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Félix de la Concha in New Hampshire
Félix de la Concha painting a Holocaust Survivor
One A Day: 365 Views of the Cathedral of Learning

Félix de la Concha (born 1962) is a painter. Born in León, Spain, he resides in New Hampshire and Madrid with his wife, poet Ana Merino.

In 1985 he was selected to participate in the Primera Muestra de Arte Joven (Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid) where his work was awarded. Since then he has had several shows, mainly in Europe and the United States, including one person exhibitions in the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh (1999), the Frick Art & Historical Center (2004), Columbus Museum of Art (1998), Museo de Bellas Artes in Santander (1995), Museo del Chopo, México D.F. (1994), Centro Cultural La Recoleta in Buenos Aires (1993), and Centro Rómulo Gallegos in Caracas (1993). His work is included in the collections of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Columbus Museum of Art, Amigos del Reina Sofía, Colecció Testimoni de la Caixa, Banco de España, Colección Argentaria and Teatro Real de Madrid.

His work One A Day: 365 Views of the Cathedral of Learning, a series that he painted every day during one year while staying in Pittsburgh, is a permanent exhibit at the University of Pittsburgh's Alumni Hall. He has also done other series of paintings in different places such as Rome (the city where he went with a scholarship granted by the Spanish Academy and where he lived from 1989 until 1994), Santander, Sevilla, and Cairo.

He is currently working in several series of portraits where, at the same time, he holds a conversation with the person portrayed. This conversation is all recorded. One of this series was exhibited at the Museo Contemporáneo in Madrid in 2008. And in 2009 51 portraits will be at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, with the theme of Conflict and Reconciliation. He is currently working portraying and recording Holocaust Survivors[1].

List of exhibitions

One man shows

  • 2002
    • Galería Artnueve, Murcia.[1]
    • Lonja del Pescado. Ayuntamiento de Alicante, Alicante. Curator: Pedro A. Cruz.[1]
    • Galería Lourdes Carcedo, Burgos.
    • Pittsburgh, Galería Marlborough Madrid, Madrid.[1]
  • 2001
    • Penn Avenue, from Pearl Street to Gross Street. Garfield Artworks. Presented by The Penn Arts Initiative (PAAI). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • Diario de la Habana. Centro Cultural Español. Miami, Florida.
  • 1999
    • Columbus. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid.[1]
    • One A Day. Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Curator: Madeleine Grynsztejn. Text by Mark Francis.
    • Doble-Double. Concept Art Gallery. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 1998
    • El espíritu del lugar. Galería Rafael Ortiz, Sevilla.
    • Columbus Cornered. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio. Curator: Annegreth Nill.[1]
  • 1997
    • Fuera de campo. Galería Siboney, Santander.[1]
  • 1996
    • Borderline. Galería Fúcares, Madrid.[1]
    • Escenarios para una larga temporada. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid.[1]
  • 1995
    • Veraneos en Santander. Museo de Bellas Artes. Santander. Curator: Juan Riancho[1]
    • El cuadro grande no cabe en el coche. Galería Fúcares, Almagro.
    • Ciriego. Espacio Caja Burgos, Burgos.[1]
  • 1994
    • Museo Universitario del Chopo, México D.F.[1]
    • Despliegues. Sala Cultural Caja España, Zamora. Sala San Torcuato de Caja España, Zamora. Casa de Cultura, Junta de Castilla y León. Galería Cirac, Zamora.[1]
    • Despliegues. Sala Cultural, Caja España, Valladolid.[1]
    • Despliegues. Casa de las Carnicerías de Caja España. Sala Cultural de Caja España, León.[1]
    • Galería Maese Nicolás, León.
  • 1993
    • Centro Cultural Español, Santiago de Chile.[1]
    • Sala Rómulo Gallegos del CELARG, Caracas.[1]
    • Galería Antonia Jannone, Milán. Texto de Marina Corgnati[1]
    • Centro Cultural La Recoleta, Buenos Aires.[1]
    • Museo Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario-Argentina.[1]
    • Sala del Cabildo, Montevideo.[1]
    • Paesaggio di Passaggio. Temple Gallery, Rome.
  • 1992
    • Nueve Meses en Donna Olimpia. Galería Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid.[1]
  • 1991
    • One day exhibition of Nove Mesi a Donna Olimpia. Cortile di Donna Olimpia, Rome. Text by Ludovico Pratesi.[1]
    • Galería Clave, Murcia.
  • 1989
    • Galería Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid. Text by Juan Hidalgo[1]
  • 1988
    • ARCO'88. Galería Estampa, Madrid.[1]
  • 1986
    • Galería Estampa, Madrid.

Works in museums and public collections

  • Lonja de Alicante. Ayuntamiento de Alicante, Alicante. Spain.
  • The University of Pittsburgh’s Alumni Hall (previously the Masonic Temple), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA.
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA.
  • Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio. USA.
  • Colección La Caixa, Colecció Testimoni, Barcelona. Spain.
  • Teatro Real, Madrid. Spain.
  • Museo Municipal de Madrid, Madrid. Spain.
  • Museo d'Arte Costantino Barbella. Italy.
  • Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander. Spain.
  • Colección Saldañuela, Caja Burgos, Burgos. Spain.
  • Ministerio de Cultura, Instituto de la Juventud, Madrid. Spain.
  • Ministerio de Defensa, Madrid. Spain.
  • Ayuntamiento de Albacete, Albacete. Spain.
  • Consejería de Cultura de Murcia, Murcia. Spain.
  • Colección Campsa. Madrid. Spain.
  • Colección Banco de España, Madrid. Spain.
  • Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Spain.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Catalogue has been published
  2. ^ Documentary, A Race Against Time, has been published.
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