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Biography |
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1953 |
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Born June 17th in Madrid, Spain |
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1976 - 1977 |
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Attends Central School of Art and Design in London |
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1978 - 1980 |
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Receives British Council scholarship and attends Croydon School of Art in London |
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1981 - 1982 |
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Attends Pratt Graphic Center in New York and receives Fullbright Fellowship through the North American Spanish Committee |
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1984 |
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First solo exhibit in Madrid |
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1986 |
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Exhibits sculptures with Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias |
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1987 |
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First solo museum exhibition at CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain in Bordeaux |
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1990 |
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First solo exhibition in the United States at the Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, and first solo exhibition in a public institution in the UK in Bristol. |
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1992 |
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Commissioned to make an outdoor sculpture on a river path on the South Bank |
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1994 |
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Solo exhibition at Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin |
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1995 |
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Residency at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
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1996 |
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Two major exhibitions in Madrid and New York |
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2000 |
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Awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plasticas in Spain |
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2001 |
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Died August 28th |
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Exhibitions |
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2012 |
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Juan Muñoz, Skarstedt Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2009 |
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Juan Muñoz, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2009 |
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Silences: un choix d’oeuvres de Marin Karmitz, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Museu Colecçao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal |
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2008 |
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Self as Selves, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland |
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2008 |
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Juan Munoz, A Retrospective, Tate Modern; Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (solo) |
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2007 |
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The 1980’s Topology, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal |
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2007 |
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Comic Abstraction, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York |
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2007 |
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Juan Muñoz: Sculptures and Drawings, Musée de Grenoble, France (solo) |
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2006 |
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Juan Muñoz, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2006 |
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Juan Muñoz - Rooms of My Mind, K21, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo) |
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2005 |
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Juan Muñoz. La voz sola, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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2005 |
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Centre of Gravity, curated by Rosa Martinez, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey |
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2004 |
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Reflecting the Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York |
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2004 |
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Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
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2003 |
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Unilever Series: Juan Muñoz,Tate Gallery, Great Hall, London, England (solo) |
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2003 |
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Juan Muñoz, Public Art Fund, Doris Freeman Plaza, New York (solo) |
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2003 |
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Juan Muñoz, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX (solo) |
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2003 |
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A Sculpture Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York |
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2003 |
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Images of Society, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland |
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2002 |
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Startkapital (from the Ackermans Collection, K21 Kustsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany, Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany |
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2001 |
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Dialogue Ininterrompu, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France |
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2001 |
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Animations, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York |
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2001 |
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Atlantes, Galería Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain |
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2001 |
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Juan Muñoz, Sponsored by Unilever, Tate Modern, London, England (solo) |
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2001 |
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Juan Muñoz: The Nature of Visual Illusion, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark (solo) |
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2001 |
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A Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities/Un arca de curiosidades: Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, California College of Arts y Crafts Institute, Oliver Art Center, Oakland |
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2000 - 2001 |
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Máquinas, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 19 Septiembre-19 Noviembre; Fundació 'la Caixa,' Palma |
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2000 |
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Around 1984: A Look at Art in the 80's, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, 21 Mayo-Septiembre |
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2000 |
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Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Atenas |
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2000 |
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Between Cinema and Hard Place, The Tate Gallery of Modern Art, Londres, 12 Mayo-3 Diciembre |
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2000 |
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Over the Edges/En los límites, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, 1 Abril-30 Junio |
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2000 |
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Biennale of Sydney 2000: 12th Biennale of Sydney, 26 Marzo-30 Julio. |
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2000 |
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Juan Muñoz: The Nature of Visual Ilusion/Naturaleza de la ilusión visual, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (solo) |
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1999 - 2000 |
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Juan Muñoz: A Brief Description of My Death/Una breve descripción de mi muerte, Bernier/Eliades Gallery, Atenas (solo) |
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1999 - 2000 |
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Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 20er Haus and k/haus-Künstlerhaus, Viena, 5 Julio-Octubre |
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1999 - 2000 |
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Zeitwenden: Ausblick, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, 4 Diciembre '99-4 Junio '00 |
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1999 |
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Juan Muñoz: Crossroads/Cruce de caminos, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1998 |
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Juan Muñoz: Certain Drawings in Oil and Ink/Algunos dibujos en óleo y tinta 1996-1998, Sala Robayera, Miengo (solo) |
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1997 |
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Juan Muñoz: Mobiliario, Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Turin (solo) |
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1997 |
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Directions: Juan Muñoz, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (solo) |
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1996 - 1997 |
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Juan Muñoz: Monólogos y diálogos, Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (solo) |
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1996 |
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Juan Muñoz, Galerie Jean Bernier, Atenas (solo) |
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1996 |
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Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich (solo) |
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1995 - 1996 |
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Juan Muñoz, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela (solo) |
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1995 |
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Juan Muñoz: Portrait of a Turkish Man Drawing, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (solo) |
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1993 |
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Juan Muñoz, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf (solo) |
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1990 |
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Erste Einzelausstellung in den USA, Renaissance Society, Universität von Chicago |
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1987 |
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Erste Einzelausstellung in einem Kuseum, CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporian, Bordeaux |
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