Santiago Ydañez was born in Jaén, 1967. Lives and works in Berlín and Granada (Spain). Graduated in Painting from the School of Arts of Universidad of Granada, Ydañez is one of the most internationally recognized spanish artists of his generation. Santiago Ydañez  was awarded the “ABC Painting Award” (2002), “Generation Painting Award” (2002) by Caja Madrid, Spain House in Paris Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture of Spain (2001) and Marcelino Botín Foundation Scholarship in 1998. Ydañez work is represented in several Institutional Art collections such as: Botín Foundation (Santander), Reina Sofía National Art Museum (Madrid), Sofía Imber Museum (Caracas, Venezuela), amongst others. He/s work is also represented in private colections in Mexico, Canada, Italy, Norway, Germany, Portugal and Spain.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS [SELECTION]

2017

-EL CORAZÓN MANDA, CAC Málaga, Malaga, Spain

-CROSSINGS, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna

-PARAÍSO PERDIDO, GE Galería, Mexico

2016

-REINTERPRETADA II. LAS CENIZAS DEL RUISEÑOR, Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid

-BIRDS, Dillon Gallery, New York

2015

-DE REOJO, CAAM, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

2014

-Tart Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

-AMEN, La Vicaría Puente de Génave, Jaén, Spain

2013

-SCHMUTZINGER SCHNEE, invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin

-SOLINGEN, Galería Mecánica, Seville, Spain

-LA IMAGEN ABOLIDA, Seville Art Center (ICAS), Seville, Spain

2012

-Galeria Martin Mertens, Munich, Germany

-Galeria Ghetta Bolzano, Ortisei, Italy

-Ge Galería, Monterrey, Mexico

2011

-Galería Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal

-Centre d ́Art Contemporain de Perpignan, France Gallery S.E. Bergen, Norway

-Galeria Marco Rossi, Milan, Italy

2010

-MARENOSTRUM, Castillo de Santa Bárbara, Alicante, Spain Braganza Museum of Modern Art, (cat.) Braganza, Portugal

-Fundación Chirivella Soriano, (cat.) Valencia, Spain

-Galería Sicart, Villafranca del Penedés, Spain

2009

-BASF Kulturhaus (cat.), Schwarzheide, Germany