Riera i Arago

Birth of Riera I Aragò in Barcelona on June 28th, 1954. Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.

Recent personal exhibitions :

1990 Begins to apply color in his sculptures in iron. One-man exhibition at the Vera van Lear Gallery, Knokke, Belgium. Sculpture titled « 12 Black Airplanes » for the exhibition « Le parallèle » in Nantes, France. Completes and instals the bronze sculpture « Buried Submarine », started in 1987, at the southern end of the Rovira tunnel in Barcelona. One-man show at the Galerie de la Cité, Luxemurg ; The Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxemburg purchases the sculpture « Luxembourg Airplane ». Sculpture « Large Airplane with Blue Propeller » for the garden of the fondaciò Joan Mirò, barcelona.

1991 One-man show at the galerie Denise van de velde, Aalst, Belgium, et the Franz Swetec gallery, Dusseldorf, and at the Galeria Joan Prats-Artgràfic, Barcelona. Casting at the Takaoka foundry in Japan of the bronze sculpture « Najio Airplane », commissionned by Nishinomiya town Council (Japan) for the town’s new National Square.

1992 Birth of his son Joan. Commissionned by the Barcelona City Council to execute a 61 sq. meter bronzemural for the Abraham Center in the Olympic Village, Barcelona.

1993 Galeria Rita Carcia, Valencia, Espagne. ARCO’93 Galerie Denise van de Velde, Madrid, Espagne.Galeria Sa Pleta Freda, Mallorque, Espagne. Estampa ‘ 93, Boza Editor, Madrid, Espagne. Galeria Era Bauro, Andorre. Art Multiple ’93, Boza Editor, Dusseldorf, Germany

1994 ARCO’ 94, Galerie Denise van de Velde, Madrid, Spain. Galerie Denise van de Velde, Aalst, Belgium.

1995 Galeria Joan Prats-Artgrafic, Barcelona, Spain. Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France. Galerie Cyprus, Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona, Spain. Galerie La Cité, Luxemburg.