Oscar Villalón

Oscar Villalón Ríos, (Santiago,Chile, 30 April 1972). Is a chilean-spanish Painter, Sculptor and Designer. Although he was born in Chile, he has develop his professional career in Madrid, Spain where he teaches in his own academy.

Biography

Oscar Villalón 30 April 1972, in Santiago, Chile.

Beginnings in arts

Oscar participates in workshops on painting and drawing the comic subsequently derived.

The sculptoric experience

Oscar Meets the sculptor Sergio Castillo Amunateguiwho starts in the discipline of sculpture iron soldier. Then as an assistant participating in the development of works of art and monuments private and public.

Trainning

In 1992, he is admitted to the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile, where he choose as specialty paint, dive on technical procedures. It definitely leans figuration that will make way for his journey through codes realistic. He is awarded a degree in Plastic Arts in 1996.

Professional works

In 1997, he began his career in circuits galleries, public and private collections. One of his first exhibits si "Counterpoint", an exhibition between interdiciplinaria sculpture-painting, two linked by a single concept. Project started in'97 in May in Buenos Aires with John Giordano, Argentine sculptor currently based in Toledo, Spain.

Working in Madrid

He is awarded a Post-graduate scholarship from the Fundación Arte y Autores Contemporáneos (Art and Contemporary Painters' Foundation). In 2001-2003 became a painting and drawing teacher at La Academia at the Chinchón and Madrid bases.

In 2004 together with the Chilean artist Alejandro Decinti, he founds the Decinti & Villalón Painting Studio based at 4 Calle del Castillo, Chamberí, Madrid where they give painting classes and strive to actively promote painting.

Works

He is a realist, basically working in portraits, urban landscapes and still life. He feels the influence of Velázquez, Rembrandt,Vermeer,Monet and Antonio López García

Portraits

In portraits we can select, El cronista, Raúl Alonso 2002,Divagación 2006,La serie libertango 2002, Jesús Panadero Pastrana 2005 and Elena Abreu de Brunner 2007.

Landscapes

Basicaly there are urban portratis as, Chinchon series Torre de Chinchón en verano 2001,Torre de Chinchón nevado 2003,Torre de Chinchón en el ocaso 2006, Rome series, Piazza Navona 2004 or Ponte Garibaldi 2005, Toscana Italy Pitigliano 2005 and Venice, Gran Canal 2008, luces y reflejos 2009,Desde la piazzetta 2009 y Cúpulas 2008.

Still life

Objetos I 2001,En arcilla 2004,En el olvido 2003, y Reflejos y brillos 2002.

Exhibitions

1992

• Colective work "Verano Creativo", Sala Isidora Segers. Facultad de Artes, Universidad de Chile.

1993

• "Seis reflejos para siete cabezas". Casa de la Cultura de Ñuñoa. Santiago, Chile.

1994

• “Taller de Arte en Vivo “, realizado en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, auspiciado por la Embajada Real de los países Bajos y ARTEL Chile.

1997

• "Exposición Realidades", Galería de Arte San Francisco.

1998

• "Exposición Contrapunto", Galería de Arte San Francisco.

1999

• “Exposición Colectiva "Punto G". Centro de Arte-Generador. Santiago, Chile"

2000

• “Nueve nuevos realistas". Galería de Arte Referéndum. Santiago, Chile.
• “Noche del Arte". Galería de Arte Hotel Hyatt Regency. Santiago, Chile.

2001

• “Óleos y Pequeños Estudios de Taller". Fundación Arauco. Chinchón, Spain.

2002

• "La Academia”. Galería Ansorena. Madrid, Spain.
• “La Scuola di Chinchón”. Galleria Marieschi. Milan. Italy.
• “La Escuela de Chinchón”. Fundación Arauco en colaboración con la Galería Ansorena. Chinchón, Spain.
• “Exposición Colectiva”. La Academia. Fundación Arauco. Chinchón, Spain.

2003

• “La Academia”. Centro Cultural Moncloa. Madrid, Spain.
• "Obras y Procesos". Galería Ana Samarán. Madrid, Spain
• "El paradigma del constructivismo". Kur Gallery. San Sebastián,Spain.
• LXXIII Aniversario de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile. Hotel Meliá Castilla. Madrid, Spain.
• "Exposición Colectiva". Galería Ana Samarán. Madrid, Spain

2004

• "Juego de Dados" Juego Aleatorio. Ateneu Cultural Fort Pienc. Barcelona, España. (fotos)
• "Miradas Complementarias". Galería Ana Samarán. Madrid, Spain.

2005

• "Jogo de dados". Espaço Vasco Prado. Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• "Tendéncias". Galería Publicaciones Eurpeas de Arte (PEA). Madrid, Spain.

2006

• "Formas y Métodos". Escuela de Ingeniería Naval, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.

2008

• "Venice". Blackheath Gallery. London.
• "Ingenieros y constructores navales españoles". LXXV Aniversario de la Ingeniera Naval Civil, LX Aniversario de la actual escuela, Asociación de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos de España. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid,Spain.
• "Christmas 08". Blackheath Gallery. London.
• "Pequeño Formato". Star Galerïa de Arte. Madrid, Spain.
• "Variaciones en torno a la Condesa de Chinchón". Parador de Turismo de Chinchón (Sala Capitular) y la Casa de Cultura “Manuel Alvar” de Chinchón,Spain.
• "Algo mas que Realismo". Sala de Exposiciones de la Agrupación Artística Aragonesa, Zaragosa, Spain.

2009

• "Venezia". Victoria Hidalgo Galería Hidalgo. Madrid, Spain.

Works

• Objetos I 2001
• Torre de Chinchón en verano 2001

• El cronista, Raúl Alonso 2002
• Reflejos y brillos 2002
• Libertango II 2002

• En el olvido 2003
• Torre de Chinchón nevado 2003

• En arcilla 2004
• Piazza Navona 2004

• Ponte Garibaldi 2005
• Pitigliano 2005
• Jesús Panadero Pastrana 2005

• Torre de Chinchón en el ocaso 2006
• Divagación 2006

• Elena Abreu de Brunner 2007

• Cúpulas 2008
• Gran Canal 2008

• luces y reflejos 2009
• Desde la piazzetta 2009

See also

• Realism

External links

• Oscar Villalón Homepage
• Decinti Villalón Academy

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