Iñigo Manterola (Orio, Spain 10/09/1973 -)
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About
Iñigo was born in Orio, Spain, a town in the Basque Country of northern Spain, in the smallest of provinces, Gipuzkoa, near the Bay of Biscay. It is known for its fishing heritage and picturesque coastal landscape.
Iñigo grew up among the fisherfolk, the ocean, the sweeping cliffs and then left to study at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Bilbao between 1993 and 1998. His studies included participation in various workshops, notably the Masters of Figurative Painting workshop with Antonio López and Juan José Aquerreta at the School of Architecture in Pamplona in 2006. He later participated in the Textures workshop, led by Australian artist David Kelly, during the Australis exhibition at the Kubokutxa gallery in Donostia in 2010.
Iñigo’s ever present curiosity for the materiality of things has led him to incur into many artistic mediums with the ease of a fish through water. His large-scale Corten steel sinuous sculptures, as well as their miniature versions; his installations like sculptural assemblages; his realist and impasto paintings and the small architectural jewelry he creates exemplify the dexterity and ease with which he moves within his environment, his upbringing and how he relates to both to inform his narrative.
From his childhood experiences and relationships to the land and waters upon which he has grown all serve to produce memories, as raw material. Iñigo walks us through beautiful renderings of his memories with a continuity, like an unbroken line, an ebb and flow of movement and color that speaks of the innocence and childlike inquisitiveness that is his work.
His large airy studio is a space in which his dreams, visions and engineering collide and create a vernacular so very his own. Every bit of fishing rope, metallurgic piece or netting gives rise to imagery he renders in 3-D massive sculptures or applied with the thickness of paint that 2-D becomes 3-D in its intertwining impasto.
The playfulness in his brushstroke and bend of metal is pronounced and inspires one to walk away with a sensation of having been smiling all the while experiencing his work and his life.
Iñigo grew up among the fisherfolk, the ocean, the sweeping cliffs and then left to study at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Bilbao between 1993 and 1998. His studies included participation in various workshops, notably the Masters of Figurative Painting workshop with Antonio López and Juan José Aquerreta at the School of Architecture in Pamplona in 2006. He later participated in the Textures workshop, led by Australian artist David Kelly, during the Australis exhibition at the Kubokutxa gallery in Donostia in 2010.
Iñigo’s ever present curiosity for the materiality of things has led him to incur into many artistic mediums with the ease of a fish through water. His large-scale Corten steel sinuous sculptures, as well as their miniature versions; his installations like sculptural assemblages; his realist and impasto paintings and the small architectural jewelry he creates exemplify the dexterity and ease with which he moves within his environment, his upbringing and how he relates to both to inform his narrative.
From his childhood experiences and relationships to the land and waters upon which he has grown all serve to produce memories, as raw material. Iñigo walks us through beautiful renderings of his memories with a continuity, like an unbroken line, an ebb and flow of movement and color that speaks of the innocence and childlike inquisitiveness that is his work.
His large airy studio is a space in which his dreams, visions and engineering collide and create a vernacular so very his own. Every bit of fishing rope, metallurgic piece or netting gives rise to imagery he renders in 3-D massive sculptures or applied with the thickness of paint that 2-D becomes 3-D in its intertwining impasto.
The playfulness in his brushstroke and bend of metal is pronounced and inspires one to walk away with a sensation of having been smiling all the while experiencing his work and his life.
