Rafa Forteza
Mallorcan b. 1955
Rafa Forteza was born in 1955 in Mallorca, Spain, where he lives and works. He has had solo exhibitions in galleries and museums such as L21, Kewenig Mallorca, Pelaires, Ponce+Robles, Fundación Joan Miró, Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, Kunst Station Sankt Peter in Cologne or the Museum of Contemporary Art Es Baluard, which hosted a retrospective exhibition in 2016. His work has been regularly shown at international fairs such as ARCO Madrid, Art Basel and Art Cologne, among others, and forms part of collections such as the MoMA in New York, Centro Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Centre Pompidou in Paris, DeutscheBank Collection, La Caixa Collection, Münchner Kunstlerhaus Stiftung in Munich… He has published artist’s books with numerous poets and other artists such as Joan Brossa, José Carlos Llop, José Ángel Valente, Antonio Saura and many others. In 2016 the monograph of his work ‘Más cara’ was published by Printer Fault Press (Spain). In recent years he has continued to show his work in the national and international context, receiving awards such as the Estampa 2021 prize.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
+2024 Etimologías, Tube Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2023 Los otros, Galería Sa Pleta Freda, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain
+2023 V-en en, V-as as, Trinidad, Alart/23, Mallorca, Spain
+2023 Estar y tiempo, Galería Estudi Tur Costa, Ibiza, Spain
+2022 Estancias, Galería Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
+2022 Ora – oración – acción, Església de L’Hospitalet, Mallorca, Spain
+2021 Al-Aro, Fundación Bárbara Weil, Andratx, Spain
+2020 El bucle, Ponce+Robles Gallery, Madrid, Spain
+2020 Está aquí, L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2018 Archive, Plat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
+2017 Cuando el pie encontró su cabeza, L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2016 ART-O-RAMA Marseille 2016. L21Gallery, France
+2016 El temblor de la Máscara, Museu Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
+2016 Paperworks (BIKINI), L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2016 A las 14:00h en casa. L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2011 Alquimia existencial, State Russian Museum, San Petesburg, Russia
+2010 Ritus III, Galería Kewenig, Palma, Spain
+2009 Password, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma, Spain
+2008 Ritus I, Kunst Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany
+2008 Ritus II, Galerie Frank Henseleit, Cologne, Germany
+2008 Dad, Galeria Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
+2007 Manifeste de la Quatrième Dimension, Galería Frank Hensenleit, Cologne, Germany
+2007 One Man Show, ART COLOGNE (stand Galería Frank Hensenleit), Cologne, Germany
+2007 El final del espejismo, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma, Spain
+2006 Work in Progress, Münchner Künsstlerhaus, Munich, Germany
+2005 Sol-edad, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
+2004 Di+Si+Par, Art Gallery Paupa, San Sebastián, Spain
+2004 Diré diré de +. Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+2002 Caps-es, Casal Solleric, Palma. (SP) Galeria Henseleit, Dortmund, Germany
+1999 Unión, Galería de RIJK, The Hague, Netherlands
+1998 Xilografies-Gravats (Milton Keynes), Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+1997 Los años de ti a mí, Galería Oniris, Rennes, France
+1997 Humo de sal y de carbón, Galería Pelaires, Galería Xavier Fiol, Galería Altair, Palma, Spain
+1997 Stein, Galería Olaetxea, San Sebastián, Spain
+1996 Photogeneses-Têtes, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+1995 Galería Tristan Barbarà, Barcelona, Spain
+1995 Gravats, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
+1994 One Man Show, Decouverts, Paris, France
+1994 Galería Oniris, Rennes, France
+1994 Dual, Bibliofilia (J. Carlos Llop, José A. Valente, Joan Brossa,Mònica Morell, Friedhelm Mennekes), Centre 1994 Cultural “Sa Nostra”, Palma, Spain
+1994 Presències, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITION
+2024 Prender la mirada, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca
+Showing Alongside: Mati Kleirwein, Barbara Weil, Mercedes Laguens, Tomás Pizá, Jorge Diezma, Roman Fabre, Tomas Absolon, Thomas Perroteu, Joan Canyelles, Adrián Martinez, Alba Suau, Mayte y Manuel, Mercedes Balle, Bel Fullana, Ian Waelder.
MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
+Deutsche Bank Collection
+Musée d’Art Moderne de Collioure, France
+Münchner Kunstlerhaus Stiftung, Munich
+Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Paris
+Museu del Cinema, Girona
+Es Baluard, Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma
+Museu d’Art Modern de Ceret, France
+Postal and Telegraphic Museum, Madrid
+National Engraving Museum, Madrid
+La Caixa Collection, Barcelona
+ONO Collection, Madrid
+Joan Brossa Foundation, Barcelona
+Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation in Mallorca, Palma
+AENA Foundation, Madrid
+Sa Nostra Bank of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca
+University of Santiago de Compostela
+University of Lleida
+Government of the Balearic Islands
+Parliament of the Balearic Islands
+Council of Mallorca
+City Council of Palma
+City Council of Pollença
+Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Reina Sofía, Madrid
PRIVATE COLLECTION ACQUISITION THROUGH TUBE GALLERY
+2024 SwedBank, Bank of Sweden
+2024 Etimologías, Tube Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2023 Los otros, Galería Sa Pleta Freda, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain
+2023 V-en en, V-as as, Trinidad, Alart/23, Mallorca, Spain
+2023 Estar y tiempo, Galería Estudi Tur Costa, Ibiza, Spain
+2022 Estancias, Galería Carles Tache, Barcelona, Spain
+2022 Ora – oración – acción, Església de L’Hospitalet, Mallorca, Spain
+2021 Al-Aro, Fundación Bárbara Weil, Andratx, Spain
+2020 El bucle, Ponce+Robles Gallery, Madrid, Spain
+2020 Está aquí, L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2018 Archive, Plat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
+2017 Cuando el pie encontró su cabeza, L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2016 ART-O-RAMA Marseille 2016. L21Gallery, France
+2016 El temblor de la Máscara, Museu Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
+2016 Paperworks (BIKINI), L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2016 A las 14:00h en casa. L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
+2011 Alquimia existencial, State Russian Museum, San Petesburg, Russia
+2010 Ritus III, Galería Kewenig, Palma, Spain
+2009 Password, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma, Spain
+2008 Ritus I, Kunst Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany
+2008 Ritus II, Galerie Frank Henseleit, Cologne, Germany
+2008 Dad, Galeria Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
+2007 Manifeste de la Quatrième Dimension, Galería Frank Hensenleit, Cologne, Germany
+2007 One Man Show, ART COLOGNE (stand Galería Frank Hensenleit), Cologne, Germany
+2007 El final del espejismo, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma, Spain
+2006 Work in Progress, Münchner Künsstlerhaus, Munich, Germany
+2005 Sol-edad, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain
+2004 Di+Si+Par, Art Gallery Paupa, San Sebastián, Spain
+2004 Diré diré de +. Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+2002 Caps-es, Casal Solleric, Palma. (SP) Galeria Henseleit, Dortmund, Germany
+1999 Unión, Galería de RIJK, The Hague, Netherlands
+1998 Xilografies-Gravats (Milton Keynes), Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+1997 Los años de ti a mí, Galería Oniris, Rennes, France
+1997 Humo de sal y de carbón, Galería Pelaires, Galería Xavier Fiol, Galería Altair, Palma, Spain
+1997 Stein, Galería Olaetxea, San Sebastián, Spain
+1996 Photogeneses-Têtes, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+1995 Galería Tristan Barbarà, Barcelona, Spain
+1995 Gravats, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
+1994 One Man Show, Decouverts, Paris, France
+1994 Galería Oniris, Rennes, France
+1994 Dual, Bibliofilia (J. Carlos Llop, José A. Valente, Joan Brossa,Mònica Morell, Friedhelm Mennekes), Centre 1994 Cultural “Sa Nostra”, Palma, Spain
+1994 Presències, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, Palma, Spain
+CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITION
+2024 Prender la mirada, Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca
+Showing Alongside: Mati Kleirwein, Barbara Weil, Mercedes Laguens, Tomás Pizá, Jorge Diezma, Roman Fabre, Tomas Absolon, Thomas Perroteu, Joan Canyelles, Adrián Martinez, Alba Suau, Mayte y Manuel, Mercedes Balle, Bel Fullana, Ian Waelder.
MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
+Deutsche Bank Collection
+Musée d’Art Moderne de Collioure, France
+Münchner Kunstlerhaus Stiftung, Munich
+Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Paris
+Museu del Cinema, Girona
+Es Baluard, Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma
+Museu d’Art Modern de Ceret, France
+Postal and Telegraphic Museum, Madrid
+National Engraving Museum, Madrid
+La Caixa Collection, Barcelona
+ONO Collection, Madrid
+Joan Brossa Foundation, Barcelona
+Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation in Mallorca, Palma
+AENA Foundation, Madrid
+Sa Nostra Bank of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca
+University of Santiago de Compostela
+University of Lleida
+Government of the Balearic Islands
+Parliament of the Balearic Islands
+Council of Mallorca
+City Council of Palma
+City Council of Pollença
+Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Reina Sofía, Madrid
PRIVATE COLLECTION ACQUISITION THROUGH TUBE GALLERY
+2024 SwedBank, Bank of Sweden
Featured Works
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Exhibitions
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Gallery Exhibition
Rafa Forteza
Etimologías
16.02.24 - 26.04.24
News
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Rafa Forteza: Institutional Exhibition
The exhibition “Prender la Mirada” held at Casal Solleric, Palma, Spain, can be considered an essay, as it aims to reflect on and problematize painting, but also other issues such