Teo González
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I was born in Quinto, a small town in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1964.
I always drew and was attracted to photography, design, and whatever other two dimensional types of artistic expression there might be, but it was not until I was twenty years old that it became obvious to me that I was a painter.
At the end of 1990, I developed my signature style -- works that consisted of thousands of drops of water, arranged into a grid pattern, inside of which a small amount of ink or enamel was dropped and left to dry.
I moved to Southern California the following year, and within a month I produced 3036 Gotas de Tinta -- the first artwork by me to ever enter the permanent collection of a museum when it was acquired by New York's Museum of Modern Art.
I had my first show at a professional art gallery in San Francisco in 1996 and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in art from California State University in 1997. Two
years later, I moved to Brooklyn, NY, where I currently live and work.
For more than twenty five years, I've relied on the grid to serve as the foundation for all of my work, building layers of carefully plotted individual cells which are then filled with drops of color. The end result is a topography of undulating patterns and glistening surfaces.
Although the use of the pictorial field and exploration of color in my work draw many comparisons to Abstract Expressionists such as Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock, my grids and working process bring to mind Minimal artists such as Agnes Martin and Sol Lewitt.
As for how I see art making, I think the qualities of one's work depend on a number of factors other than our own intentions, and I also think that walking the line where styles separate is a way to open roads into unexplored territories.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 La Casa Amarilla, Zaragoza, Spain
Scott Richards Contemporary Art,
San Francisco, CA
2024 Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2017 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
La Casa Amarilla, Zaragoza, Spain
2016 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2015 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 Gabarrón Foundation, New York, NY
2013 Contemporary Wing, Washington, DC
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Eight Modern, Santa Fe, NM
Galería Fernando Latorre, Madrid, Spain
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2008 Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
Gallery Ihn, Seoul, South Korea
Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2007 d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Galería Fernando Latorre, Madrid, Spain
2006 Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Cervini/Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Sala Robayera, Miengo, Spain
Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2004 William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Museo Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza, Spain
Galería Fernando Latorre, Madrid, Spain
Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2002 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
123 Watts, New York, NY
2001 Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
Galería Segovia Isaacs, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Galería Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain
Városi Muvészeti Múzeum, Györ, Hungary
Galeria Madách, Budapest, Hungary
1999 Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1997 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1992 Sala Torrenueva, Zaragoza, Spain
1989. Sala Municipal de Arte Joven, Zaragoza, Spain
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco 2015
University of Richmond Museums, 2017
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York 2016
The Ringling Museum, 2019
Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York 2015
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco 2013
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Interpolations: Artworks from the Ringling and
Monda Collections, The Ringling Museum,
Sarasota, FL
2017 Ivory Black and Flake White, Tamarind Institute,
Albuquerque, NM
Iterations: Contemporary Approaches to Drawing,
The University of Richmond Museums,
Richmond, VA
2016 Script, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
Summer Breeze, Margaret Thatcher Projects,
New York, NY
2015 En Torno a Una Generación. La Colección,
IAACC Pablo Serrano, Zaragoza, Spain
See me, Feel me, Margaret Thatcher Projects,
New York, NY
Hot Spots, Margaret Thatcher Projects,
New York, NY
B.Gerald and Iris Cantor Gallery, College of the
Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
A&B, Gallery Ihn, Seoul, So. Korea
2014 El Trabajo de lo Visible, Galería Odalys,
Madrid, Spain
Hunting+Gathering: New Additions to the
Museum Collection, New Mexico Museum of Art,
Santa Fe, NM
Luminous Flux, Art House, Thoma Foundation,
Santa Fe, NM
A Few of Our Favorite Things, Tamarind Institute,
Albuquerque, NM
2013 Dibujos de Pequeño Formato, Sala Municipal
de Arte de Sabiñánigo, Huesca, Spain
XS: Pequeño Formato, Museo de Dibujo de
Larrés, Huesca, Spain
Square Squares, Insa Gallery, Seoul, South
Korea
Michael Dickey, Teo González & Mahmoud
Hamadani, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY
Thirteen Contemporary Artists, Spanierman
Modern, New York, NY
2012 Segment #3, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul,
Turkey
Notations: Contemporary Drawing as Idea and
Process, Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
40th. Anniversary Exhibition, Roy Boyd Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Modern and Contemporary Paintings, Spanierman
Modern, New York, NY
Fifteen Contemporary Artists, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2011 Segment #1A, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
Segment #1, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
20 in 2011, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Tribute, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
White Out, Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
Ten Modern and Contemporary Artists, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Drawn/Taped/Burned: Abstraction on Paper, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
Saturnalia, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Time and Again, McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
January Gallery Selections, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2010 Art of Giving, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
August Gallery Selections, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
Shades of Blue, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Painting Show, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
On/Off the Grid, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2009 Minimalist Work, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
On Paper, Willian Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New York/New Drawings, 1946-2007, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, Spain
2008 Aspect: Ratio 1, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
En El Umbral, Escuela de Artes y Oficios, Zaragoza, Spain
Convergences|Center Street Studio, Galerie Mourlot, New York, NY
Patterns and Rithms, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NY Motion 1.0, Instituto Cervantes, New York, NY
Obsesión, Galería Fernando Latorre, Madrid
RIPE, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA
Publishing Prints: Selections from the Center Street Studio Archives, University of
Richmond Museums, Joel and Lila Harnett Print Studio Center, Richmond, VA.
