Diego Arribas Biography

Madrid, 1957 -

Diego Arribas is a Spanish artist who works in both painting and sculpture. He studied Fine Art, with a concentration in sculpture, at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. Later, he also took specialized courses at Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo in Huesca, Spain, directed by Javier Maderuelo, and courses with Francesc Torres at Universidad Politecnica in Valencia, Spain.

A sculptor and professor of Fine Arts at the Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. His artwork is always related to nature, which he uses in his work as a means of communication with the public, as he says: To return to the basic disciplines using and recylcling materials that people can recognize are ways to connect with them."

His art is exhibited in museums and collections in France, Spain and Germany.

Solo Exhibitions

2007 - Drawing on the blackboard, Exhibition space at la Caixa Rural de Torrent, Valencia, Spain.

2002 - ?Del vacio, del silencio,? Agrupacion Artistica Aragonesa, Zaragoza, Spain.

2001 - ?Memoria del lugar,? Exhibition space at la Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo, Torrent Valencia, Spain.

2000 - Laboratorio, Museo Joan Cabre, Diputacion General de Aragon, Calaceite, Teruel, Spain.

1999 - De minas... y derviches (Traveling show): Exhibition space of the city of Auffay (Francia), Escuela de Artes in Teruel, Galeria "CRUCE" in Madrid and Sala CAI Barbasan. Zaragoza, Spain.

1996 - Sculptures, Centro Cultural de Ibercaja, Teruel, Spain.

Exposiciones Colectivas

2006 - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan, Merida de Yucatan (Mexico).

2005 - Minas de Ojos Negros (Teruel), Arte, industria y territorio 2. Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, ?Esto es la guerra?. - Camins Oberts XIII, Intervencions Plastiques a Xabia (Alicante), Spain. - Palacio Montcada, International Visual Poetry Exhibition, Fraga, Huesca, Spain.

2004 - Second International Contest for Art in Nature, Galeria Ulrike Rathert in Berlin and Community of Abtsgmund, Stuttgart (Alemania). - Sculpture Installation, Monreal XXI en Monreal del Campo (Teruel), Spain. - Intervencions Plastiques a la Marina, Teulada-Moraira (Alicante), Spain.

2003 - II Bienal de Escultura Arte y Naturaleza, Rincon de Ademuz (Valencia), Spain. - III Abierto de Cruce, Galeria CRUCE, Madrid, Spain.

2001 - Centro Cultural Casa de Vacas, 68 SALÃ?N DE OTOÃ?O, Parque del Retiro, Madrid, Spain.

I Bienal de Escultura Arte y Naturaleza del Rincon de Ademuz, Valencia, Spain.

1998 - Traveling Show with ArteJiloca Collective in Daroca and Monreal del Campo, Spain.

1997 - Reliefs for the facade of the Casa de Cultura de Monreal del Campo, Spain. Inspiracion Jiloca, Casa de Cultura de Daroca (Zaragoza), Spain.

1992 - World Fair in Sevilla, EXPO-92, Pavillion of the Province of Madrid, Spain. - II Convocatoria de Artes Plasticas del Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

Centro Cultural "Galileo", Madrid, Spain.

1991 - Arte por la Paz, Sala de exposiciones de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Spain.

1988 - Aula de Ecologia del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Spain.