2004

“A Light Crescendo,” St. Mary’s York Museum, York, England

“La Creation Contemporaine a la Manufacture Nationale de Sevres,” Maison Rene Char-Hotel Donadei de Campredon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France

“Outside/In: Sculpture for the Natural World,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



2003

“Accrochages,” Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland

“Aena, Colleccion de Arte Contemporaneo,” Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain

“Art / Recerca per a la diabetis,” Palau Robert, Barcelona, Spain

“Blanco Negro,” Galeria Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, Spain

“Espacios y Modos,” Edificio Miller, Parque de Santa Catalina, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Galeria Cadaques Dos, Cadaques, Spain

“Memoria de un recorrido,” Coleccion Caja de Burgos, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

“Pequenos formatos,” Galeria Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, Spain

“Punto de enuentro-La Coleccion,” Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

“Sindrome d’Oriente,” Fondazione Mudima, Milan, Italy

“Territoires Nomades,” Rurart Espace d’Arts, Rouillé, France

“Indisciplinados,” Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain

“Pintar Palabras…” Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, Germany & New York, New York



2002

“Avesta Art 2002,” Avesta, Sweden

“Conceptes de l’Espai,” Fundació Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain

“DAK’ART 2002,” Biennale de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal

“Leuchtspur,” Koordinationsstelle für kulturelle Sonderprojekte, Kulturmeile Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

“Sculpture Now,” Palm Beach Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida

“Shift,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

Villa Carducci-Pandolfini, Chiostro di Villa Vogel, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci,

Florence, Italy



2001

“50 Ans de Sculpture Espagnole,” Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France and Parque del Retino, Madrid, Spain

“Box Art,” Rias Ark Museum of Art, Miyagi, Japan. Traveled through 2002 to Niigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan; Shizuoka Art Gallery, Shizuoka City, Japan; Kochi Prefectural Museum, Kochi, Japan

“Bienal de Valenicia,” Convento del Carmen, Valencia, Spain

“Blickachsen 3,” Skulpturen im Kurpak, Bad Homburg, Germany

“Giovanni Manfredini – Jaume Plensa”. Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea. Napoli.

“Milano-Europa 2000: I semi del Futuro,” Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy

“Minimalism Past And Presence,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“Poéticas del Lugar, Arte Público en España,” Fundación Cesar Manrique, Lanzarote, Canary Islands

“Jaume Plensa & Jordi Pallaras,” Galeria Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, Spain



2000

“20 Artistes 20 Fondeurs,” Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lons–le-Saunier, France

“A Tribute to Robert Hopper,” Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England

“Echigo-Tsumari Art Trinnieal 2000,” Echigo-Tsumari, Japan

“Faith,” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut

“Selections from the Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions,” Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida

“SCULPTography,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

“Seven Hills. Images and Signs of the 21st Century,” Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany



1999

"Blickachsen 2," Skulpturen in Kurpark, Bad Homburg, Germany

“La Casa, il Corpo, il Cuore,” Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria

"Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo: Collection 1994-1997," Skenderija Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovenia

"Raoul Wallenberg Monument," Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden



1998

"4 Quartetti - Suono E/O,” Chiesa del Carmine, Taormina Arte '97, Taormina, Italy

"10 - Intensity in Europe," Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy

"Artranspennine98," Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England, The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Leeds, England and Tate Gallery. Liverpool, England

"Collection d'Hivern," Fondation d'art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, Paris, France

"En Filigrane. Un Regard sur l'Estampe Contemporaine," Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image Imprimée de la Communauté Française de Belgique, La Louvière, Belgium

"Iluminar y Oscurecer," Honiton Festival, Honiton, England

"Jeux de Genres," Espace Electra, Paris, France

"La Cuisine de l'Art," Fondation d'art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, Paris, France

"Métissages. Dentelles,Broderies,Tapis,Tapisseries. Dans les Collections Publiques," Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France

“Ecce Homo, elogio dell’altro,” La Cataia, Vaiano – Prato Arte Espanol del Siglo XX en la Coleccion Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela



