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 Most exhibitions in: |
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| Germany | 29 |
| USA | 23 |
| Spain | 15 |
| Brazil | 14 |
| France | 10 |
| Most exhibitions held at: |
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Galería Cayón, Spain |
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Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
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ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany |
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Biography: 
5.6.1923 Born in Ciudad Bolivar, Bolívar (VE)
In his teens he worked as a commercial artist, painting posters for local movie theaters. He later entered the Escuela de Artes Plasticas in Caracas, where he met Carlos Cruz-Diez and Alejandro Otero. Upon seeing a Cubist painting by Georges Braque, he became interested in reductive and geometric modes of expression.
Soto directed the Escuela de Artes Plasticas in Maracaibo from 1947 to 1950, when he led for Paris and began associating with Yaacov Agam, Jean Tinguely, Victor Vasarely, and other artists connected with the Salon des Realites Nouvelles and the Galerie Denise Rene.
In the mid-1950s Soto strove to create optical movement in his paintings and constructions. By the end of the decade he had developed an idiom in which squares, twisted wires, or other items are placed in front of a background of thin parallel lines, causing the objects to vibrate visually with the movement of the viewer.
1969 for his retrospective at the Musee d´art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the artist constructed the first of his large Penetrables, environments of hanging plastic or metal tubes that could be entered and displaced by the spectator.
He completed many public commissions, including murals for the UNESCO building in Paris in 1970
1973 Soto was instrumental in establishing the Museo de Arte Moderno Jesus Soto in Ciudad Bolivar.
The monumental Esfera Virtual, for the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seoul, South Korea, was installed in 1988.
One-person exhibitions of his work have been held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1968; the Fundacion Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 1971; the Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, 1972; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1974; the Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, 1982; the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, 1983; the Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, 1985; and the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Japan, 1990. Soto´s work has been included in major group exhibitions throughout the world including the 1963 Sao Paulo Bienal; the 1964 and 1966 Venice Biennales; and in Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, and Museum of Modern Art, New York 1992. Soto lives in Paris and Caracas.-(J.R.W. Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York)
14.1.2005 Died in Paris (FR)
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Public exhibitions 133
until 24.1.2010
until 17.1.2010
until 17.1.2010
until 15.1.2010
until 10.1.2010
Solo shows 21
2009
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| Jesús Rafaël Soto - Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin |
2008
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| Jesús R. Soto - Galería Elvira González, Madrid |
2006
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| Jesús Rafael Soto - Visioni in movimento - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo |
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| Jesus Rafael Soto - Vision en Movimiento - Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires |
2005
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| Jesús Rafael Soto - Visión en movimiento - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
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| Jesús Rafael Soto – Venezuela - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| Soto - A Construção da Imaterialidade - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
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| Jesus Rafael Soto - Quadrat Bottrop - Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop |
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| Soto: A Construção da Imaterialidade - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
2004
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| Jesús-Rafael Soto - Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX |
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| Jesús-Rafael Soto - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris |
2003
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| Jesús-Rafael Soto - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris |
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| Soto - Galerie Denise René - Rive Gauche, Paris |
1998
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| Exposição Retrospectiva de Jesús Rafael Soto - SEEC - Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba |
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| Jesús Rafael Soto - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
1997
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| Jesús Rafael Soto - Retrospectiva - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Jesús Rafael Soto: Retrospektive - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen, Reutlingen |
1990
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| Jesus Rafael Soto - Quadrat Bottrop - Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop |
1984
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| Soto - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY |
1979
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| Soto, Oeuvres Actuelles - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1972
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| Jesus Raphael Soto - Galleria Morone, Milan |
Group shows 107
2009
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| Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable. 1979-2009 : 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac - Abbaye St André - Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac |
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| North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| "Materia Gris" - Exposición colectiva - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| EXPLORANDO EL SUR - El universalismo constructivo y otras tendencias en América Latina - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
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| Latitudes: Mestres Latino-americanos na Coleção FEMSA - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| MAC Contemporâneo - Instalações - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
2008
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| is it tomorrow yet? - Singapore Art Museum, Singapore |
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| Latitudes: maestros latinoamericanos en la colección FEMSA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - MNBA, Buenos Aires |
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| Diagonal - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Facets - Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC |
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| 16th Biennale of Sydney - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| escalera de color - exposición colectiva - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Las Implicaciones de la Imagen (The implications of image) - MUCA Roma - Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico City |
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| L´Homme Merveilleux - Château de Malbrouck , Manderen |
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| Face to Face - The Daros Collections. Part2. - Daros Exhibitions, Zurich |
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| revolução cinética - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon |
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| Schaulust - Die Kunst des Sehens und des Täuschens - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
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| bit international. [Nove] tendencije | Computer und visuelle Forschung | Zagreb 1961–1973 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| MAXImin - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
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| El circulo - Galería Elvira González, Madrid |
2007
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| Tamaño Real - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Latin American Art in the Berardo Collection, SMAM, Sintra - Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna, Sintra |
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| Sammlung Gutmann - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich |
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| Mirada - Latino-americanos do MAC USP no Memorial - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Il Futuro del Futurismo - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo |
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| The Geometry of Hope - Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY |
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| 6ª Bienal do Mercosul: A Terceira Margem do Rio - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre |
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| Da Bauhaus (Agora!) - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo |
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| 1950´s - 1960´s Kinetic Abstraction - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Klio - Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| La Presencia - The Presence of Latin American Art in California Collections - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| bit international – [Nove] Tendencije - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| Pluridimensión - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Lo[s] Cinético[s] - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid |
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| Liebe auf den ersten Blick - Museum Würth, Künzelsau |
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| Die Neuen Tendenzen. Eine europäische Kuenstlerbewegung 1961-1973 - Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren |
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| OPTIC NERVE: Perceptual Art of the 1960s - Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH |
2006
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| Estrecho Dudoso - MADC Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José |
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| Estrecho Dudoso - Fundación Ars Teor Etica, San José |
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| Weihnachtsausstellung - Künstler der Galerie - M-ART Galerie, Hamburg |
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| Selecció del fons de la galeria - Art Vall, Andorra la Vella |
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| Bewegung im Quadrat - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch |
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| Arena der Abstraktion - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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| Zéro - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne |
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| Latin American Art from the Museum's Collection - Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL |
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| Art on the Edge - , Omaha, NE |
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| Die Neuen Tendenzen - Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt |
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| Bienal del Aire - MACCSI Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas |
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| Die Gesichter hinter den Bilden - The Columns, Seoul |
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| The Expanded Eye. Sehen - entgrenzt und verflüssigt - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Täuschungsmanöver - Optische Irritationen und visuelle Manipulationen - Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall |
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| ZERO - Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre - Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf |
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| Geometry and Gesture - Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC |
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| Formal Exchange - The Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Latin America - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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| Conversation with Art, on Art. bauhaus to Contemporary Art - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo |
2005
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| Transeuntes – América Latina - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| III Bienal de Valencia - Agua sin ti no soy - Bienal de Valencia, Valencia |
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| Eröffnungsausstellung - SQUARE - Die Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch |
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| Outside Europe - Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen |
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| Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Arte Del Siglo XX - Colección Internacional Del Museo Rufino Tamayo, México - Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires |
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| Das Progressive Museum Basel - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich |
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| L’Œil moteur- Art optique et cinétique, 1950-1975 - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg |
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| Totally Geometric - Abstraction from the permanent Collection - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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| Memoire de la liberte - Galerie tazl., Weiz |
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| Bewegliche Teile - Museum Tinguely, Basel |
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| Konstruktiv bewegt - Optical Art aus der Sammlung Arithmeum - Arithmeum, Bonn |
2004
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| Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s-70s - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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| Attraversare Genova. Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo. - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| Algorithmische Revolution. Zur Geschichte der interaktiven Kunst - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Bewegliche Teile - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| The DaimlerChrysler Collection - Iziko South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town |
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| Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s−70s - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| DaimlerChrysler Collection for South Africa - Museum Africa, Johannesburg |
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| The Daimler Art Collection - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria |
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| MoMA at El Museo. Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Mu - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
2003
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| On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the DaimlerChrysler Collection - The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI |
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| Aperceptions - Guislain - États d'Art, Paris |
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| Geo-metrías - Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo |
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| The DaimlerChrysler Collection - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Exhibition of Paintings for Pulp Magazine Covers of the Mid-20th Century - Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY |
2002
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| Arte Múltipla - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon |
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| Moderna Museet C/O Magasin 3 - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
2001
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| El Arte Abstracto y la Galería Denise René - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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| SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International Biennial - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Accrochage de groupe - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris |
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| Bienal 50 Anos - Núcleo histórico - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Maestros Venezolanos del Siglo XX - Galería MUCI, Caracas |
2000
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| From Cubism to Minimalism - A selection of Works by World Leading Artists - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
1999
1997
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| 1. Bienal do Mercosul - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre |
1996
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| Transformers: A Moving Experience - Wellington City Gallery, Wellington |
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| 23° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| colección permanente. novas incorporacións. colección fundación arco - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela |
1995
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| Bestandsaufnahme XII - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum |
1994
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| 22° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo |
1990
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| Konkret Zehn - Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
1988
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| Zero, un movimiento europeo - Fundación Juan March, Madrid |
1986
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| Point, ligne, plan - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1984
1964
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| documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 23 |
Colombia
| | Luis Perez Galeria, Santafé de Bogota
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France
| | Galerie Denise René - Rive Gauche, Paris
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| | Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris
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Germany
| | Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
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| | Edition + Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
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Italy
| | Aurelio Stefanini Studio d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Florence
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| | Pluraebello / Ierimonti Gallery, Milan
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Korea (Republic)
Liechtenstein
| | Galerie am Lindenplatz AG, Vaduz
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Spain
| | Galería Elvira González, Madrid
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
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USA
| | Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
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| | Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York City, NY
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| | Riva Yares Gallery - Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
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| | RJ Fine Arts, Stamford, CT
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Venezuela
| | Galería de Arte Ascaso Caracas, Caracas
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| | Galería de Arte Ascaso Valencia, Valencia, Carabobo
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Public collections 39
Australia
| | Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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Chile
| | Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago
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Colombia
| | MAMBO - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Santafé de Bogota
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| | Museo de Arte del Banco de la República - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Santafé de Bogota
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Croatia
| | MSU Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
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Denmark
| | KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
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| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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Finland
| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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France
| | Musée du Chateau de Montbeliard, Montbéliard
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Germany
| | Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
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| | Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
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| | Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
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| | Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm
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Iran
| | Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
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Ireland (Republic)
| | Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
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Italy
| | Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
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Japan
| | Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki
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Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)
| | Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje
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Poland
| | Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz
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Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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Romania
| | The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest
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Spain
| | Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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Switzerland
| | Schaulager, Münchenstein / Basel
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| | Daros Latinamerica, Zurich
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| | Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | Ulster Museum, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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Uruguay
| | MAAM Fundacion Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, San Fernando de Maldonado
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USA
| | Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
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| | MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
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| | CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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| | Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
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| | Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
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Venezuela
| | Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas
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| | MACCSI Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas
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