Javier De Villota

"In a short period of time, from the first half of the 20th century to the onslaught of two World Wars and the Spanish Civil War, with his Manifest of Insanity and Lack of Reason, corrupted by the unimaginable corruption of the gas chambers, en mass executions and cremations, the generation that lives and is born during this reinvented apocalyptic period, does so from this perturbing point of view, like Bacon, Dubuffet, De Kooning etc...exhibits like "The Images of Man" (MOMA, New York City, 1959). The new aesthetic is irreversible. The human being passes from the optimistic fruit of reason to corrupted and shredded bodies."

Javier de Villota, Madrid 1944, belongs to this generation of some men reared by force. Among this, we could say that Villota's occupies a preeminent position, for his extreme sensibility and ease with which he expresses himself through the use of plastic expressions Javier de Villota is an important Spanish artist, who is devoted to issues of human freedom and human rights. His artistic labor develops in the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture. Villota is the third generation from his family dedicated to the arts, being worth to mention the influence in his work of his great uncle Jose Gutierrez...

Awards and Honors
1974 Finalist of Blanco y Negro national painting prize.
1972 National Fine Arts Exhibition, painting and architecture first prize award - The Spanish Government acquires the winning piece to be part of the Contemporary Art Museum Collection, currently the Center of Modern Art Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
Teaching Experience
1972-1974 SchoolofFineArts,Madrid,Spain,DrawingProfessorship.
1970 - 1977 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Higher Technical School of Architecture. Shapes
Analysis Professor.
Education
1974 Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Medical School. (From 1971)
1971 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Higher Technical School of Architecture.
Masters Degree. Specialization in monument restoration, archeology.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Higher Technical School of Agronomist Engineers. Master in Gardening and Landscaping.
1969 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, Degree in Architecture with specialization in urbanism.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Dehumanization Echo, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas, United States
2001 Retrospective Exhibition 1970-2001, Centro Cultural De La Villa, Madrid, Spain. Gender Violence, Terrorism, and Mad Cow Disease, Public Performance undertaken on a gondola trailer around Madrid ́s streets, Madrid, Spain
1998 Divertimentos Exhibition, Club la Moraleja, Madrid, Spain
1997 Construction, Foundation Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid, COAM, Spain
1994 The Death Market of Sarajevo, Public Installation, Paseo de Recolectos, Circulo de Bellas
Artes and Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
1984 Wolfgang Amadeus’ Dreams Performance Art, Public performance in front of 500 people
involving painting, sculpture and music, Indian Greek, Miami, Florida, United States. 1983 Coconut Grove Gallery, Miami, Florida, United States
1981 Retrospective Works, Picasso House, Esher, United Kingdom
1977 Works on Paper, Los Grises, Spanish Institute, London, United Kingdom
1973 Recent Works, Foundation Bank of Valladolid Exhibition Center.
Paintings, Gallery Mikeldi, Bilbao, Spain.
1971 First Contemporary Works, Grosvenor Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
Transparent Abstractions, Gringo Gallery, Madrid, Sp...