TOÑO BARREIRO

PAINTING & SCULPTURE

B. 1965 SPAIN

The questioning of the limits of pictorial medium, using sculptural elements and the rupture of the traditional frame of Painting, is a constant in my work. 

For more than two decades, Toño has been developing cross-disciplinary work that alternates between photography, painting, sculpture and digital processes. The questioning of the limits of pictorial medium, using sculptural elements and the rupture of the traditional frame of Painting, is a constant in his work. In its origin, Toño believes we find the articulation of the line and the plane playing with the concepts of deconstruction, symbiosis, the reference to the most elementary biological processes, overlapping color fields or the folding of the surface.  When not creating art, Toño is a Professor of Painting at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.  

TÕNO BARREIRO CV

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Salamanca in 1989.

Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Vigo in 1998.

Research fellow of the Ministry of Education and Science (Program of training of teaching and research staff) from 1992 to 1996, doing through this same program, research stays at the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, for three consecutive years.

He has also developed teaching and research at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra (University of Vigo) and Faculty of Arts of Altea (Miguel Hernández University). Since 2006, he is currently a professor in the Department of Painting at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

He has also published books, texts, publications of aesthetic content, articles, and essays; gave conferences, participations in papers and funded research projects.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2019 • Black Square Folded. Shiras Gallery. Valencia. Spain

2012 • Ileonarte Gallery. Valencia. Spain

2009 • Infinity Drawings. DF Gallery. Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña. Spain

2008 • May Moré Gallery. Madrid. Spain
• Project Room. Stand Casaborne Gallery. Art Fair “Arte Lisboa 08”. Lisbon. Portugal

2007 • Pabellón de Mixtos Gallery. Pamplona. Spain • Casaborne Gallery. Antequera. Málaga. Spain

2005 • May Moré Gallery. Madrid. Spain
2003 • Luis Adelantado Gallery. Valencia. Spain  May Moré Gallery. Madrid. Spain

1997 • LA FÁBRICA. Centre of Contemporary Art. Abarca de Campos. Palencia. Spain

1992 • Casa de Cultura Gallery. Zamora. Spain • Evelio Gayubo Gallery. Valladolid. Spain

1991 •Evelio Gayubo Gallery. Valladolid. Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2022 -ARTMADRID ’22. Art Fair. Stand Galería Shiras. Madrid

2021

• Art Diagonale IV. Wels. Austria

• Olor de Castelló. Colección Olor Visual. Fundación Caja Castellón. Castellón. Spain

• ARTMADRID ’21. Art Fair. Stand Galería Shiras. Madrid. Spain

• Tension and balance. Six artists between the MUSAC and the Museum of Zamora.

  Museum of Zamora. Spain

• The Other Side. Shiras Gallery. Valencia. Spain

2020 •

• II Biennial of Painting Ma Isabel Comenge. Royal Shipyards. Valencia. Spain

• Collective V Aniversary. Galería Shiras. Valencia. Spain

• ARTMADRID ’20. Art Fair. Stand Galería Shiras. Madrid. Spain

• Lockdown Collective. Galería Shiras. Valencia. Spain

• Senyera Award for visual arts. Museum of the City. Valencia. Spain

2019 •

• ARTSevilla 2019. Centenary of Bauhaus. Casa de la Provincia. Sevilla. Spain

• Art Fair ESTAMPA. Stand Shiras Gallery. Madrid. Spain

• Expedition_13OM. Calimart’19. Gilet. Valencia. Spain

• Collective. Shiras Gallery. Valencia. Spain

• Holly Hunt Miami. Florida. EEUU

2018 •

• Sobre papel. Shiras Gallery. Valencia. Spain

• -PLEX. Museum of Fine Arts. Castellón. Spain

• Origens. CADA. Center for the Arts. Alcoy. Spain

2017 •

• The Perfect Game. Calimart’17. Gilet. Valencia. Spain

• New acquisitions. Zamora Cathedral Museum. Spain

2016 •

• Forjando el espacio. Patrimonio Municipal Museum. Málaga. Spain

• Dejarse pintar. State Public Library. Zamora. Spain

• Wet Paint. Área 72 Galleru. Valencia. Spain

• Hipocamps. MUA Museum of the University of Alicante. Spain

2015 • 

• Con el velo en vela. State Public Library. Zamora. Spain

• Hacia la geometría desde la abstracción. Vimcorsa exhibition Hall. Córdoba. Spain • Pepe Esteve Painting Prize. Jerez de la Frontera. Spain

