PATRICIO VÉLEZ
Quito (Ecuador), 1945.
He studied Architecture at the Universidad Central de Quito, at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona and at the École d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville, where he graduated in 1973.
He lives and works in Barcelona since 1976.
Between 1978 and 2009, he was a professor at the School of Art and Design EINA, Barcelona.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1977
Ciento Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1978
Ciento Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1979
Juana de Aizpuru Gallery. Seville, Spain.
Set temps. Trece Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1980
Gallery 3 and 5. Girona, Spain.
1981
Paintings from the series Piel de Boa. Thirteen Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1983
Ciento Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1988
The Meaning of Things. Ciento Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
1993
Drawings from the series The Meaning of Things, Estances e Territoris. Torre Clavé Hall of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona. Spain.
1999
In the forest. Drawings. College of Architects of Girona. Spain.
In the forest. Drawings and engravings. Joan Prats-Artgráfic Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2002
In the Islands. Drawings. Joan Prats-Artgráfic Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2005
Drawings. Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Sevilla, Spain.
2008
Disseminations. Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Seville, Spain.
2009
Disseminations. Drawings. Joan Prats Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2010
Galerie Luz. (with Béatrice Sokoloff). Montreal, Canada.
2011
Llúmina. Drawings. Maria de Lourdes Mendes de Almeida Gallery. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Disseminations and vortexes. Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2013
On site Roberto Burle Marx. Palau Solterra. Vila Casas Foundation. Torroella de Montgrí, Girona, Spain.
2014
Vortices. Ethall Gallery. Barcelona.Llúmina and Black Sun. Drawings. R.O. Projects. Madrid, Spain.
2015
In the Roberto Burle Marx Site. Photographs. Espai Fotografic Humberto Rivas. Vallgrassa,
Centre Experimental de les Arts, Garraf, Barcelona, Spain.
2016
16 drawings from the series El diablo empuja la mano. La Casa de la Paraula. Barcelona, Spain.
In the forest. Espai Carles Hac Mor. Cardedeu, Barcelona, Spain.
2018
The forms of time. Suñol Foundation. Barcelona, Spain.
ART IN PUBLIC SPACES
He has made mural paintings in projects of the architects:
Pepe Pratmarsó. 1985.
Jordi Carbonell. 1988.
Santiago Roqueta. 1989.
Rafael Moneo and Manuel de Solà-Morales. 1994.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS. Selection.
1975
Summer Salon. Museum of Modern Art. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1979
Euvres Contemporaines de Collections Nationales, Accrochage 2. Centre George Pompidou. Paris, France.
1982
Paper in Barcelona. Ciento Gallery. Barcelona.
Artists’ Books. Pablo Ruiz Picasso Hall. General Direction of Fine Arts. Madrid.
1983
Preliminary, First National Biennial of Plastic Arts. Museum of Fine Arts of Zaragoza.
1984
Ten years, eleven artists. Ciento Gallery. Barcelona.
1986
Painting with paper. Fine Arts Circle. Madrid.
1987
L’art espanyol contemporani, in the Collections of the Caixa de Pensions Foundation. Barcelona.
1989
First Joan Miró Drawing Triennial. Joan Miró Foundation. Barcelona.
1992
Constants of Contemporary Catalan Art. Centre d’Art Santa Mónica. Barcelona.
1995
Atelier de Gravura do MAM. Claudio Santoro National Theater. Brasilia, Brazil.
1997
Superficie Color, painting of the seventies in Barcelona. Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.
1998
Germinal Drawings. 50 Spanish artists. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Madrid.
2000
Germinal Drawings. Spanische Zeichnungen seit 1945. Sprengel Museum. Hannover, Germany.
2001
Latin American Engravers. Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.
2002
Naturalment. Juan Bufill, Masafumi Yamamoto and Patricio Vélez. Sicart Gallery. Vilafranca del Penedés, Barcelona.
2005
FORO SUR’05. Iberoamerican Contemporary Art Fair. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Cáceres.
2006
ARCO’06. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand, Madrid.
SANTANDER ART’06. Contemporary Art Fair. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Santander.
2007
The curve of the world. Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Seville.
SUR’07 FORUM. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Cáceres.
2008
FORUM SUR’08. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Caceres.
2009
Learning to look. 25 years of Rafael Ortiz Gallery. Center for the Arts of Seville, caS. Seville.
Collective ’09. Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Collections of the Fundacio Suñol. Barcelona.
2010
Collective 10. Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2011
The shadow. PINTA London 2011. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. London, U.K.
2012
ARCOmadrid_2012. Rafael Ortiz Gallery Stand. Madrid.
2013
On site Roberto Burle Marx. Torroella de Montgrí, Girona.
2016
The maturity of drawing. Sicart Gallery. Villafranca del Penedés, Barcelona.