Mateo Vilagrasa

Painting

He has exhibited in countless galleries and institutions in Spain, Germany and Frankfurt, among others.

It is part of collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, Spain or the collection of the Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany.

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BIOGRAPHY

Born in San Rafael del Maestrazgo (1944), Valencia. In the early seventies Mateo Vilagrasa travels for the first time outside Spain and travels to Paris and Germany, where he connects with the German expressionism of Pechstein, Nolde, Beckmann and the abstract expressionism of Pollock. A year later he enters the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona.

After abandoning his studies, Vilagrasa established his main residence in Frankfurt where he stayed for a few years and studied engraving, lithography and photography. In 1976 Vilagrasa returns to Spain and two years later settles in Barcelona where he will develop new forms.
In 2018 the artist passed away at the age of 74 in La Cardosa, Spain. 

In addition to being a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists and co-founder of the Frankfurt Art Collective, The Mateo Vilagrasa Foundation (FMV) was created in 2005 to accommodate a physical and institutional space in which to preserve and disseminate the artist’s work.

CURRICULUM

COLLECTIONS

> Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona. Spain
> Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München. Germany
> Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt. Germany
> Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Villafamés, Castellón. Spain
> Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Nicaragua. Nicaragua
> La Fábrica. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Abarca de Campos. Spain
> Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona. Spain

SOLO SHOWS

> 2018. La luz Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt. Alemania
> 2016. Quaderns i llibres heterònims Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs. Lérida
> 1999. Tres records i una presència de Mateo Vilagrasa o el compromís de l’artista amb si mateix, Galería Ignacio Lassaletta. Barcelona. Spain
> 1997. Mira, Obra Social Caixa de Sabadell 1997 Tombar la H - l’Arquitectura i l’arquitextura. Mateo Vilagrasa, Casal Sollerich. Ayuntamiento de Palma de Mallorca. Spain
> 1992. La obra de Mateo Vilagrasa, Galerie Hermanns. Munich. Alemania

BOOKS

> 2021-2022 Manifiesto sobre arte y libertad/ Aforismos. Fundación Mateo Vilagrasa
> 2018. Castell de la Cardosa. Cervera. Lérida 2018 La Luz. Catálogo de la exposición. Frankfurt am Main. Germany
> 2017. Libro de Libros. Editorial Godoy
> Murcia 1999 Libro de arte. Editorial Godoy. Murcia 1986 Barcelona