Pilar Pequeño
Madrid, Spain, 1944
From an early age he begins an intense relationship with drawing, later he begins to work with photography. All your projects are related to nature.
He has work in important public collections such as Reina Sofia, the TEA of Tenerife or the IVAM of Valencia ...
He has exhibited his work in Museums such as The National Art Gallery of China. Beijing, Mahmoud Khalil Museum. Cairo, National Museum of Art of Catalonia. Barcelona ... In 2018, on the occasion of the 200 years of the Prado Museum, Twelve photographers at the Prado Museum are invited to participate in the project, which culminated in an exhibition at the Museum.
In 2010, she was awarded by the Ministry of Culture with the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. In 2017, he received the National Live Culture Award in its XXVI Edition. and in 2019 the PHE 19 award, Bartolomé Ros for the best Spanish professional career in photography.
From my first works on the landscape to my last photographs of still lifes, water and light are the two most representative elements of my work. This importance can be seen in the development of my work on plants that begin with greenhouses 1984-1990. where the plants are shown veiled by the plastic covered with dew early in the morning. The approach is similar in the design of the work, the images are taken from a very close point, affected by their surroundings. A photograph can be the beginning of a new research path. Thus, I take the plants to my study and create still lifes. always using natural light. the advantage is that I can modify the light by sieving it and modifying it with plastics and other elements creating my own light scene. Until reaching the submerged plants where the light plays with two translucent elements the crystal and the water.
Individual expositions
2019
PhotoEspaña 2019. Pilar Pequeño. Dead natures. Marita Segovia Gallery. Madrid
2018
PhotoAlicante 2018. Traces I Traces. Santamaca Gallery. Alicante
Traces I Traces. 2003-2012 Railowsky Gallery. Valencia.
2017
PhotoEspaña 2017 Pilar Pequeño. Footprints I Traces. 2000-2016 Marita Segovia Gallery. Madrid.
2015
Footprints. Baixo Miño. 2003-2012 Railowsky Gallery. Valencia.
2014
PotoEspaña 2014. Plants / flowers / fruits Marita Segovia Gallery. Madrid.
Landscapes nearby. Quintanar Palace. Segovia
2013
Footprints 2003-2012 Alicia Winters Gallery. Arnhem Netherlands.
PhotoEspaña 2013 Nearby landscapes. Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery. Madrid.
Coloratus natura. UFCA Algeciras Gallery. Cádiz
2012
Color. Railowsky Gallery. Valencia.
2011
Pequeño Pillar Marita Segovia Gallery. Madrid.
Plants. October Gallery. Castellón de la Plana.
2010
Nature, a look. School of Art and higher Design. House of the Peaks. Segovia
Pequeño Pillar Spectrum Sotos Gallery. Saragossa.
2009
Pequeño Pillar Fundació Ave María, Capella de les Arts. Fundació Ave María. Sitges
Nature, a look. Anabel Segura Cultural Center. Alcobendas
.2008
La Samanna, impressions. Four Seventeen Gallery. Madrid
Plants. To Photographic Guadalajara. Board of Culture Ayto. Guadalajara.
Pequeño Pillar Photography / Nature Palace of Fairs and Congresses. Marbella
2007
Pequeño Pillar Still lifes and plants. IV Photographic Encounters. Gijón Asturias
2006
Still lifes and plants. Railowsky Gallery. Valencia
2005
Footprints, fragments of time. Four Seventeen Gallery. Madrid
2004
Plants. Tenerife Island Photography Center
Plants. UFCA Gallery. Algeciras Cádiz
2003
Water, glass and light. Backlight Gallery. Pamplona
Photography / Nature ... San Fernando box. Jerez de la Frontera
2002
Photography / Nature Image room. Seville, San Fernando Box, Cádiz. Botanical Garden. Cordova
2001
Plants. Four Seventeen Gallery. Madrid
Pequeño Pillar PhotoMuseum Zarautz Guipúzcoa
1999
Pequeño Pillar The Factory Gallery. Madrid
1998
Pequeño Pillar Photographs. Guadalajara photographic room A.
nineteen ninety five
Plants. Circle of Fine Arts. Madrid
1994
Real Photographic Society. Madrid
1993
Municipal Culture Foundation. Revilla House. Valladolid
Provincial savings bank. Tarragona
Municipal Board of Culture. Valladolid
1992
Real Photographic Society. Madrid
Image Center To Coruña
1990
Real Photographic Society. Madrid.
Municipal House Culture. Guadalajara
Culture House. Ubrique Cádiz
1987
Real Photographic Society. Madrid.
Guadalquivir Gallery. Seville.
1984
S.F.S. Salamanca
1983
Provincial Savings Bank. Tarragona
group exhibitions
2018
Twelve photographers at the Prado Museum. National Museum of the Prado. Villanueva Madrid Building
PhotoEspaña 2018. Colectivo28, .Change and modernity. Real Photographic Society. Madrid
Pioneers of time. Opening photography center. Malaga
2017
A possible story. Alcobendas photography collection. Niemeyer Center. Aviles
2016
The impact of the old. CajaSol Foundation. Murillo room. Seville.
2014
Women photographers in the IVAM Collection. Institut Valencià d´ Art Moder. Valencia.
2013
Meeting and dialogue. Visual Arts Collections of the Parliament and the Government of Extremadura.
Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art, Badajoz. Santa Cruz Museum, Toledo. Museum of
Cáceres Parliament of Extremadura, Mérida.
2012
Phocus Objective of a collection. Kutxa Foundation, Kubo Room. Kursaal Saint Sebastian.
Two looks to Nature. Rafael Muyor (sculpture), Pilar Pequeno (photography). Rodríguez Foundation
Acosta Pomegranate.
2011
Collection III. CA2M Dos de Mayo Art Center. Móstoles Madrid.
Spanish artists, in the garden ... the look of Art. Botanical Garden. Albacete
The tree, poetic in the garden. Royal Botanical Garden. Madrid.
Three looks to Nature. Marta Chirino (drawing), Rafael Muyor (sculpture), Pilar Pequeno (photography).
Alcobendas Art Center. Alcobendas Madrid.
2010
S = m + 2,5.log10A The brilliance. Fundació Ave María. La Capella Sitges
2009
Potato 21+ 1. Rafael Pérez Hernando Gallery. Madrid
2008
15 Years of Contemporary Spanish Photography. Alcobendas Collection. Alcobendas Madrid
2007
The Restless Image Polytechnic university of Valencia. Faculty of Fine Arts. Josep Renau Room,
Valencia, Universidad Jaume I. Sala La Lonja. Castellón
2006
PhotoEspaña 2006. The natural landscape in the IVAM funds. ASTROC Foundation. Madrid
Still lifes, an eternal look. Kowasa Gallery. Barcelona.
Looks to Nature. Moran Space of Contemporary Art. Plasencia
