Broto

  • Otros Universos Dos, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

    Otros Universos Dos, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

  • Otros Universos Tres, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

    Otros Universos Tres, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

  • S/T, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.

    S/T, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.

  • S/T, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.

    S/T, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 150 cm.

  • S/T, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

    S/T, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

  • Untitled, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

    Untitled, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 200 cm.

Was born in Zaragoza in 1949 and has been one of the prime representatives of painting-painting, and therefore, one of the artists who has most vindicated abstraction in the face of figurative painting as well as conceptual art. The importance granted to emptiness and the creation of atmospheres are two features present in his whole body of work. One of the aims that governs his pieces is that they be seen from a strictly pictorial point of view, eliminating any element that has anything to do with any matter or content. As well as the international recognition he boasts of, in 2005 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas and in 1997 he obtained the ARCO award by the Asociación de Críticos (Critics Association). In 2003 he was awarded the Premio Goya for engraving.

Individual Exhibitions (selection)

 

2019
“Geologías”. Galería Maior, Palma, Mallorca
“Obra gráfica” Real Academia de BBAA de San Fernando, Madrid

2018
Galería “A del Arte”, Zaragoza
Fundación Belondrade, Valladolid

2017
“Otros Universos” Galería Fernández Braso, Madrid

2016
Galería Xippas, Montevideo
“Mundos”, CCE, Montevideo

2015
“Mundos”, Galeria Maior, Palma de Mallorca
"Color Vivo" Museo Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza.
"Mapas…Mundos" Galería A del Arte, Zaragoza.

2014
"Grandes partituras". Iglesia de Es Roser, Ciudadella.
"Grandes partituras". Sala Capitular, Ibiza.
"Mapas" Galería Gema Llamazares., Gijón.
Galería "La Carbonería", Huesca.

2013
'Grandes Partituras' (Great Scores) Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca
‘Seres Imaginarios’, (Imaginary Beings) SUMMA Gema Llamazares Gallery, Madrid
‘Secos Arabescos’, (Dry Arabesques) Fernández Braso Gallery, Madrid

2011
‘El Color del hielo’, (The Colour of the Ice) Carles Taché Gallery, Barcelona.
Gallery Astley, Uttersberg

2010
Maior Gallery, Pollença, Mallorca. 

2009 
Cristal. (Glass)  Moisés Pérez de Albéniz Gallery. 
Relatos. (Accounts) Soledad Lorenzo Gallery. 

2008 
Recent Work. Alfredo Viñas Gallery. Málaga. 
Cristal. (Glass) New Monastery at San Juan de la Peña. 
Fragor de Luz. (Hubbub of Light) Teruel Museum. Teruel and Municipal Museum, Alcañiz 
Obra sobre papel (Works on paper). EstiArt Gallery, Madrid.

2007 
Broto. Soledad Lorenzo Gallery, Madrid 
El tiempo y el lugar. (The time and the place) Caixa Galicia Foundation, La Coruña; Art Centre Seville.
Broto. SCQ Gallery, Santiago de Compostela 
José Manuel Broto. Galerie Xippas. Paris
Gallery Astley, Uttesberg
Xippas Gallery, Athens
Imagenes Para un concierto. (Images for a Concert) Presentation in the Sibila magazine. Palacio de BBAA, Mexico D.F.

2006 
Maguelone (with Sicily). EstiArt Gallery. Madrid 
Salud (Health – a graphical work). Galerie Franch-Font. Montepellier 
Espacios imaginados, (Imaginary Spaces) El Corte Inglés window displays, Madrid 
L´itineraire de nuit II, images for the piece Sottovoce and Estudio II. Cité Universitaire, Paris. 
El tiempo y el lugar. (The time and the place) La Lonja, Zaragoza. 
Imágenes para un concierto. (Images for a concert) Instituto Cervantes, Paris. 

2005 
Principio (Beginning). Soledad Lorenzo Gallery, Madrid 
Moisés Pérez de Albéniz Gallery, Pamplona 
Adora Calvo Gallery, Salamanca 
Maior Gallery, Palma de Mallorca. 
Carles Taché Gallery, Barcelona. 


