Curriculum vitae

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

  • European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
  • BMW Collection, Spain
  • Army Headquarters in Madrid, three portraits of King Juan Carlos I de Borbón and four retired Army Chief of Staff, Madrid, Spain
  • Guadalajara Provincial Government, Spain
painting permanent collection MEAM
Jaime Valero museum show at European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona 2022-2023

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023 European Museum of Modern Art, (MEAM), Barcelona, Spain, Same language, two accents. A retrospective show of 2 artists. September 2022 to January 2023 
  • 2020 Gallery Léucade, Alone, Murcia, Spain
  • 2017 Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
  • 2012 Gallery L´Arcada, Girona, Spain
  • 2007 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • 2006 Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2005 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • 2003 Delta Technologies Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2000 House of Cantabria, Madrid, SpainDiputación Provincial de Guadalajara, Two Artists, Spain
  • 1999 Azteca Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Museum collective shows

  • 2021 European Museum of Modern Art, Figurative, Barcelona, Spain City Museum, Realism is You, Ceuta, Spain
  • 2021 European Museum of Modern Art, Lohengrin, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2019 Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Astonishing Realism, Saga, JapanMuseo Hoki, Contemporary Spanish Realism, Chiba, Japón
  • 2016 Museo Iysing, New Spanish Realism, Iysinig, China
  • 2013 European Museum of Modern Art, Figurative, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2011 European Museum of Modern Art, Figurative, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2008 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Figurative, Madrid, Spain
  • 2007 National Portrait Gallery, BP Portrait Award 2007, London, UK 
  • 2005 Museum Diocesano of Barcelona, Initiative BMW for innovation, Spain
  • 2004 Santo Domingo Contemporary Art Museum, Tradition and Vanguard II, Guadalajara, Spain
  • 2003 Columbus Museum, Columbus, Redefining Georgia: Perspectives on Contemporary Art, Georgia, USA
  • 2002 San Fernando Fine Arts Academy, Madrid, Spain
  • 2000 Museum of Contemporary Spanish Etching, Málaga, Spain
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COLLECTIVE SHOWS (SELECTION)​

  • 2023 Antiqvarivm, Nudes, Seville, Spain
  • Verónica del Hoyo y Colina, Develop in Black, Madrid, Spain
  • 2022 Gorilla Art Gallery, Exhibit 02, Madrid, Spain
  • 2021 ArtLife Fest 2021, The Way of New Reality, Moscow, Russia
  • 2021 Nolde Gallery, Open the Windows, Navacerrada, Madrid, Spain
  • 2020 ArtLife Fest 2020, Across the Distance, Moscow, Russia
  • 2019 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, USA
  • 2018 Rarity Gallery, Summer Salon, Mykonos, Greece
  • 2017 Mediterranean Bank Foundation, Other Reality, Elche and Alicante, Spain
  • 2017 Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
  • 2016 Athenaeum of Madrid, Another Reality, Madrid, Spain
  • 2016 Global Culture Center, Hanzou, China 
  • 2015 Sirona Fine Art, The Artist´s Gaze, Florida, USA
  • 2014 El Quatre Gallery, From White to Black, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2014 Zhou B Art Center, Fixation 2014, Chicago, USA
  • 2013 Rarity Gallery, Five Hyper-Realistic Artists, Mykonos, Greece
  • 2012 Nolde Gallery, Navacerrada, Madrid
  • 2012 International Art Fair Amsterdam, Real is Me, Holland
  • 2010 Mint House Museum, V Figurative Painting Award, Madrid, Spain
  • 2010 L´Arcada Gallery, Sculpture and still life, why not? Girona, Spain
  • 2009 Ansorena Gallery, Spaces, Madrid, Spain
  • 2008 L´Arcada Gallery, Other Works, Other Artists, Girona, Spain
  • 2007 Gallery Juan Amiano, Nude, Pamplona, Spain
  • 2006 Cuixart Foundation, Feeling in transit: Tribute to Cuixart, Barcelona, Spain
  • 2005 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Artists Portfolio 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • 2004 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Winter Guests 2004, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • 2004 Arte Liceo Gallery, Fine Arts Expression, Guadalajara, Spain
  • 2004 Galleria d’Arte Lanini, Arezzo, Italia
  • 2004 M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • 2004 Galería de Arte Echevarría, Realism, San Sebastián, Spain
  • 2004 Swan Coach House Gallery, Interiors, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2004 Castelló 120, Realism 2004, Madrid, Spain
  • 2003 Casa de Vacas, Madrid, Spain
  • 2003 Kennesaw State University, Sturgis Gallery, The Circle: Etching Artists from Madrid, Georgia, USA
  • 2003 SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta Artists: Gallery Selections, Georgia, USASpruill Gallery, Works on Paper. Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2003 Momus Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2002 M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  • 2002 Gaudí Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 2002 Kennesaw State University Sturgis Gallery, Windows of Latin Artists, Georgia, USA
  • 2002 Hispanic American Commerce for Economic Development exhibition hall, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2002 Beverly Libby Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2002 City Gallery East, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • 2002 Charlene Cody Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • 2002 Brita Prinz Gallery, Five Artists, Madrid, Spain
  • 2001 Brita Prinz Gallery, Graphic Works, Madrid, Spain
  • 2000 Art Hall Guadalajara Provincial Government, Spain
  • 1999 Arte Caja Madrid, Ciudad Real
  • 1999 Juan Larrea Exhibition Hall, Bilbao, Spain
  • 1999 Azteca Gallery, Madrid, Spain
  • 1999 Jerez City Hall, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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Galería Léucade expo feb 2021–3

