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Jesús Rafael Soto  1923-2005, VE (Jesus Raphael Soto)
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 Most exhibitions in:
Country
Germany 29
USA 23
Spain 15
Brazil 14
France 10




 Most exhibitions shown with:
Artist Rank
François Morellet  166 39
Carlos Cruz-Diez  1124 32
Victor Vasarely  429 30
Jean Tinguely  195 29
Josef Albers  95 24




 Most exhibitions held at:
Institution
  Galería Cayón, Spain 5
  Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil 5
  ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany 4




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Jesús Rafael Soto 


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)
 
Public exhibitions  133  Please report missing Information


until 24.1.2010
   re-connaitre - Paksi Képtár, Paks 

until 17.1.2010
Works of art  FLASH! - Light and Movement - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere 

until 17.1.2010
   Sites of Latin American Abstraction - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA 

until 15.1.2010
   Bilateral Engagement - Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC 

until 10.1.2010
   MÁQUINAS DE MIRAR. O cómo se originan las imágenes - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Sevilla 


 Solo shows   21

2009
   Jesús Rafaël Soto - Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin

2008
   Jesús R. Soto - Galería Elvira González, Madrid

2006
   Jesús Rafael Soto - Visioni in movimento - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
   Jesus Rafael Soto - Vision en Movimiento - Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires

2005
   Jesús Rafael Soto - Visión en movimiento - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City
Description  Jesús Rafael Soto – Venezuela - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
   Soto - A Construção da Imaterialidade - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba
Description  Jesus Rafael Soto - Quadrat Bottrop - Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop
   Soto: A Construção da Imaterialidade - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo

2004
   Jesús-Rafael Soto - Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
   Jesús-Rafael Soto - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris

2003
   Jesús-Rafael Soto - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris
   Soto - Galerie Denise René - Rive Gauche, Paris

1998
   Exposição Retrospectiva de Jesús Rafael Soto - SEEC - Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba
   Jesús Rafael Soto - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo

1997
   Jesús Rafael Soto - Retrospectiva - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
   Jesús Rafael Soto: Retrospektive - Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst - Reutlingen, Reutlingen

1990
   Jesus Rafael Soto - Quadrat Bottrop - Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop

1984
   Soto - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY

1979
   Soto, Oeuvres Actuelles - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris

1972
   Jesus Raphael Soto - Galleria Morone, Milan


 Group shows   107

2009
Description and image galerie konkret martin woernbewegung! carlos cruz-diez - jesús rafael soto - ludwig wilding - galerie konkret martin woern, Sulzburg 
   Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable. 1979-2009 : 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac - Abbaye St André - Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac
   North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Description and image  "Materia Gris" - Exposición colectiva - Galería Cayón, Madrid
   EXPLORANDO EL SUR - El universalismo constructivo y otras tendencias en América Latina - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz
   Latitudes: Mestres Latino-americanos na Coleção FEMSA - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
   MAC Contemporâneo - Instalações - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo

2008
Description  is it tomorrow yet? - Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
   Latitudes: maestros latinoamericanos en la colección FEMSA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - MNBA, Buenos Aires
Description and image  Diagonal - Galería Cayón, Madrid
   Facets - Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
Description and image  16th Biennale of Sydney - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Description and image  escalera de color - exposición colectiva - Galería Cayón, Madrid
   Las Implicaciones de la Imagen (The implications of image) - MUCA Roma - Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico City
   L´Homme Merveilleux - Château de Malbrouck , Manderen
   Face to Face - The Daros Collections. Part2. - Daros Exhibitions, Zurich
   revolução cinética - MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon
   Schaulust - Die Kunst des Sehens und des Täuschens - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
   bit international. [Nove] tendencije | Computer und visuelle Forschung | Zagreb 1961–1973 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
   MAXImin - Fundación Juan March, Madrid
   El circulo - Galería Elvira González, Madrid

