José Carlos Balanza
Balanza has participated in different art fairs: “Interarte” (Valencia) 1985, 1986, 1990; ‘Arco’ (Madrid) 1986; ‘Art Jonctión Internacional’ (Nice) 1987, 1990; ‘Lineart’ (Ghent) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994; ‘Art London’ (London) 1989; ‘KunterRay’ (Amsterdam) 1996; “Cologne International Art Fair” (Germany) 2001; ‘Arte Santander’ (Santander) 2007, 2016; ‘Art Madrid’ (Madrid) 2016, 2020; ‘SCULTO’ (Logroño) 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021; FIG (Bilbao) 2022,2023; Art3f (Paris) 2023.
He has been invited to various exhibitions representing La Rioja or Spain: Transmanierismo, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara (Italy) 1987; Pabellón Creación al sur, within the fair “Art Jonctión Internacional” (Nice) 1987; BIO, Óbidos (Portugal) 1991; Ocho referencias de las artes plásticas riojanas, Expo'92, (Sevilla) 1992; Pintura española en el final de siglo, Spanish Presidency in Europe, Palacio Municipal de Congresos (Madrid) 1995.
He has participated in video-art and multimedia festivals, among others LOOP (Barcelona) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2013, 2014, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022; BAC at the CCCB (Barcelona) 2008; or DiscoDuro.QNK , Fundación Antonio Saura (Cuenca) 2009.
He has also participated in other national and international calls: Terzo Millennio Pianeta Azurro, VII Muestra de Escultura Contemporanea, Museo Di Scultura A Fregene, Rome (Italy) 1995; Omagio a la terra Scolpita, Centro Culturale Cá La Ghironda, Bologna (Italy) 1995; Galicia Terra Única, Xunta de Galicia (Ourense) 1997; “Okuparte”, Festival de Arte (Huesca) 2005; De Miró a Clavé paraula y forma a l'art contemporani, Museo de Sant Cugat, Sant Cugat (Barcelona) 2005. 11111, Santa Gulia Museum, Brescia (Italy) 2007; QQEWZ, Justus Liebig Haus Wissenschaftsstadt, Darmstadt (Germany) 2006; OXIGENARTE -Segovia 2016- (Segovia) 2009. Figuration/Abstraction, Works from the Würth Spain Collection, Würth España S.A. Palau Solità i Plegamans (Barcelona) 2011; Somos, sois, eres, soy, Museo Würth La Rioja 2014; “SIANOJA 2016” International Art Symposium, Noja (Cantabria); Visites inesperades, Museo Can Framis Vila Casas, 2023 (Barcelona); “Wolhin das Auge reicht” Neue Einblicke in die Sammlung Würth. Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall (Germany) 2018.
Recurring themes in his work are:
Time: 246,429 minutes, Museo Würth La Rioja, 2009.
Space, language, the limit: Inside, in different galleries.
Logic: It is logical, Sala Amós Salvador, Logroño 2009 and different galleries.
Drawing: Drawing at Cacis, Center for Contemporary Art and sustainability Calders (Barcelona) 2010.
(Barcelona) 2010; Drawing at Würth, Würth Museum La Rioja, 2011.
The distance: The distance, Ediciones del 4 de agosto (publication).
The answer: Time of Light, Fundació Marguerida de Montferrato and different galleries.
His work is represented in various collections and museums.
He has several public sculptures.
He has been artistic director of the Fundació Marguerida de Montferrato -Balaguer- from 2015 to March 2024.
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