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Fernando Leal-Audirac
Mexico City, 1958

 

 

 

CURRENT PROJECTS:
Series of 25 monumental (8 meter height each) bronze sculptures on DNA chain, to be presented in New York, Mexico City, Monterrey, Madrid and London.
Sculptures and Design: cooperation with world-leading companies in the superluxury sector in the conception and creation of artworks combining art, fashion, car and yachting design (Tramontana, Ocean Independence, Narcissus).
Currently working on “The Invisible Cat”, interdisciplinary project involving painting, installations and 3D animation in cooperation with Watermoonfilms.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2013: “Autumno”, Lo Studio Galerie, Sabine Uhdris, Büdingen. Large format encaustics.
2010: “Thy Fearful Symmetry”, Galerie Art Seefeld, Zurich. Large format encaustics. Catalogue with presentation by Ron Allenberger.
2009: “Touch Me”, Galerie Art Seefeld, Zurich. Sculptures and installations purposely made for Ocean Independence.

2008: “Fluidensity”, itineraries through painting, sculpture and design. Spazio Dante 14, Milano. Inaugurated by Prof. Umberto Eco.
2004: "Line and Time". Drawings. Howard Scott Gallery, New York.
2004: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Encaustics. Galleria Arte ’92, Milan.
2004: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Encaustics. Galería Balance, Mexico City.
2003: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Transportable frescoes and encaustics. Max Planck Institut, Berlin. Presentation of the monograph "Fernando Leal Audirac - la stagione che rimane" published by Silvana Editoriale, including texts by Martina Corgnati, Lorella Giudici, Gianluca Marziani, Marc Dachy and Jorge Juanes.
2002: "The Hall of Mirrors". Exposition dedicated in memoriam to Bertha Cuevas. Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City. Catalogue with texts by José Luis Cuevas, Jorge Juanes, Lorella Giudici and Cristina Riestra.
2001: "Labyrinthos". Transportable frescoes. Civica Galleria d'arte moderna, Spoleto, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Martina Corgnati.
2000: "Fernando Leal Audirac / Paintings 1997 - 2000". Howard Scott Gallery, New York. Catalogue with preface by Gerard Hagherty.
1999: "Leal o la modernità del sublime". Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.
1999: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Torhaus Galerie, Bundersverband Bildender Künstler E.V. Braunschweig, Germany. Catalogue with preface by Martina Corgnati.
1999: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea della Rocca di Umbertide, Umbertide, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.
1998: "The Permanence of Fire". Galería Drexel, Monterrey. Preface by Martina Corgnati.
1998: "Fernando Leal Audirac". National Museum of Art, Bucarest, Rumania. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.
1997: "Recent Works by Fernando Leal Audirac". Galería Drexel, Monterrey. Preface by Jorge Juanes.
1997: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Madrid. Preface by Fernando Savater.
1997: "Fernando Leal Audirac / Recent Paintings". M-13 Gallery, New York. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.
1996: "Recent Works by Fernando Leal Audirac". Galleria Manzoni, Milan. Catalogue with preface by Juan Acha.
1996: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Galerie Signum Winfried Heid, Heidelberg.
1995: "The Face of the Venice Biennale". Painting. Paris, and Florian, Venice.
1994: "Under a Leaden Sky". Painting. Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy. Catalogue with texts by Juan Acha, Jorge Juanes, Giuliano Serafini, Pierre Restany and Helmut Orpel.
1994: "The Shore of the Finite". José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City; Instituto Italo - Latinoamericano, Rome. Preface by Juan Acha.
1993: "The Codex of the Invisible War". Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City. Monograph with texts by Richard Brettell, Juan Acha, Jorge Juanes, Alberto Híjar, Ernesto de la Peña, Arturo González Cosío.
1992: "The Museum of Mankind". Painting. Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Juan Acha.
1991:  "The Antiportrait of Dr. Villanueva ". Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Juan Acha.
1986: "Nudes", exhibition of drawings. Ibero-American University, Mexico City.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2011: “Arte e Natura - l’Occidente incontra l’Oriente” Kenjiro Azuma - Fernando Leal Audirac, Museo Nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia - Sala del Cenacolo, Milan
2008: “Sconfinamenti”, Castel S.Angelo, Rome, catalogue curated by Prof. Sergio Rossi (La Sapienza University, Rome)
2007: “Notturni dannunziani”, Vittoriale, Gardone Riviera. For this exhibition Leal Audirac produced a 2x10m., iron and plexiglass sculpture for the deck of the Puglia battleship (it was the first time that a contemporary artist was allowed to exhibit on that national monument)
2007: "Corpo Segno Superficie", Castello Estense, Ferrara
2006: “Ferdinand Porsche trifft Walter Gropius“, Encaustic large format triptych. Fagus-Gropius Museum, Hanover. Presentation by Michael Stöber.
2002: "Anniversary, 10 Years of the Galería Drexel". Galería Drexel, Monterrey, Mexico
2001: “Artissima”, Contemporary Art Fair / Galleria Le bureau des esprits. Torino, Italy.
2001: Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice. Exhibition curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, parallel to the Biennale.
2001: "Ego Mensch". Heidelberg Castle, Germany.
2001: "C’era non cera", Galleria Diecidue, Milan, Italy. Text by Lorella Giudici.
2000: "Itinerario di un decennio". Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Luciano Caramel.
2000: "Drawings". José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City.
1999: "Praga Magica, Oro e Nero". Palazzo dei Sette, Orvieto, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.
1999: "Kama Sutra / Arte e Poesia". Spazio Montenero, Milan, Italy. Catalogue with texts by Julián Zugazagoitia, Vittorino Andreoli, Massimo Donà and poetry by various authors.
1999: "Immagine italiana". V.A.M. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
1998: "Trasparenze / Works on Glass by Contemporary Artists". Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Claudio Cerritelli and poetry by Italian authors.
1997: ARCO Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid.
1997: "Iberoamérica pinta". House of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. The exhibition was organised by UNESCO and presented in 17 museums from Latin America, USA and the Middle East. Catalogue with preface by Fernando Savater.
1996: Paolo Pini Museum of Art (permanent collection), Milan. Catalogue with preface by Marco Meneguzzo.
1996: Milan Art Fair 1996, with Diagonal Gallery.
1996: Miami Art Fair with Afinsa Almirante Gallery, Miami, USA.
1996: Bologna Art Fair 1996, with Diagonal Gallery.
1996: Art Multiple Fair, Düsseldorf, with Galerie Signum.
1996: "The Figure in Contemporary Art". Teatro dell'Olivo, Camaiore, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Daniele Crippa.
1996: "White". M-13 Gallery, New York.
1996:  "Grafica Massima". Giorgio Upiglio Gallery, Milan. Catalogue with preface by Pierre Restany.
1995: Rudolph Mangisch Gallery and Auction House, Zürich, Switzerland. Catalogue.
1995: MIART Art Fair of Milan, with Rino Costa Gallery.
1995: Forum Artis Museum (opening exhibition), Montese, Italia. Catalogue with preface by Pierre Restany and Flavio Tedeschi.
1995: Biennale of Venice, Mexican representative. Presentation by Pierre Restany.
1995: Art Multiple Fair, Düsseldorf, with Galerie Signum. Düsseldorf, Germany.
1995: "Tracce". Fuoricentro Gallery, Rome and Cervantes Institute, Milan. Catalogue with preface by Massimiliano Vigneti.
1995: "Presenze", Biennale of foreign artists living in Italy, Perugia, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Emidio De Albentiis.
1995: "Art as a Life Project" auction in collaboration with Sotheby's Italy. Catalogue with preface by Luciano Caramel.
1994: FIAL International Fair, represented by Galería Hakim. Brussels, Belgium.
1994: "International Art Exhibition", Seoul, on the 600th anniversary as capital of Korea. Catalogue with preface by Pierre Restany.
1994: "Erótico". Galerie 1900 - 2000, Paris.
1993: Europalia '93. "Four Latin American Painters". Espace Medicis, Brussels, Belgium; Casa Lamm, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Carla Stellweg.
1993: "Wounded Painting". Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid; Generalitat, Barcellona; Museum of Modern Art, Valladolid, Spain. Catalogue with preface by Jorge Juanes.
1992: José Luis Cuevas Museum (opening exhibition), Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Enrique Krauze.
1992: "Contemporary Mexican Art". Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany. Catalogue with preface by Peter Weiermair and Alberto Ruy Sánchez.
1991: Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue.
1990: "A Review of Mexican Cinema". Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City. Catalogue published by Artes de Mexico.
  
BOOK PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
2011: “Arte e natura – l’Occidente incontra l’Oriente”. Dialogue between Fernando Leal-Audirac and Kenjiro Azuma. National Museum of Scince and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan
May 2010: “Vertical Horizons: Crossroads between Eastern and Western aesthetics”, NCTM, Milan
March 2010: “Line and Time: A personal itinerary between East and West”, Rotary Club, Milan
2007: Publication of “The Vastness of Intimacy” (El Equilibrista), collection of essays written by Fernando Leal Audirac
2004-2007: Presentation of the monograph "Fernando Leal Audirac - La stagione che rimane" published by Silvana Editoriale, including texts by Martina Corgnati, Lorella Giudici, Gianluca Marziani, Marc Dachy and Jorge Juanes, in the following venues: Max Planck Institut, Berlin, participants: Lorella Giudici, Manfred Fischer, Dr Mayer; Rizzoli Bookshop, Milan, participants: Martina Corgnati, Lorella Giudici, Mimmo Rotella, Giorgio Upiglio: Mel bookstore, Rome, participants: Lorella Giudici, Gianluca Marziani, Enrico Mascelloni, Giovanni Russo; Istituto Culturale Italiano, Barcelona, participants: Lorella Giudici, Jorge Juanes, Ennio Bispuri, Albert Ràfols-Casamada, Bernat Hervàs; Rizzoli Bookshop, New York, participants: Ford Crull, Marc Dachy. Libreria Evaluna, Napoli, participants: Morena Campani, Franco Lista.

 

 

 

 
 
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