Juan Luis Baroja Collet Biography
Le Creusot, France, 1957-
Born in Le Creusot, France, Juan Luis Baroja Collet is a well-established SCULPTOR and PRINTMAKER.
This Basque artist received his training with renowned names, such as Mari Puri Herrero, Gabriel Ramos Uranga and Ignacio CHILLIDA.
He also currently teaches Printmaking at the Center of Arts and Artisanery of Deba. In 1997, he also founded the editorial, ITZAL, near San Sebastian, Spain. The same year his book "Mallarmeren Betazalak", was published, accompanied by prose by Michel Hubert Lepicuche.
A SELECTED list of his SOLO EXHIBITIONS is as follows:
1980
"Arteder 81", Bilbao, Spain.
1981
Ttopara Gallery, Fuenterrabia, Spain.
Caja Laboral Popular, Bilbao.
1982
"Arteder 83", Bilbao.
1992
Olaetxea Gallery, San Sebastian.
1993
Galeria Berta Belleza, Bilbao.
Galeria Zazpi, Zarautz, Spain
Museo Pablo Gargallo Museum, Zaragoza, Spain
1994
San Telmo Museum, San Sebastian.
1995
Laia Museum, Zumaia.
1996
Arteko Gallery, San Sebastian.
1997
Beitu Art Gallery , Durango
A SELECTED list of his COLLECTIVE exhibitions:
1982
"La Caja en el Arte", Windsor-kulturgintza, Bilbao,
"Arteder 82", International Graphic Art, Bilbao.
1983
Centro Internacional de Art4e Moderno, Paris.
"Siete Pintores", Galeria Altxerri, San Sebastian.
1984
Amnesty Internacional, San Sebastian.
1985 "Bienal Iberoamericana del Arte Seriado", Contemprary Art Museum, Seville
1988
Amnesty Interacional, Galeria Altxerri, San Sebastian.
Galeria Brita Prins, Madrid.
1989
"Basque Printmakers". Elgoibar, Eibar.
Galeria Olaetxea, San Sebastian.
1990
MAIL ART "Futur Comunicacion", Copenhagan, Denmark.
"Ibizagrafic'96", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Ibiza, Ibiza.
"ESTAMPA 96", Olaetxea Gallery, Madrid.
Seleccionados del Premio Nacional de Grabado. Calcografia Nacional, Madrid.
1991
Daniel Amigos Txopitea, Altxerri Gallery, San Sebastian.
"ESTAMPA 97", C.E.A.Gallery, Madrid.
