Jaume Plensa, Biography
Born 1955 in Barcelona. Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.
EDUCATION
Educated at the Llotja School of Art and Design and at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Art.
Has been a teacher at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly cooperates with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a guest professor.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
▹ New Works, GSA Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ Silent Diary, Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
▹ JANUS, Chiesa di San Gallo, Venice, Italy
▹ Miroirs (Collages), Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2023
▹ Poesia Del Silenci, Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Forgotten Dreams, Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
▹La Part Du Sacré, BAM–Musée Beaux Arts, Mons | Exhibited in four locations
▹El Cor Secret (The Secret Heart), Facultat de Medicina – Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2022
▹ Invisível e Indizível, MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
▹ Poesía Del Silencio, Fundación Bancaja, Valencia, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa – 13th Mercosul Biennial, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
▹ In Small Places, Close to Home, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK
▹ La Lumière Veille, Dessins 1982-2022, Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
▹ Noir & Blanc, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2021
▹ Jaume Plensa, Nest, Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Slowness, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ The True Portrait, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris (online)
2020
▹ La Llarga Nit, Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Nocturne, Gray Warehouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA
▹ Plaza del Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal, Castellón, Spain
▹ Invisibles, Gray Gallery, Chicago, viewing room (online)
▹ Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris (online)
▹ Jaume Plensa: April is the cruelest month, Galerie Lelong & Co., New York (online)
2019
▹ Talking Continents. Telfair Museums, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, Georgia, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galería Pilar Serra, Madrid, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa, Nouvelles estampes. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2018
▹ Jaume Plensa. MACBA–Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Invisibles. Palacio de Cristal, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
▹ Talking Continents. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
▹ La Música Gráfica de Jaume Plensa. Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa at Djurgården.Djurgården, Stockholm. Organized by Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Sweden
2017
▹ Talking Continents.Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
▹ Secret Garden.Gray Warehouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA
▹ One Thought Fills Immensity. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
▹ Nocturne, Estampes 2015-2016. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, Francev
▹ Jaume Plensa.Musée d’art moderne et contemporain Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
▹ Silence.Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
2016
▹ El Bosc Blanc.Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Die Innere Sicht. Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Brühl, Germany
▹ Human Landscape. The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA
▹ Human Landscape.Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa.Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain
▹ La Forêt blanche.Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2015
▹ Jaume Plensa, Matriz y Múltiples. Museo Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain
▹ Silent Faces. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
▹ Le silence de la pensée. Musée d’Art Moderne de Céret, Céret, France
▹ Human Landscape. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
▹ Human Landscape. Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
▹ Together. Collateral Event of the 56th International Venice Biennale. Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore and Officina dell’Arte Spirituale, Isola di San Giorgo Maggiore, Venice, Italy
▹ Jaume Plensa, New Works.Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
▹ Jaume Plensa, Sculptures and Drawings. Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, North Carolina, USA
▹ 1004 Portraits.10th Anniversary of the Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Chicago, USA
▹ Private Dreams. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
▹ The Secret Heart.Gaskessel/Schaezlerpalais/H2 Zentrum fur Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa, Skulpturen.Skulpturepark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa, una trayectoria. Premio Nacional de Arte Gráfico 2013. Calcografía Nacional – Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
2013
▹ Talking Continents.Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa à Bordeaux. City of Bordeaux, France
▹ Jaume Plensa, Éditions 2012-2013. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2012
▹ In the Midst of Dreams.Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
▹ Eight Poets in Bamberg. City of Bamberg, Germany
▹ Umedalen Skulptur 2012, Focus on Jaume Plensa. Umeå, Sweden
▹ Silhouettes.Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2011
▹ The Hermit. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
▹ Echo, Mad. Sq. Art. 2011. Madison Square Park, New York, USA
▹ AnoNYmous.Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