• God Save The Queen. MUSAC. Museum of Contemporary Art of CyL. León. Spain • Encapsulados. Hotel Chamarel. Dénia. Spain

2014 • 

• DKV Drawing Collection. Casal Solleríc. Palma de Mallorca. Spain

• Contemporary Drawing in DKV Collection. Domus Artium Museum (DA2) Salamanca. Spain

2013 • 

• DKV Drawing Collection. CDAN. (Art & Nature Centre) Huesca. Spain

• 200 years of Art in Zamora. Old Palace of Diputación de Zamora. Spain

• DKV Drawing Collection. Valentín de Madariaga Foundation. Sevilla. Spain • DKV Drawing Collection. Barjola Museum. Gijón. Spain

2012 • 

• Arte y salud. DKV Collection. Museum Centro del Carmen. Valencia. Spain • Arte y salud. DKV Collection. Casino exhibition Hall.. Sevilla. Spain

• DKV Drawing Collection. Galatea exhibition Hall. Códoba. Spain

2011 •

•  Arte y salud. DKV Collection. Diputación Provincial Palace exhibition Hall. Cádiz

• CAM Contemporary Art Collection. Lonja del Pescado Exhibitions Hall. Alicante.

• ENLACES + 5. Museum of Contemporary Art PATIO HERRERIANO. Valladolid. Spain

2010 • 

• Arte y salud. DKV collection. Museum of Contemporary Art Unión Fenosa. MACUF. Coruña. Spain

• GRAFIC. Casino Liberal Exhibitions Gallery. Algemesí. Valancia. Spain • KABINETT DER ABSTRAKEN. La Perrera Gallery. Valencia. Spain

• Pepe Esteve Painting Prize. Alberto de Amberes Foundation. Madrid. Spain

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Regional Government of Castilla y León. Valladolid. Spain. / LA CAIXA Foundation. Testimonio Collection. Spain. / Caja Duero Bank. Spain. / MUSAC. Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León. León. Spain. / CAM Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo Bank. Spain. / Aquagest Enterprise. Zamora. Spain. / Edinburgh College of Art. Edimburgh. UK/ Fundación Avila del Rey. Avila. Spain / Public Library de Zamora. Spain. / Caja España Bank. Zamora. Spain / Diputación de Zamora. Spain. / City Council of Zamora. Spain. / INE. National Institute of Statistics. Madrid. Spain. / Polytechnic University. Valencia. Spain. / CAB. Center of Art Caja Burgos Bank. Burgos. Spain./ DKV Collection. Spain. / Museum of Contemporary Art PATIO HERRERIANO, Valladolid, Spain / REPSOL Collection. Madrid. Spain / JJCC Foundation. Valencia. Spain / MAC. Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid. Spain

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AWARDS:

1984. 2nd Engraving Award. Fase Autonómica. Certamen Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas. 1985. 1st Painting Award. Fase Provincial. Certamen Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas. / 1st Drawing Award. Fase Provincial. Certamen. Nacional juvenil de Artes Plásticas. / 3rd Painting Award. Fase Autonómica. Certamen Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas. 1987 Beca-Simposio II Encuentro de Jóvenes Artistas Plásticos de Castilla y León. / Accésit de Photography. I Certamen Universitario de Artes Plásticas. Salamanca. 1988. 1st Painting Award. III Muestra de Arte Joven de Castilla y León. / Award Aquagest. IX "Ciudad de Zamora". 1989. 2o Painting Award. IV Muestra de Arte Joven de Castilla y León. 1991. 1st Award. II Biennial of Painting. "Ciudad de Avila". 1992. Finalist Banesto Awards. / Acquisition de Obra. XI Biennial of Painting "Ciudad de Zamora". 1996. Artistic creation grant."Florian de Ocampo" Zamora. / 1998. Honor Mention. XIV Bienal Ciudad de Zamora./ 1999. Finalista "Premio Fray Luis de León 1999" de Pintura./ 2000. Honor Mention. XV Biennal of Painting Ciudad de Zamora./ 2004. Honor Mention. Painting Award Caja España 2004/ 2005. Honor Mention. II Certamen Internacional de Pintura Diputación de Castellón. 2018 Finalist Senyera Award. Valencia. 2020. 2nd Price. II Biennial of Painting Ma Isabel Comenge. Valencia. Spain / Honor Mention Senyera Award. Valencia. Spain

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