GALERIE THADDAEUS ROPAC MIQUEL BARCELÓ Miquel Barceló was born in Felanitx, Majorca, Spain in 1957. In 1972, he moved to Palma to study at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios (Decorative Arts School). Two years later he had his first solo exhibition at the Casa de Cultura (Centre for Culture) in Manacor. In the mid seventies he moved to Barcelona to study at the Fine Arts School. Disappointed by the school, he left prematurely to follow his own artistic path. He began to paint, applying the paint in thick layers, and subjecting it to a variety of processes. It was this technique that became an essential element in his work and allowed him to explore his fascination with the behaviour of matter and decomposition. He made his international debut in 1982 when he was selected to represent Spain at documenta 7 in Kassel. In 1983, he made his first trip to Africa, living in the city of Gao in Mali. From this point onwards, Barceló divided his time between Paris and Majorca with prolonged and solitary periods in Mali living amongst the locals. These visits were periods of experimentation where Barceló made his own pigments using the local earth and created the first examples of his famous drawings devoured by termites. In 1993, he began to develop important sculptural works in bronze, plaster and ceramics. Over the following years the latter would come to play a major role in his œuvre. Photo: © 2015 Jean Marie del Moral AWARDS 2012 Premio Penagos de Dibujo, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Spain Special Award for his role in Jaime Rosales’ film Sueño and Silence, Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal Doctor honoris causa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain 2008 Premio Gabriel Alomar, La Obra Cultural Balear, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 2007 Premio Sorolla, Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY, USA 2006 Premio FAD Sebastià Gasch d'arts parateatrals for its performance Paso doble 2003 Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes Premio Alzina, El GOB, Grup Ornitològic Balear, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Gran Premio AECA for the best international artist alive represented at ARCO'03 2002 Appointed illustrious son of its home town Felanitx 2001 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain 2000 Gold Medal Award, Comunitat Autónoma de las Illes Balears, Palma, Spain 1999 Premio Nacional de Catalunya d'Arts Plàstiques, Spain Premio Diario de Mallorca, Spain 1986 Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas de España 1984 Premio Icaro de artes plásticas, Spain SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 Miquel Barceló. Metamorphosis, Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga, Spain 2019 Miquel Barceló, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy Miquel Barceló. Vida de Pulpo, Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, Spain 2018 On the Sea, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria El Planeta de los Toros, Tobias Mueller Modern Art, Zurich, Switzerland 2016 Ceramics, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France Sol y Sombra, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Musée Picasso, Paris, France Miquel Barceló, Acquavella Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2015 L'inassèchement, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France Gráfico, Calcografía Nacional, Madrid, Spain Ardenti Germinat, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland 2014 Courant Central, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China 2013 Miquel Barceló, Galería Elvira González, Madrid, Spain Terra Ignis, Céramiques, Majorque 2009-2013, Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret, France Terra Ignis, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal Miquel Barceló, Acquavella Galleries, New York, NY, USA Miquel Barceló, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland 2012 Ceramic, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland Miquel Barceló, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria Cerámiques I dibuixos, Miquel Barceló y Barry Flanagan, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Eivissa, Ibiza, Spain 2011 Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China Le Taj Peinture en scène, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, France Work in progress, Torre de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal 2010 Barceló Before Barceló, 1973 – 1982, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain 1983-2009, La solitude organisative, Fundación la Caixa, Madrid and Fundación la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain Terra-Mare, Palais des Papes, Grande Chapelle, Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland 2009 Barceló avant Barceló 1973-1982, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France Barceló avant Barceló 1973-1982, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Majorca, Spain Recent works, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland Spanish Pavilion, LIII Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 2008 Xesto da natureza – Gesto de la naturaleza, Museo Provincial de Lugo, Lugo, Spain Xesto da natureza – Gesto de la naturaleza, Centro Cultural