Workshops and Conferences (Selection)

  • Artistic Retreat, La Rioja, Spain, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018
  • Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Saga, Japon, 2019
  • Realism in Portraits, Madrid Academia de Arte, Madrid, Spain. 2019
  • Monographic Oil Painting Workshop, Cráneo Creación, Sevilla, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
  • Complete Process of Oil Portraits, Heidelberg, Germany, 2019, 2018, 2017 
  • Process of Contemporary Oil Portraits, Imart Talleres, Alicante, Spain. 2019, 2018, 2017 
  • Process of Contemporary Oil Portraits, Fundación Arcilla, Madrid, Spain. 2016
  • Masterclass in Opening of Mod Portrait, Zaragoza, Spain. 2014
  • Creative Process conference, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. 2014
  • El Escorial Summer Courses, Conference with Antonio López, Juan José Luna Fernández, Madrid, Spain. 2014

Awards

  • XI Figurative 2021, Honorable mention, Barcelona, 2021 and 2013
  • AutoCugat Painting award 2011. Finalista. Barcelona, 2011
  • Figurative, Selected, Barcelona, 2010, 2008 and 2007
  • BP Portrait Award 2007, Selected, London, 2007
  • XVIII BMW Painting Prize, 1st Prize. Madrid, 2003
  • XIX Gaudí (CajaSur) Watercolor competition, Córdoba, Spain, 2003
  • Realism 2002, Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York, USA, 2002
  • XVI BMW Painting Prize, Madrid, 2001
  • Guadalajara Providence Drawing Competition, 2nd Premio, Spain, 2000
  • Museum of Spanish Contemporary Etching, VII National Etching Competition, Málaga, 2000
  • XXIII National Watercolor Award Caja Madrid. Madrid, 1999
ModPortrait Jurado fisico 2021

JURY MEMBER

  • VUM Foundation, Art Competition 2023, Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Mod Portrait Painting Competition, 2022 and 2021
  • II Velázquez Painting and Sculpture Award, Sheng Xinyu Art, 2022

education

  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid, undergraduate in Fine Arts, with an emphasis in etching. 1991
  • III International Painting Course, directed by Antonio López. Jerez, Spain, 1998.