BIOGRAPHY
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1956
• Born in Madrid, Spain
1991
• Masters of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate School
1985
• Bachelor of Arts, California Polytechnic State University
• Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
• Galerie Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Tomio Kayama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2010
• So Far, Garlerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
2008
• Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 03:11 A Very Nice Lightning Strike, Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
2007
• Colossus, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
• New Paintings, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Constelaciones, Miguel Marcos Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2005
• Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
• Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, Netherlands
2004
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich Switzerland
2003
• Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
• Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich Switzerland
2002
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Brett/Mitchell Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
2001
• Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
• Barbara Farber/La Serre, Trets France
2000
• The Box, Torino, Italy
• Galerie André Buchmann, Cologne, Germany
• Chac Mool, Los Angeles, CA
1999
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Steendrukkerij Amsterdam, M.V., Holland
1998
• Hearts and Minds, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Barbara Farber/Rob Jurka Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1997
• Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
1996
• Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery, Seattle, Washington
• Blum/Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• Scarabb Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1995
• Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
• Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1993
• Lee Arthur Studio, New York, NY
• Studio Raid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991
• Graduate Exhibition, CGS East Gallery, Claremont, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
• Group Show, Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich, Switzerland
• The Working Title, Bronx Art Center, Bronx, NY
• Greater LA, New York, NY
2010
• 25th Anniversary Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Crystal World, Andre Buchmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• Group Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Pintura Sin Tregua, Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
• Group Show, Tanya Rumpff Gallery, Haarlem, Netherlands
•Palm Paintings, Andre Buchmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009
• Una Mirada, Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
• 1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
2008
• 03:11h: A Very Nice Lightning Strike, Galerie Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
• Some Paintings, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Doug Harvey
2007
• Quirky, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, Curated by Michael Amy
• Paper Bombs, Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Bart Exposito
2005
• Galeria Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
2004
• Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, Netherlands
2003
• Manny Silverman Gallery, West Hollywood, California
• New Abstract Painting: Painting Abstract Now, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
• Phat and Sassy, Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• We Love Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
• Buchman Gallerie, Cologne Germany
2002
• Ramos and "five Times Four" at Modernism, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
• Play it as it Lays, London Institute Gallery, Millbank, London
• Spieglein, Spieglein, an der wand…, Mark Müeller Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
• Vivid, Richard Salmon Gallery, London. Touring exhibition: Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Conventry Northern Gallery for Contemporary, Art, Sunderland, UK.
• Abstract, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
2000
• eg, Acunha-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Luminous, Ikon Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA eg:, Acunha-Hansen Gallery,Los Angeles, CA
1999
• Super-Abstr-Action, The Box Associati, Torino, Italy
• Fore and Aft, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
• Nach Bild, Kunstahalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
• Art in LA, Brett Mitchell Gallery, Cleveland, OH
• Galore, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1998
• Object Obscure, Todd Gallery, London, England, Traveled to Galerie EugenLendel, Graz, Austria
• Drawings…2nd Annual Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
1997
• Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England
• Drawings…A Bi-Coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
• What's Next on Canvas, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
• Orange County Art Museum Biennial, Newport Harbor, CA
• Martha Stewart Living, Art Center Gallery, Pasadena, CA
• Primary Colors, Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1996
• Balancing Act, Room, New York, NY
• Left of Center: New Art from Los Angeles, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
• The Blue House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Six Roads to Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
• Fresh Air, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MI
• New Visions: Los Angeles Art in the 90's, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• Smoggy Abstraction: Recent Los Angeles Painting, Haggerty Museum,
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• Painting Beyond the Idea, Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• The Insistent Image: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
• Three Painters, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
1994
• Where We Live, AMO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• In Plain Sight: Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
• Words and Symbols, ArtSpace Gallery, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Woodland Hills, CA
• Contrarywise Painting, Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993
• LA Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1991
• Rotating Exhibition, Boritzer Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• Member's Exhibition, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1990
• VEX, Cal State Irvine, CA
• DA Gallery, Pomona, CA
• SPARC Forum, San Diego, CA
1986
• Church of Architecture, San Diego, CA
• Score Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Galleria OCASO, Los Angeles, CA
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2007
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1998
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1997
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1993
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