Okendo, Donostia, Spain Xesto da natureza – Gesto de la naturaleza, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones de la Iglesia de las Francesas, Valladolid, Spain Xesto da natureza – Gesto de la naturaleza, Centro Cultural La Asunción, Albacete, Spain The African Work – Obra Africana, IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Malaga, Spain Cephalopod Works, Pilar Corrias Ltd, London, UK 2007 Inauguration Saint Peter Chapel of the Cathedral of Palma de Mallorca, Majorca, Spain Miquel Barcelo, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France Clay and Bronze, Longhouse Reserve, New York, NY, USA Barceló en las colecciones privadas de Barcelona, Fundación Francisco Godia, Barcelona, Spain 2006 New Etchings, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK Exposition de céramiques à l'Eglise des Célestins, Festival d'Avignon, Avignon, France Ceramics, Galerie Jablonka, Cologne, Germany Museo d'Arte Moderna, Lugano, Switzerland La Divina Comedia, Centro Cultural Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, Spain 2005 Recent Works, C&M Arts, New York, NY, USA Arte español para el exterior, MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey), Monterrey, Mexico Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico New Works, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland Sala Kubo Kutxaespacio del Arte, San Sebastián, Spain Gesto de la naturaleza, Miquel Barceló. Obra grafica, Galería Gacma, Malaga, Spain La Divina Comedia, Castel Nuovo Maschio Angionio, Naples, Italy 2004 Sculture 1993–2002, Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy La Divine Comédie, Dessins de Miquel Barceló, Salle d'actualité du département d'art graphique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Museo de las Artes de la Universitad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico Grabados del Museo Centro Reina Sofía, Museo del Grabado, Fuendetodos, Spain Arte español para el exterior, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paolo, Brazil Barcelo, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany Serie: Lanzarote, Obra Gráfica, Arteko Galería, San Sebastián, Spain 2003 Miquel Barceló a les Illes Baléares, Illes Baléares, Spain Museu d'Art Contemporani d'Eivissa, Ibiza, Spain Museu de Menorca, La Llotja, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Fundación Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella, Spain Arte Español para el Exterior, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paolo, Brazil Dibujos de La Divina Comedia, Centro Cultural de la Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, Spain 2002 Raccolta di Polvere, Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy Mapamundi, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, France Miquel Barceló en Silos, Centro Permanente de Exposiciones del Monasterio Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain L'Atelier di Miquel Barceló, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy Miquel Barceló, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland Miquel Barceló, Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co. Gallery, Milan, Italy 2001 L'ours blessé, Galerie Jablonka, Cologne, Germany New paintings and ceramics, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK La Cuina de Miquel Barceló, Fons Documental Miquel Barceló, Majorca, Spain Pabellón de Sociedad Anónima Tudela Veguín, Feria Internacional de Muestras de Asturias, Gijon, Spain 2000 Ceramics, Museo de Cerámica, Barcelona, Spain Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York, NY, USA Miquel Barceló i Manuel de Falla, Fons Documental Miquel Barceló, Artá, Majorca, Spain Un peintre et la céramique, Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France Miquel Barceló, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay 1999 Obra sobre papel 1979–1999, Reina Sofía, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Madrid, Spain Traveled to, Museu de Arte São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Traveled to, Museo de Arte Moderno, Montevideo, Uruguay Traveled to, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Traveled to, Sala de exposiciones de la Caja General de Ahorros de Granada, Granada, Spain Des citrons coupés, Museo de Bellas Artes, Oviedo, Spain Ceràmics, Fondación Juan March, Palma de Mallorca, Spain El libre per a cecs de Miquel Barceló, Fons Documental Miquel Barceló, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1998 Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK 1987–1997, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain Il Christo della Vucciria, Chiesa Santa Eulalia dei Catalani, Palermo, Italy Centro Permanente de Exposiciones del Monasterio Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain 1997 Stillevens, PMMK, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium Château de Chenonceau, Chenonceau, France Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina Obra 1996–1997, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain 1996 Malerier – Skulpterer, Galleri Haaken, Oslo, Norway Estampes, Galerie Lucie Weill–Seligmann, Paris, France Impressions d'Afrique 1988–1995, Galerie d'Art Graphique du Musée National d’Art Moderne du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France 1995 1984–1994, Centre del Carmen, Valencia,