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Ricardo Koci Biography

Prague 1954 -

A Czech artist now based in Spain, Ricardo Koci produces abstract prints in muted, subtle colours.

Koci studied art at the North Texas State University in the US, where he specialized in sculpture and subsequently worked in sculptor Tracie Guthrie's studio. He came to Spain in 1976 armed with a grant from the Hispanic Institute to study at the San Fernando Fine Art Academy and the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.

Solo shows:

2001

Galeria Manes. Prague, Czech Republic.

Galeria Caesar. Olomuc, Czech Republic.

2000

Galeria Simona. Ostrava, Czech Republic.

IPB. Prague.

1999

Galeria Manes. Prague.

Galeria Gambit. Prague..

1998

Galeria Utopia Parkway, Madrid, Spain.

1996

Galeria Utopia Parkway . Madrid.

Galeria Vsetin. Prague.

Traun Stadt Gale Traun. Austria.

Museo Hradek. Kutna Hora. Czech Republic.

1993

Galeria "R". Prague.

1991

Galeria Nuba. Madrid.

1990

Caja de Madrid. Zaragoza, Spain.

1988

Sala de exposiciones del Ayuntamiento de Capdepera. Mallorca, Spain.

1987

Galeria Pintzel. Pamplona, Spain.

1981

Galeria Faunas. Madrid.

Galeria Muriel. Madrid.

1980

Galeria Abril. Madrid.

Selected collective shows:

2001

?Propios y Extraños?. Galeria Malborough. Madrid.

?Signos y Simbolos II?. Plasy. Czech Republic.

ESTAMPA (International print fair). Madrid.

2000 - ? Signos y Simbolos?.Fine Art Museum, Prague.

1997

"Señales e interferencias" (Signs and Interferance)Prague Technical Museum. - "Memoria y Futuro" (Memory and Future).Lithography and sculpture. Galeria Utopia Parkway. Madrid.

1995

ARCO 95. Galeria Manes.

ARTSPACE. Bristol, UK.

"Constantes". Vysehrad. Prague.

"En el nombre del signo" (In teh name of the sign),Galeria Jenewein,Kutna Hora. Czech Republic.

"Correlacion"(Correlation). State Gallery. Bukarest.

"La Escritura"(Writing). Cologne Museum, Germany

1994

Galeria,Semily, Czech Republic.

1988

Bello Piñeiro Museum, Ferrol

Galeria Torculo. Madrid.

1986

Ateneo de Madrid.

Prizes and awards

1987

Maximo Ramos prize for printmaking.

1985

Carmen Arozena prize for printmaking.

1981

Second Sculpture Medal. Salon de Otoño. Madrid.

1980

Certamen de Grabado Carmen Arozena. Madrid.

Bienal de escultura de Valladolid.

Primer Certamen de Grabado Ciudad de Burgos. Burgos.

1979

Third sculpture medal. Salon de Otoño. Madrid.

1976 - Martinez Bueno sculpture prize, the Hispanic Institute.