Jesus Mari Lazkano

Jesus Mari Lazkano - RAUDFJORDEN IV

Artist Biography: JESUS MARI LAZKANO (Bergara, 1960) is a Basque artist who lives and works in Urdaibai. With a degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), he has exhibited in numerous countries in Europe, the United States and Asia. Associate Professor in the Department of Painting and PhD in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country, in 1994, he read his doctoral thesis "On the distance between the formal in architecture and architecture as an image..." Although he has been focused on nature for years, his stays in cities such as New York, Chicago, Dallas, or Rome have structured his work in successive thematic series, strengthening his link with architecture. Interested in the integration of Painting in Architecture, he has carried out important large-scale works in public spaces, such as the Basque Parliament, the Euskalduna Palace, the Bilbao Metro, the San Mames Interchange, the water tank in Gernika, the Aula Magna of the University of the Basque Country-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea or the project for the Mataderos Bridge together with the studio of the architect Adrian Geuze. West 8 Urban Design & Landscape architecture, as well as at the Shanghai World Expo. In 2007 he received the Titanio Prize from the Official College of Basque-Navarrese Architects, which distinguishes artists who contribute architectural knowledge and presents a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. In 2010 he presented a major exhibition at the Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts, which brings together works from the last ten years, as well as recent work, focused on the architecture-nature dialectic with the museum building itself and its works as an excuse Theme. After several exhibitions in China, in 2016 and coinciding with the European Capital of Culture in San Sebastian, a complete retrospective of his last 40 years of work is organized in the Kubo room of the Kursaal. He is a full member of Jakiunde, the Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of the Basque Country. His work can be found in various collections and museums in several countries, such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. In June 2017, he was part of a scientific-artistic expedition to the Arctic, organized by the New York Foundation The Arctic Circle, in search of extreme landscapes from a sublime point of view. The publishing house NEREA has published an extensive monograph with texts by the author, which delves into the conceptual component of painting. Recently, Lazkano has premiered the film ARTIKO, produced by Josu Venero (Signo Digital) and with texts and sound by the bertsolari Xabi Paya.