Luis Gordillo

Luis Gordillo - Unpublished small

Artist Biography: Luis Gordillo (Seville, Spain, 1934) and master of several generations of abstract artists, awakens and cultivates very early his passion for art. Throughout more than six decades he navigates between different artistic currents, whose particular interpretation and perpetual renovation have made him one of the main plastic references in Spain, both in the avant-garde of the last century and today. Thus, we can affirm that Gordillo's style is more a result of his own trajectory, of evolutions and ruptures, than of the individual sources from which he has drawn over the years. We see it in the tendency to unfold an image, close to a kaleidoscopic vision, which has its basis in his geometric tendencies. Among his numerous exhibitions in public spaces it is worth mentioning the following anthological exhibitions: MACBA (Barcelona, 1999), Museum Folkwang (Essen, 2000), IVAM (Valencia, 1993), Meadows Museum (Dallas, 1994), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofi'a (Madrid, 2007), Kunst Museum (Bonn, 2008), CAAC (Seville, 2016), Koldo Michelena (San Sebastián, 2017). He has also been awarded prizes and mentions including the National Prize for Plastic Arts (1981), the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (1996), Knight of Arts and Letters of France (2007) and the Velázquez Prize for Plastic Arts (2007). Luis Gordillo's work can be found in many public and private collections, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, the Artium de Vitoria, the Fundación La Caixa, the Fundació Suñol in Barcelona, the Fundación AENA, the Colección Pilar Citoler, the Fundación Juan March, and the Fundación Helga de Alvear.