2010
▹ The Heart of Trees. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, USA
▹ Cantique des Cantiques.Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
▹ Around Shadows.Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
▹ Alphabets de l’Âme. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
▹ L’Âme des Mots.Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
▹ Jaume Plensa, Obra sobre papel.Galería Estiarte, Madrid, Spain
▹ Genus and Species.Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, USA
2009
▹ Jerusalem.Espacio Cultural El Tanque, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
▹ Triptych.Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
▹ In the Midst of Dreams.Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Slumberland. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
▹ Silent Music. Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow, Russia
2008
▹ Jaume Plensa.Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy
▹ Jaume Plensa. Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa.Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
▹ La Riva de Acheronte, Im Dialog IX. Stadtkirche, Darmstadt, Germany
▹ Save our Souls.Albion Gallery, London, UK
2007
▹ Jaume Plensa. Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa.Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice, France
▹ Nomade.Bastion Saint-Jaume, Quai Rambaud. Organized by Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
▹ Silent Voices. Museum at Tamada Projects, Tokyo, Japan
▹ Jaume Plensa / Shakespeare.Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Sinónimos. Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
2006
▹ I in his eyes as one that found peace.Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago / New York, USA
▹ Une âme, deux corps…trois ombres.Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
▹ Jerusalem.Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani Es Baluard, L’Aljub, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
▹ Canetti’s Dream. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
▹ Songs and Shadows.Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa, Livres, estampes et multiples sur papier 1978-2006. Centre de la Gravure La Louvière, La Louvière / Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2005
▹ Jaume Plensa. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain
▹ Is art something in between?.Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
▹ 13 doubts. English Church – Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
▹ Song of Songs.Albion Gallery, London, UK
▹ Glückauf?.Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa, Ópera, teatro y amigos.Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Spain
2004
▹ Anònim. Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galleria Gentili-Villa il Tasso, Montecatini, Italy
▹ Jaume Plensa, Livres, estampes et multiples sur papier 1978-2003. Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen, France / Fundación César Manrique, Lanzarote, Spain
▹ Il suono del sangue parla la stessa lingua. VOLUME!, Roma, Italy
▹ Fiumi e cenere.Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
▹ Silent Noise.The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago / Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans / University Gallery -Fine Arts Center UMASS, Amherst, USA
2003
▹ Crystal Rain. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
▹ Jaume Plensa.Galerie Academia – Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
▹ Who? Why?. Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Hot? Sex?. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
2002
▹ Rumor. Centro Cultural de España, México D.F., Mexico
▹ Wispern. Església de Sant Domingo, Pollença, Mallorca, Spain
▹ B.OPEN. The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
▹ Jaume Plensa. Fondation Européenne pour la Sculpture, Parc Tournay-Solvay, Bruxelles, Belgium
▹ Primary Thoughts. Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
2001
▹ Close up. Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
▹ Logbook. Galerie Diehl-Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin, Germany
▹ Europa. Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
2000
▹ Twin shadows. Richard Gray Gallery, New York, USA
▹ Twin shadows. Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ Proverbs of hell. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria
▹ Jaume Plensa, 360º. Museo Municipal de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
▹ Chaos-Saliva. Palacio de Velázquez – Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
1999
▹ Etwas von mir. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa. Tamada Projects Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
▹ Bruit. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
▹ Komm mit, komm mit! Rupertinum Museum, Salzburg, Austria
▹ Whisper. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galería Toni Tàpies – Edicions T, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Wanderers Nachtlied. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Palais Liechtenstein, Vienna, Austria
▹ Love Sounds.Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
1998
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
▹ Dallas?…Caracas?Fundación Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela
▹ Dallas?…Caracas? The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, USA
▹ Golden sigh. Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris, France
▹ Water. Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain de Picardie, Amiens, France
1997
▹ Wie ein Hauch.Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa. Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa. Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
