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Biography
Oscar Villalón Ríos (born 30 April 1972) is a Chilean-Spanish painter, sculptor and designer. Although he was born in Chile he has developed his professional career in Madrid, Spain, where he teaches in his own academy.
Biography
Oscar Villalón was born on 30 April 1972 in Santiago, Chile.
Career
Villalón met the sculptor Sergio Castillo Amunategui who gave him his introduction to the discipline of sculpture on an iron soldier.
In 1992 he was admitted to the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile where he choose painting. He was awarded a degree in Plastic Arts in 1996.
In 1997 he began his career in galleries, public and private collections. One of his first exhibits is Counterpoint, an interdisciplinary exhibition of sculpture and painting. The project started in May 1997 in Buenos Aires with John Giordano, an Argentine sculptor currently based in Toledo, Spain.
He was awarded a Post-graduate scholarship from the Fundación Arte y Autores Contemporáneos (Art and Contemporary Painters' Foundation). In 2001–2003 he began teaching painting and drawing at La Academia at their Chinchón and Madrid bases.
In 2004 he founded the Decinti & Villalón Painting Studio based at 4 Calle del Castillo, Chamberí, Madrid, with the Chilean artist Alejandro Decinti where they give painting classes and strive to actively promote painting.
Works
Villalón 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
- El cronista, Raúl Alonso 2002
- La serie libertango 2002
- Jesús Panadero Pastrana 2005
- Divagación 2006
- Elena Abreu de Brunner 2007
Landscapes
The 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
- Ponte Garibaldi 2005
Toscana Italy:
- Pitigliano 2005
Venice series:
- Gran Canal 2008
- luces y reflejos 2009
- Desde la piazzetta 2009
- Cúpulas 2008
Still lifes
- Objetos I 2001
- En arcilla 2004
- En el olvido 2003
- Reflejos y brillos 2002
Exhibitions
1992 Collective 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 " Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Bajos and 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. and "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, Spain. "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) 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) and the 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.