Print Publishers Spotlight: Center Street Studio, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Reunion, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2007 Modern Exposure, Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Gallery Artists, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Remix, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA
Attention to Detail, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Gallery Artists, Roy Boyd, Chicago, IL
2006 On Paper, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Perfect, Illinois State Museum, Whittington, IL
Selections & Celebrations, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC
Beyond the Sensibility, Gallery Ihn, Seoul, South Korea
2005 Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant, Inc. New York, NY
Big, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
L.A., Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
Minimal Art Now, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Perfect, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.; Contemporary Arts
Center, New Orleans, LA.; Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 13, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Gridlock, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
Drawings: All Media, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
Accrescence, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Perfect, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Winter White. Black in Black, Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Mater Color, Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2003 Gallery Invitational. Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Known and New in Contemporary Art, Irvine Contemporary Art, Washington D.C
Marco Casentini, Teo Gonzalez, Ed Moses , Recent Work. Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Scope Los Angeles, Richard Levy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Current, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Piedra de Toque, Galería Fernando Latorre, Madrid, Spain
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Frontera, Sala Luis de Ajuria, Vitoria -Gasteiz, Alava, Spain
The Season of Sweet Silent Thought, Bronx River Arts Center, The Bronx, NY
Components, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
25 Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Accumulation, Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001 Boomerang: Collector’s Choice II, Exit Art, New York, NY
VIII Bienal de la Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain
International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts, Györ, Hungary
Taking Stock, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
microwave, Three, 123 Watts, New York, NY
Paintings(Between Texts and Textiles), 123 Watts, New York, NY
Brian Gross Fine Art Gallery Artists, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
<<Confluencias>> El Desafío de la Mirada, Galería Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain
Obsessions, University of California San Diego, La Joya, CA
2000 Paper, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
Spanyol Müvészek Kiállítása, Városi Muvészeti Múzeum, Györ, Hungary
Summer Exhibition, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
It’s About Time, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Yellow: The First Color, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1998 Stocking Stuffers, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York NY
Selections Spring ‘98, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1996 Daniel Arvizu Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Drawn Conclusions, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1995 Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
1994 New Images, Center for the Visual Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fondo de Dibujo del Gobierno de Aragón, Sala Lanuza, Zaragoza, Spain
Arizona Aqueous, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
1993 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
10 Años de Expresión Joven, Sala de la Corona, Zaragoza, Spain
1992 Premio Isabel de Portugal, Palacio de Sástago, Zaragoza, Spain
1991 Biennal de Girona, Casa de la Cultura Tomás de Lorenzana, Gerona, Spain
Expresión Joven, Diputación Provincial, Zaragoza, Spain
Certamen de Pintura Villa de las Rozas, Sala Maruja Mayo, Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
1990 Expresión Joven, Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Blanco y Negro, Centro Cultural del Condeduque, Madrid, Spain
Premio Hispanoamericano Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Diputación Provincial de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
1989 Premio Nacional de Pintura Zurbarán, Zaragoza, Spain
Encuentro de Pintura Joven, Málaga, Spain
Pintores de los 90, Palacio de los Condes de Sástago, Zaragoza, Spain
Teo González y Angelillo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
1987 Certamen de Pintura Villa de Sax, Alicante, Spain
1985 Angelillo y Teo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Spanierman Modern, New York 2010
Gallery Ihn, Seoul S.Korea 2008