Ricardo Galán
San Fernando, Cádiz (1956)
Ricardo Galán Urréjola started his career in art at a very young age. He attended the workshop of the painter Torres Brú in Cadiz, later he studied at the faculty of Fine Arts, “Santa Isabel de Hungría” in Seville. Years later he showed interest for the art of engraving at the School of Fine Arts in Olót, Gerona. He obtained a degree in History at the University of Cadiz. Since 1991 Galán also taught at the secondary school IES Sidón. Currently he divides his activities between working in education and a very busy and productive creative life as a painter. He is involved with several art galleries and his work has reached some countries within the European Union and America. Since mid 2011 he has been preparing a research project that focuses on the esthetic and conceptual relation between the great cities of the European Union. This relation serves as a connective vehicle between young art students of the E.U.
Galán’s project will be represented in a collection of twenty seven large works of art that will capture the images of these cities.
The urban landscape is the main object in the work he has produced over the last years. Galán’s work originates from a composition that maintains the accents of his early baroque apprenticeship and unites with elements of the abstract expressionism. This gives his work a dynamic and genuine quality.
Ricardo Galán Urréjola started his career in art at a very young age. He attended the workshop of the painter Torres Brú in Cadiz, later he studied at the faculty of Fine Arts, “Santa Isabel de Hungría” in Seville. Years later he showed interest for the art of engraving at the School of Fine Arts in Olót, Gerona. He obtained a degree in History at the University of Cadiz. Since 1991 Galán also taught at the secondary school IES Sidón. Currently he divides his activities between working in education and a very busy and productive creative life as a painter. He is involved with several art galleries and his work has reached some countries within the European Union and America. Since mid 2011 he has been preparing a research project that focuses on the esthetic and conceptual relation between the great cities of the European Union. This relation serves as a connective vehicle between young art students of the E.U.
Galán’s project will be represented in a collection of twenty seven large works of art that will capture the images of these cities.
The urban landscape is the main object in the work he has produced over the last years. Galán’s work originates from a composition that maintains the accents of his early baroque apprenticeship and unites with elements of the abstract expressionism. This gives his work a dynamic and genuine quality.
RECENT INDIVIDUAL EXPOSITIONS
2012 Galería Ceferino Navarro, Granada
2011 Galería Ansorena, Madrid
Galería Benot, Cádiz
2010 Galería Benot, Cadiz
2009 Galería ceferino Navarro, Granada
2008 Galería Ansorena, Madrid
2007 Galería Benót, Cádiz.
Galería Haurie, Sevilla 2000 Galería Laberinto, Jerez.
2006 Galería Ceferino Navarro, Granada
2005 Galería Bisel. Cartagena, Murcia.
RECENT COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2012 Art Fair Realisme Amsterdam,Mokum Galerie, Amsterdam
Artantique Art Fair Utrecht, Mokum Galerie, Amsterdam
2011 Mokum Galerie, Amsterdam
Galería María Aguilar, Novo Santi Petri
Galería Estela Docal, Santander
Colección JA Lobato,Galería GH 40,San Fernando
2010 SIN MÁS,ARTE CONTEMPORANEO,Centro cultural Unicaja, Cádiz
Galería Ceferino Navarro, Granada
2009 El Bodegón contemporáneo, Granada
2008 Galeria DELAGUA , Ubeda, Jaén
Casa Das Artes, Vigo
Museo Municipal de Málaga
Galería Maria Aguilar, Novo Santi Petri
2007 CADIZ 07 ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO con
Galería Benot
“La Vanidad del Objeto” Centro Cultural Medina Elvira, Granada
2006 Galería Paloma 18, Burgos
CÁDIZ 06 ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO con
La Galería Benot.
Galería María Aguilar, Novo St. Petri
2005 Galería Nolde. Navacerrada, Madrid
“Trafalgar”. Palacio de la Diputación. Cádiz
Ciudad de Tudela. XIII Edición, Tudela
Salón de Otoño, Huelva
2004 Galería Ansorena, Madrid
Diputación Provincial de Cádiz
Diputación Provincial de Málaga
Galería María Aguilar Arte, Sevilla
Sala Pescadería Vieja, Jerez
HONOURS AND AWARDS
2011 Leadership of the workshop “PAISAJE URBANO” San Fernando, Cadiz
Publishing and presentation of the book “Ricardo Galán Urréjola De la Pintura
y otras pasiones”,written by José Manuel Bravo, Published by Blanca Edición.