▹ Rumore. Fattoria di Celle, Santomato di Pistoia, ItalyJaume Plensa. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
1996
▹ Jaume Plensa. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Blake in Gateshead. Baltic Flour Mills, Gateshead, UK
▹ Close up. Office in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
▹ Islands. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Centre de Cultura Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1995
▹ Wonderland. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
▹ One thought fills immensity.Städtische Galerie, Göppingen, Germany
1994
▹ Cal·ligrafies. Edicions T Galeria d’Art, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa. Un Sculpteur, une Ville. Valence, France
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galleria Civica Modena, Modena, Italy
▹ The Personal Miraculous Fountain. The Henry Moore Studio at Dean Clough, Halifax, Canada
1993
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany
▹ Mémoires Jumelles. Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne, Switzerland
▹ Mémoires Jumelles. Galerie de France, Paris, France
1992
▹ Jaume Plensa. The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galleria Gentili, Firenze, Italy
1991
▹ Jaume Plensa. P.S. Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
▹ Monocroms. Galería B.A.T., Madrid, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Eric Franck, Geneve, Switzerland
1990
▹ Dibuixos. Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa. Eglise de Courmerlois-Silo Art Contemporain, Reims-Val-de-Vesle, France
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie de France, Paris, France
1989
▹ Jaume Plensa. The Sharpe Gallery, New York, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Bruxelles, Belgium
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galeria Carles Taché, Barcelona, Spain
1988
▹ Jaume Plensa. The Sharpe Gallery, New York, USA
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany
▹ Jaume Plensa. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galería Rita García, Valencia, Spain
1987
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Bruxelles, Belgium
▹ Jaume Plensa. Halle Sud, Geneve, Switzerland
1986
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galeria Maeght, Barcelona, Spain
1985
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Lola Gassin, Nice, France
1984
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Axe Actuel, Toulouse, France
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany
1983
▹ Jaume Plensa. Galería Ignacio de Lassaletta, Barcelona, Spain
1982
▹ Llibre de vidre. Galería Eude, Barcelona, Spain
1981
▹ Tres noms nous. Galería 13, Barcelona, Spain
1980
▹ Jaume Plensa. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
▹ Common Borders, Galerie Lelong & Co., Miami Design District, Miami, Florida, USA
▹ Glasstress. Window to the Future, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
▹ Artzuid – Sculpture Biennale of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands
▹ New Prints and Editions, Galerie Lelong & Co, New York
▹ 8th Socle du Monde Biennale – Welcome my friends to the show that never ends, Herning, Denmark
▹ New Sculpture, Galerie Lelong & Co. New York (online)
▹ Artists’ Breath: Artists in the midst of the pandemic, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Japan
▹ Body and Line, Galerie Lelong & Co. New York / Melin Building, Miami, Florida, USA
▹ RHE: Everything flows, Galerie Lelong & Co. New York, USA
2020
▹ Luxembourg Art Week, Galerie Lelong & Co. in collaboration with the City of Luxembourg. Rond-point Robert Schuman, Luxembourg
▹ Art Front Selection 2020 autumn, Art Front Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
▹ Würth and the Outdoor Arts, Campus Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG, Künzelsau, Germany
▹ Field of Dreams, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, USA
▹ De Miró a Barceló, Un siglo de Arte Español, Centro Pompidou, Málaga, Spain
▹ Gray Collection, Pure Drawing, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois / UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California and The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA
2019
▹ Arte Español a partir de la Colección Würth, Museo Würth La Rioja, Agoncillo, La Rioja, Spain
▹ Sculpture in the Courtyard, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
▹ Colección Masaveu. Pintura española del siglo XIX de Goya al Modernismo, Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Madrid, Spain
▹ ArtZuid 2019, Amsterdam Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, Netherlands
▹ Glasstress 2019, Collateral Event – 58th International Venice Biennale. Fundazione Berengo Art Space, Murano, Venice, Italy
▹ La Source, Fondation Carmignac, Île de Porquerolles, Hyères, France
▹ From Head to Toe, Human Images in the Focus of the Würth Collection, Forum Würth Rorschach, Switzerland
▹ Jaume Plensa, Kiki Smith, Barthélémy Toguo, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
2018
▹ Dream, l’Arte Incontra i Sogni, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
▹ Beyond Borders, Un dialogue inspiré par la collection de la Banque européenne d’investissement.
▹ Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
▹ Detour, Artipelag, Gustavsberg, Sweden
▹ Echigo-Tsumari, Art Field, Art Triennale 2018, Japan
▹ Bijoux d’artistes, de Calder à Koons, La collection idéale de Diane Venet, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2017
▹ SOM: Engineering x (Art+Architecture). Mana Contemporary Chicago / Chicago Architecture Biennial, USA
▹ In Situ 2017, Patrimoine et art contemporain. Abbaye de Fontfroide, Narbonne, France
▹ Frieze Sculpture 2017. Regent’s Park, London, UK
▹ Glasstress 2017. Collateral Event 57th International Venice Biennale. Fundazione Berengo, Palazzo Franchetti Cavalli, Venice, Italy
