biografía de GEGO (1912-1994)

Personal data

Birth : 1912 - Hamburg, Germany
Death : 1994
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Venezuela

Education

1932 – 1938 : Hochschule fürTechnik – Fachhochschule Stuttgart (Architektur Diplom) – Schellingstrasse 24 – Stuttgart, Germany

Professional data

Work and Life

1939 – 1994:Lives in Venezuela

Other professions

Architect

1964 – 1967 : Professor
Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Universidad Central de Venezuela – Caracas, Venezuela

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting :
Print-Multiple : Monotype - Xylograph
Sculpture-Volume : Metal
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage/board

Subject

space/environment

Movements and styles

Expressionism
Abstraction
Figurative Art
Latin American Art

Works

Untitled
Date of creation : 1969
Medium : Ink/paper
Size : 26 x 20 inch
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 1959
Medium : Ink/paper
Size : 11 x 9 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2006

Between transparency and the invisible
MALBA Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires – Buenos Aires, Argentina
03/15/2006 – 05/22/2006

2000

Gego: 1955-1990
Museo de Bellas Artes – Caracas, Venezuela
2000

1994

MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
1994

1988

Gego
Galería Sotavento – Caracas, Venezuela
1988

1984

Dibujos sin papel
Museo de Bellas Arte – Caracas, Venezuela
1984

1981

Reticularea
Galería de Arte Nacional – Caracas, Venezuela
1981

1977

Gego
MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
1977

1972

Structures
Galería Conkright – Caracas, Venezuela
1972

1971

Gego Sculpture and Drawing
Betty Parsons Gallery – New York NY, United States
1971

1970

Gego Drawings
Graphics Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
1970

1961

Museo de Bellas Arte – Caracas, Venezuela
1961

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2004

Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde in Latin American
MFAH Museum of Fine Arts – Houston TX, United States
06/20/2004 – 09/11/2004

2001

Des Territoires
ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
10/09/2001 – 12/30/2001

1996

Universalis – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 23
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/06/1996 – 12/08/1996

1975

Biennale internationale de la tapisserie
Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1975

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2003

STORR Robert – Gego’s Galaxies: Setting Free the Line
in: Art in America n° 6 p. 108
New York NY, United States
06/2003

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