Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa
1955, Barcelona, Spain
Biography:
Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa (Barcelona, 1955) is at the forefront of the contemporary art scene, having lived and worked in Berlin, Brussels, England and France since 1980. Currently dividing his time between residences in Barcelona and Paris, Plensa created The Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.
Plensa's numerous outdoor projects and commissions for public spaces are located in Barcelona, Lleida, Girona, Torrelavega and Tenerife (Spain); Auch and St. Denis (France); Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Tachikawa, Mion Nakasato and Fukuroi (Japan); Yorkshire and Baltic-Gateshead (England); Jerusalem (Israel); Pistoia (Italy); Kimpo (Korea); Neanderthal and Brandenburg (Germany); Vallorbe (Switzerland); Gloucester, Jacksonville and Washington (USA); and, Toronto (Canada), among others.
Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized in galleries and museums throughout Europe, the U.S. and Japan. Included among them are: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (Spain); Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (France); The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax (England); Malmö Konsthalle, Malmö (Sweden); Stadtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim (Germany); Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon (France); Museo Luigi Pecci, Prato (Italy); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (Germany); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien (Austria); Tamada Projects, Tokyo (Japan); Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (USA); Galerie Lelong, New York (USA); Palacio de Velázquez-Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Madrid (Spain); and The Arts Club, Chicago (USA).
Since 1996, Plensa has also applied his artistic vision to stage and costume design for some of the world's most important operatic productions, including Falla's Atlantida in Granada, Spain; S. Sebastian by Debussy in Rome; The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz in Salzburg Festpiele; and, Mozart's The Magic Flute for the Ruhr Triennale.
Exhibitions:
Personal Exhibitions
2009
Triptych, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna
In the Midst of Dreams, Galerie Lelong, New York
Jaume Plensa, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Bareclona
Slumberland, Galerie Lelong, Paris
Silent Music, Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow
2008
Jaume Plensa, Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milano
Jaume Plensa, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos
Jaume Plensa, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jaume Plensa. La Riva de Acheronte. Im Dialog IX. Stadtkirche, Darmstadt
Jaume Plensa, Save our Souls. Albion Gallery, London
2007
Jaume Plensa, IVAM-Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia
Jaume Plensa, MAMAC, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice
Nomade, Bastion Saint-Jaume, Quaid Rambaud Organaized by Musée Picasso, Antibes
Silent Voices, Museum at Tamada Projects, Tokyo
Jaume Plensa / Shakespeare, Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona
Sinónimos, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
2006
I in his eyes as one that found peace, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago / New York
Une âme, deux corps…trois ombres, Galerie Lelong, Paris
Jerusalem, Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani Es Baluard, L’Aljub, Palma de Mallorca
Canetti’s Dream, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Wien
Songs and Shadows, Galerie Lelong, New York
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