1997

" A Bruit Secret, Entorno de l’Art y el Sagrat," Esglésies de la Ciutat de Vic,

"Areopagitica: 28 Freie Seiten,” G.A.M.E.S. of Art. Mönchengladbach, Germany

"Descoberta de la Col.lecció," Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

"Escultura Españpla Actual," Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain

"Projekte auf Papier," Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany



1996

"10 Sculptures Monumentales à l'Échelle d'une Région," Hôtel de Région, FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon Montpellier, France

"XXIII Biennale Gubbio, Formà Urbis”. Convento di S. Francesco, Gubbio, Italy

"Abstrakt / Real," Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria

"Ame Cachée, Ame Dévoilée," Fondation d'Art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, Paris, France

“Domenico Bianchi, Jannis Kounellis, Jaume Plensa,” Scognamiglio and Teano Agenzia d’Arte Moderna, Naples, Italy

"Ars Aevi 2O00," Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy

"Art Espanyol per a la fi de Segle," Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, l'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain

"Chimériques Polymères," Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France

"En Filigrane, un Regard sur l'Estampe Contemporaine," Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France

"Etat des Lieux: Commandes Publiques en France, 1990-1996," Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France

"Happy End," Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

"Le Voyage Extraordinaire," Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France



1995

"Leonkart Città del Desiderio," Centro Sociale Leoncavallo, Milan, Italy

"Metàfores del Real," Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

"Pierhead Project," Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England

"Small Sculpture Trienal Fellbach," Kunsthalle, Stuttgart, Germany

"Wild at Heart," Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland



1994

"23 Artistes pour Médecins du Monde," Orangerie du Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France

"Espacios Públicos. Sueños Privados," Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

"Faret Tachikawa Project," Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

“Katalanische Skulptur im 20. Jahrhundert," Städtische Museen Heilbronn y Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland

"Kommentar zu Europa," Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria

"Objets d'Artistes," Galerie du Musée, Centre Georges Pompidou, Société des Amis du Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

“Opera a Colonia,” Galerie Lutz Teutloff, Cologne, Germany

"Six voices from Spain," Atlantis Gallery, London, England. Traveled to Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, England; Wrexham Library Arts Centre, Wrexham, Wales; Oriel 31, Newtown, Powys, Wales; Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland; Tuille House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England



1993

"20th International Biennial of Graphic Art,” Ljubljana, Slovenia

"A la Découverte de Collections Romandes I," F.A.E. Musée d'Art Contemporain, Pully-Lausanne, Switzerland

"Cell-Cella-Celda," The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England

"Dibuixos," Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain

"Gröbenwahn Kunstprojekte für Europa," Lindenger & Schmid, Regensburg, Germany

“Escultura Espanola do Seculo Vinte,” Consorcio da Cidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

"Katalanische Skulptur im 20 Jahrhundert," Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany



1992

"5 Triennale Fellbach 1992. Kleinplastik in Mexiko, Spanien, Italien, Deutschland,” Schwadenlandhalle Fellbach - Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

"Configuracions Urbanes," Olimpiada Cultural Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

"Criatures Misterioses," Sala Sant Jaume, Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain

"Objets d'Artistes," Centre Georges Pompidou - Galerie du Forum, Paris, France

"Tondo," Centre Culturel l'Yonne, Abbaye Saint Germain, Auxerre, France



1991

"XI Salón de los 16," Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

"Histories d'Oeil," Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France

"La Sculpture Contemporaine Après 1970," Fondation Daniel Templon, Fréjus, France



1990

"6 Katalanische Künstler," Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

"Barcelona Avant-Garde Part 2," Barcelona, Spain; Yokohama City Creation, Yokohama, Japan

"Eisenskulptur Aus Spanien," Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim-Museum Bochum-Haus Waldsee, Berlin, Germany

"Il Mondo delle Torri: Da Babilonia a Manhattan," Palazzo Reale, Comune da Milano, Milan, Italy

"Venus," Moulins Albigeois, DRAC Midi-Pyrénées & Cimaise et Portique, Albi, France



