Xavier Navarro de Torres

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Navarro and the second or maternal family name is de Torres.

Xavier Navarro de Torres (born 28 November 1956) is a Spanish painter and sculptor.

Xavier Navarro de Torres
Born	Javier Navarro de Torres 28 November 1956 Barcelona, Spain
Resting place	Almeria, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Painting, Drawing, Sculpture

He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1956.

Expositions

• 1976 Art. Expres Gallery, Girona, Spain
• 1979 La Caixa de Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
• 1980 Catalán Institut Ibero-american, Coop, Barcelona, Spain
• 1981 C. Tau Installation "Dream of Desert", Almeria, Spain
• 1982 Keller Club, Biel, Switzerland
• 1985 Estar Gris Gallery, Almería, Spain
• 1986 Münchenstein, Performance, Basel, Switzerland
• 1987 Galería Argar, "Paintings and Sculptures", Almeria, Spain
• 1988 Sala la Rectoría (s. XVI), "Ten Years Anthology", Barcelona, Spain
• 1989 Udo Walz Saloons, Berlin, Germany
• 1990 Galerie d' Art Imagine, Montreal, Canada
• 1991 Jomfruburet Gallery, Oslo, Norway
• 1992 Can Mercader Park, Barcelona, Spain
• 1997 Campari Bar (Art '97), Basel, Switzerland

Expositions in collaboration

• 1975 Galery Aixo. Pluc (with Ferrán Maese, sculptor), Barcelona, Spain
• 1979 Can Mercader School (with J. Minguet, poet/writer]), Barcelona, Spain
• 1983 Keller Club (with Ana María Godat, painter), Biel, Switzerland
• 1983 New Acropolis, Arabian Palace of Abrantes (s. XI) (with Ana M. Godat), Granada, Spain
• 1984 Alte Krone (with Ana M. Godat), Biel, Switzerland

Group exhibitions

• 1983 S.P. Société d'Art Suisse, Biel, Switzerland
• 1984 Works from Nicaragua (S.P.S.A.S.), Biel, Switzerland
• 1986 Bienal of Basilea 17.85, Bâle, Switzerland
• 1989 Montserrat Gallery, New York City, United States
• 1990 Galerie d'Art Imagine, Montreal, Canadá
• 1990 Montserrat Gallery, New York City
• 1993 Works to UNICEF, Almeria, Spain

Permanent collections

• The Archaeological Museum "Luis Siret" of Almeria, Spain
• La Caixa de Barcelona, Spain
• Mister F. Pérez Rodríguez, Almeria
• St. Ramon Castle Rodalquilar Sculptures, Almeria, Spain
• Mister F. Perez Rguez., Almeria, Spain
• Mister Jack Wait, Berlin/Miami
• Cartier, California
• Savit's Center (New York)
• 1994 Suristán Spaces, Madrid, Spain. Stone-Wood Permanent Installation.
• 1995 Artist in Residence N.Y., New York (USA).
• 1996 St-Jaume Church (Barcelona), Spain. Can Mercader Park. Triptic-Painting (Permanent Mural Installation).

Selected works

• Los Músicos, oil painting, 1995–1996, 160 × 170 cm
• Iberia, oil, 1995–1996, 105 × 130 cm
• Tapiz azul, oil, 1996, 105 × 130 cm
• Vidriera, oil, 1996, 105 × 130 cm
• Tapiz rojo, oil, 1996, 105 × 130 cm
• Talla de madera, oil, 1995, 105 × 130 cm
• Aliga, stone, 17 kg, 40 × 20 × 20 cm
• Busto, stone, 8 kg, 70 × 25 × 25 cm
• Indios, wood-iron, 30 kg, 100 × 25 × 25 cm
• Virgen, stone, 100 kg, 100 × 40 × 25 cm
• Sin título, oil, 1996, 105 × 135 cm
• Azul, azules, oil, 1996, 160 × 170 cm
• La Gente que viene del sol, oil, 1996, 160 × 170 cm
• La Gente que viene del mar, 1995, oil, 1995–1996, 160 × 170 cm
• Hermético de Otoño, oil, 1995–1996, 160 × 170 cm
• La virgen de Piedra, oil, 1996, 105 × 130 cm
• África, oil, 1992, 105 × 135 cm

External links

• Page in Facebook
• Asociación de amigos del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata – Níjar
• Hombres que viven en Cabo de Gata-Níjar Interview
• "Fiskelangs" Proyect (2007 Helgeland), Norway

Bibliography

• MARÍN FERNÁNDEZ, Bartolomé. "Charidemos o diálogos de la mar", p. 206. Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Almería, Almeria, Spain, 15 August 1990 ISBN 84-505-9586-X.
• HOF, Peter. "Xavier de Torres 1997". Basel, Switzerland, May 1997.
• Torres, Xavier de. Pintura 1. Ed. Magda Disseny, S.L., D.L. GI-34-2011, ISBN 978-84-614-6851-5.