Juan Uslé is an American / Spanish painter known for his original use of intense color.

Biography

Juan Uslé was born in Santander

Santander, Cantabria

The port city of Santander is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 183,446 .-History:...

, Spain

Spain

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 in 1954. He lives and works between Saro (Cantabria

Cantabria

Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...

) and New York City. He studied fine art

Fine art

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 at Escuela Superior de Belles Artes in San Carlos, Valencia from 1973-77.

Uslé first exhibited in New York in 1989 at the Farideh Cadot Gallery. His paintings have been shown in galleries and museums since 1981.

He is represented by Cheim & Read in New York City, Gallery Thomas Schulte in Berlin, and LA Louver gallery in Los Angeles.

Solo exhibitions

2010

Nudos y Rizomas (knots and rhizomes). Es Baluard

Es Baluard

Es Baluard is the museum of modern and contemporary art of Palma, Majorca, Spain.Founded on 30 January 2004, Es Baluard exhibits an important collection of contemporary art, of Balearic artists or made by those related somehow to the Balearic Islands. In addition of showing the pieces that form...

 Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Majorca (01/29/10-05/02/10)

2009

Juan Uslé, La Novia de Belchite Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp

2008

Juan Uslé, Ojo-nido, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, California (5/22 - 7/5/28) Full exhibition page for Ojo-nido at LA Louver gallery

Valencia Bancaja Headquarters, Valencia (4/1–6/30/08)

Cheim & Read, New York (2/7–3/15/08)

2007

Juan Uslé. Switch on / Switch off, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain (9/14-11/25/07)

Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin

Luz Aislada, Zoom, Santander, Spain

2006

Frith Street Gallery, London, England (3/3/06-4/21/06)

En Otros Ojos, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid (6/22/06-7/15/06)

Pieles y Miradas (with Victoria Civera), Galería Siboney, Santander, Spain

2005

Alegre (with Victoria Civera), Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgium

2004

Coágulo y Trama, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid (6/24/06-7/24/06)

Open Rooms, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander; SMAK, Stedlïjk Museum voor Actuale Kunst, Gante; IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2003

Open Rooms, Palacio de Velaquez, Parque del Retiro, Madrid Spain (10/16/03 - 1/12/04) traveled to: S.M.A.K., Gent, April/May/June 2004, Fundacion Botin Santander Summer 2004; Imma Dublin
September/October 2004

New Painting, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany

2002

Cheim & Read, New York

Saro on paper. Juan Uslé, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium, Belgium (12/5/02-1/18/03)

Galerie Guislaine Houssenot, Paris

First Time, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

2001

Llebrana and Gramaland, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona

Quartos Escuro e Amarello, Museu Serralves/Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto, Portugal (5/18-7/8/01)

Beauty & Sorrow, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid

Llebrana and Gramaland, Photographs, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (2/9–4/7/01)

2000

Carmen del Negro, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Diputacion Provincial de Granada Cultura: Area de Bienestar Social, Granada, Spain (5/5–6/25/00), traveled to Museo de Bellas Artes Ayuntamiento de Santander, Santander, Spain (7/7–9/2000)

Noche Abierta, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA (5/23–7/1/00)

Museums and public collections

• Artium-Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava, Vitoria
• Autoridad Portuaria, Santander
• Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
• Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
• Centre Pompidou, Paris
• Col-lecció Testimoni, "la Caixa", Barcelona
• Arte Contemporáneo Fundación "la Caixa", Barcelona
• Consejería de Cultura, Turismo y Deportes, Gobierno de Cantabria
• George Eastman House, Rochester
• Collection Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria
• Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Ministère de Culture, Paris
• Foundation AENA. Colección de Arte Contemporàneo
• Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
• MIGROS, Museum für Gegenwatskunst, Zurich
• Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
• Moderna Museet, Stockholm
• Musèe d'Art Moderne, Luxemburg
• Museo de Arte Contemporàneo Español, Patio
• Herreriano, Valladolid
• Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander
• Mueso de Torrelaguna, Madrid
• Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Español Contemporàneo, Badajoz
• Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
• Museum Marugame Hirai, Japan
• Museu Serralves, Porto
• Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
• Parlamento de Cantabria, Santander
• Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gante
• New York Public Library, New York
• Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich
• Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart
• Städtisches Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen
• Tate Modern, London
• University Art Museum, Long Beach, California
• Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey

External links

• Uslé biography and images at LA Louver gallery