JULIO TORRADO Biography
ACADEMIC TRAINING: Master in Theory and Practice of Contemporary Arts, given by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Degree and PhD from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Universidad Complutense de Madrid (specializing in Painting).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003
Art Gallery Nájera.
2002
UBS Bank (Madrid)
2000
Altalena Art Gallery <<The evolution of the field>> (Madrid).
EXHIBITIONS
2005
X Prize for Painting at City of Burriana (Castellón).
2004
Showroom Fundación Caixa Galicia, V Painting Autumn Exhibition 2004 Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Our Lady of the Rosary (A Coruña).
2003
Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UCM exposure <<Heterogeneous (in-front of contemporaneity)>> (Madrid).
ACE'AS Hall, Talens fund for young artists, Scholarships Talens 2003.
Fabien Fryns Gallery Fine Art. Malaga (Marbella).
International Painting Prize Jaurena art (Barcelona).
I Exhibition of Painting and Graphic Art Faculty of Medicine, UCM.
2002
BMW Painting Award XVII, cows House Retiro (Madrid)
International Painting Prize Jaurena art (Barcelona).
Virtual Exhibition web www.cuadrosonline.com
2001
UBS Bank Exhibition Hall: Berlin, New York, Basel, Zurich, Munich, Monaco, Frankfurt, Madrid, Marbella, Hamburg.
XIX International Painting Award <<Eugenio Hermoso>> (Badajoz).
2000
Whitechapel Art Gallery, International Painting Prize UBS Art Award (London).
UBS Madrid Exhibition Hall.
Pozuelo Centro Cultural Forum, <<Espacio three tiempos>> (Madrid).
Art Gallery, Nave del Arte (Madrid).
XVIII International Painting Prize <<Eugenio Hermoso>> (Badajoz).
ACE'AS Hall, promoting artists. Selected by Talens Spain (Barcelona).
Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UCM
Fellows Exhibition of landscape (Madrid).
Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UCM exposure <<Looks>> (Madrid).
I International Painting Prize Hotel Royal Andalus (Málaga).
1999
Artistic Creation Award <<City of Palencia>> (Palencia).
Painting Prize <<Fundación Nicomedes Garcia Gomez>> (Segovia).
Painting Prize, Mall Pozuelo (Madrid).
Painting Award Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.
Centro Cultural de Cerezo de Abajo (Segovia).
Contemporary Art Museum in Bishop Vellosillo Ayllón (Segovia).
Painting Prize Ciudad de Zaragoza.
National Prize of Painting <<Emilio Ollero>> (Jaén).
National Prize of Painting <<Castle of Monzon>> (Palencia).
Gallery Carmen de la Guerra (Madrid).
COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
2000
- Painting Workshop <>, directed by Joaquin VaqueroTurcios. Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (Santander).
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2003 Scholarship for artistic creation Talens (Talens Spain).
Diplomas Scholarship granted by the UCM, Master in Theory and Practice of Contemporary Arts (2003).
Landscape scholarship granted by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UCM
College Scholarship, Erasmus Program, awarded by the Faculty of Fine Arts from the UCM During the 2000 - 2001 course at the Faculty Anotati Scholi KalonTechnon, Athens School of Fine Arts (Athens - Greece).
I International Painting Prize UBS Art Award (finalist).
International Painting Prize Jaurena Art (accesit).
Quick painting prize of the City of Cerezo de Abajo (Segovia). Navas Brothers Award granted by the City of Ayllón (Segovia).
Honorable Mention in the National Prize of Painting <<Monzón Castle>>.
WORK IN COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS
Bishop Museum of Contemporary Art Vellosillo (Segovia, Spain).
Stock Funds International Grupo Prisa (Madrid-Spain).
Wallpaper Collection Talens Spain (Barcelona-Spain).
Funds from the Collection of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid UCM (Madrid-Spain)
Hon. City Council Cerezo de Abajo (Segovia, Spain).
Hon. Ayuntamiento de Madrid (Madrid-Spain).
Private collections in USA, Switzerland, Spain, Colombia.
OTHER
Honorary Collaborator in the Department of Drawing at the School of Fine Arts of the UCM (2001-2002)
Honorary Collaborator in the Department of Drawing at the School of Fine Arts of the UCM (2002-2003)
