Ignacio
Valdes

Biography

Born 1956 in Santiago, Chile.
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.

Education

  • 1995–1996MFA, Slade School of Fine Arts, UCL, London, England
  • 1988Pratt Institute, New York, USA
  • 1981–1983Beaux Arts, Paris, France
  • 1979–1980Academia Belli Arti, Carrara, Italy
  • 1974–1978School of Fine Arts, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Grants

  • 1996British Council, U.K.
  • 1991Ministero Affari Esteri, Italy
  • 1988–1989Fulbright, USA
  • 1979–1980Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Italy

Solo exhibitions

  • 2018Palacio Consistorial, Municipalidad de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
  • 2017Corporacion Cultural Valdivia, Valdivia, Chile
  • 2016Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MAC, Santiago, Chile
  • East Wing Biennale, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England
  • 2015AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
  • 2012AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
  • 2010La Cave, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2009'Tooting Bec Lido', Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
  • AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
  • The Apartment, London, England
  • 2008Galeria Biondetta, Madrid, Spain
  • Milton Gallery, London, England
  • 2007Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Mark Ransom Gallery, London, England
  • 2005La Fontaine, Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama, Bahrain
  • AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
  • 2003Cadogan Contemporary, London, England
  • 2001Instituto Cervantes of London, London, England
  • AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
  • 2000Ferguson McDonald Gallery, London, England
  • 1999Espace d'Art Mille Feuilles, Tunis, Tunisia
  • 1998Pinacoteca of Pireas, Athens, Greece
  • 199044th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
  • Istituto Italo-Latino Americano IILA, Rome, Italy

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2014Pinta Art Fair, with AMS Marlborough Gallery, Miami, USA
  • 2013'Maderas', AMS Marlborough Gallery, Santiago, Chile
  • 2007'Latin America through its Artists', IFA Village Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2006'Obras Marcadas', Galeria Animal, Santiago, Chile
  • 2000'Presencia Chilena en Italia', Istituto Italo-Latino Americano, Rome, Italy
  • 1992'Chilean Artists', Maniesh Centre, Moscow, Russia
  • 1989'Aquellos Anos 80', Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
  • 1982L'Amerique Latine a Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France
  • 1974'Arte Joven', Carmen Waugh Gallery, Santiago, Chile

Works in public and corporate collections

  • Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, Santiago
  • Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago
  • Congreso Nacional de Chile, Valparaiso
  • Banco de Chile, Santiago
  • BHP Billiton, Santiago
  • Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago
  • Chase Manhattan Bank, Washington DC
  • Chilean Embassy, United Nations, New York
  • Primary Capital Bank, London
  • British Council, London
  • Chilean Embassy, London
  • Istituto Italo-Latino Americano IILA, Rome
  • Mimar Sinan Museum, Istanbul
  • Vitol, Dubai
  • PEC, Singapore