2007
Description and image  Tamaño Real - Galería Cayón, Madrid
   Latin American Art in the Berardo Collection, SMAM, Sintra - Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna, Sintra
   Sammlung Gutmann - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich
   Mirada - Latino-americanos do MAC USP no Memorial - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
   Il Futuro del Futurismo - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo
   The Geometry of Hope - Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY
   6ª Bienal do Mercosul: A Terceira Margem do Rio - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre
   Da Bauhaus (Agora!) - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo
   1950´s - 1960´s Kinetic Abstraction - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY
   Klio - Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945 - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
   La Presencia - The Presence of Latin American Art in California Collections - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
   bit international – [Nove] Tendencije - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
   Pluridimensión - Galería Cayón, Madrid
   Lo[s] Cinético[s] - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid
   Liebe auf den ersten Blick - Museum Würth, Künzelsau
   Die Neuen Tendenzen. Eine europäische Kuenstlerbewegung 1961-1973 - Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
   OPTIC NERVE: Perceptual Art of the 1960s - Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH

2006
   Estrecho Dudoso - MADC Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José
   Estrecho Dudoso - Fundación Ars Teor Etica, San José
   Weihnachtsausstellung - Künstler der Galerie - M-ART Galerie, Hamburg
   Selecció del fons de la galeria - Art Vall, Andorra la Vella
Description  Bewegung im Quadrat - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
   Arena der Abstraktion - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
   Zéro - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
Description and image Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum • Center of International SculptureWas ist Plastik? 100 Jahre - 100 Köpfe- Das Jahrhundert moderner Skulptur - Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum • Center of International Sculpture, Duisburg 
   Latin American Art from the Museum's Collection - Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
   Art on the Edge - , Omaha, NE
   Die Neuen Tendenzen - Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
   Bienal del Aire - MACCSI Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas
   Die Gesichter hinter den Bilden - The Columns, Seoul
Description  The Expanded Eye. Sehen - entgrenzt und verflüssigt - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
   Täuschungsmanöver - Optische Irritationen und visuelle Manipulationen - Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall
   ZERO - Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre - Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf
Description  Geometry and Gesture - Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
   Formal Exchange - The Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Latin America - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
   Conversation with Art, on Art. bauhaus to Contemporary Art - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo

2005
Description Daimler ContemporaryOutside Europe - Aus der Sammlung DaimlerChrysler - Daimler Contemporary, Berlin 
   Transeuntes – América Latina - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
   III Bienal de Valencia - Agua sin ti no soy - Bienal de Valencia, Valencia
Description  Eröffnungsausstellung - SQUARE - Die Sammlung Marli Hoppe-Ritter - Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
Description  Outside Europe - Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
Description  Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
   Arte Del Siglo XX - Colección Internacional Del Museo Rufino Tamayo, México - Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires
  Prague BiennalePrague Biennale 2 - Prague Biennale, Prague 
   Das Progressive Museum Basel - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich
Description  L’Œil moteur- Art optique et cinétique, 1950-1975 - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg
   Totally Geometric - Abstraction from the permanent Collection - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Description Galerie Michael Haas3 d - die dritte dimension - Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin 
   Memoire de la liberte - Galerie tazl., Weiz
   Bewegliche Teile - Museum Tinguely, Basel
   Konstruktiv bewegt - Optical Art aus der Sammlung Arithmeum - Arithmeum, Bonn

2004
   Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s-70s - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Description and image  Attraversare Genova. Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo. - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa
Description  Algorithmische Revolution. Zur Geschichte der interaktiven Kunst - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
   Bewegliche Teile - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
   The DaimlerChrysler Collection - Iziko South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town
Description and image  Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s−70s - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Description  DaimlerChrysler Collection for South Africa - Museum Africa, Johannesburg
Description  The Daimler Art Collection - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
Description  MoMA at El Museo. Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Mu - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY

2003
   On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the DaimlerChrysler Collection - The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
   Aperceptions - Guislain - États d'Art, Paris
   Geo-metrías - Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
Description and image  The DaimlerChrysler Collection - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Description  Exhibition of Paintings for Pulp Magazine Covers of the Mid-20th Century - Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

2002
   Arte Múltipla - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon
   Moderna Museet C/O Magasin 3 - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm

2001
   El Arte Abstracto y la Galería Denise René - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
   SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International Biennial - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM
   Accrochage de groupe - Galerie Denise René - Espace Marais, Paris
   Bienal 50 Anos - Núcleo histórico - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
Description Daimler ContemporaryNew Zero - Daimler Contemporary, Berlin 
Description and image  Maestros Venezolanos del Siglo XX - Galería MUCI, Caracas

2000
   From Cubism to Minimalism - A selection of Works by World Leading Artists - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

1999
Description and image Galerie Neher GmbH & Co. KGbis 2000 deutsche und internationale Kunst seit 1960 - Galerie Neher GmbH & Co. KG, Essen 

1997
   1. Bienal do Mercosul - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre

1996
   Transformers: A Moving Experience - Wellington City Gallery, Wellington
   23° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo
   colección permanente. novas incorporacións. colección fundación arco - CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela

1995
   Bestandsaufnahme XII - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum

1994
   22° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo

1990
   Konkret Zehn - Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg

1988
   Zero, un movimiento europeo - Fundación Juan March, Madrid

1986
   Point, ligne, plan - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC

1984
  Kunsthalle Düsseldorfein anderes klima - a different climate (II) - Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf 

1964
   documenta 3 - Documenta, Kassel

 Dealer Directory  23

Colombia

 Luis Perez Galeria, Santafé de Bogota

France

 Galerie Sapone, Nice
 Galerie Denise René - Rive Gauche, Paris
 Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris

Germany

 Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
 Domberger, Filderstadt
 Edition + Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
 M-ART Galerie, Hamburg
galerie konkret martin woerngalerie konkret martin woern, Sulzburg  

Italy

 Aurelio Stefanini Studio d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Florence
 Pluraebello / Ierimonti Gallery, Milan
 2RC Gallery, Rome

Korea (Republic)

 Gallery Bellarte, Seoul
 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul

Liechtenstein

 Galerie am Lindenplatz AG, Vaduz

Spain

 Galería Elvira González, Madrid

Switzerland

 Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich

USA

 Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX
 Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York City, NY
 Riva Yares Gallery - Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
 RJ Fine Arts, Stamford, CT

Venezuela

 Galería de Arte Ascaso Caracas, Caracas
 Galería de Arte Ascaso Valencia, Valencia, Carabobo


 Public collections  39   Please report missing Information


Australia

 Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW

Chile

 Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago

Colombia

 MAMBO - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Santafé de Bogota
 Museo de Arte del Banco de la República - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Santafé de Bogota

Croatia

 MSU Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb

Denmark

 KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk

Finland

 Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

France

 Musée du Chateau de Montbeliard, Montbéliard

Germany

Daimler ContemporaryDaimler Contemporary, Berlin  
 Arithmeum, Bonn
 Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
 Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt
 Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
 Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm

Iran

 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran

Ireland (Republic)

 Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin

Italy

 Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa

Japan

 Iwaki City Art Museum, Iwaki

Macedonia (F.Y.R.M.)

 Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje

Poland

 Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz

Portugal

 Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon

Romania

 The National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest

Spain

 Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Switzerland

 Schaulager, Münchenstein / Basel
 Daros Latinamerica, Zurich
 Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich

United Kingdom

 Ulster Museum, Belfast (Northern Ireland)
 Tate Britain, London (England)

Uruguay

 MAAM Fundacion Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, San Fernando de Maldonado

USA

 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
 MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
 CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
 MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
 Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
 Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
 Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC

Venezuela

 Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas
 MACCSI Museo Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas


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