2010 Acquisition Award C.V.V. LAS VIÑAS , Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
2009 Acquisition Award C.V.V. LAS VIÑAS , Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
2008 First Prize Certamen Nacional de Pintura de Antequera, Málaga
2007 First Prize Acqusition C.V.V. LAS VIÑAS. Tomelloso, C.Real
Finalist XXII Premio BMW de Pintura
2006 Painting for the poster of DIA DE LA PROVINCIA DE CADIZ
2005 Acquisition Award Pintura Gibraleón, Huelva
Acquisition Award C.V.V. Las Viñas. Tomelloso, C. Real
Finalist XX Premio BMW de Pintura.
First Prize Salón de Otoño, San Fernando
2004 Second Prize C.V.V. Las Viñas. Tomelloso, C.Real
First Prize II Centenario F.M. Paquiro, Chiclana
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Museum of Art, San Fernando
Museum Cruz Herrera de La Línea de la Concepción
University of Cádiz
Instituto Andaluz del Deporte
Council of Chantigny
Fundación Vipren
Fundación Ruiz Mateos
Provincial States of Cádiz
Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, Cádiz
Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, La Línea de la Concepción
Museo Infanta Elena. Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
Council of Gibraleón
2012 Galería Ceferino Navarro, Granada
2011 Galería Ansorena, Madrid
Galería Benot, Cádiz
2010 Galería Benot, Cadiz
2009 Galería ceferino Navarro, Granada
2008 Galería Ansorena, Madrid
2007 Galería Benót, Cádiz.
Galería Haurie, Sevilla 2000 Galería Laberinto, Jerez.
2006 Galería Ceferino Navarro, Granada
2005 Galería Bisel. Cartagena, Murcia.
RECENT COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2012 Art Fair Realisme Amsterdam,Mokum Galerie, Amsterdam
Artantique Art Fair Utrecht, Mokum Galerie, Amsterdam
2011 Mokum Galerie, Amsterdam
Galería María Aguilar, Novo Santi Petri
Galería Estela Docal, Santander
Colección JA Lobato,Galería GH 40,San Fernando
2010 SIN MÁS,ARTE CONTEMPORANEO,Centro cultural Unicaja, Cádiz
Galería Ceferino Navarro, Granada
2009 El Bodegón contemporáneo, Granada
2008 Galeria DELAGUA , Ubeda, Jaén
Casa Das Artes, Vigo
Museo Municipal de Málaga
Galería Maria Aguilar, Novo Santi Petri
2007 CADIZ 07 ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO con
Galería Benot
“La Vanidad del Objeto” Centro Cultural Medina Elvira, Granada
2006 Galería Paloma 18, Burgos
CÁDIZ 06 ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO con
La Galería Benot.
Galería María Aguilar, Novo St. Petri
2005 Galería Nolde. Navacerrada, Madrid
“Trafalgar”. Palacio de la Diputación. Cádiz
Ciudad de Tudela. XIII Edición, Tudela
Salón de Otoño, Huelva
2004 Galería Ansorena, Madrid
Diputación Provincial de Cádiz
Diputación Provincial de Málaga
Galería María Aguilar Arte, Sevilla
Sala Pescadería Vieja, Jerez
HONOURS AND AWARDS
2011 Leadership of the workshop “PAISAJE URBANO” San Fernando, Cadiz
Publishing and presentation of the book “Ricardo Galán Urréjola De la Pintura
y otras pasiones”,written by José Manuel Bravo, Published by Blanca Edición.
2010 Acquisition Award C.V.V. LAS VIÑAS , Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
2009 Acquisition Award C.V.V. LAS VIÑAS , Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
2008 First Prize Certamen Nacional de Pintura de Antequera, Málaga
2007 First Prize Acqusition C.V.V. LAS VIÑAS. Tomelloso, C.Real
Finalist XXII Premio BMW de Pintura
2006 Painting for the poster of DIA DE LA PROVINCIA DE CADIZ
2005 Acquisition Award Pintura Gibraleón, Huelva
Acquisition Award C.V.V. Las Viñas. Tomelloso, C. Real
Finalist XX Premio BMW de Pintura.
First Prize Salón de Otoño, San Fernando
2004 Second Prize C.V.V. Las Viñas. Tomelloso, C.Real
First Prize II Centenario F.M. Paquiro, Chiclana
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
Museum of Art, San Fernando
Museum Cruz Herrera de La Línea de la Concepción
University of Cádiz
Instituto Andaluz del Deporte
Council of Chantigny
Fundación Vipren
Fundación Ruiz Mateos
Provincial States of Cádiz
Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, Cádiz
Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones, La Línea de la Concepción
Museo Infanta Elena. Tomelloso, Ciudad Real
Council of Gibraleón
London Landscape : Acrylic on Linen (51 ¼ x 63 ¾ ins / 130 x 162 cm) 
