Collection: Glauco Capozzoli ┃ Surrealist Painting

Glauco Capozzoli (Montevideo 1929 - Borja, Zaragoza, 2003) graduated between 1945 and 1947 from the National School of Fine Arts in Montevideo, where he won seven medals at the National Fine Arts Exhibition. Between 1961 and 1963, he painted two frescoes in the residence of the President of the Government of the Nations of Uruguay.

In 1966, Capozzoli traveled to Europe to study, residing in Italy and Belgium. Between 1968 and 1970, he lived in New York and pursued specialized studies in printmaking techniques at the Pratt Institute for Contemporary Printmaking. In the 1970s, while living in London, John Barton distributed his artwork, selling it in the United States and Japan. In Barcelona, ​​he met Julio Cortázar, and until the late 1980s, he exhibited his work worldwide, holding up to five exhibitions a year, including four at the Basel International Art Fair. In 1990, Glauco Capozzoli moved to Borja (Zaragoza), where, together with his wife , Sonja Sananes , he founded the Valeriano Bécquer Printmaking Workshop and organized the Printmaking Biennial. In 1999, along with leading Latin American painters, he founded the Museum of Latin American Contemporary Art (MACLA) in La Plata, Argentina.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1959: Municipal Underground
Montevideo
1963. Center for Arts and Letters. Montevideo, Uruguay
1964. Study II. Salto, Uruguay
1966. Gallery II. Cannocchiale. Milan, Italy
1968. The Pontoon of Saint Peter. Montevideo, Uruguay
1972. Friends of Music. Hospitalet, Barcelona, ​​Spain
1973. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1974. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1976. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
Lucas Gallery. Gandía. Valencia, Spain
1977. Galerie de Groelard. Sehilde, Anvers, Belgium
1978. Kandinsky Gallery. Madrid, Spain
Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art.. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1979. “4 Cantons” Gallery. Olot. Girona, Spain
1980. Kunst und Psyche Gallery. Cologne, Germany
Rua Gallery. Santander, Spain
Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1982. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1984. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1986. Bruzzone Gallery. Montevideo, Uruguay
1987. Bruzzone Gallery. Montevideo, Uruguay
1988. Bruzzone Gallery. Montevideo, Uruguay
1990. Drawings – Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
House of Culture – Borja, Zaragoza, Spain
1991. Painting – Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1992. Veruela Monastery. Zaragoza, Spain
1993. Drawings and Paintings. Galerie am Opernring. Vienna, Austria
Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1994. Goya Hall. Zaragoza, Spain
1995. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1996. Novart Gallery. Madrid, Spain
2000. “Torreón de los Borja”. Borja, Zaragoza, Spain
2012. CortabitArte Gallery. Soria, Spain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1961. Biennial of Young People. Paris, France
1962. 26 contemporary Uruguayan artists. Punta del Este, Uruguay
“Bianco e Nero” Biennial. Lugano, Italy
1963. Pratt Graphic Art Center. New York, USA
1965. First Biennial of Applied Arts. Punta del Este, Uruguay
1967. VII International Exhibition of Prints. Ljubljana, Slovenia
1968. Uruguayan Art owned by North Americans
Uruguay-United States of America Cultural Alliance
VI Biennial of Prints. Tokyo, Japan
Along with works by: Richard Hamilton (Great Britain), Paul Wunderlich (Germany), Ray Lichtenstein and
Robert Rauchenberg from the USA, among other invited participants
1969. Xylon. V Exhibition of Prints. Geneva, Switzerland
XV Latin American Print Show. Zegri Gallery. New York, USA.
1970. III International Biennial of Engraving. Krakow, Poland
II International Biennial of Engraving. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Four Uruguayan Painters. Negev Museum, Israel
1971. Congress of Latin American Visual Arts
Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art.. Barcelona, ​​Spain
Three Uruguayan engravers. Old Jaffa Gallery, Israel
1972. International Biennial of Graphic Arts. Frechen, Germany
Ibizagrafic, Museum of Contemporary Art. Ibiza, Spain
Zaragoza Biennial, Spain
1973. Exhibition of Latin American Painters in homage to Joaquín Torres García
Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1974. Exhibition 74. Gaudí Hall - Gaudifond Arte. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1975. Fantastic Realism in Spain, Vienna, Copenhagen, Brussels
1976. Bimillennial Exhibition. Lonja Palace. Zaragoza, Spain
Artexpo. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1977. Contradictions of Realism. Parke Gallery. Pamplona, ​​Spain
The Tel Aviv International Art Fair
Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
1978. Group exhibition at Sala Gastón. Zaragoza, Spain
The Tel Aviv International Art Fair
Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
1979. Group exhibition at Galería Rua. Santander, Spain
100 Years of Nudity in Art. Gaudí Room - Gaudifond Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
1980. International Art Gallery. San Antonio Abad, Ibiza, Spain
Basel International Art Fair, Switzerland
1981. Group exhibition Sala Gaudí - Gaudifond Arte. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1982. Kubota Gallery. Tokyo, Japan
Center Gallery. Yokohama, Japan
Meguroky City Cultural Center. Tokyo, Japan
Jaime III Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1986. L'auba Gallery. Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1987. Group exhibition Sala Gaudí - Gaudifond Arte. Barcelona, ​​Spain
1989. Embassy of Uruguay. Santiago, Chile
1990. Llewellyn Alexander Gallery. London, United Kingdom
1992. Confluences – Ibero-American Artists. Ibercaja, Zaragoza, Spain
1993. Artists of La Huecha. Alcalá de Moncayo, Zaragoza, Spain
1996. Interart. Valencia, Spain

WORKS IN MUSEUMS

Municipal Museum of Fine Arts. Montevideo, Uruguay
Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum. Montevideo, Uruguay
Municipal Museum – Gallino Palace – Salto, Uruguay
Skopje City Museum, Macedonia
The Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, New York, USA
City Museum of Hospitalet. Hospitalet, Barcelona, ​​Spain
McNay Art Institute. San Antonio, Texas, USA
Museum of Modern Art. Barcelona, ​​Spain
Museum of Latin American Contemporary Art “MACLA”
Art Museum of the Americans. Washington DC USA

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