Moraleja, Cáceres (Spain), 1942. Graduated in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Professor of Philosophy at IB. He received the Juan March Foundation Scholarship for Research in the Plastic Arts, on Matte...
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Moraleja, Cáceres (Spain), 1942. Graduated in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid. Professor of Philosophy at IB. He received the Juan March Foundation Scholarship for Research in the Plastic Arts, on Matter and its Becoming in 1978. In 1980, he was awarded the National Artistic Heritage Scholarship for research on New Expressive Forms in the painting of matter in its biological aspect. Since his beginnings, Canelo has always focused on the interpretation of Nature from different perspectives, but with a permanent fidelity to this area of reality. Throughout various stages, he has alternated between mineral or organic, descriptive or metaphorical approaches, with languages sometimes inspired by biological fluidity or mineral solidity, and sometimes by the geometric structure of the natural order. Likewise, there are constant underlying oscillations between the directly observable landscape and the micro-material data that germinally shape it. In his works, one has the sensation of capturing natural realms on different scales: broad (landscapes, orographies, aerial perspectives), intermediate (gardens, walls, etc.), or even very restricted (small elements, minerals, or cells). And although the geometric structures rationally organize the space, his interest in the larval state of Nature remains, manifesting a certain echo of the pulsation or aroma of Matter.
Canelo has held numerous solo exhibitions since 1969 and has also participated in important group exhibitions at institutions such as the Lunds Konstalla in Stockholm, the Royal Palace Museum in Brussels, Belgium, and the Juana de Aizpuru Gallery. His works are part of numerous museums and public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Seville, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the Juan March Foundation, MEIAC in Badajoz, IVAM in Valencia, and the Bank of Spain Collection, among many others.
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