Luis Gordillo

Luis Gordillo (Seville, Spain, 1934), a mentor to several generations of abstract artists, awakened and cultivated his passion for art very early on. Over the course of more than six decades, he navigated between diverse artistic movements, whose unique interpretation and perpetual renewal have made him one of the leading visual artists in Spain, both in the avant-garde of the last century and today. Thus, we can affirm that this Gordillo-esque style is more a result of his own trajectory, of evolutions and ruptures, than of the individual sources from which he has drawn over the years. We see it in his tendency to split an image, close to a kaleidoscopic vision, which is based on his geometric tendencies. Among his numerous exhibitions in public spaces, the following anthological exhibitions stand out: MACBA (Barcelona, 1999), Museum Folkwang (Essen, 2000), IVAM (Valencia, 1993), Meadows Museum (Dallas, 1994), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, 2007), Kunst Museum (Bonn, 2008), CAAC (Seville, 2016), Koldo Michelena (San Sebastián, 2017). He has also been awarded prizes and mentions, including the National Prize for Plastic Arts (1981), the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts (1996), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of France (2007) and the Velazquez Prize for the Plastic Arts (2007). Luis Gordillo's work can be found in many public and private collections, including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, the Andalusian Centre for Contemporary Art in Seville, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao, the Artium in Vitoria, the La Caixa Foundation, the Fundacio´ Sun~ol in Barcelona, the AENA Foundation, the Pilar Citoler Collection, the Juan March Foundation, and the Helga de Alvear Foundation.