1938 Born in Las Arenas, Euskadi, Spain

ONE-MAN SHOWS

2009   GALLERY BIENVENU, New Oreleans, USA "FOLSOM BLUES, REDS AND YELLOWS"
(Portraits, Self Portraits, Anti-Portraits and Pseudo Portraits)


2008   GALLERY BIENVENU, New Oreleans, USA  " "MACVLARIA"
A Lyrical Interlude of Spots, Stains and Blemishes

2007   GALLERY BIENVENU, New Oreleans, USA  " 40 years wandering in the des^ert " Retrospective Show

2002   ACADEMY GALLERY, New Oreleans, USA  " Twelve Extrapolations on the American Flag", "Ex-votos" (A Bordello's Remembrance of Some Strumpets of Merit and Fame) and "The Obelistic Presences"

2001   Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, USA "The Radioactive Portrait of Madame Curie and Other Presences"

2000

ACADEMY GALLERY, New Orleans, USA "The Anthology of the Intimidating Entities"


1996
  ACADEMY GALLERY, New Orleans, USA "Morphogenesis Toward a Hermetic Representation"

1993
  COMMENOZ GALLERY, Key Biscayne, USA

1992
  UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS, Houston, TX "Quincentenary Celebration"
 
ACADEMY GALLERY. New Orleans, USA "Opus Barroca"

1990
  ACADEMY GALLERY, New Orleans, USA "Movement Toward Abstraction"

1988
  ON FOUR GALLERY, New Orleans, USA "Homage to William Tell"
 


GALERIA VANGUARDIA, Bilbao, Spain "Bestiario Marino" (Polychromed Sculpture)


1983
  ACADEMY GALLERY, New Orleans, USA "Political Obsessions"

1980
  GALERIA SITIOS, Algorta, Spain

1979
  OLD WOODRING HOME, Lake Charles, LA, USA
 
BIENVILLE GALLERY, New Orleans, USA (Polychromed sculpture)

1978
  COVO DE IONGH GALLERY, Houston, TX USA
 


MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE BILBAO, Spain "Proyecto Para Una Iconografia Laica"


1977
  BIENVILLE GALLERY, New Orleans, USA "Indecent Exposures"
 
GALERIA ARABA, Vitoria, Spain

1976
  GALERIA ARABA, Vitoria, Spain

1975
  GALERIA LUZARO, Bilbao. Spain
 
GALERIA PECANINS, Barcelona, Spain

1974
  GALERIA PECANINS, Mexico, D.F.

1973
  BIENVILLE GALLERY, New Orleans, USA

1971
  BIENVILLE GALLERY, New Orleans, USA
 
DAVID GALLERY, Houston, TX. USA.

1970
  GALERIA ILLESCAS, Bilbao. Spain
 
GALERIA SEN, Madrid, Spain

1968
 

SIMONNE STERN GALLERY, New Orleans, USA

 
DAVID GALLERY, Houston, TX
 
GALERIA GRISES, Bilbao, Spain "Obra Ultrmarina"

1967
  ORLEANS GALLERY, New Orleans, USA

1966
  ORLEANS GALLERY, New Orleans. USA

1965
  ORLEANS GALLERY, New Orleans, USA

1964
  GALERIA ILLESCAS, Bilbao, Spain

1963
  SMITH GALLERY, Brussels, Belgium

1957
  CLUB DE PROFESSIONALES, Medellin, Colombia
 
SALA CULTURAL de la UNION ESPANOLA, Barranquilla, Colombia

1956
  SALA TEQUENDAMA, Bogota, Colombia

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2008   ST. CLAUDE COLLECTIVE (A PROSPECT 1 Satellite Exhibition), New Orleans, USA -
Participates with "THE OBELISTIC PRESENCES"

2006   BARRISTER'S GALLERY, New Orleans, USA - Participates in group show "Katrina, You Bitch"

2005   BARRISTER'S GALLERY, New Orleans, USA - Participates in "Hydriotaphia" exhibit

2004   BARRISTER'S GALLERY, New Orleans, USA - Participates in the group show "Jazz Fest Poster Reconsidered"

1995

Represents Spain in the "1V SALON IBERO-AMERICANO DE BELLAS ARTES" Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington D.C. USA

 
Participates in the collective "HAND IN PLACE’, CENTER GALLERY, MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Miami, USA
 
Produces the painting "The Infinite Self Portrait" for the collective show "THE SELF IMAGE" at the ACADEMY GALLERY, New Orleans, USA

1993
  Participates in FIART (Feria International de Arte), Bogota, Colombia

1992
  Selected for the anthological exposition "PRESENCIAS PLASTICAS" at the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

1991
  Participates in MIAMI INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION, Miami, USA
 
Shows Polychromed Sculpture in "FIVE SCULTORS IN THE GARDEN" River Ridge.La USA

1990
  Participates in "ART IN BLOOM" at the NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans, USA

1985
  Exhibits part of his project "MARINE BEASTIARY’" at the NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans, USA

