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BIOGRAPHY
Born in Getxo, Euskadi (Spain) in
1938, José-Maria Cundin's professional trajectory expands a half century.
Esteemed as an outstanding advocate of the historical 'Avant Garde' in his
native Basque Country, his first one-man show was in Bogota, Colombia, where he
lived during the '5Os and created wide-ranging projects.
Cundin established residence in
the United States in 1958 in New York. In 1964 he moved to New Orleans where he
is regarded with renown. Presently he resides in Folsom, Louisiana
.
His latest projects (still in
progress) include "The Obelistic Presences", an exhaustive metaphorical exercise
concerning the obelisk, and "The Plausible Semblances of Illustrious Women", an
abstract portrait gallery of ambitious proportions.
Cundin's paintings and sculptures
are in numerous private collections in Europe (including Spain, France, England,
Germany and Belgium) and the Americas (the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Argentina,
Brazil and Colombia) and his works hang in these Institutions: Museo de Bellas
Artes de Bilbao; ARTIUM, Contemporary Art Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country,
Spain; Museo de Zea, Medelin, Colombia; New Orleans Museum of Art; and Johnson
& Wales University.
ONE-MAN SHOWS
2009 GALLERY BIENVENU, New Orleans
, LA "FOLSOM BLUES, REDS AND YELLOWS"
(Portraits, Self Portraits,
Anti-Portraits and Pseudo-Portraits)
2008 GALLERY BIENVENU, New
Orleans, LA "MACVLARIA"
2007 GALLERY BIENVENU, New
Orleans, LA "40 Years Wandering Through the
Dessert"
(Retrospective Show)
2002 ACADEMY GALLERY, New
Oreleans, USA " Twelve Extrapolations on the American Flag", "Ex-votos" (A
Bordello's Remembrance of Some Strumpets of Merit and Fame) and "The Obelistic
Presences"
2001 Maryland Hall for the
Creative Arts, Annapolis, USA "The Radioactive Portrait of Madame Curie and
Other Presences"
2000 ACADEMY GALLERY, New Orleans,
USA "The Anthology of the Intimidating Entities"
1996 ACADEMY GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA "Morphogenesis Toward a Hermetic Representation"
1993 COMMENOZ GALLERY, Key
Biscayne, USA
1992 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS,
Houston, TX "Quincentenary Celebration"
ACADEMY GALLERY. New Orleans, USA
"Opus Barroca"
1990 ACADEMY GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA "Movement Toward Abstraction"
1988 ON FOUR GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA "Homage to William Tell"
GALERIA VANGUARDIA, Bilbao, Spain
"Bestiario Marino" (Polychromed Sculpture)
1983 ACADEMY GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA "Political Obsessions"
1980 GALERIA SITIOS, Algorta,
Spain
1979 OLD WOODRING HOME, Lake
Charles, LA, USA
BIENVILLE GALLERY, New Orleans,
USA (Polychromed sculpture)
1978 COVO DE IONGH GALLERY,
Houston, TX USA
MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE BILBAO,
Spain "Proyecto Para Una Iconografia Laica"
1977 BIENVILLE GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA "Indecent Exposures"
GALERIA ARABA, Vitoria, Spain
1976 GALERIA ARABA, Vitoria,
Spain
1975 GALERIA LUZARO, Bilbao.
Spain
GALERIA PECANINS, Barcelona, Spain
1974 GALERIA PECANINS, Mexico,
D.F.
1973 BIENVILLE GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA
1971 BIENVILLE GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA
DAVID GALLERY, Houston, TX. USA.
1970 GALERIA ILLESCAS, Bilbao.
Spain
GALERIA SEN, Madrid, Spain
1968 SIMONNE STERN GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA
DAVID GALLERY, Houston, TX
GALERIA GRISES, Bilbao, Spain
"Obra Ultrmarina"
1967 ORLEANS GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA
1966 ORLEANS GALLERY, New
Orleans. USA
1965 ORLEANS GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA
1964 GALERIA ILLESCAS, Bilbao,
Spain
1963 SMITH GALLERY, Brussels,
Belgium
1957 CLUB DE PROFESSIONALES,
Medellin, Colombia
SALA CULTURAL de la UNION
ESPANOLA, Barranquilla, Colombia
1956 SALA TEQUENDAMA, Bogota,
Colombia
GROUP SHOWS
2006 BARRISTER'S GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA - Participates in group show "Katrina, You Bitch"
2005 BARRISTER'S GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA - Participates in "Hydriotaphia" exhibit
2004 BARRISTER'S GALLERY, New
Orleans, USA - Participates in the group show "Jazz Fest Poster Reconsidered"
1995 Represents Spain in the "1V
SALON IBERO-AMERICANO DE BELLAS ARTES" Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington
D.C. USA
Participates in the collective
"HAND IN PLACE’, CENTER GALLERY, MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Miami, USA
Produces the painting "The
Infinite Self Portrait" for the collective show "THE SELF IMAGE" at the ACADEMY
GALLERY, New Orleans, USA
1993 Participates in FIART
(Feria International de Arte), Bogota, Colombia
1992 Selected for the
anthological exposition "PRESENCIAS PLASTICAS" at the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE
BELLAS ARTES, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1991 Participates in MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL ART EXPOSITION, Miami, USA
Shows Polychromed Sculpture in
"FIVE SCULTORS IN THE GARDEN" River Ridge.La USA
1990 Participates in "ART IN
BLOOM" at the NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans, USA
1985 Exhibits part of his
project "MARINE BEASTIARY’" at the NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New Orleans,
USA
1984 Participates with his
painting "MUNICIPAL NOVENA" (Nine Portraits of the Mayors of New Orleans) in the
show "PORTRAITS SELDOM SEEN" at the HISTORICAL NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION
1970 Participates in "ONCE
ESPANOLES FIGURATIVOS" in the GALERIA DECAR, Bilbao, Spain
1969 Participates in the
collective "ARTISTAS VASCOS CONTEMPORANEOS" in the PALACIO BELLAS ARTES" Mexico
D.F.
