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


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