MANUEL CASTRO MELLADO

Born in Córdoba in 1944. Resident in Barcelona since 1952. Studied art at La Llotja and the Book Arts Conservatory (Etching and Lithography) in Barcelona. Awarded a grant by the Castellblanch Foundation to continue his studies in Paris.

He featured in his first Collective Exhibition in 1967.


INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

1969
Sala Jaimes (Barcelona)

1973
Galeria Matisse (Barcelona)
Galeria Fort (Tarragona)
Galeria Lo Marraco (Lleida)

1974
Sala de Cultura (Pamplona)
Sala de Arte de la CAMPC (Córdoba)

1975
Galeria Lleonart (Barcelona)
Galeria d’Alaro (Sitges)

1976
Galeria La Mulassa (Vilanova i la Geltrú)
Galeria Seny (Barcelona)

1977
Galeria Víctor Bailo (Saragossa)
Sala Provincia (León)

1978
Galeria Joan de Serrallonga (Barcelona)
Galeria Soler Casamada (Terrassa)

1981
Galeria El Setze (Martorell)

1985
Spanish Institute of Culture (Munich, Germany)

1987
Galeria Gràfica 4 (Barcelona)

1989
Galería Duayer (Madrid)

1991
Galeria Palma XII (Vilafranca del Penedès)

1993
Galeria Jordi Barnadas -Large format engravings- (Barcelona)
Galeria Palma XII -Large format engravings- (Vilafranca del Penedès)

1994
Sala Ferrés i Puig, Museu Monjo -Painting 1976/1994- (Vilassar de Mar)

1995
Galeria 3 Punts, "Figuracions" ("Imagination") - Painting 1980/1995 -. (Barcelona)
Sala de Exposiciones Caja Madrid —Painting and Engraving- (Barcelona)

1997
Sala de Exposiciones Caja Sur (Córdoba)

1998
Galeria 3 Punts (Barcelona)
Galeria 22 (Igualada, Barcelona)

1999
Galeria Jordi Barnadas (Barcelona)
Galeria Cobalto (Córdoba)
Galeria Spai d’Art (Terrassa)

2000
Galeria Art 2 mil 2 (Zaragoza)

2001
Galeria Jordi Barnadas (Barcelona)

2002
Galeria 22 (Igualada, Barcelona)
Galeria Brigitte Griffault (Montauban, Francia)

2003
"Sa Nostra" Foundation (Ciutadella and Mahón, Balearics)
Llibreria Blanquerna (Madrid)

2004
Caja Duero Foundation (Medina del Campo and Zamora, Valladolid)
Art and Gastronomy Foundation (Madrid)

2005
Galeria Enquadres (Valladolid)
Galeria Espai G d’Art (Terrassa)
Galeria 22 (Igualada, Barcelona)

2006
Galeria Kroma (Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona)
Galeria Brigitte Griffault (Montauban, Francia)
Galería Fermín Echauri (Pamplona)
Galeria Roberto Resino (Madrid)

2007
Galeria Enquadres (Valladolid)

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

Salón de Mayo
Former Hospital of the Holy Cross and Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona

Inglada-Guillot Foundation
Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona

Tribute to the poet J.V. Foix
Barcelona and Ampurdán Museum, Figueres

Blanco y Negro
Several editions, Madrid

"El Arte de la Ilustración" ("The Art of Illustration"). Itinerant exhibition devoted to the work of Federico García Lorca (Granada - London - Paris - Rome - Amsterdam - Buenos Aires, etc.) Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation, Granada

Tribute to Joan Miró
Sala Pelaires and Association of Architects, Palma de Mallorca

Art collection of the newspaper "Avui"
Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona

VII Biennial Engraving Exhibition
Krakow, Poland

"La otra realidad" ("The other reality")
Galería René Metras, Barcelona

Firart 1990/91/92/93/94
Vilafranca del Penedès

Collective exhibition of small formats
Galería Palma XII, Vilafranca del Penedès

Hipermerc’art
Sala Vinçon, Barcelona

Municipal Workshop
La Farga, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat

"Tres del Penedes" ("Three from the Penedes")
Galería Palma XII, Vilafranca del Penedès (1991)

Graphic Work
Galería Palma XII, Vilafranca del Penedès (1991)

Painting (Together with Andrada, Resino and Sevillano)
Galería Duayer, Madrid (1991)

Painters for ‘92
Córdoba (1991)

International Biennial Engraving Exhibition 1991/92/94
Ourense

Art – Quitecturas
Galería Palma XII, Vilafranca del Penedès (1991)

Josep Rivera Int. Biennial Engraving Exhibition 1991/93
Finalist (Játiva)

226 Th. Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy, London (1994)

Ibizagrafic’94
XIII Biennial Exhibition, Ibiza

Contemporany Print Art Nagoya’95
Itinerant Exhibition through Japan and Spain

Les Comun "Arts"
Théatre de la Mer, -Sete- France

Galería Brigitte Griffault 1995/96/97/98
Montauban, France

Galería 3 Punts 1995/96/97/98
Barcelona

Christmas Collection 1999/2000/01/02/03/04/05/06
Galería Jordi Barnadas, Barcelona

Galería Espai G d’Art 2003/04/05/06
Terrassa

Galería Anquins 35. Saló de Maig’07
Reus

Galería Mada Primavesi’07
Madrid

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FAIRS
(personal exhibitions with art galleries or individually)

1976
Artexpo. Palacio de Alfons XIII de Barcelona. (Painting)

1982
Arteder, Bilbao (Drawing)
Arteder, Bilbao (Engraving)

1986
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (original graphic work)

1987
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (original graphic work)

1988
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (original graphic work)

1989
Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany (original graphic work)
Lineart / Gent, Gant -Belgium- (Painting)

1990
Lineart / Gent, Gant - Belgium - Presented by the Alain Blondel Gallery, Paris

1991
Grafic/Art, International Engraving Fair - Galeria Palma XII - Barcelona

1992
Grafic/Art, International Engraving Fair (Barcelona Provincial Council)

1993
II Catalan Paper Exhibition - Gelida, Barcelona - (Engraving)

1997
Artexpo - Galeria 3 Punts - (Barcelona)

1998
Artexpo - Galeria 3 Punts - (Barcelona)

2000
Artexpo - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Barcelona)

2001
De Arte - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Madrid)

2003
Artexpo - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Barcelona)

2004
Art Fair - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Milan)

2005
Art Fair - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Strasbourg)
Art Fair - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Milan)

2006
Art Fair - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Strasbourg)
Art Fair - Galeria Jordi Barnadas - (Milan)

PRIZES


1966
Barcelona City Council (Barcelona)

1969
Grant from the Castellblanch Foundation (Paris)

1970
Alfred Sisquella - Sala Parés - (Barcelona)

1971
Joan Serra - Sala Parés - (Barcelona)
Silver Medal - National Drawing Prize - (Manresa)

1973
University of Granada, Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation

1977
1st "Miquel Carbonell" Painting Prize (Molins de Rei)

1991
2nd "Carmen Arozena" Engraving Prize - Galería Tórculo - (Madrid)

1993
1st International Engraving Prize (Cebreros, Ávila)

1994
Finalist in the 2nd Biennial Engraving Exhibition of Játiva

1996
Purchase Prize at the 1st Biennial Exhibition of Alcoi


EDITIONS

1980
"Les roques i el mar, el Blau" ("The rocks and the sea, the Blue"), by Salvador Espriu (Edición de Bibliófilo) Etchings - together with J.Serra Mestres -

1989
"Voracitat Blanca" ("White Voracity"), by Angel Custodi Various editions - etchings, lithography and silk screen printing

— Work in collections in the U.S.A., Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, etc.
— National Chalcography, Madrid
— Geneva Print Room, Switzerland
— Museo del Cabildo Insular de la Palma, Canary Islands
— University of Heidelberg, Germany
— University of Barcelona, Barcelona
— Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona
— Museum of Contemporary Art, Vilacasas Foundation, Torroella de Montgrí, Girona
— La Caixa Collection, Barcelona


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