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Born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1966. In 1968 his familly moves back to Spain (Vigo). Lives and works in Madrid.

 

   

EDUCATION

  • Painting at the New School of Visual Arts in New York (1993).
  • Studied with Jannis Kounnellis and Tony Cragg at the Cursos Arte Actual of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo (1997-98); and with Darío Villalba, J. Guinovart, Eduardo Arroyo, Guillermo Pérez Villalta and Frederic Amat at the Talleres de Arte Actual of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (1985-86).

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

  • 2009 Algoritmi Dixit, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan
  • Pigment Coast, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery, Miami, USA
  • Algoritmi Dixit, Khan As’ad Caravanserai Gallery, Damasco, Siria
  • Darío Basso, Retrospective, Galerie Henze&Ketterer, Berna, Suiça
  • Serie Humboldt, Karlsruhe contemporary Art Fair, Germany
  • 2008 Azimut, Henze & Ketterer & Trieblod Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Acimut, Gallery Bach Quatre, Barcelona, Spain
  • Cauces Invertidos, Antonia Puyó Gallery, Saragoça, Spain
  • Algoritmi Dixit, Museum of Moern Egyptian Art, El Kairo, Egypt
  • Algoritmi Dixit, Museo do Pobo Galego, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 2007 SCQ Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Luis Seone Foundation, A Coruña, Spain
  • Arthobler.com Gallery, Porto, Portugal
  • Installation of 23 peças with 430 x 260 cm (each), Hoyo de Manzanares, Spain
  • 2006 Maior Gallery, Pollença, Spain
  • Sala de exposiciones Palexco, Palácio de Congressos de A Coruña, Spain*
  • Darío Basso, La Aurora Gallery, Murcia, Spain
  • La Aurora Gallery, Murcia, Spain
  • 2005 Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago do Chile, Chile
  • Bach Quatre Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
  • Dragão do Mar Museum, Fortaleza, Brazil
  • Museo de la Ciudad, Quito, Ecuador
  • Museo Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela
  • SCQ Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Triebold Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Metta Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • 2004 Substances palpitantes, La lune en parachute, Épinal, France
  • Texto Fósil, Arthobler.com Gallery, Porto, Portugal
  • Marimón Gallery, Ourense, Spain
  • 2003 Leviatán, VGO Gallery, Vigo, Spain
  • Os Coimbras Gallery, Braga, Portugal
  • 2002 Equinoccial, La Escalera Gallery, Cuenca, Spain
  • Equinoccial, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • Ordo Virtutum, Trieblod Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Equinoccial, Pilar Pa rra Gallery, Sanxenxo, Spain
  • Reise in den Regenwald, Galerie der Stadt Waiblingen, Germany
  • 2001 Equinoccial, SCQ Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • Equinoccial, Maior Gallery, Maiorca, Spain
  • Fisonomía vegetal, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, EUA
  • 2000 Equinoccial, VGO Gallery, Vigo, Spain
  • Equinoccial, Antonia Puyo Gallery, Saragoça, Spain
  • 1999 Equinoccial, Metropolitana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
  • Aequinoctial, Trieblod Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Bharat Matta, Atlántica Centro de Arte, A Coruña, Spain
  • Húmedo, Alternativa Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela,
  • 1998 Maior Gallery, Maiorca, Spain
  • Hipogeo, Anexo Gallery, Pontevedra, Spain
  • Línea Estremecida, Seguros Pelayo, travelling exhibition in Spain
  • 1997 Cenography for Danat Danza dance company, Barcelona, Spain
  • Waste Land, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cohl, Germany
  • Argonauta, Lattuada Studio, Milan, Italy
  • 1996 Punto Gallery, Valência, Spain
  • Sala Robayera del Miengo, Cantabria, Spain
  • Atlas 1986-1996, Culture House, Ayuntamiento de Vigo, Spain
  • Triebold Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • 1995 Antonio Machón Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • Abel Lepina Gallery, Vigo, Spain
  • 1994 Antonia Puyo Gallery, Saragoça, Spain
  • Triebold Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • 1993 Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Colónia, Germany
  • 1992 Lattuada Studio, Milan, Italy,
  • Triebold Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • Fluxus Gallery, Porto, Portugal
  • Antonio Machón Gallery, Dibujos y obra Gráfica, Madrid, Spain
  • 1991 Antonio Machón Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • ARCO 91, Antonio Machón Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • Museo de Teruel, Teruel, Spain
  • Heinz Holtmann Gallery, Cohl, Germany
  • 1990 Triebold Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
  • ARCO 90, Estiarte Gallery, Grabados, Madrid, Spain
  • 1988 Antonio Machón Gallery, Madrid, Spain

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

  • 2008 Arte Lisboa, Portugal (gallery Arthobler.com)
  • 2007 Oasis, Colección Unicaza de arte contemporáneo, CAC de Málaga, Spain
  • 2006 Noves adquisicions, noves diálogos, Colección Caixa Nova, Vigo, Spain
  • Landscapes, Triebold Gallery, Riehen, Switzerland
  • Arte español en la colección BBVA, Madrid, A Coruña, Sevilha, Spain
  • Xen Xeración, Auditório Santiago de Compostela, Spain*
  • 2005 Metta Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • 2004 Material + Malerei, Städtische Galerie Villingen- Schwenningen, Germany
  • Breyerd Breda Museum, Netherlands
  • 2003 Basso Ciria Lleó, Metta Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • Plastic Arts Biennial, Pamplona, Spain
  • 2002 Copyright-Metta, Metta Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • 2001 L’Oreal Painting Award, Madrid, Spain
  • VII Muestra Unión Fenosa, A Coruña, Spain
  • Nostalgia y encuentro de Roma, Asamblea de Extremadura, Mérida, Spain
  • Cairo International Biennial, Egypt
  • Roma: Nuevos caminos de la pintura 1977-1990, travelling: Spain and Rome
  • Arte español de los años 80 y 90 en las colecciones del Museo del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Zacheta Gallery, Warsow, Poland
  • 2000 Imágenes yuxtapuestas, Colección Argentaria, travelling in Spain
  • Confrontaciones 2000, Espacios Cálidos, Ateneu de Caracas, Venezuela
  • 1999 Salón Pirelli, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Jóvenes con F.I.A., Espacios Cálidos, Ateneu de Caracas, Venezuela
  • Imágenes de la abstracción, Caja Madrid Foundation, Spain
  • Grabados españoles, Casa Falconieri, Cagliari, Italy
  • 1998 Viajar, perder países, Arteleku, San Sebastian, Spain
  • Memoria e Vangarda, 8 pintores de Galicia, Xunta de Galicia /Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (travelling exhibition: Central America) *
  • VIII Art Biennial - Ciudad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
  • 1996 Líricos fin de Siglo, Sala de Exposiciones del Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, Spain
  • 1995 Toro de Osborne, (travelling exhibition) Spain
  • 1994 Area de Silencio, Internacional Art Biennial of Pontevedra, Spain
  • 1993 Trazos e Camiños, travelling exhibition: Galicia, Spain
  • 1992 Expo ’92, Galicia Pavillion, Sevilha, Spain
  • Internacional Biennial of Istambul, Istambul Contemporary Art Museum, Turkey
  • 1991 De Europa, Erice, Italy
  • 1990 Roma XC, Exhibition of the Spanish Academy in Rome, Italy
  • Novantesimo, National Modern Art Gallery, San Marino
  • 1989 Propuesta 89, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • IX Salón de los 16, Sala de exposiciones Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain
  • Euroarte, Guimarães, Portugal
  • Galegos somos nos, Sala de exposiciones del I.C. e Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, AR
  • Ateliers Roma-Compostela, Museo do Pobo Galego, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • 1988 Muestra de Arte Joven, Instituto de la Juventud, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • Punto 88, Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Spain
  • 1987 IX Biennial of Contemporary Art of Pontevedra, Spain
  • 1986 VIII Biennial of Contemporary Art of Pontevedra, Nuevos Valores, Spain
  • I Biennial - Ciudad de Albacete, Spain
  • VII Call for Plastic Arts of Alicante, Spain
  • Selected Painters of the Talleres de Arte Actual, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
  • Madrid-Vigo, Arte actual madrileño y gallego, CAM and Ayuntamento de Vigo, Spain
  • Supertangibles, French Institut, CAM and French Embassy, Madrid, Spain
  • Obra sobre papel, Lepina Gallery, Vigo, Spain
  • 1985 Young Painting, Vitoria Contemporary Art Museum, Spain
  • Tres Pintores, Alençon Gallery (Gamarra y Garrigues), Madrid, Spain
  • Arte Galego Xoven:cara al futuro, Centro Cultural Ciudad de Vigo, Spain
  • II Salón de pintura joven, Madrid, Spain
  • Selected Painters of the Talleres de Arte Actual, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
 

