Ricardo Beleña Blanco Biography

SURNAME: Beleña Blanco NAME: Ricardo PLACE OF BIRTH: Madrid BIRTHDATE: December 5, 1953

ARTISTIC BACKGROUND

  • Monographic Courses Painting and Modeling in the School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Madrid.
  • Diploma in Art Photography at the School of Applied Arts and Crafts in Madrid.
  • Work with several sculptors in the School-Workshop "Faenza".
  • Carries out the silkscreen workshop "COMAINSA" of Madrid.

WORK ON DISPLAY

  • Open Air Museum of Sculpture in Huelva.
  • Open Air Museum of Sculpture in Aracena.
  • The Aviator House - Air Ministry - Madrid.
  • Open Air Museum of Sculpture in Alcala de Henares - Madrid.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Provincial Exhibition of Painting 1972 - Madrid. Sculpture Exhibition 1979 - Ayuntamiento de Móstoles - Madrid. Sculpture Exhibition 1980 - Photo d'art Alcorcón - Madrid. Poster Exhibition - Diputación Provincial de Madrid. 1981 Exhibition of Painting "Marine Day" - Zamora. Exhibition Hall Blasco de Garay - Madrid. 1982 "FAENZA 82" - Madrid. Exhibition of Photography "Coslada 82" - Madrid. Sculpture Exhibition 1983 - Art Gallery Casarrubuelos - Madrid. Craftsmen Fair Finarte 83 "- Madrid. Exhibition "Labor History" - Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Madrid. Sculpture Exhibition - Ayuntamiento de Móstoles - Madrid. Exhibition "Peace Week" - Circulo de Bellas Artes - Madrid. Painting Exhibition Savings Provincial de Guadalajara. Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas - Madrid. Commemoration "V Centenary Meeting of Two Worlds." Painting Exhibition 1984 - Municipality of Burgos. Sculpture Exhibition - Ayuntamiento de Arganda - Madrid. 1993 Galería "Detursa" - Madrid. 1995 1st Exhibition of Painters in Vicálvaro - C. Cultural "El Madroño" - Madrid. Exhibition "avant-garde painters in the exhibition hall of the National Parador Chinchón - Madrid. Painting Exhibition Concha Marquez Foundation. 1998 Summer 98 - Photo Fleece - Madrid 2007 Fair of Art "ARTE SEVILLA. X Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León "ARCALE.

SOLO SHOWS

Sculpture Exhibition 1985 - Gallery Begué Torres - Madrid. 1986 Galería Caja de Córdoba - Marbella (Málaga). Sculpture Exhibition 1988 - Gallery "Knocker" - Madrid. Sculpture Exhibition 1989 - Ateneo de Madrid. 1992 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - C. Cultural Park. San Juan Bautista Madrid. 1993 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - C. Cultural "El Madroño" - Madrid. 1994 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - C. Cultural Park. San Juan Bautista Madrid. 1995 Exhibition of Painting - Art Gallery "Marmar" - Madrid. 1996 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - C. Municipal Culture - Pinto (Madrid). 1997 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - C. Cultural Park. San Juan Bautista (Madrid). 1998 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - Photo Fleece. Madrid 2001 Exhibition of Painting - Photo Fleece. Madrid 2004 Exhibition of Painting - Centro Cultural Infanta Cristina. Pinto (Madrid) 2008 Exhibition of Paintings - People and Landscapes - Toledo Art Circle.

AWARDS

Mention in the 1979 Painting Competition VIII Villa de Móstoles - Madrid. Selected in the 1980 Painting Competition X Villa de Móstoles - Madrid. Selected in 1981 X Certamen de Escultura del Ayuntamiento de Móstoles - Madrid. Selected in the Second National Painting Competition "Ciudad de Burgos". Finalist in the Poster Competition San Isidro - Madrid. 1984 First Prize in the Small Sculpture Competition III - District Municipal Board Chamberí - Madrid. Selected in the 1988 Sculpture Contest II Antonio Machado - Madrid. Selected in the third National Sculpture Competition "Ciudad de Burgos". 1989 Selected in the Second Prize in Sculpture "Sketch" Gallery Veiga de Madrid. Selected in the 1995 competition "Still Life" Cultural Association Tierno Galván de Pinto - Madrid. Gold Medal of the City of Madrid - Citizen participation Wood Carving. 1996 Selected for the "Premio Penagos de Dibujo" - 14th convocation of the Fundación Cultural Mapfre Vida - Madrid.

Selected for the 2004 European Painting Competition "Antonio Lopez 2004" - Pinto (Madrid). Selected for the National Sculpture Competition IV "Villa de Pinto 2004" - Pinto (Madrid). Selected for the 2005 European Painting Competition "Antonio Lopez 2005 Pinto (Madrid). 2008 Selected for the Third figurative painting competition organized by Fundació de les Arts i els Artists. Selected for European Painting Competition "Antonio Lopez 2008" in Pinto (Madrid) 2010 Finalist in 5th Figurative Painting Competition organized by Fundació de les Arts i els Artists.