Participates in the collective
"ARTISTAS CONTEMPORANEOS ESPANOLES" in the DURVAL MUSEUM OF ART, Durval, Canada
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2000 Develops the project
"MONUMENT FOR THE MARTYRS OF EL SALVADOR" for the campus of LOYOLA UNIVERSITY,
New Orleans, USA
1997 Creates the mural "THE
TRANSIT OF GARGANTUA THROUGH BILBAO"
for the Library of JOHNSON &
WALES UNIVERSITY, North Miami, FL USA
1996 Presentation of his work
and development of the theme "COLLOQUY WITH AN ARTIST OF THE MILLENNIUM" in the
LOWE ART MUSEUM, Miami, FL USA
1993 Selected by "FLORIDA
ARCHITECTURE" magazine for its’ FIRST ANNUAL MASTERS VERNISAGGE, Coconut
Grove, FL USA
1991 Public release of his
project "LIMITED EDITION ENGRAVING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", New Orleans, USA
1989 Organizes and institutes
"LAS JORNADAS PLASTICAS" in Cuellar, Segovia, Spain
1987 Creates and directs
MAQUILAS ARTESANALES SEGOVIANAS (MAS), Tapestry Atelier, Segovia, Spain
1985 Designs the scenery and
posters for the play "THE CARDBOARD DEBUTANTE" and others by Christopher Blake
at the MARIGNY THEATRE, New Orleans, USA
1981 Creates the scenery for
"DIALOGUE BETWEEN A DYING MAN AND A LIBERTINE By Voltaire for the TEATRO
UNIVERSITARIO de la UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA Mexico
Works in Patzcuaro, Mexico on a
Polychromed polyester sculpture project
1975 Founded the School of
Tapestry "TALLERES LIBRES DE LAUQUINIZ" in Lauquiniz, Spain
1974 Founded the cultural
magazine "TIERRA ADENTRO" with Carmen Massip and the poets Victor Sandoval and
Jose Manuel Pintado at the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Aguascalientes,
Mexico
1965 Joins the historical
ORLEANS GALLERY and participates in communal projects with its’
members
1963 Produces and performs his
Happening "CON LAS BOLAS DE CRISTAL" in the PETITE THEATRE, Brugges, Belgium
1961 Illustrates BOHEMIA LIBRE,
New York, USA
1958 Collaborates with diverse
publications (BOHEMIA LIBRE, SOCIEDADES HISPANAS, CONFEDERADAS, EDITORIAL
SURAMERICANA etc...) creating political vignettes and illustrations in New York
Assists at various workshops and
establishes the ITINERANT PUPPET THEATRE, New York, USA
1956 Works in Bogota, Colombia
illustrating the periodical "EL TIEMPO DOMINICAL" and the magazines "CROMOS" and
"LAMPARA"
TEACHINGS
1983 Teaches a course on Color
and Composition at the NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF FINE ART, New Orleans, USA
1974 Teaches classes on Color
and Composition at the INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, San Miguel de
Allende, Mexico
1972 Professor of Color and
Composition at the FACULTAD DE BELLAS ARTES, University of Bilbao, Spain
1957 Participates in a teaching
program for Plastic Arts with Aristides Meneguetti in EL MUSEO DE ZEA, Medellin,
Colombia
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART, New
Orleans, USA "Le Petit Bureaucrat" oil on canvas 58"x68"
(150x150cm.)
Acquired by the Museum from the
exhibit "The Anthology of the Intimidating Entities" At the Academy Gallery, New
Orleans, March 2000
UNIVERSITY OF JOHNSON & WALES,
Nth. Miami, USA "The Transit of Gangantua Through Bilbao" oil on canvas over
stretched board 120"x120" (300x300cm.) Commissioned by the University in
1997
ARTIUM, Contemporary Art Museum of
Vitoria, Spain "Los Enemigos de Henry Ford" oil on linen 51"x51" (130x130cm.)
Acquired by the Museum through Galeria Araba in 1976
MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE BILBAO.
Bilbao. Spain "Grupo de Personajes" oil on linen 60"x60" (150"x150cm.) Acquired
by the Museum through Galeria Grises in 1969
MUSEO DE ZEA, Medellin, Colombia
"Pareja Musical" oil on linen 30"x40" (75x100cm.) Acquired by the Museum from
the artist in 1957
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