Friday 30 May 2008

IGNACIO VALDES

Biography
1956 Born in Santiago, Chile
1974-78 School of Fine Arts, Universidad Católica de Chile
1979-80 Academia Belli Arti, Carrara, Italy
1981-83 Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1988 Pratt Institute, New York, USA
1995-96 MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, England

GRANTS

1979-80 Instituto Italo-Latino Americano, Italia
1988-89 Comisión Fulbright, USA.
1991 Ministero Affari Esteri, Italia
1995-96 British Council, U.K.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1979 Instituto Cultural de Providencia, Santiago, Chile
1981 Centro di Azione Latina, Rome, Italy
1982 Galeria Il Cortile, Bologna, Italy
1984 Centre Culturel Ceteclam, Paris, France
Instituto Cultural de las Condes, Santiago, Chile
1985 Galería Parque Ecuador, Concepción, Chile
Galeria Praxis, Santiago, Chile
1986 Sala Municipal, Osorno, Puerto Varas y Puerto Montt, Chile
1987 Sala Viña, Viña del Mar, Chile
Sala Universitaria, La Serena, Chile
Galería Praxis, Santiago, Chile
1988 Casa de la Cultura, Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Canning House, London, England
1989 Association Confluences, Paris, France
Galerie Etienne de Caussans, Paris, France
1990 Instituto Italo Latinoamericano, Rome, Italy
Galería Epoca, Santiago, Chile
1992 Galería Plástica Nueva, Santiago, Chile
1993 Centro de Grabado de Chile, Santiago, Chile
1994 IDB Bank, Washington DC, USA
Centro Cultural Austral, Valdivia, Chile
1996 St Alban’s Centre, London, England
National Library, Damascus, Syria
Emmagoos Gallery, Beiruth, Lebanon
1997 AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
Cassian de Vere Cole Gallery, London, England
1998 Pinacoteca of Pireas, Athens, Greece
1999 Espace d’art Mille Feuilles, Tunisia
2000 Ferguson Mc Donald Gallery, London, England
2001 Instituto Cervantes, London, England
2001 AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2003 Cadogan Contemporary, London, England
2005 La Fontaine, Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama, Bahrain
AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
2007 Mark Ransom Gallery, London, England
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 Galeria Biondetta, Madrid, Espana

Group Exhibitions (selection)

1974 “Arte Joven”, Carmen Waugh Gallery, Santiago
1981 “6 Artisti Latinoamericani” ILLA, Rome
1982 “L’Amerique Latine a Paris”, Grand Palais, Paris
1984 “Des Artistes Latinoamericains a La Roche sur Yon”, France
1985 “International Art Fair”, Olympia Hall, London
Bienal de Valparaíso
1986 “Seis Artistas Chilenos”, Sao Paulo, Lima, Rio de Janeiro
“Rosas, Siebel, Valdés”, Galería Plástica 3, Santiago
1987 “Ocho Artistas Chilenos”, Galería Praxis, Buenos Aires
“Chile: Nuevas Generaciones” Museo Sivori, Buenos Aires
1988 “Young Artists at Pratt Institute”, Pratt Istitute, New York
1989 “Aquellos Años 80”, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Saniago
1990 Venice Biennale
1992 “Chilean Artists”, Maniesh Centre, Moscow
1997 “Residencia en la Tierra”, Galería Felix Gómez, Sevilla
2000 “Presencia Chilena en Italia” IILA, Roma
2002 AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago
2004 AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago
2006 “Obras Marcadas”, Galeria Animal, Santiago
2007 "Latin America through its Artists" IFA Village Gallery, Shanghai

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
Museo de Arte Moderno, Santiago, Chile
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Valparaíso, Chile
Congreso Nacional de Chile
Chase Manhattan Bank, Washington DC, USA
Association Confluences, Paris, France
IILA, Rome, Italy
Chilean Embassy, Rome, Italy
Chilean Embassy United Nations, New York, USA
PEC, Singapur
IBM, Santiago, Chile
Bice Bank, Santiago, Chile
Banco del Estado de Chile
Aetna, Chile
Fulbrigth Comission, Chile
ACHS Hospital, Chile
Las Palmas Square, (sculpture), Maipú, Chile
Primary Capital Bank, London, England
British Council, London, England
Chilean Embassy, London, England
Mimar Sinan Museum, Istanbul, Turkey