Commenoz Gallery, Key Biscane, Florida
Josep María Riera i Aragó Biography
Barcelona, 1954 -
Contemporary Catalan master artist, Josep Maria Riera i Arago is a multi- faceted painter, printmaker and sculptor primarily working in EXPRESSIONIST style.
Trained at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, Barcelona, the artist has formed an important part of the contemporary art movement in Catalunya.
Selected MUSEUMS and COLLECTIONS holding his work are: - Musee de Ceret, France - Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City - Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona - Musee d?Art Moderne, Luxemburg - Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City - Col.leccio Testimoni - Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona - Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France - Stadtische Museen, Heilbronn Germany - Musee Reattu, Arles, France - Museum Otani, Nishinomiya Japan - Fundacio La Caixa de Girona, Spain - Coleccion CAI Luzan, Zaragoza, Spain - Colleccio Institut d?Estudis Catalans, Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona - Museu d?Historia de la Ciutat, Girona - Museu de l?Hospitalet, Spain - Coleccion Rega, Zurich - Fundacion Fran Daurel, Barcelona - Museu d?Escultura, Pals, Spain - - Selected EXHIBTIONS: - 1981 - Salas del Instituto de Estudios Norteamericano, Barcelona
. 1983 - Salon de Otoño, Barcelona
1984 - Espai 10 de la Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona - Bestia Barcelona - Encontros no espacio, Santiago de Compostela, Spain - "Arte Narrativo", Museo Tamayo, Mexico D.F
1985 - Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona - "Jonge Catalaanse Kunst in Ã?msterdam", Museum Fodor , Ã?msterdam
1986
"II Espais, II Escultors", Palacio Solleric, Palma de Mallorca
1987 - "Espais I Esculturas", Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona - Extra Palau Robert, Barcelona - Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignon - Artist of Catalonia, Jerusalem - Spai 10, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona
1988 - Galeria Boisserree, Cologne - II Biennale de Sculpture - Montecarlo, Marisa del Re Gallery - Museo de Arte Moderno, Colliure - Museo de Ceret, France - Galerie Boulakia, Paris
1990 - Van Laer Gallery, Knokke, Belgium - Galerie la Cite , Luxemburg - Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona
1991 - Galerie Denise van de Velde, Aaslst, Belgium
Franz Swetec Gallery, Dusserldorf - Galeria Joan Prats Artgrafic , Barcelona
1992 - Gard Galerie, Nimes, France - Galerie La Cite de Luxemburgo - Fundacio La Caixa - Galerie Maeght , Barcelona
1993 - Galeria Rita Garcia, Valencia - Galeria Sa Pleta Freda, Mallorca
1994 - Galeria Denise van de Velde, Aaslt, Belgium
Skulpturen Park Der Galerie Adriana Schidt, Stuttgart
1995 - Galeria Joan Prats Artgrafic, Barcelona - Galerie Narwam Hoss, Paris - Galerie Ciprus, Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona - Galerie La Cite, Luxemburg
1996 - Galeria Garces Velasquez, Bogota