Alfonso Bonifacio Biography

San Sebastian, Spain, 1933

Established Spanish painter and printmaker Alfonso Bonifacio is known for his SURREALIST and EXPRESSIONST works, in which line and color dominate. From Surrealism, Bonifacio takes automatism, while his chromatic harmonies and rhythm come from Expressionism.

Bonifacio?s work appears in some of the most prestigious international museums and collections.

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

1958 - Ateneo de Guipuzcoa, San Sebastian, Spain. 1968 - Galeria Seiquer, Madrid, Spain.

1970 - Galeria Juana Mordo, Madrid, Spain.

1974 - Galeria 12, Barcelona, Spain. - Galeria Antonio Machon (Carmen Durango), Valladolid, Spain. - Galeria Dach, Bilbao, Spain.

1977 - Galeria Juana Mordo, Madrid, Spain. - Galeria Picasso, Almeria, Spain. - Galeria Dach, Bilbao, Spain. - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria, Spain. - Galera Le Derive, Paris, France. - Galeria Jamete, Cuenca, Spain. - Galeria Schiang, Odense, Denmark. - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bilbao, Spain. - Galeria Mikeldi, Bilbao, Spain.

1978 - Gallery Riis, Trondheim Norway. - Arte Gallery, Oslo, Norway. - Gallery Flint, Arthus, Denmark. - Galeria Antonio Machon (Carmen Durango), Valladolid, Spain.

1979 - Galeria de la Motta , Madrid, Spain. - Galeria Juan de Aizpuru, Sevilla, Spain. - Gallery Schiang, Odense, Denmark. - Musee Bonnat, Bayonne, France. - Galeria Leyendeker, Tenerife, Spain.

1983 - Sala Alta, Cuenca, Spain. - Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain. - La Colchoneria, San Sebastian, Spain. - Rocca di Francesco di Giorgio Matini Sassocorvaro , Urbino, Italy.

1991 - ARCO?91 Stand Galeria Juana Mordo, Madrid, Spain. - Galeria Percha, San Sebastian, Spain.

2000 - Glaleria Lourdes Carcedo, Burgos, Spain. - Galeria Pilares, Cuenca, Spain. - Sala Garcia Castañon, Pamplona, Spain.

2001 - Fundacion Antonio Perez, Cuenca, Spain. - Galeria Antonio Machon , Madrid, Spain.

SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

Steikborg Museum, Denmark.

British Museum, London.

Stedelijk Museum,. Amsterdam.

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

Museo de Arte Abstracto, Cuenca, Spain.

Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain.

Museo de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain.

Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain.

Museo de Arte Moderno, Managua, Phillipines.

Museo de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

Arteleku, San Sebastian, Spain.

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Cordoba, Argentina.

Colegio de Arquitectos, Cuenca, Spain.

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Ciudad Real, Spain.

Museo Municipal, Madrid, Spain.

Fundacion Banco Bilbao-Vizcaya, Madrid.

Ministerio de Trabajo, Madrid. Real Calcografia Nacional, Madrid.

Coleccion Argentaria, Madrid.

Fundacion Pilar y Joan Miro, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Asociacion Coleccion Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid.

Fundacion Antonio Perez, Cuenca, Spain.