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CARLOS MATA 
(1949 - 2008, Spain)

The subtle and special sensitivity of this sculptor born on the Mediterranean coast establishes an incredible combination of grace, style and elegance in his work. Carlos Mata received classical training in Barcelona and Paris (École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts). Carlos Mata's sculptures are built on his childhood memories as he makes an effort to get the original image he could see as a child. This artist was able to find the original reality that defined his psyche long ago.

There are thousands of hours of study- work behind the apparent simplicity of Mata's forms. Mata's horses and bulls appear playful but proud, displaying characteristic features without volume. Its shapes represent the collective memory of ancient cultures, related to modern reality. Carlos Mata was an internationally renowned artist who exhibited at art fairs, public and private collections in Europe, South America, the United States, etc.

 
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MONUMENTAL & PUBLIC SCULPTURES

 

2003     Caballo Troia (6 metros de altura). Igualada (Barcelona (España)).

              Fundación Fran Daurell (Poble Español), Barcelona, España

2000    “Carlos Mata’s Hall” en Mochental Museum (DEU)

 

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EXHIBITIONS

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2008

"Sculpture and Jewellery" - Haras du Pin (France)

"Sculpture" – Interart Sculpture Garden. Heeswijk-Dinther (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery. Lille Art Fair (France)

"Sculpture" –Studio 2000 Art Gallery. Art & Antiques Fair ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Holland)

"Sculpture" –Studio 2000 Art Gallery. TEFAF, Maastricht (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Frederic Got. Sofa Chicago (USA)

"Sculpture" – Leonhard´s and Absolute Art Galleries, Sculpture Highlight, Maastricht (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Frederic Got. Sofa Chicago (USA)

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery, St’Art Art Fair, Strasbourg (France)

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery, Art Madrid (Spain)

 

2007

“Sculpture” - Leonhard´s and Absolute Art Galleries, Lineart Art Fair. Gent, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – La Galerie, Hossegor (France)

"Sculpture" – IB Isabel Bilbao Galerie, Prenzlauberg (Berlin, Germany)

"Sculpture" – Leonhard’s Gallery. Antwerpen (Belgium)

“Sculpture” - Art Center Berlin “CATALUNYA LOOK” Instituto Ro Ramón Lull y Galería 3Punts, Berlin (Germany)

"Sculpture" – Interart Sculpture Garden. Heeswijk-Dinther (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery. Knokke (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – “Masters of Sculpture”. Galerie Bell’Arte, Chateau St. Gerlach, Maastricht (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Frederic Got. Paris (France)

"Sculpture" – PAN Amsterdam. Studio 2000 Art Gallery. (Holland)

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Frederic Got. Sofa Chicago (USA)

 

2006

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Galerie d´Art Elisées, Champs-Elisées, Paris (France) 

"Sculpture" – Leonhard’s Gallery. Antwerp Art & Antiques Fair. Antwerpen (Belgium) 

"Sculpture" – Leonhard’s Gallery. Antwerpen (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Atlas Gallery, Chicago (IL,USA)

"Sculpture" – Jenny Granger Gallery, Kent (UK)

"Sculpture" – "Masters of Sculpture" Chateau St. Gerlach, Maastricht (Holland) 

"Sculpture" – Lisa Kurts Gallery, Beverly Hills Classic, Beverly Hills (CA, EEUU)

"Sculpture" – Lisa Kurts Gallery, Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women Breast Cancer Center, Memphis, (TN, USA) 

"Sculpture" – Lisa Kurts Gallery, Scottsdale (AZ,USA)

"Sculpture" – Bronze and Glass - J.C. Chapelotte Gallery. Luxembourg (Luxembourg) 

"Sculpture" – “New York City 06” – collective exhibition, Ariel Sibony Gallery, Paris (France) 

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Brugge, (Belgium) "Sculpture and Jewellery" - Bell´Arte Gallery, Maastricht (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Elysées, Palm Beach (FL, USA)

"Sculpture" – Patou Fine Art Gallery, Dania Beach (FL, USA)"Sculpture" – Sibman Gallery. ST'ART Contemporary Art Fair Strasbourg (France) "Sculpture" – Botello Gallery, Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Frédéric Got, SOFA New York (NY, USA)

"Sculpture" – La Galerie, Hossegor (France)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Ariel Sibony. Art Miami (FL, USA)

"Sculpture" – Nicolas Hagen Fine Art Gallery, London (UK)