Exhibition
IÑIGO MANTEROLA
Spain
EDUCATION
1993-1998 Faculty of Fine Arts, Bilbao
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
OMSA Gallery, Southwest Ranches, FL
2017
Irri Sarri Land, Navarre, Spain
2016
Gallery of the Infanta, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
2013
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
2012
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
2011
Línea Continua, Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Txatxareatzen, La Casa Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
2010
Let Me Dance, Galerie Hroom, Biarritz, France
2007
Miradas al mar, Luzea Tower, Zarautz, Spain
2005
El Corte Inglés, Barcelona, Spain
2001
Galería Lor, Pamplona, Spain
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art Fair Paris, Le Petit Atelier, Paris France
2023
Casa Munoa Joyería, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Carre Rouge, Biarritz, France
2022
Galerie Tarbes, Tarbes, France
Galería de ArtaA2, Pamplona, Spain
2020
Secret Garden, Hotel María Cristina, San Sebastián, Spain
2019
Artist studio, Zarautz, Spain
2018
Galería Arte XXI, Mexico City, Mexico
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Legaxart de Barcelona, Strasbourg, France
2017
Hotel Villa Soro, San Sebastián, Spain
Hotel María Cristina, San Sebastián, Spain
Malaga Art Fair, Vetus Art de San Sebastián, Malaga, Spain
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Legaxart de Barcelona, Strasbourg, France
Tránsitos, Vetus Art, San Sebastián, Spain
2016
Sheraton Hotel & Resort, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Cervantes 6 de Oviedo, Strasbourg, France
Restaurant Marsan by Hélène Darroze, Paris, France
Hotel María Cristina, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
Rtrazos, radiografía de un gesto agonizante, Sala Polvorín, Pamplona, Spain
2015
Vetus Art, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Cervantes 6 de Oviedo, Strasbourg, France
2014
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
DonostiArtean Art Fair, San Sebastián, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
2013
Arteando Art Fair, Irún, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
2012
Barrena Kultur Etxea, Ordizia, Spain
Artemonaco Art Fair, Monaco
Artexpo Fair, New York, NY
Quorum Galería, Madrid, Spain
Arteando Art Fair, Irún, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
2011
Galerie d’Art Anne Broitman, Biarritz, France
Sala Luis de Ajuria, Caja Vital de Vitoria, Vitoria, Spain
Arteando Art Fair, Irún, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
Adan & Adan, Sala Okendo, San Sebastián, Spain
Euskal Etxea, Mexico City, Mexico
2010
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
2009
Finca Itxas Bide Igeldo, San Sebastián, Spain
2008
Galería Esther Arias, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Galería Kokoshka, Irún, Spain
Pinturas Animadas, un mareo en el Cantábrico, Galería 3E, Bilbao, Spain
Galería Arregi Arte de Mondragón, Arrasate, Spain
2006
Galería Eguda, Durango, Spain
Sala Torre Zuri, Azkoitia, Spain
Galería Mikel Armendia, Pamplona, Spain
Camino entre dos aguas, de la figuración a la abstracción, Galería Jovenart, Madrid, Spain
2005
Camino entre dos aguas, de la figuración a la abstracción, Galería Ispilu Arte, Zarautz, Spain
Palacio Real de Olite, Navarra, Spain
Sala Torre Zuri, Azkoitia, Spain
2003
Galería Molmar, Pamplona, Spain
Galería Bale-harri, Zarautz, Spain
2002
Caja Madrid, Zaragoza, Spain
2001
Galería Jovenart, Madrid, Spain
Sevilla Art Fair, Galería San Antón de Pamplona, Sevilla, Spain
2000
Galería Auza, Elizondo, Spain
Inter-Arte Art Fair, Galería San Antón de Pamplona, Valencia, Spain
1998
Galería Molmar, Pamplona, Spain
Galería Alkerdi, Pamplona, Spain
1997
Galería Alkerdi, Pamplona, Spain
AWARDS
2004
1st Place, Pintura de rosas, Gerona, Spain
1997
1st Place, Concurso de pintura, Homenaje a Julián Ugarte, Zarautz, Spain
1st Place, XVI Salón de Pintores y Creadores, St. Ciers Sur Gironde, France
Spain
EDUCATION