Collective Exhibitions (selection)

2013
‘Art espanyol Contemporaneous (Spanish Contemporaneous Art) 1960-2011. Sidercal Collection, Casa de Cultura, Pola de Siero.
‘Paraisos naturales: reflejos artificiales’ (Natural paradises, artificial reflections). Juan de Villanueva Pavilion, Royal Botanical Gardens, Madrid
‘Soledad Lorenzo Collection’. MAS, Santander
‘Art dos Puntos’, MACBA (Art Two Points) / Caixa Forum, Barcelona
‘Internationell mötesplats’, Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna.

2012
‘Obras maestras de la pintura de la Collection IVAM. Pasado, presente y futura. (Master Works of Painting, from the IVAM Collection. Past, present and future) IVAM, Valencia.

2011
’27 obres 18 autors’. (27 works, 18 authors) Suñol Foundation, Barcelona.
‘International Art’ Kunsthall, Edsvik.

2010 
ARCO 10. Madrid. Maior Gallery
“Desde o informalisme a o multicolor” (From either informalism to multicolor) Caixa Galicia Foundation, Pontevedra.
“L.I.F. (LIBERTAD IGUALDAD FRATERNIDAD – Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood), HuArt Centre of Contemporaneous Art, Pamplona, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias
“OPENING A NEW SPACE”, Xippas Gallery, Montevideo (Uruguay)

2009 
ARCO 09. Madrid. Soledad Lorenzo Gallery, 
"MODERN STARTS- ARE CONTEMPORANEO EN LA COLECCIÓN CIRCA XX-PILAR CITOLER", (Contemporaneous Art in the 20TH CIRCA Collection) Teatro Principal Hall, Sala Vimcorsa, Córdoba 
“MIRADAS. DESDE EL INFORMALISMO A LO MULTICOLOR” (Looks. From Informalism to the multi-coloured), Caixa Galicia Foundation, A Coruña. 
“L.I.F” (LIBERTAD IGUALDAD FRATERNIDAD – Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood), La Lonja, Zaragoza. Alcala 31 Exhibition Hall, Madrid. HuArt Centre of Contemporaneous Art, Pamplona, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias 

2008 
1970-2001 SUÑOL COLLECTION. Suñol Foundation, Barcelona. 
Viento del Oeste / Viento del Este. (Wind from the West/Wind from the East) Caja Galicia Collection. Old San Ildefonso School, Mexico DF 
Swedish group show, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin. 
Collective. Maior Gallery, Pollensa. 
Obra grafica 01. (Graphic Work 01) Marlborough Gallery, Madrid.
Una nueva Mirada. (A new Look). AENA Contemporaneous Art Collection
Silensis (Silences) Sto. Domingo de Silos monastery. Burgos 
ARCO 08. Madrid. Soledad Lorenzo Gallery

2007
1947-2007. Foundation Maeght, San Paul de Vence. 
Aena Contemporaneous Art Collection. Santa Inés Convent, Seville 
La Movida. (The Movement) Sala Alcalá, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid 
Art Project Sa Nostra Cultural Centre, Palma de Mallorca 
Ver la pintura. (See painting) Coca-Cola Foundation Collection. Domus Artium. Salamanca
Les esthetiquettes Maison Edmond Rostand, Cambo les Bains 
Art without Borders. Lindesbergs Museum. Lindesberg. 
Conversaciones. (Conversations) Aena, Contemporaneous Art Collection. Badajoz. 
Diálogos con el agua. (Discussions with the water) Deutsche Bank exhibition hall, Madrid. 
Buades Gallery1973-2003. Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid.

2006 
El efecto Guerrero (The warrior effect). José Guerrero Centre, Granada; Navarra Museum, Pamplona 
Una geografía personal (A personal Geography) Beulas-Sarrate Collection. CDAN Beulas Foundation, Huesca 
Vanguardia y Modernidad en la Colección artística de las Cortes de Aragón (Avant-guarde and Modernity in the Cortes de Aragón artistic collection) Aljafería Palace, Zaragoza 
AENA Contemporaneous Art Collection. Sala VIMCORSA, Córdoba 
Espacios imaginados -más Luz (Imaginary spaces – more light). El Corte Inglés. Madrid 
El palacio Montcada. Génesis de una Colección. (Montcada Palace. Genesis of a Collection) Palacio Montcada, Fraga 
Rolde Collection of Contemporaneous Art. CAI Foundation. Zaragoza 
Sombra y Luz (Shadow and Light). Instituto Cervantes, New York, Rome
Silent Rain. La poética de la pintura y la escultura en el Art reciente español. (The poetics of painting and sculptures in recent Spanish art) ICO Collections. ICO Museum Collection. Madrid 
Obra sobre papel. (Work on paper) Aena Art Collection. Nuevos Ministerios. Madrid 
Tiempos de libertad. Art en España 1975 a 1990 (Times of Freedom. Art in Spain 1975 to 1990). Unicaja Foundation, Málaga 
Spanish Art in the 20th Century in the BBVA collection. IVAM, Valencia. 