1984
  Participates with his painting "MUNICIPAL NOVENA" (Nine Portraits of the Mayors of New Orleans) in the show "PORTRAITS SELDOM SEEN" at the HISTORICAL NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION

1970
  Participates in "ONCE ESPANOLES FIGURATIVOS" in the GALERIA DECAR, Bilbao, Spain

1969
  Participates in the collective "ARTISTAS VASCOS CONTEMPORANEOS" in the PALACIO BELLAS ARTES" Mexico D.F.
 
Participates in the collective "ARTISTAS CONTEMPORANEOS ESPANOLES" in the DURVA
L MUSEUM OF ART, Durval, Canada

SPECIAL PROJECTS

2000

Develops the project "MONUMENT FOR THE MARTYRS OF EL SALVADOR" for the campus of LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, USA


1997
  Creates the mural "THE TRANSIT OF GARGANTUA THROUGH BILBAO"
for the Library of JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY, North Miami, FL USA

1996
  Presentation of his work and development of the theme "COLLOQUY WITH AN ARTIST OF THE MILLENNIUM" in the LOWE ART MUSEUM, Miami, FL USA

1993
  Selected by "FLORIDA ARCHITECTURE" magazine for its’ FIRST ANNUAL MASTERS VERNISAGGE, Coconut Grove, FL USA

1991
  Public release of his project "LIMITED EDITION ENGRAVING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", New Orleans, USA

1989
  Organizes and institutes "LAS JORNADAS PLASTICAS" in Cuellar, Segovia, Spain

1987
  Creates and directs MAQUILAS ARTESANALES SEGOVIANAS (MAS), Tapestry Atelier, Segovia, Spain

1985
  Designs the scenery and posters for the play "THE CARDBOARD DEBUTANTE" and others by Christopher Blake at the MARIGNY THEATRE, New Orleans, USA

1981
  Creates the scenery for "DIALOGUE BETWEEN A DYING MAN AND A LIBERTINE By Voltaire for the TEATRO UNIVERSITARIO de la UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA Mexico
 
Works in Patzcuaro, Mexico on a Polychromed polyester sculpture projec
t

1975
  Founded the School of Tapestry "TALLERES LIBRES DE LAUQUINIZ" in Lauquiniz, Spain

1974
  Founded the cultural magazine "TIERRA ADENTRO" with Carmen Massip and the poets Victor Sandoval and Jose Manuel Pintado at the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Aguascalientes, Mexico

1965
 

Joins the historical ORLEANS GALLERY and participates in communal projects with its’ members


1963
  Produces and performs his Happening "CON LAS BOLAS DE CRISTAL" in the PETITE THEATRE, Brugges, Belgium

1961
  Illustrates BOHEMIA LIBRE, New York, USA

1958
  Collaborates with diverse publications (BOHEMIA LIBRE, SOCIEDADES HISPANAS, CONFEDERADAS, EDITORIAL SURAMERICANA etc…) creating political vignettes and illustrations in New York
 
Assists at various workshops and establishes the ITINERANT PUPPET THEATRE
, New York, USA

1956
  Works in Bogota, Colombia illustrating the periodical "EL TIEMPO DOMINICAL" and the magazines "CROMOS" and "LAMPARA"

TEACHINGS

1983

Teaches a course on Color and Composition at the NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF FINE ART, New Orleans, USA


1974
  Teaches classes on Color and Composition at the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

1972
  Professor of Color and Composition at the FACULTAD DE BELLAS ARTES, University of Bilbao, Spain

1957
  Participates in a teaching program for Plastic Arts with Aristides Meneguetti in EL MUSEO DE ZEA, Medellin, Colombia

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans, USA "Le Petit Bureaucrat" oil on canvas 58"x68" (150x150cm.)
Acquired by the Museum from the exhibit "The Anthology of the Intimidating Entities" At the Academy Gallery, New Orleans, March 2000

UNIVERSITY OF JOHNSON & WALES, Nth. Miami, USA "The Transit of Gangantua Through Bilbao" oil on canvas over stretched board 120"x120" (300x300cm.) Commissioned by the University in 1997

ARTIUM, Contemporary Art Museum of Vitoria, Spain "Los Enemigos de Henry Ford" oil on linen 51"x51" (130x130cm.) Acquired by the Museum through Galeria Araba in 1976

MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE BILBAO. Bilbao. Spain "Grupo de Personajes" oil on linen 60"x60" (150"x150cm.) Acquired by the Museum through Galeria Grises in 1969

MUSEO DE ZEA, Medellin, Colombia "Pareja Musical" oil on linen 30"x40" (75x100cm.) Acquired by the Museum from the artist in 1957