biography of Jesús Rafael SOTO (1923-2005)
Personal data
Birth : 06/05/1923 - Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
Death : 01/14/2005
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Venezuela
Address
Paris Île-de-France, FranceWork
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media - Oil/wood 
Print-Multiple : Serigraph 
Sculpture-Volume : Installation Subject
movementMovements and styles
Op ArtLatin American Art
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1997
Rétrospective
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
01/07/1997 – 03/07/1997
1979
Oeuvres récentes
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
04/18/1979 – 06/1979
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jean Boghici – Ipanema Rua Joana Angélica, 180 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Dabbeni – Corso Pestalozzi 1 – Lugano TI, Switzerland
sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Maxwell Davidson Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Jean Boghici – Ipanema Rua Joana Angélica, 180 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Dabbeni – Corso Pestalozzi 1 – Lugano TI, Switzerland
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hoffmann – 80 rue de Turenne – Paris, France
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Studio d’Arte Contemporanea Dabbeni – Corso Pestalozzi 1 – Lugano TI, Switzerland
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Vierde Dimensie – Zevenbergseweg 12 – Nijmegen, Netherlands
1er ArtSud Salon International d’Art Contemporain du Sud
Palais des Congrès – Paris, France
04/18/2002 – 04/21/2002
Represented by : Espace Art Venezuela – 4 rue Malher – Paris, France
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Evelyn Aimis Fine Art – 3012C South Ocean Boulevard – Highland Beach FL, United States
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Park Ryu Sook Gallery – Kangnam-Ku 117-41 Cheongdamdong – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zurich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Denise René – 196, boulevard Saint-Germain – Paris, France
ART Paris – art moderne et création contemporaine, n°1
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
10/19/2000 – 10/23/2000
Represented by : Espace Art Vénézuela – 4 Rue Malher – Paris, France
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Schoeller – Poststrasse 2 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Durban Segnini – 3308 Ponce de Leon Boulevard – Coral Gables FL, United States
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Serge Ziegler – Limattstrasse 275 – Zurich ZH, Switzerland
Group exhibitions
2004
MoMA at El Museo Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Museo del Barrio – New York NY, United States
03/05/2004 – 07/25/2004
2002
Geometría como vanguardia
Fundación Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero – Caracas, Venezuela
2002
2001
SITE Santa Fe’s Fourth International Biennial – Beau Monde : Toward a Redeemed Cosmopolitanism
Site Santa Fe – Santa Fe NM, United States
07/14/2001 – 01/06/2002
1999
Georges Pompidou et la modernité
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
02/23/1999 – 04/18/1999
1997
Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997
1996
Universalis – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 23
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/06/1996 – 12/08/1996
1964
Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964
1960
30° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1960
1958
29° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1958
1955
Le Mouvement
Galerie Denise René – Paris, France
04/06/1955 – 04/30/1955
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