Alejandro QUINCOCES
Born in Bilbao (Spain), in 1951
Urban landscapes, cities, factories, highways that Alejandro QUINCOCES fixes on canvas, extract a moment from everyday’s reality to the incessant flow of time. Layering and material effects highlight subtle vibrations. It is a mature work, strong, which plays on the tension between abstraction and referential painting. He has received numerous awards and his works are in many collections.
ARTWORKS
EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
VIDÉOS
BIOGRAPHY
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2015 : Cultural Center La Vagada, Fondation Arcilla, Madrid, Spain
2014 : Le Carmel, Tarbes (Galerie Arcturus), France
2007 :Panorama Museum, « Contemporary Spanish Realism », Bad Frankenhause, Germany
2006 : Chicago Art Institute, « Spanish Masters », USA
2004 : Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Toledo, Spain
1988 : Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain
1984 : Museo de la Rioja, Logroño, Spain
1983 : Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain
1975 : Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Bilbao, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
France : Paris (Galerie Arcturus, Galerie Ariel Sibony), Metz (Galerie Raymond Banas)
Spain : Algorta (Galeria studio 75) ; Barcelona (Galeria Ignacio de Lassaletta, Sala Parés) ; Bilbao (Galeria Guadiaro, Galeria Achevarria, Galeria Caledonia, Galeria Bay Sala, Galeria J.M Lumbreras) ; Cadiz (Galeria Rafael Benot) ; Cordoue (Galeria Ocre) ; Gijón (Galeria Van Dyck, Galeria Bea Villamarín) ; Logroño (Galeria Pedro Torres) ; Lorca (Galeria Thais) ; Madrid (Galeria Alfama) ; Majorque (Galeria Bennassar) ; Navacerrada (Galeria Nolde) ; Reus (Galeria Anquin’s) ; San Sebastián (Galeria Arte) ; Santander (Galeria Santiago Casar, Espacio Fraile y Blanco) ; Séville (Galeria Haurie) ; Valdepeñas (Casa de cultura) ; Valence (Galeria Puchol) ; Vic (Galeria Susany) ; Vitoria (Galeria Artelarre)
Australia : (Badger & Fox Gallery) ; Germany, Baden Baden (Galerie Frank Pages) ; United States : New York (Gallery O.K Harris) ; Italy : Bologna (Galerie Forni) ; Milan (Galerie Barbara Frigerio, Galerie Forni) ; Swiss : Genève (Forum Faubourg, La cave)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
China : Hangzhou (« La Fundición »)
France : Bayonne (Maison du Contenia), St Jean Pied de Port, Paris (Galerie Mennour), Strasbourg (Galerie Brülee), Toulouse (Galerie Alain Daudet)
Spain : Barcelona (Galeria Sala Parés) ; Bilbao (Galeria Arte, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Galeria J.M Lumbreras) ; Madrid (Galeria Alfama) ; Santander, Valence, Toledo, Sevilla, Salamanque, Pampelone
England : London (Gallery Mzssum’s) ; United States : New York (Gallery Ambassadors, Gallery Weinstein), San Francisco (Gallery Louis Aronow), Saint Helena (Cristopher Hill Gallery ) ; Italy : Milan (Galerie Forni) ; Swiss : Genève (La cave) ; Czech Republic : Prague (Selection of Basque artists)
ART FAIRS
Belgium : LineArt Gant
England : Art London
France : Art Fair Paris ; Foire de Lille, Art Paris ; St’art Strasbourg
Germany : Art Zurich; Francfort Art Fair; Karlsruhe Art Fair; Koln International; Art Fair Koln
Italy : Arte Fiera Bologna ; Artissima Turin ; Art Verona ; Bologna Art Fair ; MiArt, Milan ; GrandArt, Milan
Netherlands : Kunst Rai Art, Amsterdam
Portugal : Porto Art Fair
Spain : Art Madrid ; Flecha Madrid, Artexpo Barcelona, Arte Santander, Arte Sevilla, Madrid Art Fair, InterArte Valence, Just Madrid
Switzerland : Lausanne Art Fair, Europ’Art Genève, Art Zurich
United States : Art Miami ; Art Market, San Francisco ; LA Art Show ; Context Art, Miami
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Italy : Paolo Francesco Ribotto (Milan), Enrico Boglione (Turin)
Spain : Heraclio Fournier de Vitoria, BBK de Bilbao, Conseil Autonome de la Rioja, Centre Taurin de Logroño, Caja de Ahorros de Pollença à Majorque, Mairie d’Alcorcón, Ministère de l’Education et de la Culture de la Communauté de Communes de Castilla-La Mancha, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Tolède, Musée Municipal de Valdepeñas, Musée de la Rioja, Groupe Medios Regionales de Madrid, Conseil Général de Vizcaya, Collection BMW Ibérica, Collection Gustavo Gómez Alonso, Musée Taurin de Bilbao, Collection Enrique Ybarra, Fondation Arteche Collection, Caja Laboral, Groupe Prisa, Groupe Ormazabal, Montajes Eissen, Fundación Sorigue à Lérida, Centro Cultural Caja Rioja, Mármoles del Ebro, Grupo Correo, Agrupación Medios de Información, Colección Caja Laboral
PRIZES
1999: First Prize « Lorenzo the Magnificent » at the International Biennal of Art, Florenc ; First Prize at the WIV BMW Paint Prize
1996: Pámpana d’or, Valdepeñas
1992: First Prize, Caja Rural de Salamanca
1991: Honorable Prize at the VI BMW Paint Prize
1990: First Prize « Pintores para el 92 », Caja de Ahorros de Córdoba ; First Prize for the National Exhibition of Plastic Arts of Valdepeñas
