The Spanish pavilion houses Spain's national representation during the

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arts festivals.

Background

Organization and building

The pavilion was designed and built by Francisco Javier de Luque between 1921 and 1922. While its façade shows influence of 17th century Spanish Baroque architecture, its internal layout is similar to that of the German Pavilion, for a kind of uniformity in the early Giardini buildings. The painter-architect Joaquín Vaquero Palacios restored the pavilion in 1952 and made its façade more modern, with a continuous brick face.

Representation by year

Art

* 1954 —

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Miguel Ortiz Berrocal (Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga, 28 September 1933 – Antequera, Málaga, 31 May 2006) was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his mechanical puzzles, puzzle sculptures, which can be dis ...

* 1958 —

Eduardo Chillida Eduardo Chillida Juantegui (Basque: ''Eduardo Txillida Juantegi''; 10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his abstract works. Early life and career Born in San Sebastián (Donostia) to Pedro Chillida an ...

* 1970 — Gaston Orellana * 1984 — Antoni Clavé * 1988 —

Jorge Oteiza Jorge Oteiza (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basques, Basque Spain, Spanish sculpture, sculptor, painting, painter, designer and writing, writer from the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country, renowned for being one of th ...

, Susana Solano * 1990 —

Antoni Miralda Antoni Miralda (born 1942 in Terrassa, Spain) is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist. Biography Miralda Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. ''Catalogue of the exhibition Miralda De gustibus non disputandum'', 2010 was born in Terr ...

* 1993 —

Antoni Tàpies Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies, Marquess of Tàpies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalans, Catalan painter, sculptor, and art theorist. Life The son of Josep Tàpies i Mestre and Maria Puig i Guerra, Antoni T ...

* 1999 — Manolo Valdés,

Esther Ferrer Esther Ferrer (born 1937 in San Sebastián, Spain) is a Spanish performance artist. Ferrer received Spain's National Award for Plastic Arts (1999), the Marie-Claire Prize for Contemporary Art in France, and the Velázquez Plastic Arts Prize. ...

(Curator: David Pérez) * 2001 —

Ana Laura Aláez Ana Laura Aláez (Bilbao, 1964) is a Basque artist. She is one of the most renowned contemporary artists in Spain. She defines herself as an "emotions architect", as she transforms all her life into art, depicting her feelings in her artworks. O ...

, Javier Pérez (Curator: Estrella de Diego) * 2003 —

Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (born 1966) is a Spanish artist, known for performance art and installation art. Much of his work deals with the topic of social inequities. He lives in Madrid. Career Sierra's most well-known works involve hiring laborers to co ...

(Curator:

Rosa Martínez Rosa Martínez (b. 1955, Soria, Spain) is an independent curator, art critic and international art advisor based in Barcelona, Spain. Career As an independent curator, Rosa Martínez has organised international exhibitions, including the 51st Venic ...

) * 2005 — Antoni Muntadas (Curator: Bartomeu Marí) * 2007 — Manuel Vilariño,

José Luis Guerín José Luis Guerín (born 1960) is a Spanish filmmaker and educator known for '' Train of Shadows'' (1997), ' (2001), and '' The Academy of Muses'' (2015). Style and influences As a young cinephile, Guerín attended many film screenings, made fil ...

, "Los Torreznos", Rubén Ramos (Curator: Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego) * 2009 —

Miquel Barceló Miquel Barceló Artigues (born 1957) is a Spanish painter. Career Barceló was born at Felanitx, Mallorca. After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma de Mallorca, Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School ...

(Curator: Enrique Juncosa) * 2011 —

Dora García Dora García (born 1965) is a contemporary Spanish artist. García draws on interactivity and performance in her work, using the exhibition space as a platform to investigate the relationship between artwork, audience, and place. García transfor ...

(Curator: Katya García-Antón) * 2013 — Lara Almarcegui (Curator: Octavio Zaya) * 2015 — Francesc Ruiz, Pepo Salazar, Cabello/Carceller +

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...

(Curator:

Martí Manen Martí Manen (born 1976, in Barcelona) is a curator and art writer currently living in Stockholm. Since 2018 he has been the director of Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation. He cofounded A*Desk, one of Barcelona's independent struct ...

) * 2017 —

Jordi Colomer Jordi Colomer (born 1962) is a Spanish artist. He lives and works in Paris and Barcelona. Colomer has worked in the media of sculpture, video, and installation art. Biography Colomer was born in 1962 in Barcelona. He studied at the School Eina o ...

(Curator: Manuel Segade) * 2019 — Itziar Okariz, Sergio Prego (Curator: Peio Aguirre) * 2022 — Ignasi Aballí (Curator: Beatriz Espejo) * 2024 — Sandra Gamarra (Curator: Agustín Pérez Rubio)

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Background

Organization and building

Representation by year

Art

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