1982
Exhibition Hall of the Casa de Cultura, Malaga.
1983
Exhibition Hall of the Caja de Ahorros de Antequera. Málaga.
Palmo Collective Gallery, Malaga
Exhibition Hall of the Caja de Ahorros Provincial, Velez-Malaga.
1986
Hall of the Diputación de Málaga.
1987
Malaga Athenaeum Hall.
Velázquez Gallery, Valladolid.
“White Nights” Macarrón Gallery, Madrid.
1989
Portraits. Malaga.
II Caminetto, Madrid.
1991
Leaves and Branches. Gallery of the College of Architects of Malaga.
1992
Nocturnes. Beníel Palace Hall. Vélez-Málaga.
De lo Efímero” (Of the Ephemeral), Malaga Provincial Council Hall.
Workshop “Gravura”, Malaga.
1993
Vuelo en picado (Swooping Flight), Nerja Art Gallery. Malaga.
“Sketches”, Arbol de Poe bookshop.
White Series”, Sala de Unicaja Antequera Málaga.
“White Shadows”, Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, Malaga.
1996
Recent work. Alfredo Viñas Gallery. Malaga.
2001
Presences-Ausences. Hall of the Cultural Centre of the Diputación de Málaga.
2004
Intimate Portraits. San Telmo Art School. Malaga.
2005
Landscapes of Silence. Casa Fuerte de Bezmiliana, Rincón de la Victoria. Malaga.
2007
Papers for all. Sala Centro Cívico Diputación de Málaga.
2008
Transited Spaces. Cartel Gallery. Málaga
Bezmiliana Institute, Rincón de la Victoria. Malaga
2009
Revealed Shadows. Ben Al Jatif Institute. Rincón de la Victoria. Malaga.
2011
Instiututo Puerta de la Axarquia, Rincón de la Victoria.
“Wandering Shadows” San Telmo School of Art. Malaga.
2013
Confidential papers 1985-2013 Retrospective. MUPAM, Malaga Municipal Museum of Heritage.
2017
The journey. Shadows that inhabit “006-2017”. Admiral Partners Contemporary Art. Palacio de Exposiciones Convento de Santo Domingo (Ronda), Málaga.
2018
Black on black, MAD Antequera, Málaga.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

1982
La Cónsula Palace. Malaga
1985
Cabildo Insular de gran Canarias. Las Palmas.
1986
Palmo Collective.
Self-portraits – Malaga College of Architects.
Emerged in Malaga. Bullring in Malaga.
From the South – Tribute to Van Gogh. Malaga Provincial Council.
1987
Carmen de Julián Gallery, Malaga.
The Masculine-Feminine. Museum of Fine Arts. Malaga.
Contemporary Art, acquisitions and donations. Museum of Fine Arts. Malaga.
1988
The Art of Building Art. Malaga College of Architects.
1991
“Del Natural” College of Architects of Malaga.
1994
“Territory of Creation”. Provincial Council of Malaga.
Solsticio Cementerio Marino”. Homage to Paul Valery. Málaga.
1995
Arte Sur. Granada Fair
“On Figuration” Alfredo Viñas Gallery. Malaga and Seville.
Terre d” acqua” Bienale Internazionale d”arte, Italy.
“Supermercado del Arte” La Buena Estrella Gallery. Malaga.
Contemporary Malaga Painters” Coín Malaga.
Malaga Artists of Today” Casa de la Cultura Drésde, Germany.
“Contemporary Painting in Malaga” Sala Alameda. Provincial Council.
1996
“Arte Correo” Homage to Juan Ramón Jiménez, Fernando Serrano Gallery, Huelva.
2000
Fires of San Telmo Commissioner. New Headquarters of the Malaga Athenaeum.
“Arco” Picasso Foundation, Scholarship holders CD-ROM, Madrid.
Artece Gallery, Marbella. Malaga.
2004
Drawings. Gravura Workshop. Málaga.
“Arco”. Small things are big. Provincial Council. Malaga.
2006
“25 years of the Gravura Workshop” Sala Alameda, Malaga Provincial Council.
2007
“Graphic Work” Collection of the Diputación Provincial de Málaga Cultural Centre.
2008
Graphics for a crisis. Gravura, Malaga.
2009
Contemporary Art Collection 1979-2009. Malaga Provincial Council.
“Calle 238”. Gravura Workshop. Málaga.
2011
From drawing to engraving. Cervantes Institute. Toulouse France.
“A cinco leaves”. Gravura Workshop. Malaga.
2012
East or East. Alhaurín el Grande library exhibition hall. Málaga.
“30 years 7 months 5 days”, Rafael Alvarado, Sebastián Navas and Chema Lumbrera, Ignacio del Rio”s studio. Malaga.
“Floating Art”, Espacio en Negro exhibition hall. Málaga.
“Cut-outs”, Gravura workshop. Malaga.
Neighbours”, CAC Málaga (Contemporary Art Centre).
2013
Tribute to Carlos Duran. Alfredo Viñas Gallery. Malaga.
2014
Mediterranean Art 14. Art Project Mediapresse INEWS. ZURICH.
“Entrelineas” group exhibition at KUNSTHAUS AM LOHRBERG gallery in Frankfurt (Germany).
OKUPART 2015 MAUS-SOHO project, Barrio de las Artes Malaga.
“Irreconcilables” .Centro Cultural Provincial. Malaga.
“Urban Utopias”, MUPAM. Malaga.
2015
Boulders. MAD Antequera Málaga.
“Artist”s Furniture”, MUPAM. Malaga.
“Made in Spain”, CAC. Malaga.
“Focus Europa Ars”. Plassenburg, Kulmbach. Germany.
Internationale Kunstausstellung. Neudrossenfeld. Bavaria. Germany.
“Imago Mundi. Benetton Foundation. Giorgio Cini. Venice Biennale. Italy.
“Threads”. Taller Gravura Gallery. Malaga.
2016
Galerie in Eishaus. Neudrossenfeld. Germany.
ART Marbella. Toro Contemporary Art Gallery
2017
Poster Gallery “Pintores Malagueños” 80-90. Malaga.
Ignacio del Rio Studio, “Between hands”. Malaga.
He participates in the project “Fábrica de juguetes”, in the context of the exhibition Torres García intervención piezas de madera convertidas en juguetes. Picasso Museum. Malaga.
MOA: Metropol Opening Art.
MOA: Metropol Opening Art. International meeting of artists. Seville.
2018
Project. “Cadáver Exquisito”. Intervention on the walls of a Mural with the participation of schools. Picasso Museum Malaga.
Axarco Territory. Nerja Museum. Admiral Parteners. Malaga.
Axarco Territory. Zabaleta-Miguel Hernández de Quesada Museum. Jaén.
Glimpses of the everyday. Museum of the Senses. Provincial Council of Malaga.
2019
The Secret Garden. Private collections of contemporary art in Malaga. Mupán.

AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1981
1st “El Corte Inglés” Drawing Prize, Malaga
Palmo Collective Prize, Malaga
1987
VIII Drawing and Painting Competition for Young People, “El Corte Inglés”, 1st Prize for drawing.
IV Youth Contest of Plastic Arts of the Junta de Andalucía, Malaga. Second prize for painting.
XI L”Oreal Painting Prize, Madrid. Finalist.
1988
IX Young Drawing and Painting Competition, “El Corte Inglés”, Malaga, First Prize.
Scholarship from the Junta de Andalucía for an engraving course at the Gravura Workshop.
X Drawing and Painting Contest “El Corte Inglés”, Malaga, First Prize for Painting.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso Scholarship, Malaga City Council.
XI Biennial of Painting of Velez Malaga. Second Prize.
VIII Ron Bacardi Painting Prize, Malaga. Finalist.
1998
IV Engraving Prize Ateneo University of Malaga. First Prize
XII Painting and Drawing Contest of Alora, Malaga. First Prize for Drawing
11th Andalusian Contemporary Painting Competition of Torremolinos. First Prize.

MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

• Athenaeum Collection, Malaga.
• Collection of the College of Architects, Malaga.
• Collection of the Provincial Council, Malaga.
• Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation Collection
• Malaga City Hall
• Museum of Fine Arts Malaga
• Salvador Allende Museum, Chile
• Other Private Collections
• CAC Málaga – Contemporary Art Centre

JOURNAL REVIEWS

• TELOS, Madrid
• JÁBEGA, Diputación Provincia de Málaga
• VIRAZON, Poetry Collection
• GALEOTE, Revista de Poesía
• CALAS, Diputación Provincia de Málaga.
• ATENEO, Journal of Thought and Debate.
• EL MAQUINISTA DE LA GENERACIÓN, Diputación Provincial de Málaga.
• GENERACIÓN DEL 27 , Maneras de vivir Collection. Málaga.
• LA ESQUINA INTERIOR, Pliegos Malagueños de poesía.
• ARTEFACTO, Cedma -Diputación Provincial de Málaga.
• SALVEMOS LA RISA, Collection: Con el canto en los dientes
• EL GOZO INFINITO (INFINITE JOY), Circumcision of the dream in the poetry of Emilio Prados (Emilio Echevarría).
• LIGHTS OF : GALIBO Spain, take this chalice away from me by Cesar Vallejo.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS:

• Palomo Díaz, Francisco. “En torno al Magicismo”. Avant-garde painting in Malaga. In Málaga y Picasso, volume III, Ministry of Culture, Madrid, 1981.
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CATALOGUES:

• Palomo Díaz, Francisco. “La experiencia Sensible en Alvarado”. Catalogue of the exhibition Casa de Cultura 1982.
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