Juan Cossio

JUAN COSSIO (Madrid,1960)

Having exhibited a natural vocation early on in a life as an adept draughtsman and showing a keen visual sensibility for the pictorial and photography, Juan Cossío went on to study Fine Art at the Complutense University of Madrid. Actively involved in the explosive Spanish art scene of the Eighties, Cossío's tireless research and experimentation into pushing the boundaries of pictorial techniques led him to what is now more commonly known as 'New Realism'. Relying on photography as his main means of support and using the timeless airbrush as his preferred tool, Cossío's work continues to evolve through an openness to approach and his continual curiosity in employing whatever new techniques are at hand in order to achieve his unique contemporary aesthetic which look to the female figure as its main subject.

EXHIBITIONS
1997 .Collective exhibition "Classic and Modern of the reality". Heller Gallery.Madrid.
1997.Works in the Confederación de Cajas de Ahorro de Madrid
1999.Participates in the Latin American Art Fair of Caracas .Heller Gallery
2000. Collective exhibition " Forms and Volumes".Heller Gallery
2001.Exhibition Clave Gallery . Murcia
2002.Participates in the International Contemporary Art Fair of Seville .Puchol Gallery . Valencia.
2003.Participates in the Feria DeArte of Madrid .Gema Lazcano Gallery
2003.Collective exhibition "Arcanes Contemporaries" . Clave Gallery
2003.Collective exhibition "Small Format" . Gema Lazcano Gallery
2003.Participates in the Commemorative Exhibition "XXV Anniversary of the Spanish Constitution". Museo Casa de la Moneda
2004.The Spanish Post Office chooses the painting "Nativity" for its reproduction on stamp.
2005.Solo exhibition Sammer Gallery . Marbella.
2005.Participates in the Palm Beach Art Fair. Miami. Sammer Gallery
2005.exhibition Vazquez Kunst Gallery.Holland.
2005.exhibition collective "What is realism?".Albermale Gallery.London
2006.Collective exhibition "The Female Poser" . Sammer Gallery
2006.Works in the "Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes".MEAM ...