MANUEL BARBADILLO
He travels through Europe and North Africa, working mainly in Morocco, where his work evolves from his initial realism to informalism.
1959-1962
He lives in New York. Evolves from informalism to objectualism.
1964
Begins to show the cybernetic characteristics of his modular style.
1968
From his computer course at the Calculus Center of the University of Madrid, he begins to use the computer as an artistic instrument.
Founding member of the group “Nueva Generación” in Madrid.
Founding member of the Palmo Collective in Malaga.
Founding member of seminars on “Art and Computer” of the Centro de Cálculo of the University of Madrid.
Member of the “Computer Arts Society” of London.
Member of the Artistic Council of the “Gesellschaft für Computer Grafik und Computer Kunst” of Munich.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS. Selection.
Seville Athenaeum. Seville, Spain.
1962
Angellesky Gallery. New York, USA.
Museum of Fine Arts. Malaga, Spain.
Nebli Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
Tartessos Gallery. Torremolinos. Málaga, Spain.
1974
Barbadillo 1974. General Direction of Fine Arts. Madrid, Spain.
Museum of Contemporary Art. Seville, Spain.
1975
Museum of Contemporary Art. Madrid, Spain.
Malacke Gallery. Malaga, Spain.
1976
Dach Gallery. Bilbao, Spain.
1979
Gallery Aele-Puigcerdá. Madrid, Spain.
1980
Freien Universitat Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
Provincial Council of Malaga. Málaga, Spain.
1990
Aele Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
1994
Provincial Council of Malaga. Malaga, Spain.
1995
Manuel Barbadillo. Modular work 1964-1994. Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation. Malaga City Hall. Málaga, Spain.
1998
Works from the nineties. Félix Gómez Gallery. Seville, Spain.
Works from the nineties. Aele Gallery. Evelyn Botella. Madrid, Spain.
1999
Marin Galy Gallery. Malaga, Spain.
2001
Processes. Intuition and method in the work of Barbadillo. Architects Foundation. Seville, Spain.
2002
The number and the look. Barbadillo and the Calculus Center of the University of Madrid. Caja San Fernando Exhibition Hall. Seville and Vimcorsa Exhibition Hall. Cordoba, Spain.
2005
Paintings and drawings. La Caja China Gallery. Seville, Spain.
2007
Barbadillo. Modular painting 1963-2000. Cayón Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
2008
Manuel Barbadillo. GACMA Contemporary Art. Malaga, Spain.
2013
Manuel Barbadillo. Modular Work in the Unicaja Collection. 1964-2003. Joaquín Peinado Museum of Unicaja and Exhibition Hall of the Unicaja Ronda Foundation. Ronda, Málaga, Spain.
2017
Manuel Barbadillo. The module. Concept and perception. R. O. Projects. Madrid, Spain.
2018
Retrospective. Manuel Barbadillo, 1929-2003. Manuel Barbadillo Exhibition Hall. Málaga, Spain.
2019
Manuel Barbadillo. The module as an argument. Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Seville, Spain.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS. Selection.
Form and measure in current Spanish art. Exhibition Hall of the General Directorate of Artistic Heritage, Archives and Museums. Madrid, Spain.
1986
Processes: culture and new technologies. MNCARS, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, Spain.
1989
Friends of the Reina Sofia Art Center Collection. MNCARS, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, Spain.
1992
Painters of Seville 1952-1992. Real Monasterio de San Clemente, Seville, Spain.
2002
Andalusia and Modernity. From Equipo 57 to the Generation of the 70’s CAAC, Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art. Seville, Spain.
2004
Drawing the space. Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Seville, Spain.
2005
Models, structures and forms. Spain 1957-1979. CAAC, Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art. Seville, Spain.
2009
Learning to look: 25 years of the Rafael Ortiz Gallery. San Clemente Monastery, Seville, Spain.
Encuentros de Pamplona 1972: End of the Experimental Art Festival. MNCARS, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid, Spain.
2013
Modulares- An approach to serial forms. Rafael Ortiz Gallery, Seville, Spain.
PINTA LONDON. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. London, United Kingdom.
2016
Estampa 2016 Contemporary Art Fair. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid, Spain.
2017
Estampa 2017 Contemporary Art Fair. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid, Spain.
2018
ARCOmadrid 2018. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid, Spain.
Futura. II edition of Carajillo Visit. Mala Fama. Madrid, Spain.
Estampa 2018 Contemporary Art Fair. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid, Spain.
UNTITLED ART, Miami Beach. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Miami, USA.
2019
ARCOmadrid 2019. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid, Spain.
Minimal Means: Concrete Inventions in the US, Brazil and Spain. Zeit Contemporary. New York, USA.
2020
“Conceptualism(s) on view.” La Distinction. Online fair. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand.
2120. The collection after the event. Patio Herreriano Museum. Valladolid, Spain.
WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
CAAC Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art. Seville, Spain.
Contemporary Art Collection. Madrid, Spain.
Contemporary Art Collection University of Seville. Seville, Spain.
Fundomar Collection. Seville, Spain.
Diputación de Málaga. Malaga, Spain.
Cajasol Foundation. Seville, Spain.
Unicaja Foundation. Ronda. Malaga, Spain.
IVAM, Valencian Institute of Modern Art. Valencia, Spain.
MNCARS Reina Sofia National Museum and Art Center. Madrid, Spain.
Museum of Fine Arts of Malaga. Malaga, Spain.
Patio Herreriano Museum. Valladolid, Spain.