1993-1998 Faculty of Fine Arts, Bilbao
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
OMSA Gallery, Southwest Ranches, FL
2017
Irri Sarri Land, Navarre, Spain
2016
Gallery of the Infanta, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
2013
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
2012
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
2011
Línea Continua, Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Txatxareatzen, La Casa Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
2010
Let Me Dance, Galerie Hroom, Biarritz, France
2007
Miradas al mar, Luzea Tower, Zarautz, Spain
2005
El Corte Inglés, Barcelona, Spain
2001
Galería Lor, Pamplona, Spain
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art Fair Paris, Le Petit Atelier, Paris France
2023
Casa Munoa Joyería, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Carre Rouge, Biarritz, France
2022
Galerie Tarbes, Tarbes, France
Galería de ArtaA2, Pamplona, Spain
2020
Secret Garden, Hotel María Cristina, San Sebastián, Spain
2019
Artist studio, Zarautz, Spain
2018
Galería Arte XXI, Mexico City, Mexico
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Legaxart de Barcelona, Strasbourg, France
2017
Hotel Villa Soro, San Sebastián, Spain
Hotel María Cristina, San Sebastián, Spain
Malaga Art Fair, Vetus Art de San Sebastián, Malaga, Spain
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Legaxart de Barcelona, Strasbourg, France
Tránsitos, Vetus Art, San Sebastián, Spain
2016
Sheraton Hotel & Resort, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Cervantes 6 de Oviedo, Strasbourg, France
Restaurant Marsan by Hélène Darroze, Paris, France
Hotel María Cristina, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
Rtrazos, radiografía de un gesto agonizante, Sala Polvorín, Pamplona, Spain
2015
Vetus Art, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Strasbourg Art Fair, Galería Cervantes 6 de Oviedo, Strasbourg, France
2014
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
DonostiArtean Art Fair, San Sebastián, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
2013
Arteando Art Fair, Irún, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
2012
Barrena Kultur Etxea, Ordizia, Spain
Artemonaco Art Fair, Monaco
Artexpo Fair, New York, NY
Quorum Galería, Madrid, Spain
Arteando Art Fair, Irún, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
2011
Galerie d’Art Anne Broitman, Biarritz, France
Sala Luis de Ajuria, Caja Vital de Vitoria, Vitoria, Spain
Arteando Art Fair, Irún, Spain
Galería Enelestudio, San Sebastián, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
Adan & Adan, Sala Okendo, San Sebastián, Spain
Euskal Etxea, Mexico City, Mexico
2010
Galería Ormolú, Pamplona, Spain
Galerie Passage Jourdan, Biarritz, France
2009
Finca Itxas Bide Igeldo, San Sebastián, Spain
2008
Galería Esther Arias, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Galería Kokoshka, Irún, Spain
Pinturas Animadas, un mareo en el Cantábrico, Galería 3E, Bilbao, Spain
Galería Arregi Arte de Mondragón, Arrasate, Spain
2006
Galería Eguda, Durango, Spain
Sala Torre Zuri, Azkoitia, Spain
Galería Mikel Armendia, Pamplona, Spain
Camino entre dos aguas, de la figuración a la abstracción, Galería Jovenart, Madrid, Spain
2005
Camino entre dos aguas, de la figuración a la abstracción, Galería Ispilu Arte, Zarautz, Spain
Palacio Real de Olite, Navarra, Spain
Sala Torre Zuri, Azkoitia, Spain
2003
Galería Molmar, Pamplona, Spain
Galería Bale-harri, Zarautz, Spain
2002
Caja Madrid, Zaragoza, Spain
2001
Galería Jovenart, Madrid, Spain
Sevilla Art Fair, Galería San Antón de Pamplona, Sevilla, Spain
2000
Galería Auza, Elizondo, Spain
Inter-Arte Art Fair, Galería San Antón de Pamplona, Valencia, Spain
1998
Galería Molmar, Pamplona, Spain
Galería Alkerdi, Pamplona, Spain
1997
Galería Alkerdi, Pamplona, Spain
AWARDS
2004
1st Place, Pintura de rosas, Gerona, Spain
1997
1st Place, Concurso de pintura, Homenaje a Julián Ugarte, Zarautz, Spain
1st Place, XVI Salón de Pintores y Creadores, St. Ciers Sur Gironde, France