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Biography |
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1955 |
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Born in Barcelona, Spain |
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1993 |
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Ministère de la Culture, France: Medal awarded for the Culture Ministry at the "Petit Palais," Paris |
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1998 |
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The best work represented in ARCO, Madrid |
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1999 |
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Gold Medal of Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design and Theatre Architecture |
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2002 |
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Best sculpture exhibition in Madrid, Spain |
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2005 |
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Awarded Honorary Doctorate of the School of Art Institute of Chicago |
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Collections: Art Institute of Chicago; Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; Miami Art Museum; Milwaukee Art Museum; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Galería Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo) |
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2009 |
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“Slumberland,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France (solo) |
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2009 |
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“Sign, Space, Time,” Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain |
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2009 |
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“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 |
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2009 |
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“Silent Music,” Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow, Russia |
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2009 |
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Jaume Plensa, Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milano, Italy (solo) |
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2008 |
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Jaume Plensa, Centro de Arte Caja Burgos CAB, Burgos, Spain (solo) |
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2008 |
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Jaume Plensa, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (solo) |
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2008 |
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La riva di Acheronte, Stadtkirche Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany (solo) |
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2008 |
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Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2008 |
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Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (solo) |
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2008 |
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“Save our Souls,” Albion, Michael-Hue Williams Fine Art Limited, London, United Kingdom (solo) |
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2008 |
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“A Year in Drawing,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York (group) |
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2007 |
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"Nomade," Bastion Saint-Jaume, Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, France; Organized by the Musée Picasso, Antibes, France; Traveled to Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida (solo) |
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2007 |
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“Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s at Chatsworth,” Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom (group) |
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2007 |
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“Barcelona 1947-2007,” Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (group) |
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2007 |
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“Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection of the Contemporary Museum,” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (group) |
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2007 |
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Institut Valencia d’Art Moderne, Valencia, Spain (solo) |
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2007 |
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Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France (solo) |
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2007 |
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“Shakespeare,” Centro Cultural Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, Spain (solo) |
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2007 |
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“Silent Voices,” Tamada Projects, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2007 |
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“Sinónimos,” Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2007 |
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Save our Souls, Albion Gallery, London, England (solo) |
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2007 |
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SHO, IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, València (solo) |
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2007 |
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MAMAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain Nice (solo) |
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2007 |
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Visualkultur.cat, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main |
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2007 |
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La palabra imaginada, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia |
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2006 |
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“Art’Fab: L’Art, La Femme, L’Europe,” Saint Tropez, France |
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2006 |
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“Don Quixote: Spanish Contemporary Art,” The National Gallery, Oslo, Norway |
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2006 |
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“Dormir, Rêver… et Autres Nuits,” Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France |
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2006 |
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“Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/ 1960 to Now,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York |
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2006 |
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“Jaume Plensa: Canetti’s Dream,” Mario Mauoner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria |
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2006 |
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“Jaume Plensa: I in his eyes as one that found peace,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Richard Gray Gallery, New York, New York |
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2006 |
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“Jaume Plensa: Jerusalem,” Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
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2006 |
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"Jaume Plensa: Une âme, deux corps... trois ombres,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France |
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2006 |
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“Paper,” Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, CanadA |
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2006 |
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“Silent Rain,” Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Spain |
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2006 |
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Singapore Biennial, Singapore, The Republic of Singapore |
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2006 |
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“The Snow Show,” Sestriere, Italy |
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2006 |
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Llibres, gravats i múltiples sobre paper 1978-2006, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (solo) |
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2006 |
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“Songs and Shadows,” Galerie Lelong, New York |
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2006 |
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“Livres, estampes et multiples 1978-2005,” Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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2005 |
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Opera, Teatro y Amigos, Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid |
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2005 |
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“Is art something in between?” Kunsthalle Mannheim (GER) |
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2005 |
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“Thirteen Doubts,” Galerie Scheffel and Kulturzentrum Englische Kirche, Bad Homburg (GER) |
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2005 |
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“Song of Songs,” Albion Gallery, London (UK) |
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2005 |
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“Glückauf?” Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (GER) |
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2005 |
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“Jaume Plensa,” Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Malaga, Spain |
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2005 |
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Anónimos, Galería Estiarte, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2004 |
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Anònim, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo) |
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2004 |
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Jaume Plensa. Galleria Gentili – Villa il Tasso, Montecatini, Italy |
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2004 |
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Jaume Plensa. Livres, estampes et multiples sur papier 1978-2003, Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen, France; Fundación César Manrique, Lanzarote, Spain (solo) |
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2004 |
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Il suono del sangue parla la stessa lingua, Volume!, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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2004 |
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“La creation contemporaine a la Manufacture nationale de Sevres,” Maison Rene Char-Hotel Donadei de Campredon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue |
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2004 |
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“A light crescendo,” St. Mary’s York Museum, York |
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2004 |
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“Outside/In: Sculpture for the Natural World,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
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2004 |
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"Silent Noise," The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
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2004 |
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“Fiumi e Cenere,” Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy |
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2003 |
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"Hot? Sex?" Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla |
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2003 |
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"Who? Why?" Galerie Lelong, New York |
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2003 |
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Jaume Plensa, Galería Academia, Salzburg, Austria (solo) |
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2003 |
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“Crystal Rain,” Galerie Lelong, Paris |
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2002 |
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Galería SCQ, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (solo) |
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2002 |
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"Conversations," Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg |
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2002 |
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"Sculpture Now," Palm Beach Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida |
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2002 |
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"Jaume Plensa," The Spanish Embassy in Belgium. Belgium (solo) |
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2002 |
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“Avesta Art 2002,” Avesta, Sweden |
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2002 |
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“DAK’ART 2002,” Biennale de Dakar, Senegal |
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2002 |
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“Shift,” Galerie Lelong, New York |
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2002 |
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Villa Carducci-Pandolfini, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Firenza |
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2002 |
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"Rethinking: Space.Time.Architecture," Crown Fountain at Millenium Park Chicago. Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin |
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2002 |
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"Rumor," Centro Cultural de España, México |
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2002 |
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"Jaume Plensa," Fondation Européenne pour la Sculpture, Parc Tournay-Solvay, Bruxelles |
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2002 |
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"B.OPEN, Jaume Plensa." The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (solo) |
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2002 |
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Wispern. Església de Santo Domingo, Pollença, Mallorca (solo) |
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2002 |
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"Primary thoughts." Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid (solo) |
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2002 |
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"Conceptes de l’espai." Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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2001 |
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"Milano-Europa 2000, I semi del Futuro." Palazzo della Triennale, Milano |
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2001 |
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"Blickachsen 3," Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER) |
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2001 |
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"Logbook," Galerie Diehl-Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Close Up," Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Bienal de València," Convento del Carmen, València |
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2001 |
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"Poéticas del lugar, Arte Público en España," Fundación Cesar Manrique, Lanzarote |
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2001 |
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"50 Ans de Sculpture Espagnole," Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris; Parque del Retino, Madrid |
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2001 |
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Europa, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona (solo) |
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2001 |
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"Minimalism Past And Presence," Galerie Lelong, New York |
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2000 |
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"360 degrees," Museo Municipal de Málaga |
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2000 |
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"Seven Hills: Images and Signs of the 21st Century," Martin Gropius Bau Berlin |
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2000 |
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"Twin Shadows," Galerie Lelong; Richard Gray Gallery |
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2000 |
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"Faith," The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield |
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2000 |
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"Echigo-Tsumari Art Trienneal 2000," Echigo-Tsumari region, Japan |
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2000 |
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"Chaos-Saliva" Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (catalogue) |
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2000 |
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"Proverbs of hell," Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg (catalogue) |
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1999 |
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"Whisper," Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago |
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1999 |
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Galería Altxerri. Donosti, Spain (solo) |
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1999 |
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Galería Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal (solo) |
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1999 |
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Etwas von mir, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (solo) |
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1999 |
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"Love Sounds," Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover |
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1999 |
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"Bruit," Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris |
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1999 |
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"Blickachsen 2," Skulpturen im Kurpark, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg (GER) |
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1999 |
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Tamada Projects Corporation, Tokyo (catalogue) |
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1999 |
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"Wanderers Nachtlied," Museum Moderner Kust Stiftung Ludwig Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria |
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1999 |
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"Komm mit, komm mit!" Rupertinum Museum Salzburg |
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1999 |
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Galeria Toni Tàpies-Edicions, Barcelona |
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1998 |
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"Dallas?...Caracas?" The Mckiney Avenue Contemporary Art, Dallas; Fundación Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas |
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1998 |
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"Jeux de genres," Espace Electra, Paris |
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1998 |
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"La cuisine de l'Art," Fondation d'art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls (catalogue) |
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1998 |
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"Artranspennine98," Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Leeds and Tate Gallery, Liverpool |
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1998 |
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Palazzo Forti, Verona (catalogue) |
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1998 |
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Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo) |
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1998 |
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Water, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens, france (solo) |
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1998 |
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Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo) |
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1998 |
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Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris |
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1997 |
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"Projekte auf papier," Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin |
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1997 |
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Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume Paris, France |
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1997 |
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Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (catalogue) |
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1996 |
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"Abstrakt/Real," Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien (catalogue) |
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1996 |
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"Le Voyage Extraordinaire," Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon |
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1996 |
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"Happy End," Kunsthalle Düsseldorf |
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1996 |
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Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (catalogue) |
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1995 |
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"Pierhead Project" Tate Gallery, Liverpool |
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1995 |
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Small Sculpture Trienal Fellbach, Kunsthalle Stuttgart |
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1994 |
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"Faret Tachikawa Project," Tachikawa Tokyo |
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1994 |
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Galleria Gentili Florence, Italy |
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1993 |
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Cell-Cella-Celda, The Henry Moore Institute Leeds |
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1992 |
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Objets d'Artistes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Galerie du Forum Paris |
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1991 |
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P.S. Gallery Tokyo, Japan |
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1988 |
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The Sharpe Gallery New York, NY |
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1987 |
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Manierismus Subjektiv, Galerie Krinzinger Vienna |
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1984 |
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Galerie Folker Skulima Berlin, Germany |
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1983 |
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Quaderns de Viatge, Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona |
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1980 |
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Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona, Spain |
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