▹ Blickachsen 11. Contemporary Sculpture in Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhein Main, German
▹ +40, Celebrating 40 years of Art without walls.Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK
2016
▹ Sculpture in the City 2016. 6th Edition. City of London, UK
▹ Skulptur i Pilane 2016.Sältevo Gård, Klövedal, Sweden
▹ Opening Ceremony of the new Jakobshallen. Jakobshallen – Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
▹ 140 Artist-15 Years. Galleri Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
▹ 4ème édition de la Biennale de sculpture. Parc Caillebotte, Yerres, France
▹ Public Art Installations at Harvard Business School. Aldrich Lawn, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
▹ Points de veu d’artistes. Espace Science Actualités, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris, France
2015
▹ Surrealism, the Conjured Life. MCA-Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
▹ Von Hockney bis Holbein, Die Sammlung Würth. Museum Würth / Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany
▹ Galerie Lelong, Exposición en Valladolid. Sala de las Francesas / Sala de Museo la Pasión, Valladolid, Spain
▹ ArtZuid. International Sculpture Route, Amsterdam, Netherlands
▹ Clouds. Fondation Croÿ-Roeulx, Château du Roeulx, Le Roeulx, Belgium
▹ Glasstress 2015 Gotika. Collateral Event-56th International Venice Biennale. Palazzo Franchetti Cavalli, Venice,Italy
▹ Water and Land Niigata Art Festival 2015. Niigata, Japan
▹ Private view 2. Städtische Galerie, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
2014
▹ Touch. Saastamoinen Foundation Collection. EMMA-Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland
▹ TRIO. Jaume Plensa, Kiki Smith, Barthélémy Toguo. Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, France
▹ Sculpture du Sud: une aventure méditerranéenne. Villa Datris – Fondation pour la Sculpture Contemporine, L’Isle-sur- la-Sorgue, France
▹ Celebration of Music and Childhood. 110º Ravinia Music Festival, Ravinia Park, Chicago, USA
▹ Symphony of Nature. Sculptures commissioned for Double Cove, Hong Kong
▹ Haver fet un lloc on els artistas tinguin dret a equivocar-se. Històries de l’Espai 10 i l’Espai 13 de la Fundació Miró. Fundació Miró, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Committed to Paper: Master Drawings and Prints by Sculptors. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
2013
▹ The Sculpture Park. Frieze London / Frieze Masters, London, UK
▹ Opere dalla Collezione Permanente/1. CAMUSAC-Cassino Museo d’Arte, Contemporanea. Cassino, Italy
▹ L’altro ritratto. MART-Museo di arte moderna e conemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
▹ Alfond Inn. Rollins Collage, Winter Park, Florida, USA
▹ Beyond Limits. Sotheby’s at Chatsworth. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK
▹ Kunstprojekt Salzburg. Moderne Kunst auf alten Plätzen, Salzburg Foundation, Salzburg, Austria
▹ Art, dos punts. Barcelona Viu l’Art Contemporani. Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona and Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden. Wuppertal, Germany
▹ Blickachsen 9. Contemporary Sculpture in Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhein Main, Germany
▹ Spanish Modern & Contemporary Art Exhibition. Seongnam Cultural Foundation, Korea
▹ Glasstress White Light / White Heat. Palazzo Cavalli-Francheti, Collateral event on the 55th Venice Biennale, Italy
▹ Nuage. Musée Réattu, Arles, France
▹ Setouchi Triennale 2013. Setouchi International Art Festival, Japan
2012
▹ Decade. Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012. Albrigh-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
▹ Jing’an International Sculpture Project. Shanghai, China
▹ Muse: Exploring Inspiration. Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, USA
▹ From Head to Toe, Human Images in the Focus of the Würth Collection. Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch,Germany
▹ Oir Rio. Other Ideas for Rio.Oir.Art.Br. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
▹ Moderne Kunst im Dom. Zun 1000-jährigen Domjubiläum. Bamberg, Germany
▹ Water and Land Niigata Art Festival. Niigata, Japan
▹ Skulptur at Pilane. Sältevo, Klövedal, Sweden
▹ Kiev Sculpture Project 2012. Kiev, Hungary
▹ Art as Magic: Visionary artist and their internal world. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan
▹ Beaufort04. Triennial Contemporary Art by the Sea, Belgium
▹ Bodhi. Gazelli Art House, London, UK
▹ Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennale. Museum of Arts and Design New York, New York
▹ Mixed Media, New Sculpture. Haunch of Venison, London, UK
▹ Glasstress New York. Museum of Arts and Design-MAD, New York, USA
2011
▹ Glasstress. La Biennale di Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti. Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Campo Santo Stefano, Venice, Italy
▹ Picasso to Koons, The Artist as Jeweler. Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
▹ European Ivestment Bank Collection. Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
▹ The Last Freedom, From the Pioneers of Land-Art of the 1960’s to the Cyberspace. Ludwing Museum, Koblenz, Germany
▹ Glasstress 2011. Istituto Veneto, Palazzo Cavali Franchetti, 54th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
▹ Art on Lake. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
▹ Freibeuter der Utopie. Weserburg / Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
▹ Within/Beyond borders: The Collection of the European Investment Bank. Luxembourg at the Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, Greece
▹ Artzuid 2011. International Sculpture Route, Amsterdam, Netherlands
▹ Ombres et lumières. Dessins et ouvres du fonds régional d’art contemporain de Picardie, Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie, Beauvais, France
