Diego Portuondo

D.O.B 17-09-1981BilbaoSpainDiego Portuondo was born in Bilbao, Spain in 1981. At the age of 7 he went to Ampleforth College, a Catholic boarding school in the north of England. Portuondo benefited from Ampleforth's highly artistic curriculum Vitae, exposing him to all mediums of artistic expression, and of course a deep study of History of Art. It was during this time that he developed a tremendous passion for art. At the age of 12, he was taught how to use a dark room and a reflex camera, it was evident that he would excel in this medium. By the age of 17, Portuondo came in the top 20 art students in the United Kingdom, allowing him to attend university at the prestigious LCP London College of Printing after completing a media foundation course at Central St Martins. However, after 2 years he decided to leave LCP as he felt that his artistic qualities were not developing in the right direction. Portuondo's family also had an impact on his passion for art and aesthetics, his mother an eccentric designer, his father, a prestigious antique dealer and finally his older brother an Old & Modern masters dealer. Portuondo was exposed to art and artists since he was a child, allowing him to discover and learn about different artistic cult...

SOLO EXHIBITIONSFeb 2008 - 'Daydreamer' 'Hurricane Wlma' 'Summer Sky' ARCO8, AXA collection, Madrid.May 2007 - 'Montaigne' 'Hurricane Wilma' 'Hands Up' J.P.W, Madrid.May 2006 - 'Hands Up' 'Head On' J.P.W, Madrid.Oct 2005 - 'Head On' 'Hands Up' 2300 Studio Gallery, Miami.Aug 2005 - 'Head On' 'Hands Up' Hotel Pacha, Ibiza.Dec 2004 - 'Head On' Galeria Hartmann, Barcelona.Aug 2004 - 'Head On' Hotel Pacha, Ibiza.GROUP EXHIBITIONSFeb 2008 - 'Head on' MACT (Museo de Arte Contemporanio de Tamaulipas), Mexico.Jan 2008 - 'Montaigne' Thurn & Taxis, Brussels.Nov 2007 - 'Hands Up' 'Montaigne' ...