2005 
La seducción de París: artistas aragoneses Del siglo XX, (The seduction of Paris: artists from Aragon in the 20th century) Ramón Aznar Museum, Zaragoza. 
Tiempos de libertad. Art español de 1975 a 1990(Times of freedom. Spanish art from 1975 to 1990) Caixanova Cultural Centre, Vigo 
Acentos en la Colección Caja Madrid. Pintura española contemporánea. (Accents in the Caja Madrid Collection. Spanish contemporary painting).  Sala de las Alhajas. Madrid 
Aragón Gráfica 14. MGEC, Marbella 
Lenguajes y sentidos (Languages and senses) Caja de Burgos Collection. Pasión Museum, Valladolid 
Sombra y Luz (Shadow and Light) Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, Brussels.
Artist Book International. Galerie Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris 
Le souffle à la surface. Museés de Sens, Sens 
Colectiva. Galerie Franch-Font, Montpelier 
La poética de Cuenca (Poetics of Cuenca). La Villa Cultural Centre, Madrid 
Encuentros de gráfica 2005 (2005 Graphic Encounters). Veruela Monastery, Vera de Moncayo 
Fondos de la galeria (Gallery Collection). Rayuela Gallery. Madrid 
AENA Contemporaneous Art Collection. Palacio Episcopal, Málaga; La Regenta Exhibition Centre, Las Palmas de G. Canaria; Rodríguez Acosta Foundation, Granada 
Tiempos de libertad. Art en España de 1975 a 1990 (Times of Freedom. Art in Spain from 1975 to 1990). Caja Vital Kutxa Foundation, Vitoria; Caja España, León 
Señas de identidad. (Distinguishing Marks) Palacio episcopal. Málaga 
Febril La Mirada (Feverish Look) Manuel Ojeda Gallery, Las Palmas 


Collections

- Ateneum Museum, Helsinki
- CAAM (Atlantic Centre of Modern Art), Las Palmas de Gran Canarias
- Andalusian Centre of Contemporaneous Art, Seville
- Testimoni de "la Caixa Collection ", Barcelona
- Argentaria Collection, Madrid
- Banco de España Collection, Madrid
- Banco Exterior Collection, Madrid
- Banco Zaragozano Collection, Zaragoza
- Caixa Galicia Collection, A Coruña
- Caixa Nova Collection, Orense
- Comunidad de Madrid Collection, Madrid
- Fundesco Collection, Madrid
- Gitanes Collection, Paris
- PREUSSAG Collection, Hannover
- Senado Español Collection, Madrid
- Tore A. Holm Collection, Stockholm
- Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid
- Cortes de Aragón, Zaragoza
- Diputación Provincial, Zaragoza
- FNAC (Fond National d´Art Contemporain), Paris
- FRAC (Fond Regionaux d´Art Contemporain), Midi-Pyrènèes
- "La Caixa" Foundation, Barcelona
- A. Tàpies Foundation, Barcelona
- AENA Foundation, Madrid
- Friends of Contemporaneous Art Foundation, Madrid
- Banco Hispano Americano Foundation, Madrid
- Caixa Galicia Foundation, A Coruña
- ICO Foundation, Madrid 
- Juan March Foundation, Madrid
- Maeght Foundation, Sant Paul de Vence
- Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam
- Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona
- IVAM, Valencia
- MACBA (Contemporaneous Art Museum), Barcelona
- Musée Cantini, Marsella
- Spanish Abstract Art Museum, Cuenca
- Contemporaneous Art Museum, Seville 
- Álava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria
- Asturias Fine Arts  Museum, Oviedo
- Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca
- Marugame Hirai Museum of Contemporaneous Spanish Art, Marugame, Japan
- Municipal Museum of Contemporaneous Art, Madrid
- Reina Sofía Nacional Museum Art Centre,, Madrid
- Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid
- Provincial de Teruel Museum, Teruel
- Granollers Museum, Granollers
- The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
- The DOVE Collection, Zurich
- The Kampo Collection, Tokyo
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York