2010
▹ L’océan, visions d’artisties du 19º au 21º siecle. Belleveu, Biarritz, France
▹ The Fifth Genre. Considering the Contemporary Still Life. Galerie Lelong & Co. New York, USA
▹ Umedalen Skulptur 10. Umeå Sculptur Park, Umeå, Sweden
▹ Fiax Lux. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MACUF, A Coruña, Spain
▹ Sculptors celebrate the legacy of Fred and Lena Meijer. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
▹ Arts Towada. Towada, Japan
▹ Disquieted. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
2009
▹ We. Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, Canada
▹ Corpo Automi Robot. Museo d’Arte de Lugano, Villa Malpensata e Villa Ciani, Lugano, Italy
▹ Conflicting Tales: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1). The Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany
▹ Sculpture at Pilane 2009. Tjörn, Sweden
▹ Niigata Water and Land Art Festival 2009. Niigata, Japan
▹ Art Albertina. Albertina Museum, Vienna, Italy
▹ Beyond Limits, Shotheby’s at Chatsworth. Chatswhorth House, Derbyshire, UK
▹ Unconditional Love. Arsenale Novissimo, 52 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
▹ Blickachsen 7. Kurpark and Schlosspark, Bad Homburg, Germany
▹ La escultura en la colección del IVAM. IVAM–Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
▹ Transparency. Open air light art during the EU Presidency of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
2008
▹ Beyond Limits, Shotheby’s at Chatsworth. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK
▹ Shaping a Space II. Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
▹ A Year in Drawing. Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, USA
▹ World of Glass. Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf
▹ España, Arte Spagnola 1957-2007, Da Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Tápies ai nostri giorni. Palazzo Sant’Elia, Palermo
▹ Digitale Raumkunst / Digital Artspace. Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum – Zentrum Internationaler Skulptur, Duisburg, Germany
2007
▹ Figura humana y abstracción, Esculturas de los siglos XX y XXI, Colección Würth Alemania y España. Museo Würth La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
▹ Dialogues Méditerranéens. La Citadelle, Saint Tropez, France
▹ Barcelone 1947–2007. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
▹ Sculpture Biennale Kijkduin 2007, International Glass & Sculpture Exposition. Kijkduin, The Hague, Netherlands
▹ La Palabra Imaginada. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain
▹ Entre la palavra e a imagem. Museo da Cidade, Lisbon / Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarâes, Portugal
▹ Monumental, Sotheby’s at Isleworth. Windermere, Florida, USA
2006
▹ Eye in Europe, Prints, Books & Multiples / 1960 to now. MoMA, New York, USA
▹ Beyond Limits, Sotheby’s at Chatsworth. Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK
▹ Femmes d’Europe. La Citadelle, Saint Tropez, France
▹ Picasso to Plensa. Salvador Dalí Museum, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
▹ Homenaje a Chillida. Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
▹ Full House – Faces of a Collection. Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
▹ Snow Show. Sestriere, Turin, Italy
▹ Dormir, rêver…et autres nuits. Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
2005
▹ Picasso to Plensa. The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
▹ Broken Glass. Glaspaleis, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Harlem, Netherlands
▹ 81st Exhibition of Artist Members. The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA
▹ Dual, Transitos y entrecruzamientos para la Historia del Arte. Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida, Spain
▹ Modern Times. Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany
▹ Lenguajes y Sentidos. Colección Caja de Burgos, Sala de Exposiciones del Museo de la Pasión, Valladolid, Spain
2004
▹ Diversité des langues de l’Europe, Hommage aux vingt langues de l’Europe sur (8 November). Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Façades du Palais Royal, Paris, France
▹ Festival arbres & lumières. Association Festival Arbres & Lumières, Geneva, Italy
▹ Outside In, Sculpture in the Natural World. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
▹ A light crescendo, Art illuminating. St Mary’s, York Museum, York, U.K
▹ La création contemporaine à la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. Maison René Char–Hôtel Donadeï de Campredon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
2003
▹ Indisciplinados. Museo de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo, Spain
▹ Punto de encuentro – La Colección (1). Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
▹ Pintar Palabras.… Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, Germany / New York, USA
▹ Memoria de un recorrido. Colección Caja de Burgos, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
▹ Territoires nomads. Rurart Espace d’Arts, Rouillé, France
2002
▹ Jaume Plensa–Fabrizio Corneli. Villa Carducci-Pandolfini, Chiostro di Villa Vogel, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Florence, Italy
▹ Avesta Art 2002. Avesta, Sweden
▹ DAK’ART 2002. Biennale de Dakar, Senegal
▹ Leuchtspur, Koordinationsstelle für kulturelle Sonderprojekte. Kulturmeile Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
▹ Conceptes de l’espai. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
2001
▹ 50 Ans de Sculpture Espagnole. Jardins du Palais Royal, Paris, France / Parque del Retiro, Madrid, Spain
▹ Bienal de Valencia, Cuerpo y Pecado. Convento del Carmen, Valencia, Spain
▹ Milano–Europa 2000, I semi del Futuro. Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy
2000
▹ Seven Hills, Images and Signs of the 21st Century. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
