Antonio Seguí (Argentine, 2022)

Antonio Seguí (Argentine, b.1934) is a painter and printmaker whose vivid, often satirical figurative works focus on the people and vistas of modern urban life. Seguí studied art at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His early work displays the influence of the Cubists and of artists such as Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955) and Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886-1957). Seguí had his first solo exhibition in his native Argentina at the age of 23. Since then, he has exhibited at galleries and institutions throughout the world, and his work is represented in the permanent collections of the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, among many others. In 2005, his work was the subject of a retrospective at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, in Paris. He lives and works in Paris.

Timeline

1934
Born in Córdoba, Argentina
1951–1954
Traveled to Europe and Africa
Studied painting and sculpture at the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, Spain and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France
1957
Had his first solo exhibition in Argentina
1963
Moved to Paris, France
1966
Premio Construcciones I.K.A., Bienal Americana de Arte, Córdoba, Argentina
1970
Recieved Juror's Prize in both the I and VII San Juan Biennial of the Latin American Print
1980
Became a Professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1980
Awarded Médaille d’Honneur, VIII Biennale Internationale de Gravure, Cracow, Poland
1990
Received the Grand Prize of the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1995
Awarded Gold Medal, XI Norske Internasjonale Grafikk Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Lives and works in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2010
Antonio Seguí, Le Salon d'Art, Brussels, Belguim (solo)
Antonio Seguí, Crypt of the Notre Dame de Boulogne Basilica, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France (solo)
Press Art - Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel , Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
2009
Antonio Seguí, Galerie Hélène Trintignan, Montpellier, France (solo)
Antonio Seguí, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Antonio Seguí, Galeria António Prates, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
2008
El sol no sale para todos, Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, France (solo)
Nouvelle Figuration: Acte III, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris, France
2007
Antonio Seguí, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
Colección Privada - Nueveochenta, Bogota, Columbia
2006
Antonio Seguí, Galerie Hélène Trintignan, Montpellier, France (solo)
Arbeiten auf Papier - Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
Peintures / Painting, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2005
Antonio Seguí, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Antonio Seguí- Os viajantes sem bagagens - Galeria 111 - Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
Antonio Seguí - Oeuvres sur papier 1950-2005 - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
Anthropography III - Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
2003
Antonio Seguí: Retrospective, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece (solo)
Frente a Frente: 10 Artistas Portugueses, 10 Artistas Estrangeiros, Galeria 111, Lisbon, Portugal
2002
Antonio Seguí, Galeria 111 - Porto, Porto, Portugal (solo)
Antonio Seguí: Despertar de una ciudad, Galeria António Prates, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
Unit C: Travelling through Painting, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
2001
Antonio Seguí, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
Sous la mémoire, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, France
2000
Galerie Ruta Correa, Freiburg, Germany
Une Ville-Une Collection, Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium
1999
Foreword, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
1998
Usporednosti: 12 Francuskih Umjetnika, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Croatia
1997
Antonio Seguí, Hombre de ciudades, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Public Collections

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil
Národní Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France
Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC