Although influenced by ideas ranging from philosophy to multiculturalism, Juan Uslé's lyrical abstract works do not aim to be in any way representational, rather
they convey his personal vision of the world, which is poetic rather than narrative. His paintings are not a window on the world but are an area of dialogue, which he
probes and explores. Many of his paintings lead the viewer into a labyrinthine space in which Uslé's precise articulation seems to point in a specific direction while still,
paradoxically, leaving the way open to the viewer's interpretation.
Juan Uslé had a solo exhibition at Frith Street Gallery in 2006. Other recent solo exhibitions include CAC Malaga (exhibition continues until 6 January 2008), Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander; SMAK, Stedlijk Museum voor Actuale Kunst,
Ghent; IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.
Uslé's work has been exhibited widely in group exhibitions including: Venice Biennale 2005 and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2004. The artist lives and works
in Santander, Spain and New York.
Please click on the News section of the site to read about forthcoming exhibitions and projects.
BIOGRAPHY
1954
Born Santander
1973-77
Escuela Superior de San Carlos, Valencia
Lives and works in New York and Santander
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2007 Frith Street Gallery
Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Malaga, Spain
Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Frith Street Gallery, London press release+works list
Coagulo y trama, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain
Alegre, together with Victoria Civera, Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Coagulo y trama, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Open Rooms, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander
SMAK, Stedlijk Museum voor Actuale Kunst, Gante
IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Open Rooms, Palacio de Velazquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Juan Uslé: New Painting, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
Juan Uslé, Cheim and Read, Nueva York
Juan Uslé, Galerie Guislaine Houssenot, Paris
Juan Uslé First Time, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Alemania
Saro on Paper, Juan Uslé, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Amberes
Beauty & Sorrow, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo
Llerana and Gramarand, Photographs, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
Noche Abierta, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles
Distancia Insalvable, Centro Cultural Casa del Cordon, Burgos
Carmen del negro, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Diputacion Provincial de Granada
Distancia Insalvable, Museo de Bellas Artes de Santander, Centro Cultural Caja de Cantabria, Sala Luz Norte, Santander
Juan Uslé, Palacete Embarcadero, Santander
Blind Entrance, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York
Mantis, Galerie Buchmann, Cologne
Luz Aislada", Galeria Estiarte, Madrid
La Mirada del Artista (con David Salle), Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
644 Comun, ( con V. Civera),Van Laere Contemporary Art, Amberes
Recent Paintings, Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin
Vanishing Lines, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
With & without memory, Sala Robayera, Miengo, Cantabria
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Galeria Camargo Vilaa, Sao Paulo (with Victoria Civera)
Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich
Luz Aislada, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York
Everyday, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
Back & Forth, IVAM, Valencia
1 de Mayo en Lund", Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Galerie Buchmann, Basilea
Ojo Roto, MACBA, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona
Ojo Roto, L.A.Louver, Los Angeles
Lunada, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Sin lugar-Singular, Galerie Buchmann, Cologne
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Mal de Sol, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Abstraction: Extracting from the World, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
El efecto Guerrero. Centro Jose Guerrero. Granada
Last Call - Letzte Runde . Thomas Schulte Galerie, Berlin
51 Bienal de Venecia. Pabellon Italiano,Venecia
Yankee Love and Latin Doodle, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
Project Rooms, Arco 05, Madrid
Stand El Mundo, Arco 05, Madrid (with Victoria Civera)
Reubicacion, Galeria Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca
Contemporanea arte, Sala Amos Salvador, Logrono
Monocromos: De Malevich al presente, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
The Widening Gyre, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
Nine Little Giants, Galerie Tomas Schulte, Berlin
On painting, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City
Fragmentos: Arte del XX al XXI, Coleccion Pilar Citoler, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
Don 't think twice, it 's all right, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Amberes
Museo de Museos: 25 museos de Arte Contemporaneo en la Espana de la Constitucion, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Simple Marks, Cheim & Read, Nueva York
Mano a mano: 25 anos de construccion democratica, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
New Abstract painting - Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Alemania
Distintas miradas, Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporaneo de Madrid
Watercolor in the Abstract, exposicion itinerante comisariada por Pamela Auchincioss
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, Nueva York
Michel C. Rockefeller Arts Center Gallery SUNY a Fredonia
Butier Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Nina Freundenheim, Inc, Buffalo, Nueva York
Ben Shahn Gallery, Williams Patterson University Wayne N
Sarah Moody Gallery, of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaoosa
Before and after Science, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Abstraction in photography, Von Lintel Gallery, Nueva York
Memoria de un recorrido, Coleccion Caja de Burgos, Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Coleccion Aena de Arte Contemporaneo, Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander
Margins of Abstraction, Kouros Gallery, Nueva York
Zen-Rosy, Von Lintel Gallery, Nueva York
Volume 1, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Amberes
Galeria Blancpain Stepczynsky, Ginebra, Suiza
Alma del norte, Mercado del Este, Cantabria
Abstracciones 1950-2000, Fundacion Telefonica, Santiago de Chile, Chile
El siglo de Picasso en las colecciones del MNCARS, Galeria Nacional de Atenas, Grecia
ARCO'01, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Generacion, Galeria Moises Perez de Albeniz, Pamplona
Sharp photographies, Baltimore Museum, Baltimore
DRAWINGS, Frith Street Gallery, London
Lasker-Marcaccio, Usle, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco
Photographs by painters, photographers, sculptors, Lennon, Weinberg Gallery, New York
Dialogos con la fotografia. Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Flash Back, (80,5). Barbara Farber/La Serre, Chateau Vallat, Trets-France
Aspectos de la coleccion, Fundacion La Caixa, Madrid
Eurovision, Saatchi Gallery, London
Opulent, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York
Reconstructions: The imprint of nature / the impact of science, Baruch College, The City
University of New York
Super - Abstraction, The Box, Turin. Itinerante a Galerie Les Frilles du Calvaire, Paris
Universal Abstraction 2000, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City
Painting Language, L.A Louver, Los Angeles
Pintura Europea actual - Un encuentro entre el norte y el sur (Coleccion de Tore A. Holm
- Exposicion itinerante 1999 - 2000), Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos de Zaragoza
Coleccion de arte contemporaneo Fundacion La Caixa, Pasajes de la coleccion en Malaga, Sala de Exposiciones del palacio Episcopal de Malaga
Visiones de la Coleccion de Arte Contemporaneo de la Fundacion La Caixa, Fundacion La Caixa, Palma de Mallorca
Dialogos con la fotografia, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Coleccion de arte contemporaneo Fundacion LA Caixa, Aspectos de la Coleccion, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundacion La Caixa, Madrid
Dos Milenios en la historia de Espana: Ano 1000, Ano 2000, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
Musees Royaux d'Art et d' Histoire, Bruxelles
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