Exposiciones / Exhibits
Solo show, «Posidonia», Casa Canet, Esporlas, Mallorca, Spain. May 2019.
Solo show, «Posidonia», at Centro Cultural Fundación Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. April 6 to July 1, 2018.
Group show, «In the Studio» (Post Modern Abstract Expressionist School), at MoMA, NY, USA, with my work «In Inspiration of Rothko». January 5-22, 2018.
Individual show of the collection “La Bombonera”, series of original digital photos and prints in small format; and some large format works. Club Siglo XXI, Madrid, Spain. December 1, 2016 – January 25 , 2017.
Group exhibit, Eka & Moore Gallery; Antique, Art Galleries and Collectors Fair – Almoneda 2016, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain. December 14-18, 2016.
Group show “VIII Exposición Arte Solidario”, Fundación Prójimo Próximo, Madrid, Spain. November 17, 2016.
Group show “COLECTIVA DE OTOÑO”, Galería David Bardía, Madrid, Spain. October 20- November 19, 2016.
Solo exhibit, “La Bombonera” photography collection, Galería El Estudio, Madrid, October 5- November 29, 2016.
Group show, Exhibition of the Collection of Modern Art Gmünd Castle, Austria, Group Pro-Arte and Cultura. June 2016. Permanent Collection.
Solo show “Happy Dessert!”, Galería David Bardía, Madrid, Spain. February 19 – March 26, 2016.
Group Exhibit at Galeria Lorenart, at the XXXVIII FERIARTE (Art and Antiques Fair), November 15-23, 2014. Madrid, Spain.
Group exhibit at the Galería Nando Arguelles Art Projects, Sotogrande, Andalucía, Spain, Agust 6- October 8, 2014.
Group Exhibit of the Engravers of the Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, CIEC Foundation (Centro Internacional de la Estampa Contemporánea.), Betanzos, Galicia, Spain, August 8-30, 2014.
Solo show, Fundación Para la Investigación del Derecho y la Empresa (FIDE). Madrid, Spain. May 6 – September 30, 2014.
Work selected at the International Fair of Artist Books “Masquelibros”, June 6-8, 2014. Madrid, Spain.
Solo exhibit, UBS Bank. Madrid, Spain, January 20 2013 to March 23, 2014. “Thousand Faces” (Mil Caras), Center of Modern Art of Tetouan, Morocco, from December 19, 2013- january 31, 2014.
Group exhibit organised by the Spanish Agency for Cooperation and the Spanish embassy in Morocco, in conjunction with the Instituto Cervantes.
“Feminine Identity at the IVAM Collection“, (“Identidad Femenina en la colección del IVAM“), Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), May 14 to September 1, 2013. Group exhibit. Valencia. Spain.
Collective exhibit in favor of the Down Syndrome Foundation of Madrid, Spain. May, 2013.
“Eikonoma“, Solo exhibit, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), March 7 to May 12, 2013. Valencia. Spain.
Art work selected at the contest “LXXIX Salón de Otoño”, Madrid, of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.) Cultural Center Casa de Vacas. Municipality of Madrid. Spain. November, 2012.
Oil painting selected at the Visual Art Contest of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.), “Sala de Arcos” Galileo Cultural Center, Madrid. April 16- May 14, 2012.
Exhibition “Feminine views: dialogue between abstraction and figuration” (“Miradas Femeninas: diálogo entre abstracción y figuración”), Madrid Women! s Week, Fundación Pons, Madrid, March 5 -23, 2012.
Work exhibited at the Spanish Parliament. 2012. Selection of work at the XXX Small Format Contest of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.); exhibition at the Cultural Center Nicolás Salmerón, Madrid, November, 2011.
Oil painting works exhibited at the ARTI 11FAIR, The Hague, Netherlands,October, 2011.
Oil painting works exhibited at the OPEN ARTFAIR, Utrecht, Netherlands September, 2011.
Exhibition of a selection of photographs Náutica Marina Sport, Madrid, coinciding with the Madrid Vogue Fashion! s Night Out; September 7, 2011
Awarded the second prize of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.), and exhibition in the IV Visual Arts Contest of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.) at the Casa de Cantabria in Madrid. September 2-15, 2011.
Work exhibited at the AFFORDABLE ART FAIR (AAF), Amsterdam, Netherlands, May, 2011.
Oil work selected at the VI Contest “Salón de Primavera” of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.) and the Municipality of Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real, Spain), Municipal Museum of Valdepeñas, May 5-29, 2011.
Exhibition , Rotary Club, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. March 2011, in favor of the Spanish Cancer Association.
Work available through Saatchi Gallery Online, 2011.
Oil work exhibited at the OPEN ART FAIR, Utrecht, Netherlands. September 8-12, 2010.