 

2005

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium)

“Sculpture” - Leonhard´s and Absolute Art Galleries, Lineart Art Fair. Gent, (Belgium)

"Sculpture and Jewellery" – Fries Gallery, Kaarst, (Germany)

"Glass and bronze sculpture" – Modus Art Gallery. SOFA Chicago, Chicago (USA)

"Sculpture and Jewellery" - Galerie Cattani, Leiden (Holland)

"Sculpture and Jewellery" - Bell´Arte Gallery, Maastricht (Holland)

"Sculpture and Jewellery" – Collection Galerie - Moraira (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Lisa Kurts Gallery, Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe (New Mexico, EEUU)

"Sculpture" – "Masters of Sculpture" Chateau St. Gerlach, Maastricht (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Espace Bourdelle, Montauban, (France)

“Jewellery and sculptures” J.ROCA Joyers, Barcelona, (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Bell'Arte Gallery, Maastricht, (Holland)

"Sculpture" – Leonhard’s Gallery. Antwerpen (Belgium)

“Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Halles de Bruges, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Nicholas Hagen Fine Art Gallery, London (UK)

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Eurantica, Brussels, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Castiglione, Barbizon, (France)

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Artendens, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Schrade Gallery, Art Karlsruhe, (Germany)

"Sculpture and Jewellery" – Galerie Alpage, Courchevel 1850, (France)

"Sculpture" – Schrade Gallery. ST'ART Contemporary Art Fair Strasbourg (France)

"Sculpture" – Sibman Gallery. ST'ART Contemporary Art Fair Strasbourg (France)

"Glass sculpture" – J.C.Chapelotte Gallery, ST´ART Contemporary Art Fair. Strasbourg, (France)

"Sculpture" – Sibman Gallery, Art Miami (FL, USA)

 

2004

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium)

“Sculpture, Jewellery and Painting” - Leonhard´s and Absolute Art Galleries, Lineart art Fair. Gent, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Mochental Palace, (Germany)

“Jewellery” – BijOhrca Jewellery Show, Paris, (France)

"Sculpture" – El Claustre Gallery, Gerona, (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Halles de Bruges, (Belgium)

"Glass sculpture" – J.C. Chapelotte Gallery, Luxembourg, (Luxembourg)

"Sculpture" – I.B Gallery. Jávea (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Fries Gallery, Kaarst, (Germany)

"Sculpture" –“Bronze sculptures”- Exposition. Absolute Art Gallery. Brugge (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Lisa Kurts Gallery. Memphis (USA)

“Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Halles de Bruges, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Patou Fine Art Gallery. Dania Beach (FL, USA)

"Sculpture" – Absolute Art Gallery, Artendens, (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Ariel Sibony, Paris (France)

"Sculpture" – Galerie de l'Alpage I. Mégève ( France)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Sainte Claire - Saint Paul de Vence ( France)

"Sculpture" – Leonhard’s Gallery. Brasschaat (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – “Life of Art” - Harrod's Exposition. London (UK)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Normandy. Honfleur ( France)

"Sculpture" – Collection Galerie - Moraira (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Casar Gallery. Alicante (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Agora Gallery , Artexpo, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Sibman Gallery. ST'ART Contemporary Art Fair Strasbourg (France)

 

2003

"Sculpture, oil painting and lithograph” – Leonhard’s Gallery. Lineart Art Fair. Gent (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Eden Gallery, Minneapolis (USA)

"Sculpture" – Leonhard’s Gallery. Brasschaat (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – “Life of Art” - Harrod's Exposition - London (UK)

"Sculpture" – Collection Galerie - Moraira (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Casar Gallery. Alicante (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Agora Gallery, Artexpo. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – " Le Cheval" (The Hors) - Espace Art Venezuela, Paris (France)

"Sculpture" – I.B Gallery. Jávea (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Kroma Gallery, St Feliù de Guixols (Gerona, Spain)

"Sculpture" – Galerie Du Dauphin. Honfleur (France)

"Sculpture" – Argo Gallery, Knokke (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Eden Gallery. Jerusalem (Israel)

"Sculpture" – Nuances et Lumière Gallery. Lyon (France)

"Sculpture" – Halcyon Gallery. London (UK)

"Sculpture" – Marc Hachen Gallery. Palm Beach (FL. USA)

"Sculpture" – Artis Gallery. Salamanca (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Art New York. NY (USA)