▹ Echigo–Tsumari Art Trinnieal 2000. Echigo–Tsumari, Japan
▹ Faith. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA
1999
▹ La casa, il corpo, il cuore. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
▹ Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo – Collection 1994–1997. Skenderija Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1998
▹ 10–Intensity in Europe.Centre per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
▹ Artranspennine98. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Leeds and Tate Gallery, U.K
1997
▹ Descoberta de la Col.lecció. MACBA–Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Areopagitica, 28 freie Seiten. G.A.M.E.S. of Art, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1996
▹ Abstrakt. Real Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
▹ Ars Aevi 2000. Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
▹ Chimériques Polymères. Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France
▹ Happy End. Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
1995
▹ Metàfores del real. MACBA–Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
▹ Wild at Heart. Tramway Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
1994
▹ Six voices from Spain. Atlantis Gallery, London, U.K / Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK / Wrexham Library Arts Centre, Wales / Oriel 31, Powys, Wales / Tuille House Art Gallery, Carlisle, U.K
▹ Kommentar zu Europa. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
1993
▹ Gröbenwahn Kunstprojekte für Europa. Lindenger & Schmid, Regensburg, Germany
▹ Cell-Cella-Celda. The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, U.K
▹ Katalanische Skulptur im 20 Jahrhundert. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1992
▹ 5 Triennale Fellbach 1992. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
▹ Configuracions Urbanes. Olimpiada Cultural Barcelona’92, Barcelona, Spain
1991
▹ XI Salón de los 16. Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
▹ Histories d’Oeil. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
1990
▹ Barcelona Avant-Garde Part 2, Barcelona and Yokohama City Creation. Yokohama, Japan
▹ Eisenskulptur Aus Spanien. Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim / Museum Bochum-Haus Waldsee, Berlin
SELECTED PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SPACE
2021
▹ UTOPIA
Site and commissioned by: Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
▹ THE FOUR ELEMENTS
Site: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Commissioned by: DeVos Family, Grand Rapids 2021
▹ WE
Site: The Shard Quarter – London Bridge, London, UK
Commissioned by: The Shard, UK, 2017
Curated by: Futurecity, UK / Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris
2020
▹ WATER’S SOUL
Site: Newport Pier Park, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Commissioned by: LeFrak and Simon, 2019
▹ LAURA
Site and commissioned by: Fairmont Century Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
▹ EL ÁRBOL DE LA VIDA
Site: Plaza de los Sagrados Corazones, Madrid, Spain
Commissioned by: Fundación A.M.A in conjunction with Collegiate Medical Organization, Spain, 2020
2019
▹ HERNING DOORS (Universal Declaration of Humans Rights)
Site: Herning City, Denmark. Installed in June 2021
Commissioned by: Socle du Monde Biennale, Denmark, 2019
▹ SANNA
Site: Daejeon Terminal Complex, Daejeon, South Korea
2018
▹ BEHIND THE WALLS
Site: UMMA–University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2020
MUNAL–Museo Nacional de Arte, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico (2019-2020)
Frieze Sculpture. Rockefeller Center, New York, USA (2019)
▹ VOICES
Site: 30 Hudson Yards, New York, USA
Commissioned by: Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group, New York
▹ JULIA
Site: Plaza de Colón, Madrid, Spain
An initiative of the Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson in conjunction with Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Spain
▹ IN MY FAITH, IN MY HOPE, IN MY LOVE
Site: Phønixbrygga, Fredrikstad, Norway
Commissioned by: Skulpturstopp Project, Norway, 2017
▹ PACIFIC SOUL
Site: Pacific Gate, San Diego, California
Commissioned by: BOSA Development and Fine Arts Service LLC, 2017
2017
▹ LOVE
Site: Stationsplein, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Commissioned by: Leeuwarden Fryslân 2018 – Culturele Hoofdstad van Europa for the project “11 Fountains”
▹ BANGKOK SOUL
Site: MahaNakhon Building, Bangkok, Thailand
▹ SOURCE
Site: Bonaventure Gateway, Montreal, Canada
Commissioned by: City of Montreal’s Public Art Bureau for 375th Anniversary
Patrons: France Chrétien Desmarais and André Desmarais
2016
▹ POSSIBILITIES
Site: Lotte World Tower, Seoul, South Korea
Commissioned by: Lotte Art Project, Seoul, South Korea, 2015
2015
▹ CARMELA
Site: Sant Pere més Alt – Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona, Spain, 2016
2014
▹ ROOTS
Site: Toranomon Hills, Tokyo, Japan
Commissioned by: Mori Building Corporation, Tokyo, 2014
▹ SET POETES
Site: Plaza Lidia Armengol Vila, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Commissioned by: Banca Privada de Andorra, 2013
2012
▹ LOOKING INTO MY DREAMS, AWILDA
Site: PAMM–Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, USA, 2017
1004 Portraits. 10th Anniversary of The Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Chicago (2014-2015)
Olhar nos meus sonhos, Awilda. Enseada Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012)
▹ WONDERLAND
Site: The Bow, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Commissioned by: Encana Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2007
▹ LAURA
Site and commissioned: Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, USA
▹ HOUSE OF MEMORY
Site: Shanghai IFC Mall, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China