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  • 2007 Premio Jesús Bárcenas de Pintura
  • 2006 1 st. Prize - VI Salón de Outono de Paintingde la Real Academia Galega de Belas Artes
  • 2004 Work acquisition award - Concurso Internacional de Pintura de Valdepeñas 2004
  • 2003 2 nd Prize - IV Certamen Internacional de pintura, Royal Premier Hoteles, Torremolinos
  • Work acquisition award - Concurso Internacional de Pintura de Valdepeñas 2003
  • 2002 1 st. Prize - IV Premio ABC de Pintura, Madrid
  • 1 st. Prize - III Certamen Internacional de Pintura», Royal Premier Hoteles, Torremolinos
  • Work acquisition award - II Certamen de Pintura Contemporánea de la Fund.
  • Wellington, Madrid
  • 2001 Julián Trincado Award - VII Mostra Unión Fenosa, Corunha
  • Work acquisition award - Generación 2001, Caja Madrid, Madrid
  • 2000 3 rd. Prize - III Salón de Otoño de A Coruña, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Galicia
  • 1994 Ojo Crítico Award- Radio Nacional de Espanha, Madrid
  • 1992 Fullbright Scholarship- Comité Conjunto Hispano-Norteamericano, New York, USA
  • 1991 Cité des Artistes Scholarship- Paris
  • 1989 1 st. Prize - Concurso de Pintura Santa Lucia, Madrid
  • Scholarship of the Spanish Academy in Rome, Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
  • 1988 Muestra de Arte Joven Award
  • 1987 Pensionados Scholarship - IX Biennial de Pontevedra

 

MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

  • Banco de Espanha, Madrid, Spain
  • Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain
  • Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • ABC Collection, Madrid, Spain
  • Altana AG Collection, Bad Homburg, Germany
  • Ayuntamiento de A Coruña Collection, A Coruña, Spain
  • BBVA Collection, Madrid, Spain
  • Biedermann – Motech Collection, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
  • Caixa de Galicia Collection, A Coruña, Spain
  • Caixa Nova Collection, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
  • Caixa-Forum Collection, Barcelona, Spain
  • Caja del Mediterráneo Collection, Spain
  • Caja Madrid Collection, Madrid, Spain
  • Diputación de A Coruña Collection, A Coruña, Spain
  • Diputación de Pontevedra Collection, Pontevedra, Spain,
  • Faro de Vigo Collection, Pontevedra, Spain
  • Ritz Carlton Collection, Miami, EUA
  • Seguros Santa Lucia Collection, Madrid, Spain
  • Stadt Waiblingen Collection, Germany
  • Unicaja Collection, Málaga, Spain
  • Unión de Bancos Suizos Collection, Madrid, Spain
  • Rodriguez Iglésias Foundation, A Coruña, Spain
  • Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal
  • Ministerio de la Cultura Collection, Instituto de la Juventud, Madrid, Spain
  • Artium Museum, Vitoria, Spain
  • Contemporary Art Museum Unión Fenosa, A Coruña, Spain
  • Contemporary Art Museum, Teruel, Spain
  • Oviedo Fine Arts Museum, Spain
  • Quiñones de León Fine Arts Museum, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
  • Pontevedra Museum, Spain
  • Museo Extremenho de Arte Contemporáneo, Spain
  • Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
  • National Contemporary Art Museum Sofía Imber, Caracas, Venezuela

His work is included in many private collections arround the globe.

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