"Sculpture" – "Sculpture en verre" (Glass sculpture) - J.C. Chapelotte Gallery. Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. ST'ART Art Fair. Strasbourg (France)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Art Miami. Miami (USA)

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2002

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium)

"Sculpture" –Trigoon Gallery. Antwerpen (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. SOFA Chicago. Chicago (USA)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Fall Fair New York. NY (USA)

"Sculpture" – Chabanian Fine Art Gallery. Rhone Hotel. Geneva (Switzerland)

"Sculpture" – "Les Sculptures d'automne" (Autumn Sculptures) - Chabanian Fine Art Gallery. Annecy (France)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Paris (France)

"Sculpture" – Société Monégasque de Banque Privée (Monaco)

"Sculpture"- “Summer” – Artis Gallery. Salamanca (Espagne)

"Sculpture" – Kreisler Gallery. Madrid (Spain)"Sculpture" – I.B Gallery. Jávea (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Art-Sud-Beirut. Beirut (Lebanon)

"Sculpture" – “Formes” (Forms) - Mairie du 3èm arrondissement. (Town Hall of the 3 District) Paris (France)

"Sculpture" – Courant d’Art Gallery. Mulhouse (France)

"Sculpture" – Marie-Louise Wirth Gallery. Zurich (Swiss)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. A.I.F. Hong-Kong (China)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Art-Sud. Paris (France)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Art Expo. New York (USA)

"Sculpture" – Argo Gallery. Knokke (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. A.I.F. Miami (USA)

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. ST'ART Art Fair. Strasbourg (France)

 

2001

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium) 

"Sculpture" – Schrade Gallery. Karlsruhe (Germany)

"Sculpture" – L'Estampe Gallery. Strasbourg (France) 

"Sculpture" – Artis Gallery. DeARTE. Madrid (Spain) 

"Sculpture" – Vivendi Gallery. Paris (France) 

"Sculpture" – Summer Collective exposition. Argo Gallery. Knokke (Belgium) 

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery. Artexpo. Barcelona (Spain) 

"Sculpture" – Galerie GM. International Contemporary Art Fair. Viena (Austria) 

"Sculpture" – Barbara Ruetz Gallery. Munich (Germany)

"Sculpture" – Artis Gallery. Arcale Art Fair. Salamanca (Spain) 

"Sculpture" – Barbara Ruetz Gallery. Augsburg (Germany)

"Sculpture" – Galerie GM. ST'ARTS. Strasbourg (France) 

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery. Barcelona (Spain) 

 

2000

"Sculpture" – Inauguration of Carlos Mata´s room. Mochental Museum (Germany)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – "La estampa" – Kreisler Gallery.Madrid (Spain)"Posa't la Màscara" (Put the mask on) - 3 Punts Gallery. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – 98 Gallery. Cadaqués (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Collective exposition. Patrick Gaultier Gallery. Quimper (France)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery. Art Fair Nice (France)

“Sculpture and Painting” – Trigoon Gallery. Antwerp (Belgium)

"Sculpture" – Kreisler Gallery. BA Art Fair. Buenos Aires (Argentina)

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery. Artexpo. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Europ-Art. Geneva (Switzerland)

"Sculpture" – Kreisler Gallery. A.I.F. Palm Springs. California (USA)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery. ST'ART Art Fair. Strasbourg (France)

"Sculpture" – Schrade Gallery. Karlsruhe (Germany)

 

1999

"Sculpture" – "Una ventana al 2000" (A window straight ahead to 2000). I.B. Gallery, Javea (Spain)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium)

"Sculpture and Graphic work“– Kreisler Gallery. Madrid (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Quasar Gallery. Contemporary Art Fair. Valencia (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Mochental Palace (Germany)

"Sculpture" – Vint-i-dos Gallery. Igualada (Spain)

"Vine al teatre"(Come to the theatre) - 3 Punts Gallery. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – I.B Gallery. Javea (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Quasar Gallery. Contemporary Art Fair. Santander (Spain)

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts selection exposition. 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Casar Gallery. Alicante (Spain)

"Sculpture" – European artists Exposition. Mochental Palace (Germany)

“Sculpture" – Harnmer Gallery. Regensburg (Germany) « Los Azules » (The Blue) – Sombrerers Gallery. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Artexpo Fair. 3 Punts and Quasar Galleries. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – I.B Gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, (Luxembourg)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery. ST'ART Art Fair. Strasbourg (France)