1989

"À Propos de Dessin," Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris, France

"Des Têtes," La Chartreuse, Villeneuve les Avignon, France



1988

Galeria Berini, Barcelona, Spain

“Le Defi Catalan” Chateau de Biron, Dordogne, France



1987

"Extra!" Palau Robert, Barcelona, Spain

Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain

"Manierismus Subjektiv," Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria

"Naturalezas Españolas 1940-1987," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain



1986

"Barcelone 1986," Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

"Espais i Escultures," Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain



1985

"3 Internationale Triennale der Zeichnung". Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany

"Jonge Catalaanse Kunst," Fodor Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

"Nova Escultura Catalana," Caixa de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

"Synonyme für Skulptur," Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria



1984

"Béstia," Palau Meca, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

"Encuentros en Chamartin," Madrid, Spain

"Seis Escultores Españoles," Palacio de Cristal, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Madrid, Spain

"Spaanse Kunst," Galerie Nouvelle Image, The Haag, The Netherlands

"Spanisches Kaleidoskop," Dormund, Basel, Switzerland



1983

"La Imagen del Animal en el Arte," Casa del Monte, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, Spain

"Quaderns de Viatge," Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain

"Saló de Tardor," Saló del Tinell, Barcelona, Spain

"Seis Españoles en Madrid," Galería Fernando Vijande, Madrid, Spain



1982

"Libros de Artista," Sala Picasso, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, Spain



1981

"Becarios del Ministerio de Cultura," Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain



1978

“XVII Premi de Dibuix Joan Miro,” Fundacio Miro, Barcelona, Spain





PUBLIC COMMISSIONS



2011

“Wishing Well,” The Cow, Calgary, Canada

2010

"Awilda," Salzburg Art Project, Toskana-Trakt (Tuscany wing), Salzburg University, Salzburg, Austria

2009

“World Voices,” Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

“Body of Knowledge,” Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany

2008

“Sleep No More,” Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, North Carolina

“Dream,” Sutton Manor Colliery, St. Helens, Merseyside, England

2005

“Breathing,” BBC Broadcasting Tower, London, England

“Star of David,” Raoul Wallenberg Square, commissioned by Stockholm Arts Council, Stockholm, Sweden

2004

“Crown Fountain,” Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois

“A Day Long…,” South Upper Lobby, AON Center, Chicago, Illinois

2003

“As One,” Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto

“Cos de Ilum,” Biblioteca Central Xavier Amoros, Reus, Spain

“Talking Continents,” Jacksonville Arena Plaza, Jacksonville, Florida

2002

“Bridge of Light,” Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Yesmin Moshe, Jerusalem, Israel

“Constellation Nord et Sud,” Palais de l’Elysee, Paris, France

2001

“Casa dorada para pajaros,” Plaza Felix Saenz, Malaga, Spain

“El Corazon de las Palabras,” USA Today Headquarters, McLean, Virginia

“Magritte’s Dream,” Aino Station, Fukuroi City, Japan

“Mi casa an Torrelavega,” Paseo Julio Hauzeur, Torrelavega, Spain

“Seele?” Neanderthal Pak, Düsseldorf, Germany

2000

“Born-Die,” European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

“Gläserner Seele or Mr. Net in Brandenburg,” Land Brandenburg, Germany

“L’Ame de la Vallee,” Jaquet SA, Vallorbe, Switzerland

“The Seven Deities of Good Fortune,” Daikanyama, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

“Transparent Doubts,” University of Shizuoka for Culture and Art, Hamamatsu, Japan

1999

“The House of Birds,” Echigo-Tsumari Art Festival 2000, Art Front Gallery, Tokyo, Mion Nakasato, Japan

1998

“Capsa de Llum,” Girona, Spain

“L’Armari del Desig,” Plaça de la Vila, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain

“Pont de Terra,” Plaça Victor Siurana, Lleida, Spain

“Twins II,” Kimpo Sculpture Park, Kimpo, Seoul, Korea

“Gemelli,” Fattoria di Celle, Santomato di Pistoia, commissioned by Giuliano Gori, Italy

