166 - VÍCTOR MIRA, (Zaragoza, 1949 - Munich, 2003).

VÍCTOR MIRA, (Zaragoza, 1949 - Munich, 2003). Untitled 1991. Mixed media and collage on cardboard. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 78 x 87 cm. Sculptor, painter, engraver and writer, his formation was basically self-taught. When he was eighteen years old, he had his first individual exhibition at the N'Art gallery in Zaragoza, which was also the first open-air sculpture exhibition held in that city. Soon after, he moved to Madrid, where he exhibited in 1973 at the Pol Verdié gallery. After spending some time between Madrid and Germany, he moved to Barcelona in 1977. In 1979 he had his first solo exhibition in Munich, at the Tanit gallery, and the following year he showed his work in the United States, at the George Staempfli gallery in New York. From then on his international career took off, with exhibitions in Germany, the United States, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Colombia, France, Belgium and Austria, while he continued to exhibit regularly in Spain. In 2003, shortly before his death, he received the award for best living Spanish artist at the ARCO Fair. The most recent retrospective exhibition dedicated to this artist was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, at the Beck & Eggeling gallery. Mira's works are preserved in museums and private collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the MACBA, the Fine Arts Museums of Vitoria and Zaragoza, the Beulas Foundation in Huesca, and the Museo Colecciones ICO in Madrid.