"Sculpture" – Artis Gallery. Salamanca (Spain)“Contemporary Art Fair of Sevilla” – Quasars Gallery. Sevilla (Spain)

"Sculpture" – "Ciudad de Hierro"(Iron City) - 3 PuntsGallery. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Kreisler Gallery. Madrid (Spain)"Nit de l'Art" (Night of Art) - Quasars Gallery. Mallorca (Spain)

 

1998

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery. Lineart Fair. Gent (Belgium)

"Sculpture and Graphic work“ – Kreisler Gallery. Estampa ´98, International Exhibition of engraving.. Madrid (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Quasars Gallery. Inter-Art 98. Valencia (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Can Art’s Edition. Contemporary Art Fair. Ibiza , (Spain)« ¿Qué hora es ? » (What´s the time ?) - collective exposition, 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

"Painting" – “Spanish Artists Exhibition” - Stefan W. Fries Gallery, Düsseldorf (Germany)

"Sculpture" – 2+2 Casar Gallery, Alicante (Spain)

"Sculpture" – "Estiu 98" Exhibition - Artis Gallery, Salamanca (Spain)

"Sculpture" - I.B. Gallery, Mac 21 Fair, Marbella (Spain)

"Sculpture" – El Quatre Art Gallery. Contemporary Art Fair, Granollers (Barcelona, Spain)

"Sculpture" – 3 Punts Gallery, Artexpo Fair, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – I.B. Gallery, L´Art à l’Hotel, Valencia (Spain)

"Sculpture" – I.B Gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, (Luxembourg)

"Sculpture" (City) – Roger Smith Gallery. New York (USA)

Regular collaboration in "Plages" (Beach), avant-garde graphic review of International distribution Paris Edition.(France)

 

1997

"Sculpture" – Stefan W. Fries GAllery, Düsseldorf (Germany)

"Sculpture" – Isabel Bilbao Gallery, Lineart Art Fair, Gent (Belgium)

“Trees for peace” collective exposition, Güell´s Palace, Barcelona (Spain)

“Sculpture and Painting” – Vint-i-dos Gallery, Igualada (Spain)

“Sculpture and Painting” - Isabel Bilbao Gallery, Javea (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Artexpo Fair, 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

 

1996

"Sculpture: "Somnis de Ferro” (Iron Dreams) – 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture and Painting” - Maite Muñoz Art Gallery. Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture" – Sculpture Garden, Barcelona (Spain)

"Sculpture: “Trees”" - collective exposition Green Peace, De Palau Gallery, Gerona (Spain)

 

1995

"Sculpture: “Open House"” - Tom Maddock Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

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1993

"Sculpture" - Manuel Montero Museum, Mondeño (Spain)

 

1990

“Sculpture and Painting” - M. Mercier. Paris (France)

 

1987

“Sculpture and Painting” - M. Mercier. Paris (France)  

 

1986

"Sculpture" - Collective expositions in London and Bristol (United Kingdom) 

 

1984

“Sculpture and Painting” - Lleonart Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

 

1983

“Painting, sculpture and installation” - "Pentagrama" - American Institute. Barcelona (Spain)

 

1980

"Sculpture" - La Caixa. “Contemporary Artists” - Itinerant Exibition in Spain

 

1979

“Sculptures and drawing” - "Manchas en el cielo y otras cosas"”- Exhibition Hall of Vergara ocho, Barcelona (Spain)"Sculpture" - Carmen Martínez and V. Griminger Gallery, Paris (France) "Sculpture" - Sculpture Gallery Claudine Ratié, Paris (France)  

 

1978

"Sculpture" -Independant fair, Paris (France) "Sculpture" - Arenys Art Gallery, Arenys de Mar (Espagne) "Sculpture" - Tom Maddock Art Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)"Sculpture" – Numerous collective expositions in France, Spain, etc…

 

1977

"Sculpture" -Tom Maddock Art Gallery, Barcelona (Spain) "Sculpture" - Collection of W. Thaschem, Barcelona (Spain)

 

1976

"Painting" – Canals Art Gallery, Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona, Spain)

 

1975

"Painting"- Collection newspaper « Avui », Barcelona (Spain) “Oil and drawing” – Anglada Art Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

 

1974

"Painting" - Estudi d´Art Gallery, Sant Cugat del Valles (Barcelona, Spain)

 

1973

“Painting and drawing: "Divisionismo Puntillista”” – Anglada Art Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)

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