Photographs exhibited at the OPEN ART FAIR, Utrecht, Netherlands. September 8-12, 2010.Municipality of Madrid. Spain. November, 2012.
Oil painting selected at the Visual Art Contest of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.), “Sala de Arcos” Galileo Cultural Center, Madrid. April 16- May 14, 2012.
Exhibition “Feminine views: dialogue between abstraction and figuration” (“Miradas Femeninas: diálogo entre abstracción y figuración”), Madrid Women! s Week, Fundación Pons, Madrid, March 5 -23, 2012.
Work selected and exhibited at the Spanish Parliament. 2012. Selection of work at the XXX Small Format Contest of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.); exhibition at the Cultural Center Nicolás Salmerón, Madrid, November, 2011.
Oil painting works exhibited at the ARTI 11FAIR, The Hague, Netherlands,October, 2011.
Oil painting works exhibited at the OPEN ARTFAIR, Utrecht, Netherlands September, 2011.
Exhibition of a selection of photographs Náutica Marina Sport, Madrid, coinciding with the Madrid Vogue Fashion! s Night Out; September 7, 2011.
Awarded the second prize of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.), and exhibition in the IV Visual Arts Contest of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.) at the Casa de Cantabria in Madrid. September 2-15, 2011.
Work exhibited at the AFFORDABLE ART FAIR (AAF), Amsterdam, Netherlands, May, 2011.
Oil work selected at the VI Contest “Salón de Primavera” of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors (A.E.P.E.) and the Municipality of Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real, Spain), Municipal Museum of Valdepeñas, May 5-29, 2011.
Exhibition of work, Rotary Club, Palma de Mallorca, Spain. March 2011.
Exhibit of some acrylic works at the Spanish Parliament. 2009- 2011.
Photography group exhibit. July-September, 2010, Galería Gaudí, Madrid, Spain Photography solo exhibit INTERFASES, Café Berlín, Madrid, March-May, 2010.
Group exhibit ART AND BEER (“ARTE Y CERVEZA”), Relevant, established artists worked under commission. March- April, 2010.
Exhibit and auction of work, Rotary Club, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, February 13, 2010.
Collective show, Galería Gaudí. January 2010. Individual solo show, Galería Gaudí, Madrid, Spain. December 2009- January, 2010.
Work exhibited at the 2009 LINEART FAIR, Gante, Belgium. December, 2009.
Oil works exhibited at the OPEN ART FAIR, Utrecht, Netherlands. September, 2009. Group show, August 2009. Galería Gaudí, Madrid, Spain.
Group show, 2007, Galería Selón, Madrid, Spain.
WORKS AT COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS
Painting and sculpture works at the Collection of the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM).
Paintings at various private national and international collections.
Painting works at the UBS Bank Collection.
Painting works at the Goerlich Foundation.
Photography works at various private collections. privadas.
ART EDUCATION
2014
MoMA, NY, USA, Course in “Experimenting with Collage”.
Course in Korean Painting, Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (with HK Shin).
Course in chalcographic engraving, Hedera Printmaking, 2013-2014.
2013
Course in engraving techniques. Spanish Association of Painters and Sulptors (AEPE), Madrid.
2011
MoMA, NY, Course in Materials and Techniques of Postwar Abstract Painting (New York School).
2010
Course in open air figurative painting, Spain, with Felipe Alonso. Course in open air figurative painting, Sicily, Italy.
Course in open air figurative painting, Aranjuez, Spain.
Course in figurative oil painting at La Academia, Fundación Arte y Autores Contemporáneos, ARAUCO (Guillermo Muñoz Vera).
2009
Mixed Media course at the School of The Museum of Fine Arts, SMFA, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Course in figurative painting at, La Academia, Fundación Arte y Autores Contemporáneos, ARAUCO (Guillermo Muñoz Vera).
1981-83
Applied and visual art, and art history courses in Visual Arts, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA.
1980
Course in Art History, at the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.
PUBLICATIONS
«POSIDONIA», Monica Ridruejo, Ed Monica Ridruejo, 2018. Text includes Kosme de Barañano, PhD, Curator. Professor in Art History.
CATALOGUES, among others: “EIKONOMA”, Monica Ridruejo, Ed IVAM, 2013. Texts include critiques by Donald Kuspit and George Stolz, and curator Laura Revuelta.
“Cuadernos del IVAM”, nº 19, pag. 72-77, “Monica Ridruejo. Buceando en la Pintura”, Text by Laura Revuelta.
“IDENTIDAD FEMENINA EN LA COLECCIÓN DEL IVAM”, Ed IVAM, 2013.
MIL CARAS, Ed. Center of Modern Art of Tetouan, Morocco, AECID, and the Instituto Cervantes, Spain. 2013.