1996

“Blake in Gateshead,” Baltic Flour Mills, Gateshead, England

1995

“Islas,” 2nd “Exposición Internacional de Arte en la Calle, Avenida General Franco, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

“Point d’Interrogation,” Faculté de Droit et Sciènces Economiques, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France

1994

“Faret Tachikawa,” Tachikawa City, Tokyo,.Japan

“The Personal Miraculous Fountain,” Camellia House at Breton Hall, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England

“Valence, Un Scelpteur une Ville,” Valence, France

1993

“Le Lieu, Le Temps, Le Mouvement,” Mobilier National et Manufactures Nationales des Tapis et Tapisseries des Gobelins, Paris, France

1992

“Born,” Passeig del Born, Barcelona, Spain

1991

“Auch,” Escalier Monumentale and Place Barbés, Auch, France

1990

“Dell’Arte II,” Jardi d'Escultures at the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain

1986

“Personages,” Plaça Francesc Layret, Barcelona, Spain







OPERA AND THEATER PROJECTS

2005

"Die Zauberflote" by Mozart, presented by La Fura Dels Baus at the Paris National Opera, January 2005, Paris, France: stage design and costumes for the opera

1999

"La Damnation de Faust," by Hector Berlioz, Salzburg Opera Festival, August 1999, Salzburg, Austria: stage design and costumes for the opera

1997

"Martyre de Saint Sebastien" by Claude Debussy, Teatro de l'Opera di Roma, May 1997, Rome, Italy: costumes for the opera

"Desir" by Joseph Maria Benet i Jornet, Theatre de Perpignan, July 1997, Perpignan, France: stage design for the play

"F@ust version 3.0," free adaptation of Faust by Goethe, Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, April 1998, Barcelona, Spain: costumes and visual advice

1996

"L'Atlantida" by Manuel de Falla for Festival de Granada, June 1996, Granada, Spain: stage design and costumes for the opera



AWARDS

2009 Marsh Award for Public Sculpture, London, England

2007 Heitland Foundation Award, Celle, Germany



PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Aventura Mall, Miami, Florida

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Atwater Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England

Banco de España, Madrid, Spain

Banque Europeenne d’Investissement, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France

Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia

Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Centre de Cultura Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Colección AENA, Madrid, Spain

Colección de Escultura Contemporanea RENFE, Madrid, Spain

Colección Fundación Coca-Cola, Madrid, Spain

Colección Instituto de Crédito Oficial, Madrid, Spain

Colección Renfe, Madrid, Spain

Collección Testimoni, "La Caixa", Barcelona

Collección Testimoni "La Caixa" Madrid

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

Deutsche Bank, Barcelona, Spain

Des Moines Art Center, Pappajohn Sculpture Park, Des Moines, Iowa

Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Fondation d'Art Contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, France

Fondation pour l’Art Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France

Fonds Municipal d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain, Castres, France

Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Picardie, Amiens, France

Fons d'Art de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fundació Fran Daurel, Barcelona, Spain

Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain

Fundación Alorda-Derksen, Barcelona, Spain

Fundación Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Fundación Codespa, Barcelona, Spain

Fundación Jorge Castillo, Madrid, Spain

Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain

Foundation Paribas, Paris, France

Fundació d’Art Contemporari "La Caixa", Spain

Galeria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy

Guerlain Foundation, Paris, France

Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-la Mancha, Toledo, Spain

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kyushu, Japan

Manufactures Nationales de Sèvres, Sèvres, France

The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu-shi, Mie-ken, Japan

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mobilier National & Manufactures Nationales des Tapis et Tapisseries, Paris, France

Musée d'Art Contemporain, Ceret, France

Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

Musée du Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Espanol Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, Spain

Museo de Bellas Artes de Alava, Vitoria, Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela

Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria

Museum Marugame Hirai, Maugame, Japan

Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

La Petite Escalère, Saint-Laurent-de-Grosse, France

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden

Städtische Galerie Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany

Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

University of Shizuoka for Culture and Art, Hamamatsu, Japan



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