Commissioned by: Shanghai Tech Pro International Trading Co Ltd, Shanghai, 2011
▹ DRÖM
Site: Clarion Hotel Post entrance, Gothenburg, Sweden
Commissioned by: Clarion Hotel Post, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2011
▹ MIRROR
Site: Campus of the Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Commissioned by: Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, 2011
2011
▹ ECHO
Site: Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA A gift from Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, 2014
▹ ECHO, Mad. Sq. Art. Madison Square Park, New York, USA (May-September 2011)
▹ SOUL
Site: Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore
Commissioned by: OFC Public Art Project Ocean Properties, Singapore, 2009
▹ L’ANIMA DELLA MUSICA
Site: Museo del Violino, Cremona, Italy
Commissioned by: Fondazione Arvedi Buschini, Cremona, Italy, 2011
▹ TOLERANCE
Site: Harmony Walk, Buffalo Bayou Park, Allen Parkway at Montrose Boulevard, Houston, Texas, USA
Commissioned by: Greater Houston Community Foundation, Houston, Texas, USA, 2009
2010
▹ BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
Site: Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Commissioned by: Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany, 2010
▹ ALCHEMIST
Site and Commissioned: MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
▹ AWILDA IN SALZBURG
Site: Dietrichsruh, Salzburg University, Sigmund Haffner-Gasser, Salzburg, Austria
Commissioned by: MKM / Sitiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V / Salzburg Foundation, Austria, 2010
▹ OGIJIMA’S SOUL
Site: Ogijima Community Hall, Seto Inland Sea, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Commissioned by: The City of Takamatsu
Supported by: Setouchi International Art Festival 2010
Curated by: Fram Kitagawa
▹ EVEN SHETIA
Site: Towada Arts Center, Aomori, Japan
Comissioned by: Arts Towada / Fumio Nanjo & Ass. 2010
▹ NOMADE
Site: Bastion Saint-Jaume, Quai Rambaud, Antibes, France
Commissioned by: Mairie d’Antibes, Antibes, France, 2008
▹ WORLD VOICES
Site: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
Commissioned by: Emaar Properties – Burj Khalifa Developments, Dubai, 2008
2009
▹ DREAM
Site: Sutton Manor, St Helens, Liverpool, U.K
Commissioned by: St Helens Council / Liverpool Biennial for Contemporary Art, U.K, 2007 Curated by: Laurie Peake, Liverpool Biennial
2008
▹ HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE
Site: Textile Fashion Center, Borås University, Borås, Sweden, 2014
▹ EL ALMA DEL EBRO
Site: Expo 2008 enclosure Ranillas, Zaragoza, Spain
Commissioned by: EXPO ZARAGOZA 2008, Zaragoza, Spain, 2006
2007
▹ NOMADE
Site: Pappajohn Sculpture Park, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
▹ CONVERSATION À NICE
Site: Place Masséna, Nice, France
Commissioned by: Commuanuté d’Agglomération Nice Côte d’Azur, Nice, France, 2005
2005
▹ BREATHING
Site: BBC Broadcasting House, London, UK
Commissioned by: BBC Broadcasting House, 2003
Curated by: Vivien Lovell
2004
▹ THE CROWN FOUNTAIN
Site: Millennium Park, Chicago, USA
Commissioned by: Public Art Program, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago
Supported by: Henry Crown and Company, 2000
▹ WHITE TWINS
Site: Coredo Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Commissioned by: A.I.M Corporation, Tokyo, Japan / Nihonbashi 1-Chome Project, 2003
2003
▹ AS ONE
Site: Lester B Pearson International Airport, Baggage Claim Area, Toronto, Canada
Commissioned by: The Greater Toronto Airport Authority, 2001
Curated by: Elsa Cameron
▹ TALKING CONTINENTS
Site: Jacksonville Arena Plaza, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Commissioned by: Art in Public Places Commission, City of Jacksonville, Florida, 2003
2002
▹ BRIDGE OF LIGHT
Site: Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem, Israel
Commissioned by: The Jerusalem Foundation, 1998
▹ SEELE?
Site: Neanderthal Park, Düsseldorf, Germany
Commissioned by: Neanderthal Museum, 2000
Curated by: Volker Friedrich Marten
2001
▹ MAGRITTE’S DREAM
Site: Aino Station, Fukuroi City, Japan Commissioned by: Fukuroi City, 2000
Curated by: Fram Kitagawa
▹ CASA DORADA PARA PÁJAROS
Site: Plaza Félix Sáenz, Málaga, Spain
Acquired by: the City of Málaga, 2001
Curated by: Pedro Pizarro
▹ MI CASA EN TORRELAVEGA
Site: Paseo de Julio Hauzeur, Torrelavega, Spain
Commissioned by: Ayuntamiento de Torrelavega
Curated by: Fernando Francés
2000
▹ EL CORAZÓN DE LAS PALABRAS
Site: USA Today Headquarters, McLean, Virginia, USA
Commissioned by: Gannett / USA Today, 2000
Curated by: Lisa Austin
▹ GLÄSERNER SEELE or Mr. NET IN BRANDENBURG
Site: Land Brandenburg, Germany
Commissioned by: Ministerium für Wirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg, 1999
Project: Europa, EXPO 2000 Hannover
Curated by: Stefan von Senger
▹ SEVEN DEITIES OF GOOD FORTUNE
Site: Daikanyama, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Commissioned by: Daikanyama Project, 1999
Curated by: Fram Kitagawa
▹ TRANSPARENT DOUBTS
Site: University of Shizuoka for Culture and Art, Hamamatsu, Japan
Commissioned by: the University of Shizuoka for Culture and Art, Hamamatsu, 1999
Curated by: Fumio Nanjo
1999
▹ THE HOUSE OF BIRDS
Site: Mion Nakasato, Japan
Commissioned by: Echigo-Tsumari Art Festival 2000, 1998
Project: Tsumari-go Art Necklace Project
Curated by: Fram Kitagawa
1998
▹ CAPSA DE LLUM
Site: Gran Via de Jaume I and Avenida Ramon Folch, Girona, Spain
Commissioned by: City of Girona, 1997
Curated by: Joan Casanovas
▹ TWINS II
Commissioned by: KBS CPE Office and Kimpo City, 1998
Project: Kimpo International Sculpture Project, Kimpo
Curated by: Sounjou Seo
1996
▹ BLAKE IN GATESHEAD
Site: Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead, U.K.
Commissioned by: the Metropolitan Borough Council Libraries and Arts, Gateshead, 1996
Project: Temporary Contemporary, Visual Arts Year, U.K.
