Manuel Castro – Factory

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Manuel Castro

(Córdoba, 1944 – Barcelona, 2020)

Factory I

Oil on canvas

73×60 cm

framed

 

MANUEL CASTRO MELLADO

 

Manuel Castro, born in Córdoba in 1944. He has lived in Barcelona since 1952. Artistic studies at La Llotja and the Conservatory of Book Arts (Engraving and Lithography) Barcelona. Scholarship from the Castellblanch Foundation to expand artistic studies in Paris. L’any 1967 begins its participation in group exhibitions. I died in Barcelona on 2020.

 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS 1969 Jaimes Room (Barcelona) 1973 Matisse Gallery (Barcelona) Fort Gallery (Tarragona) Lo Marraco Gallery (Lleida) 1974 Culture room (Pamplona) CAMPC Art Room (Córdoba) 1975 Lleonart Gallery (Barcelona) Alaro Gallery (Sitges) 1976 La Mulassa Gallery (Vilanova i la Geltrú) Seny Gallery (Barcelona) 1977 Victor Bailo Gallery (Saragossa) Province Room (Lion) 1978 Joan de Serrallonga Gallery (Barcelona) Soler Casamada Gallery (Terrace) 1981 El Setze Gallery (Martorell)

1985 Spanish Institute of Culture (Munic, Germany) 1987 Graphic Gallery 4 (Barcelona) 1989 Duayer Gallery (Madrid) 1991 Palma XII Gallery (Vilafranca del Penedès) 1993 Jordi Barnadas Gallery –Large format engravings– (Barcelona) Palma XII Gallery -Large format engravings– (Vilafranca del Penedès) 1994 Ferrés i Puig Room, Monk Museum - Painting 1976/1994- (Vilassar de Mar.) 1995 gallery 3 Punts “Figurations” -Painting 1980/1995- (Barcelona) Caja Madrid Exhibition Hall - Painting and engraving – (Barcelona) 1997 Caja Sur Exhibition Hall (Córdoba) 1998 gallery 3 Punts (Barcelona) gallery 22 (Igualada, Barcelona) 1999 Jordi Barnadas Gallery (Barcelona) Cobalt Gallery (Córdoba) Spai d’Art Gallery (Terrace) 2000 Art gallery 2 thousand 2 (Saragossa) 2001 Jordi Barnadas Gallery (Barcelona) 2002 gallery 22 (Igualada, Barcelona) Galeria Brigitte Griffault (Montauban, France) 2003 Fundació “Sa Nostra” (Ciutadella and Maó, Balearic Islands) Blanquerna Bookstore (Madrid) 2004 Fundació “Duero Box” (Medina del Campo and Zamora, Valladolid) Art and Gastronomy Foundation (Madrid) 2005 Picture Gallery (Valladolid) Espai G Gallery of Art (Terrace) gallery 22 (Igualada, Barcelona) 2006 Gallery Extra (Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona) Galeria Brigitte Griffault (Montauban, France) Fermín Echauri Gallery (Pamplona) Roberto Resino Gallery (Madrid).

 

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS May Hall Old Hospital of the Holy Cross and Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Inglada-Guillot Foundation Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona Tribute to the poet J.V.. Foix Barcelona and Museu de l’Empordà, Figueres Blanco y Negro Several editions, Madrid “The Art of Enlightenment” Traveling exhibition dedicated to the work of Federico García Lorca Granada - London - Paris - Rome - Amsterdam – Buenos Aires, etc. Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation, Granada Tribute to Joan Miró Sala Pelaires and the College of Architects, Palma de Mallorca Artistic collection of the newspaper Avui Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona VII Biennial of the Engraving of Krakow Poland “The other reality” René Metras Gallery, Barcelona Firart 1990/91/92/93/94 Vilafranca del Penedès Collective small fomats Palma XII Gallery, Vilafranca del Penedès Hipermerc’art Sala Vinçon, Barcelona La Farga Municipal Conference, Hospitalet de Llobregat. “Three of the Penedès” Palma XII Gallery, Vilafranca del Penedès (1991) Graphic Work Palma XII Gallery, Vilafranca del Penedès (1991) Painting Together with Andrada, Resino i Sevillano Galeria Duayer, Madrid (1991) “Painters for '92” Córdoba (1991) International Biennial of Engraving 1991/92/94 Orense Art - Quitectures Galeria Palma XII, Vilafranca del Penedès (1991) Josep Rivera International Engraving Biennial 1991/93 Finalist (Xàtiva) 226 Th. Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London (1994) Ibizagrafic ’94 XIII Biennial, Ibiza Contemporary Printart, Nagoya ’95 Itinerant through Japan and Spain Las Comun “Arts” Theater of the Sea, -Seven- France Brigitte Griffault Gallery 1995/96/97/98 Montauban, France Gallery 3 Punts 1995/96/97/98 Barcelona Christmas Collective 1999/2000/01/02/03/04/05 Jordi Barnadas Gallery, Barcelona Espai G Gallery of Art 2003/04/05/06 Barcelona.

 

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FAIRS (personal exhibitions with art galleries or individually) 1976 Artexpo, Palau d’Alfons XIII of Barcelona (Painting) 1982 Arteder, Bilbao (Drawing) Arteder, Bilbao (Engraving) 1986 Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (graphic and original work) 1987 Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (graphic and original work) 1988 Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (graphic and original work) 1989 Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (graphic and original work) Lineart / Gent, Ghent -Belgium- (Painting) 1990 Lineart / Gent, Ghent -Belgium- Presented by the Alain Blondel Gallery in Paris. 1991 Graphic / Art, International Engraving Fair - Palma XII Gallery- Barcelona 1992 Graphic / Art, International Engraving Fair (Barcelona Provincial Council) 1993 II Paper Show of Catalonia - Gelida, Barcelona- (Engraving) 1997 Artexpo –Galeria 3 Punts- (Barcelona) 1998 Artexpo –Galeria 3 Punts- (Barcelona) 2000 Artexpo - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Barcelona) 2001 De Arte - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Madrid) 2003 Artexpo - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Barcelona) 2004 Art Fair - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Milan) 2005 Art Fair - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Strasbourg) Art Fair - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Milan) 2006 Art Fair - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Strasbourg) Art Fair - Jordi Barnadas Gallery- (Milan).

 

AWARDS 1966 city ​​Hall of Barcelona (Barcelona) 1969 Castellblanch Foundation Grant (Paris) 1970 Alfred Sisquella - Sala Parés- (Barcelona) 1971 Joan Serra - Sala Parés- (Barcelona) Silver Medal - National Drawing Award- (Manresa) 1973 University of Granada, Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation 1977 1r. Painting Prize “Miquel Carbonell” (Molins de Rei) 1991 2n Engraving Award “Carmen Arozena” –Tórculo Gallery- (Madrid) 1993 1r. International Engraving Award (Cebreros, Ávila) 1994 Finalist in the 2nd Engraving Biennial of Játiva 1996 Acquisition Award at the 1st Alcoi Biennial.

 

EDITIONS 1980 “The rocks and the sea, the Blue”, by Salvador Espriu (Bibliophile Edition) Etchings - together with J. Serra Mestres. 1989 “White voracity”, of Angel Custodi. Several editions in etching, lithography and screen printing.

 

WORK A • Work in US collections, Germany, Swiss, Italy, France, Spain, etc. • National intaglio, Madrid. • Cabinet of Geneva Prints, Swiss. • Museum of the Island Council of La Palma, Canary Islands. • University of Heidelberg, Germany. • Barcelona University, Barcelona. • Library of Catalonia, Barcelona. • Museum of Contemporary Art, Vilacasas Foundation, Torroella de Montgrí, Girona. • La Caixa Collection, Barcelona.

 

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