1989: Honorable Prize at the IV BMW Paint Prize
1987: National exhibition of Plastic Arts of Valdepenas
1983: First Prize of the National contest of Alcorcon
1982: First Prize of « IV Premio Diputacion Autonoma de La Rioja »
1981: First Honorable mention, Logroño biennal of Painting
1979: Second Prize Leonard de Vinci
1978: Award at the Vitoria Biennal
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2017 : A. Quincoces, J.M Lumbreras, « Alejandro Quincoces, 25 pinturas, 25 desastres », A’G Arte Gestion, Bilbao
2016 : A. Quincoces, « Alejandro Quincoces, œuvres récentes », Galerie Arcturus, Paris
2015 : A. Quincoces, M. Puig, M. Rasero, « Three artists from Barcelona : Magi Puig, Alejandro Quincoces, Miguel Rasero”, Messum’s et Sala Pares, Londres
2014 : A. Quincoces, « Alejandro Quincoces, œuvres récentes », Galerie Arcturus, Paris
2013 : A. Quincoces, J.M Lumbreras, « Alejandro Quincoces, Silencios », A’G Arte Gestion, Bilbao
2011 : A. Quincoces, « De lo real a lo épico, del 18 de noviembre al 10 de diciembre de 2011 », Gijon
2009 : S. Arias Nieto, A. Quincoces « Alejandro Quincoces », Aula de Cultura La Venencia, Santander
2008 : T. Sánchez Trujillano, « Colores y Formas, arte abstracto en el museo de la Rioja », Museo de La Rioja, Logrono
2007 : C. Lopez Gonzales, A. Quincoces, « Alejandro Quincoces, Visiones urbanas, 1995-2007 », Arte Gestion, Bilbao
2006 : A. Quincoces, J.M Lumbreras, « De lo enigmatico », A’G Arte Gestion, Bibao
2004 : A. Quincoces, « Alejandro Quincoces, Paisajes urbanos », A’G Arte Gestion, Bilbao
2000 : A. Quincoces, S. Casar, « Alejandro Quincoces », Santiago Casar, Santander
1999 : C. Lopez Gonzales, A. Quincoces, « Alejandro Quincoces, Visiones urbanas, 1995-1999 », Arte Gestion, Bilbao
1993 : A. Quincoces, « Alejandro Quincoces, oleos, pasteles, dibujos », Galeria Bay-Sala, Bilbao
Press Articles: El Punto, El Pais, El Correo, El Mundo, Il Domani, Revue Arte Mondadori …
PRESS
WRITINGS
In my painting, two complementary realities are represented: external reality—seen, felt, and perceived—and the physical reality of the canvas itself, expressed through the use of pictorial techniques. There is a deliberate desire to express and intertwine these two realities into a unified whole; a painting as a window, a painted plane.
The motifs or subjects originate from the everyday environment, from life common to all (in this sense, the emblem that characterizes contemporary society is the highway, the car journey, more so than expeditions to Mars or studies on the moon), and are seen through various media: television, photographs, or direct observation of daily life. The aim is to involve the viewer in a recognizable image, in feelings and expressions through which the painter hints at a message about the relativity of time, the course of life, the inescapable weight of social pressure, and the submission of all to fate.
The vitality of art, and painting in general, is undeniable; eating and loving remain essential. Painting is a vital opportunity, and its direct practice makes it irreplaceable for the future of art.
My clear preference is for the use of few colors, seeking “suggestions” rather than pure colors. I believe in mixed rather than pure materials, in the destruction rather than the construction of form, with the desire to transfer to the viewer the freedom to participate in the recomposition of reality as seen and felt by the artist.
By Alejandro Quincoces
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Alejandro Quincoces’ painting style is a kind of “Impressionism/Expressionism” where the materiality of the paint plays an essential role.
What matters most to Alejandro Quincoces is the act of painting itself, its relationship to the work and its format. He is also very drawn to the effects of contrasting light and shadow; the cold light of dawn and reflected light play an important role in his work. From the Impressionist tradition, he also draws the idea that painting itself should speak of daily life, of everyday events.
His preparatory work is built in two stages: the surface, which must be sufficiently rich and varied, and the direct painting. He uses thin glazes and heavy impasto to create the atmosphere of the painting and give it a physical consistency.
His method also leads him toward the limits of the unknown. There is something uncontrollable in his painting that he seeks, something that connects him to the Romantic tradition, belonging to the “realm of the accidental.” The fortuitous brings something different to what is concrete and premeditated.
These paintings represent the Romantic idea that human beings are but a tiny part of nature. They show that the landscape is superior to humankind, which feels devoid of personality in the face of nature’s immensity.
By Carlos LOPEZ GONZALES
« Alejandro Quincoces – Visiones urbanas, 2° edicion ampliada, 1995-2007 »