Juan Uslé

Juan Uslé (born 1954) is a contemporary Spanish painter known for his use of color and abstraction. In 2002, he won Spain's National Award for Plastic Arts.[1] He lives and works in New York and Saro (Cantabria).

Juan Uslé
Born1954 (age 65–66)
Santander, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Known forPainting, Abstraction
AwardsNational Award for Plastic Arts (2002)

Early life and education

Uslé was born in Santander, Spain in 1954. He studied fine art at Escuela Superior de Belles Artes in San Carlos, Valencia from 1973 to 1977.

Exhibitions

Uslé has been exhibiting since the 1980s and since then has had numerous solo and group exhibitions across Europe, North America and South America. He is represented by Frith Street Gallery in London,[2] Cheim & Read in New York City, Gallery Thomas Schulte in Berlin and L.A. Louver gallery in Los Angeles.

Recent solo exhibitions of Uslé's work include Notes on Soñe que Revelabas, Museu D'Art Contemporani D' Eivissa MACE, Ibiza (2019),[3] Open Night, Frith Street Gallery, London (2018),[4] Al Clarear, Frith Street Gallery, London (2014),[5] Dark Light, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; travelling to Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2014), Nudos Y Rizomas, Es Baluard, Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Majorca (2010),[6] Juan Uslé: MO-HI-NA, Frith Street Gallery, London (2009), Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga (2007), Open Rooms, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander (2004), SMAK, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuale Kunst, Ghent (2004), IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2004), Open Rooms, Palacio de Velazquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2003), Juan Usle First Time, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (2002), Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Centro Cultural Caja de Cantabria (2000), among others.

He has also participated in a number of recognized group exhibitions, including Al Norte de la tormenta. Da Robert Rauschenberg a Juan Muñoz, MAXII, Roma (2019), Abstract Painting Now!, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (2017), Made in Spain. Periplo del arte español de hoy, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (2015), Silver, Frith Street Gallery, London (2014), Selecciones IV, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2014), Mínima Resistencia, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2013), among others.

Museums and public collections

Uslé's work is held in various collections, both public and private, including the Birmingham Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, IMMA, Irish Museum of modern Art, Dublin, MACBA, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxemburg, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander, Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Marugame Hirai Museum, Japan, Museu Serralves, Porto, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spencer Collection, New York Public Library, New York, SMAK, Stedelïjk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich and Tate Modern, London.

    Publications
    • Schwabsky, Barry (2016), Juan Uslé: The Blind Entrance, Ediciones Polígrafa. English: ISBN 9788434313309; Spanish: ISBN 9788434313392
    • Berg, Stephan, Ángel González and Raphael Rubinstein (2014), Juan Uslé: Soñé que revelabas, Kunstmuseum Bonn/Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea. ISBN 978-3954760534
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    References
    1. "El pintor Juan Uslé, Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. November 13, 2002. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
    2. Gallery, Frith Street. "Juan Uslé - Artists". Frith Street Gallery. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
    3. "Juan Uslé". www.eivissa.es. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
    4. Gallery, Frith Street. "Juan Uslé: Open Night - Exhibitions". Frith Street Gallery. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
    5. Gallery, Frith Street. "Juan Uslé: Al Clarear - Exhibitions". Frith Street Gallery. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
    6. "JUAN USLÉ". Es Baluard. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
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