Ignacio Uriarte
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Ignacio Uriarte was born in 1972 in Krefeld, Germany, and raised there. From 1992 to 1995 he studied Business Administration in Madrid and Mannheim and worked since then for corporations such as Siemens, Canon, Interlub and Agilent Technologies in Germany, Spain and Mexico. Parallel to his administrative work, he studied audiovisual arts at the Centro de Artes Audiovisuales in Guadalajara, Mexico from 1999 to 2001 and quitted his last serious fulltime-job in November 2003, dedicating himself since then to what he calls ‘office art’. Since 2007 he lives and works in Berlin.
Solo shows
2013 Line of Work, Drawing Center, New York City, USA
2012 Arbeitsraum, DAZ (Deutsches Architekturzentrum), Berlin, Germany
ASDFGHJKLÖ, ABC (Art Berlin Contemporary), Berlin, Germany
Líneas Generales, Et Hall, Barcelona, Spain
Generative Klang- und Zeichenkunst, Sametitled, Berlin, Germany
Sequential Drawings, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
Arbeitsrhythmus, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
WORKS, Centre dʼArt La Panera, Lleida, Spain
2011 Rotation 2, Ruler Space, Helsinki, Finland
Quatre sets de geometria i un full de paper, Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain
WORKS, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Preferiría no hacerlo, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico
Ignacio Uriarte, Licovny Salon, Celje, Slovenia
Letters and Numbers, Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Puntos expansivos, Espacio Marte, Mexico City, Mexic0
2010
Ignacio Uriarte, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland
Auf dem Papier, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Aufzählungen und Abrisse, Vierter Stock, Berlin, Germany
The invention of letters, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia
Typologies, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
The history of the typewriter recited by Michael Winslow, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
2009
The Michael Winslow typewriter experience, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, USA
I am making art (with Wilfredo Prieto), Taka Ishii gallery, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan
Trabajos sobre (el) papel, La Fábrica Galería, Madrid, Spain
9 to 5, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
2008
Incidental arrangements, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
Trabajos en serie, Huarte Centro de arte, Pamplona, Spain
Tan sencillo como una línea ó un círculo, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
Atasco de papel, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Alfa & Omega, Capella de Sant Roc, Valls, Spain
2007
About lines and circles, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain
O debuxo por diante, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2005
Lo que pasa cuando dejas la oficina para dedicarte al arte, Casa Soler i Palet, Terrassa, Spain
Group shows
2010
The Winter Show, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland
World is Work, Kwadrat, Berlin, Germany
Feinkost Triennale, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
Tentative d’expansion d’un lieu parisien (cinq exercices de dessin), Mor Charpentier, Paris, France
ING Discerning Eye, The Mall galleries, London, Great Britain
The Cutting Edge, Galería Valle Ortí, Valencia, Spain
Courier, University Art Museum, Albany, New York, USA
During Office Hours, VGF, Berlin, Germany
Breaking Windows, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
Art-O-Rama, Marseille, France
Heimliche Helden, Buckminster Fuller Dome, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Videodrome, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
The kindness of Cronies, Homework, Berlin, Germany
Drawing Time, Ensemble Poirel, Nancy, France
Available Works, .HBC, Berlin, Germany
The Atrocity Exhibition, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
Itinerarios 2008/2009, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain
2009
Zeigen, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany
El tiempo que venga, ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain
Huesped – Colección del MUSAC en el Museo Catagnino y Macro, Rosario, Argentina
25 obras, 17 artistas, 4 relatos, Centre d´Art la Panera, Lerida, Spain
Zweckgemeinschafft, Micamoca, Berlin, Germany
Desdibujados, Fundación Botí, Córdoba, Spain
28th biennial of graphic arts, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Huesped – Colección del MUSAC en el MNBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Print Matters, Global Gallery, Sidney, Australia
Sleeper, Brown Gallery, London, Great Britain
Back to the future, Coma, Berlin, Spain
Collezione FRAC Piemonte, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy
How to work better. Das Büro im Atelier, Intershop Tower, Jena, Germany
2008
Uno + Uno, Multitud, Doméstico, Madrid, Spain
Der Autorität, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Copy-Fans a Copy-Vic, Copy-Vic, Barcelona, Spain
El papel del artista, Doméstico, Madrid, Germany
Deleted Scenes, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
Crazycurators Biennale II, Bratislava, Slovakia
Nuova Collezione del Frac Piemonte, Centro Culturale Cittadella, Boves, Italy
Fullscreen, Foro Artistico – International Media Art Forum, Hannover, Germany
Workflow – junge Videokunst in der DASA, Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung, Dortmund, Germany
Tilted Balance, Collectors Contemporary, Singapur
The practice of Everyday Life, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany
13. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, Germany
Michel de Certeu, Centre d´art contemporain AUOI, Grenoble, France
6ª Bienal de arte ‘Leandre Cristòfol’, La Panera, Lerida, Spain
1ª Mostra della nuova collezione FRAC Piemonte, Arca, Chiesi di San Marco, Vercelli, Italy
Oggetti Smarritti, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy
Vídeo a la carta 2, Galería DF, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Premis Ciutat de Palma ‘Antoni Gelabert’ d’Arts Plàstiques, Casal Solleric, Mallorca, Spain
2007
Nogueras Blanchard – Thermal comfort, Artnews projects, Berlin
Existencias, MUSAC, Leon, Spain
Paisajismos Land_Scapes, Espacio Abisal, Bilbao, Spain
Exposició Final PO_4 Oficina, Sala Muncunill, Terrassa, Spain
Mirador 07, Intermediae/Matadero, Madrid, Spain
XLIV Certamen internacional de artes plásticas, Museu de Pollença, Mallorca, Spain
PO_4 en Bayonne, Estudio de Samuel Labadie, Bayonne, France
Temperatura ambient – Premi Miquel Casablancas, Can Fabra, Sant Andreu – Barcelona, Spain
Artefactos y decibelios, Sala Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
Premis Ciutat de Palma Antoni Gelabert d’Arts Plàstiques, Mallorca, Spain
Premio joven, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
2006
Bienal de Vic, Col.legi d’Aparelladors, Vic – Tarragona, Spain
CMYK: un proyecto de exposiciones latentes, Sala Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
Born 2, Galería Casa Born, Antequera, Spain
Poblenou Obert, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Off-loop, Galería dels Àngels and Sala d´Estar, Barcelona, Spain
2005
La ciutat desitjada, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Se busca, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Living landscape, West Cork Arts Center, Skibbereen, Irland
Explorando lo próximo, Sala Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
In my mind´s eye, Sala d’Estar. Barcelona, Spain
Workshops
2010 The unbearable lightness of scribbling, Municipal Library, Arnsberg, Germany
2010 Scribble seminar, Otras cosas de Villarosas, Barcelona, Spain
2009 Seminar on the square for employees of the city´s Culture Department, Sassari, Italy
2008 Singing exercise: Coral Terpsícore sings the Windows startup and shutdown melody, Valls, Spain
2007 Sculpture workshop for employees of the public library, Terrassa, Spain
2007 Seminar on the line for employees of the city´s Culture and Sports Department, Terrassa, Spain
2005 Office art workshop for employees of the public library Skibbereen, Ireland
Screenings
2010 FID, 21ème festival international de documentaire du Marseille, Marseille, France
2010 Enlace 48 Cal Cego, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
2010 2. AllArtNow Festival, Goethe Institut, Damascus, Siria
2009 P.A.L. (Línea de Acción Permanente), Contemporary 09, Pamplona, Spain
2009 Sztuka Nowych Mediów, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Lodz, Poland
2009 13. Marler Videokunst-Preis, ZKMax, Munich, Germany
2009 Archivo de creadores de la comunidad de Madrid, Matadero & ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2008 Cosmopolitan Barcelona, Dia Art Foundation & The Hispanic Society, Nex York, USA
2008 Lingüísticas de la imagen, Casa Asia Barcelona & CIGE art fair, Beijing, China
Publications
2009 An expansion followed by a contraction, Onestar Press, Paris
2008 Alfa & Omega, Museu de Valls, Tarragona, Spain
Prizes & grants
2008 Crazy Curators Award, Bratislava Biennial, Slowakia
2008 Fundación Marcelino Botín production grant for visual arts, Santander, Spain
2007 CAM project grant for visual arts, Alicante, Spain
2006 international art price ‘Born 2’, Galería Casaborne, Antequera, Spain
2006 MUSAC production grant, Leon, Spain
2005 – 2006 Artist in residency at Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Collections
La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
MUSAC, León, Spain
La Panera, Lleida, Spain
CAM, Alicante, Spain
ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain
Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain
FRAC Piemonte, Torino, Italy
JUMEX, Mexico City, Mexico