Curated by: Sune Nordgren
1995
▹ ISLAS
Site: Rambla de Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Commissioned by: the Colegio de Arquitectos de Canarias, 1994
Curated by: Vicente Saavedra
1994
▹ FARET TACHIKAWA
Site: Tachikawa City, Japan
Commissioned by: The Housing and Urban Development Corporation and Tachikawa City, 1993
Curated by: Fram Kitagawa
1992
▹ BORN
Site: Passeig del Born, Barcelona, Spain
Commissioned by: Cultural Olympiad, s.a. The Olympic Games of Barcelona and the City of Barcelona, 1992
Project: Configuracions Urbanes, Barcelona
Curated by: Gloria Moure
1991
▹ AUCH
Site: Escalier Monumentale and Place Barbès, Auch, France
Commissioned by: City of Auch and the Ministère de l’Education Nationale et de la Culture, Délégation aux Arts Plastiques, 1990
Curated by: François Barré, Béatrice Salmon, Patrice Béghain and Norbert Duffort
AWARDS
2021
▹ GOLD MEDAL FOR MERIT IN FINE ARTS, Government of Spain, December 2021
▹ CATALÀ DE L’ANY, El Periódico, Barcelona, Spain
▹ PREMI GRAN GRESOL, Fundació Gresol, Reus, Spain
▹ ARTIST OF THE YEAR, American Friends of Museums in Israel, New York, USA
2020
▹ RAMBLISTA D’HONOR, Amics de la Rambla Association, Barcelona, Spain
2019
▹ HONORED AT THE HIRSHHORN NEW YORK GALA: ARTIST x ARTIST, Lincoln Center, New York, USA
▹ GUARDÓ PAU CASALS, Pau Casals Foundation and Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
▹ HONORARY ACADEMICIAN OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS, Moscow, Russia
2018
▹ AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE OF THE UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA, Barcelona, Spain
2017
▹ THE TEN-YEAR AWARD TO THE CROWN FOUNTAIN FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE 2017, AIA Chicago,A Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, Chicago, IL, USA
2016
▹ CAMBIO16 AWARDS Cambio16 Magazine, Madrid, Spain
▹ HONORARY MEMBER University Council of the Arts, University of Alcalá – UAH, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2015
▹ GLOBAL FINE ART AWARDS; BEST PUBLIC OUTDOOR INSTALLATION Freedom Tower, Miami Dade College, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
▹ PREMI ATLÀNTIDA Publishers Guild of Catalunya, Convent dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain
▹ ACADÈMIC D’HONOR DE LA REIAL ACADÈMIA DE BELLES ARTS DE SANT JORDI Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
2014
▹ CIUTAT DE BARCELONA AWARDS Barcelona Council, Barcelona, Spain
▹ TOMÁS FRANCISCO PRIETO PRIZE. XXV Edition Royal Spanish Mint / National Coinage and Stamp Factory, Madrid, Spain
2013
▹ VELAZQUEZ AWARD FOR PLASTIC ARTS Ministry of Education and Culture, Madrid, Spain
▹ ISERLOHNER KUNSTPREIS Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
▹ NATIONAL AWARD FOR GRAPHIC ARTS National Chalcography, Madrid, Spain
2012
▹ NATIONAL AWARD FOR PLASTIC ARTS Ministry of Education and Culture, Madrid, Spain
▹ 5 PREMIS TENDÈNCIES. EL MUNDO DE CATALUNYA Best Consolidated Creator, Barcelona, Spain
▹ CREU DE SANT JORDI Generalitat of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
2011
▹ PREMI GAC 2011 Association of Catalonian Galleries Award, Barcelona, Spain
2010
▹ BEST PUBLISHED BOOK ON 2009 – BIBLIOPHILY STATUS Ministry of Culture, General Direction for books, archives and libraries, Madrid, Spain
▹ CIVIC TRUST AWARDS Liverpool, UK
2009
▹ THE 2009 MARSH AWARD FOR PUBLIC SCULPTURE London, UK
▹ PRECAST CONCRETE SOCIETY SPECIAL CREATIVITY AWARD London,UK
2007
▹ HEITLAND FOUNDATION PRIZE Celle, Germany
2006
▹ THE BOMBAY SAPPHIRE PRIZE / ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR GLASS WORK The Bombay Sapphire Foundation, London, UK
▹ VILLA DE MADRID ETCHING AWARD Madrid, Spain
2005
▹ AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE OF THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Chicago, Illinois, USA
2003
▹ VILLA DE MADRID SCULPTURE AWARD Madrid, Spain
1999
▹ GOLD MEDAL OF PRAGUE QUADRENNIAL FOR STAGE DESIGN AND THEATRE ARCHITECTURE Prague, Czech
1998
▹ KOINÉ’83 AWARD Milan / Honorific exhibition at the Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
▹ PRIZE OF THE SPANISH ASSOCIATION OF ART CRITICS Madrid, Spain
1997
▹ NATIONAL ART AWARD OF CATALONIA Barcelona, Spain
1996
▹ ALEXANDER CALDER FOUNDATION Sache, France
1993
▹ AWARDED CHEVALIER DES ARTS ET LETTRES Ministry of Culture, Paris, France