Igor Mitoraj (Polish, –2014)

Timeline

1944
Igor Mitoraj was born in Oderan, Germany, from Polish mother and French father.
He then had a classic painting education at the Cracovie Art School and at the Cracovie Academy of Fine Art.
1968
In 1968 he came to Paris to follow his own study at the National School of Fine Arts where he approached the painting. After a two years journey in South America he diverts the sculpture for the first time and his first solo sculpture exhibition is held at the Galerie la Hune in Paris in 1976. Then he open a sculpture atelier in Paris and travels to New York and Greece where he studies classic sculpture.
1979
In 1979 he visits Carrara in Italy and decides that marble is the perfect material for his sculpture. Since the opening of his atelier in Carrara, in 1983, he has been living between Italy and Paris.
1995
Began to collaborate with the Contini Art Gallery
2014
Died in Paris, France

Exhibitions

2016
Mitoraj a Pompei, Pompeii, Italy (solo)
2015
Omaggio a Igor Mitoraj, Galleria d’arte Contini, Venice, Italy (solo)
2015
Mitoraj Mito e Musica, Pietrasanta, Italy (solo)
2014
Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, Italy (solo)
2014
Sinopie Museum, Pisa, Italy (solo)
2014
Opera Primaziale Pisana, Pisa, Italy (solo)
2013
Museum of Castelvecchio, Mitoraj, Sculture, Verona, Italy (solo)
2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2012
Scenography and Costumes for the opera Aida, Doha, Qatar
2012
University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2012
Chapel of Villa Rufolo, Auditorium Niemeyer, Ravello, Italy
2011
Mitoraj at the Valley of the Temples, Archaeological Museum of Sicily, Agrigento, Italy
2010
La Défense, Mitoraj un Sculpteur à la Defense, Paris, France
2010
Mitoraj Monumental, Aix-en-Provence, France
2010
Mitoraj Monumental, Abbaye de Silvacane, France
2010
Castello di Racconigi Scultura Internazionale a Racconigi 2010
2010
Presente ed esperienza del passato
2008
Massa Marittima Igor Mitoraj. Ferro
2008
BiancoNero, Galleria d’ arte Contini, Venice, Italy
2007
Palermo Angeli, Miti ed Eroi
2006
Public exhibitions in Granada, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla, Spain. Fundació La Caixa
2005
Mitoraj a Venezia, The Contini Art Gallery of Venice in collaboration with the city of Venice Civic Museums of Art and History, Venice, Italy
2005
Ca’ Pesaro Museum, Venice
2004
Mercati of Traiano, Rome
2004
The Tuillerie Gardens, Paris
2004
Royal Palace of Warsaw
2004
Galeria Joan Gaspar-Madrid, Spain
2003
The Norodowe Museum, Warsaw
2003
The International Center for Culture, Krakow
2002
The Tega Gallery, Milan
2002
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Lugano
2002
Galeria Joan Gaspar-Barcelona, Spain
2001
In March 28 2001, a great retrospective called “New Mythology” was held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
1999
Galeria Joan Gaspar-Barcelona, Spain
1999
Museo Archeologico, Girardiredi Boboli Firenze
1997
KPMG, La Défense Paris
1997
Institut Polonais Rome
1996
Fondzione Publitaila Sysacuse, Italie
1995
Marisa Del Toe Gallery New York
1994
Time Machine, British Museum London
1994
National Gallery Warsaw
1994
Galeria Joan Gaspar-Barcelona, Spain
1993
Galerie JGM Paris
1992
JGM Galerie Madrid
1992
Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wakefield, UK
1991
First exhibition at JGM Gallery, Paris
1989
New York Academy of Art New York
1989
Sala Gaspar, Barcelona, Spain
1988
The Queen's Museum New York
1986
Biennale de Venise ( invitation spéciale) Venice
1982
Musée de la Sculpture Kassel, Germany
1976
Galerie La Hune Paris
1970
Espace Lumière, Grand-Palais Paris
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