VISUAL ARTIST from Jaén, Andalusia Spain
1980 - 2008 G C Z		© Gaspar Cortés Zarrías: G Z )

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT:
BIOGRAPHIC REMARKS

Born in Jaén,1964, he took a BA in engraving and design.. His art has developed under the sign of a continuous search, which has made it experimental and inquisitive. Therefore, his works have not only portrayed several landscapes, both narrative and aesthetic, but have also been under permanent evolution, constantly pondering over the psychological and emotional introspection of men, both to themselves and their closest environment of images. His style arises from the meltdown of many others, continually striving for the best means of expression, from the Realistic Impressionism of his beginnings, to Abstraction, Symbolic at times and Objectual at others, reaching a kind of Neoexpressionism which makes use of both real and informal collage at the same time. He has taken part in fifty collective exhibitions, as well as in some fifteen individual ones throughout Spain. He has collected several awards in national competitions. He has made posters, wall-paintings and illustrated books. He has also been guest to conferences, delivered speeches in teaching as well as other institutions for the advancing of the knowledge of his art.

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
He began painting with his father, the painter José Cortés Bailén. Art School of Jaén: Drew with Fausto Olivares Palacios, painted with Manuel Kayser Zapata.
BA in engraving and design. Santa Isabel de Hungría Sevilla. University scholarship, assisted Manuel Manzorro Pérez. in the subject of Lithographic Techniques .
Secondary Education teacher since 1989.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

1985 CICA gallery. Jaén.
1989 "HABITACIÓN PEQUEÑA I" ("SMALL ROOM"). Jabalcuz gallery.Jaén.
"HABITACIÓN PEQUEÑA II"("SMALL ROOM II"). Galería Doble cero. Seville.

1990 "FRAGMENTOS " ("FRAGMENTS"). Caja Postal. Jaén. (*)

1991 "ROSTROS ".("FACES").Sala del IB Jabalcuz. (Jabalcuz Secondary School) Jaén. (*)

1992 "EL OBJETO DEL TIEMPO". ("THE PURPOSE OF TIME"). Cajasur. Jaén. (*)

1993 "MOMENTOS TANGIBLES RECIENTES" ("RECENT TOUCHABLE MOMENTS")
Galería Velázquez. (Velázquez Art Gallery). Valladolid. (*)
Sala de exposiciones del centro cultural de Cazorla. Cazorla Centre for
Culture Exhibition Room(*) "
"RITOS" ("RITUALS") Sala de exposiciones.(Cajasur Exhibition room).
Cajasur. Sala nº 1.Córdoba.(*)
Galería La Muralla.(La Muralla Art Gallery). Úbeda. (*)

1994 "DOS PROPUESTAS" ("TWO PROPOSALS"): Galería Jabalcuz (Jabalcuz Art Gallery).
Jaén. (*)
Sala de exposiciones. Architects Association. Jaén. (*)

1995 "AZAHAAR" ("ORANGE BLOSSOM"). Galería Eduma (Eduma Art Gallery). Linares.(*)

1996 Casa de la Cultura de Alcaudete. (Alcaudete Public Library). (*)
IES Príncipe Felipe de Alcaudete. (Principe Felipe Secondary Education School). (*)

2000 "EN TRÁNSITO". ("IN TRANSIT"). Universidad de Jaén (University of Jaén). (*)

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COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

1982 Homenaje a Rafael Zabaleta. (Tribute to Rafael Zabaleta). Quesada (Jaén).
"Cinco pintores jóvenes" ("Five young painters"). Sala de la Delegación de Cultura. Jaén.
1983 "Certamen Nacional Juvenil de Artes Plásticas, obras premiadas. ("Young Visual artists
National Contest. Awarded works").
Ministerio de Cultura (Ministry of Culture). Galería Amadis (Amadis Art Gallery). Madrid.

1984 "ARTE 84"("ART 84"). Facultad de BB AA de Sevilla. (University of Seville Faculty of Arts).
"MUESTRA ECOLOGISTA" ("ENVIRONMENTALIST EXHIBITION").
Galería Caliope (Caliope Gallery). Sevilla.

1985 "12 ARTISTAS PLÁSTICOS GIENNENSES" ("12 VISUAL ARTISTS FROM JAÉN").
Colbert.Gallery.Jaén.
XXXV Bienal de Linares.

1986 "JAÉN PINTADA" ("PORTRAYING JAÉN"). Sala de exposiciones de la Diputación
Provincial de Jaén. (Diputación Provincial de Jaén's room for exhibitions) (*)
Seleccionado en la Bienal de Andújar. (Qualified in the Andujar Biannual Meeting).
XLVII Exposición de Artes Plásticas de Valdepeñas. (47th Exhibition of Plastic
Arts of Valdepeñas). (Ciudad Real).

1987 Seleccionado en "I Premio Emilio Ollero". (Qualified for the 1st Emilio Ollero
Award). Diputación de Jaén. (*)

1988 "Encuentro I" ("Meeting 1"). Galería Doble Cero (Doble Cero Art Gallery). Sevilla."
"Encuentro II" ("Meeting 2"). Sala de la cultura de Torredonjimeno
(Torredonjimeno Room for Culture).
Seleccionado en el VI Premio Caja Postal, (Qualified for the 6th Caja Postal
Award). Exposición Itinerante (Roving exhibition): Madrid,
Cuenca,Guadalajara,San Sebastián,La Coruña y Zaragoza. (*)
Seleccionado en "II Premio Emilio Ollero".(Qualified for the 2nd "Emilio Ollero
Award") Diputación de Jaén. (*)

1989 "PEQUEÑO FORMATO" ("SMALL FORMAT"). Galería Jabalcuz (Jabalcuz
Art Gallery).
Seleccionado en "III Premio Emilio Ollero (Qualified for the 3rd "Emilio Ollero
Award"). Diputación de Jaén. (*)

1990 "LA CATEDRAL" ("THE CATHEDRAL"). Galería Jabalcuz. (Jabalcuz Art Gallery).
Jaén.
Seleccionado en "IV Premio Emilio Ollero" (Qualified for the 4th "Emilio Ollero
Award"). Diputación de Jaén. (*)

1991 XXXVI Bienal de Linares, Finalista. (Finalist in the 34th Biannual Meeting of
Linares). (*)
"TEMPUS 2" ("TEMPUS 2"). Sala de la Cultura.Torredonjimeno. (Torredonjimeno
Room for Culture). (*)

1992 "APUNTE, BOCETO, IMPRESIÓN" ("SKETCH, DRAFT, PRINT"). Galería Jabalcuz
(Jabalcuz Art Gallery). (*)

1993 "GRABADOS" ("ENGRAVINGS"). Galería Jabalcuz (Jabalcuz Art Gallery). (*)
"MERCADILLO DE ARTE" ("ART JUMBLE SALE"). Hospital de Santiago. Úbeda.

1994 "DONACIONES DE OBRA GRÁFICA a la Biblioteca Nacional.1989-1992" ("GRAPHIC
ARTWORK DONATIONS to the National Library).
Sala de exposiciones de la Biblioteca Nacional. (National Library exhibitions
room). Madrid. (*)
"GRABADOS II" ("ENGRAVINGS 2"). Sala de exposiciones del IB Jabalcuz.
(Jabalcuz Secondary Education School exhibitions room). Jaén.
"VISIÓN PARTICULAR" ("PERSONAL VISION"). Galería Eduma. (Eduma Gallery).
Linares. (*)
"AC Salón Siglo XX ",("20th Century AC Room"). Palacio de ferias y congresos
de Marbella. (Marbella Congress Hall). (Málaga). (*)

1995 "ARTE + SUR" ("ART + SOUTH"). IFAGRA, Granada. (*)
"ARTE AJEDREZ" ("CHESS ART"). Galería Eduma (Eduma Gallery). Linares.
Seleccionado en "IX Premio Emilio Ollero" (Qualified for the 9th "Emilio
Ollero Award"). Palacio de San Juan de Dios. Jaén. (*)

1996 Seleccionado en "X Premio Emilio Ollero". (Qualified for the 10th "Emilio Ollero
Award"). Palacio de San Juan de Dios. (*)
"Pintores en el Aula". ("Painters in the Classroom"). Exposición itinerante.
(Roving exhibition). Delegaciones de Educación y Cultura .Jaén.

1997 "REINOS".("KINGDOMS"). Universidad Popular de Jaén. (Open University of Jaén). (*)
"Artistas Giennenses".("Artists from Jaén). Galería Eduma. (Eduma Gallery). Jaén.

1998 "Pintores giennenses a beneficio del Alzheimer". ("Artists from Jaén working against
Alzheimer's Disease). Caja de Ahorros de Granada. Jaén. (*)

1999 "1 / 20 ". Galería Martínez Montañez. (Martínez Montañez Gallery). Jaén. (*)
"Expo ARTE oliva ". ("Expo ART oliva"). Recinto Ferial de Jaén en Expoliva-99.
(Jaén Congress Hall during the 1999 Expoliva fair).

(*) These exhibitions include a catalogue and reproductions of the author's art pieces.

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AWARDS:



11979 First Prize. painting in the open air. A tribute to Zabaleta. Quesada
(Jaén).
1982 Second Prize. Painting. Institute for Youth. Jaén.

1983 Second Prize. Painting. Plastic Arts Contest. Institute for Youth. Salamanca.

1984 Second Prize. "Quick painting". Jaén Town Council.
Mention. Spring Painting Contest. Higher Technical School of Seville.

1985 First Prize. "Quick painting". Jaén Town Council.
First Award. Painting/watercolour. Delegación de Cultura. Jaén.
"Mariano de la Paz " Award. .34th Biannual Meeting of Linares.

1987 Mention. Club 63 Award. Jaén.

1988 "Mariano de la Paz " Award. 35th Biannual Meeting of Linares.

1999 Mention in the 12th "Emilio Ollero" Award. I. E. G. Jaén

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PUBLICATIONS:



1982 Carnival Poster. Jaén Town Council.
1986 Poster for the Virgen de la Capilla fair .Jaén Town Council.

1988 Illustration for the book celebrating the first century of the Santo Tomás Primary
School. Jaén.

1991 Illustration for the 36th Biannual Meeting of Linares book of conditions.
Illustration for the book "From Jaén, NEVER AGAIN", published by the United Left
party's Department of Culture.

1995 Poster advertising the Day for Books. Muñoz Garnica Primary School. Jaén.

2000 Illustration for the magazine "...¿Y tú? ¿Cómo lo ves?" ("...And what about you?
What do you think about it?"), issue paying tribute to the painter Carmelo Palomino
Kayser, published by THE CHUBBY CHEEK Jazz CLub

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ACTIVITIES:


1983 Wall painting at the Cris-Cuny industries. Torredelcampo (Jaén).
1992 "Meeting the author" Jaén Arts School.

1993 Conference: "Contemporary Engravings". He departs on the engraving
techniques. Provincial Museum of Jaén.

1997 Series of speeches dealing on: "Painters in the classroom: "Gaspar Cortés Zarrías,
Artistic development 1988-1995". Video published and compiled by Joaquín Reyes.
Jaén Open University.

1999 Advertising poster for the exhibitions "Expo ARTE oliva." Sponsored by the Jaén
Congress Hall.

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ARTWORK INCLUDED IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Quesada Town Council. (Jaén).
Torredonjimeno Town Council's Fund for Culture.

Linares Town Council.

Cazorla Town Council.

Salamanca Office of the Ministry of Culture.

Architects Association of Jaén.

Caja Postal. Grupo Argentaria. Jaén.

Cajasur de Jaén & Córdoba.

La Muralla Gallery. Úbeda.

Velázquez Gallery. Valladolid.

National Library at Madrid. Collection of Contemporary Engraving.

University of Jaén .



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TEXTS, ARTICLES AND MENTIONS IN THE PRESS:

CÓRCOLES,J. V.:
"Cortés Zarrías ,Jordana Jimeno Ceprián y Navarro are included in the National Library Catalogue". Culture. Diario Jaén, 16-6-94,P.34.
CORTÉS ZARRÍAS, Gaspar :
Texts included in the catalogues of his own exhibitions: "Fragments",
exhibition at the Caja Postal de Jaén.11-90, without page number. "Faces" exhibition at the Jabalcuz Secondary Education School. Pages 1,3 .91."Tempus 2" exhibition together with José Cortés Bailén, Torredonjimeno Town Council's room for exhibitions. 91. "The purpose of time" exhibition at Cajasur, I-92, no page number. "Recent Touchable Moments" exhibitions at the Velázquez Gallery and Cazorla Town Council room for exhibitions. "Paining as a ritual" and "Rituals" exhibitions at La Muralla Gallery and Cajasur, 93. "Drawings - Two Proposals - Paintings"" exhibitions at the Jabalcuz Gallery and Architects Association "Orange Blossoms" exhibitions at the Eduma Gallery of Linares, triptych, 95. "Mineral +Vegetal + Animal =KINGDOMS" a collective exhibition with Carmen Montoro ,Fernando de la Rosa, Fernando Robles ,Germán Banderas. Jaén Open University. 97, no page number. "In Transit" text for the exhibition with the same title at the University of Jaén 2000. Pages11-12.

DHIRAVANSA, V. R.:
For the catalogue for the "In Transit" exhibition University of Jaén. Page 6. "A Radical Revolution", an excerpt from the book "The way of attachment." The March Hare Publications. Chapter 18: "A Radical Revolution." Pages 153-154.Barcelona
1998.

GONZÁLEZ, Juana:
"Time. A basic Issue in the exhibition devoted to Cortés Zarrías, opened at the Castillejo" in Diario Jaén,11-I-92,P.9.

KAYSER MATA, Angela:
"Past, present and future of arts in Jaén" included in the Special Anniversary Issue of the Diario Ideal ( Jaén edition), 23 - 6 - 99 P. Pages 179 - 180.
"ART + MAN: TWO KEYWORDS IN THE ARTWORK BY GASPAR CORTÉS ZARRÍAS", interview on the on-line magazine "El cultural" devoted to the spreading of culture in Andalusia. 25-5-00.

KAYSER ZAPATA, Manuel:
For the "In Transit" exhibition catalogue. UJA. 2000.
"About the visit to the drawing room of Gaspar Cortés Zarrías, painter ", Pages 7-8.

LARA, José Eugenio:
"Emilio Liébanas and Gaspar Zarrías, the new romantics" in Diario Jaén,29-4-88,P.13.

LIEBANAS LUQUE, Emilio:
"Zarrías, Colours, time and space" included in the booklet for the exhibition at the Jabalcuz Gallery, 3-89.

LÓPEZ,Javier :
"Four painters who never aroused from Apocalypses." included in Diario Jaén,20-XII-88."I want to portray human feelings in my paintings" and "The views to man from a small room", Culture in Diario Jaén, 9-4-89, P. 6. In full.

LORENTE, Manuel :
"Meetings 1" in the Arts section of ABC, Seville, 88.

MEGIAS MEDINA, Juan Angel:
"A hobby taken up when very young" Interview in Diario Jaén, 3-7- 83, Culture , P.27, In full.

MELLADO,J. A.:
"The painter Gaspar Cortés exhibits in Valladolid "Recent Touchable Moments" in Diario Alerta,17-5-93,P.2.

MOLINA DAMIANI, Juan Manuel:
"Hollow Moon" poem for the catalogue to the Two Proposals exhibitions, 94,no page number.

MONTORO CABRERA, Carmen:
For the "In transit" exhibition catalogue. University of Jaén. "About Art and artists". P.9.

MORENO MONTORO, Isabel:
For the "In transit" exhibition catalogue. University of Jaén ."Tránsito",p.10.

PEINADO, Miguel:
Back-cover interview Diario Jaén,85.

PÉREZ ORTEGA,(Manuel Urbano) :
"Art in the 20th century Jaén". in José Fernández García, Jaén ,Granada, Anel Publishers, 89, Vol. I, P.324.

PORTILLO, Manuel:
Radio interview for Antena 3 Martos, 13-5-94.

PORTILLO, Pedro:
"Cortés Zarrías ,Gaspar " in the Dictionary of Painters from Jaén, Martos, Escuela Sur. 96, P. 38.

REYES MALPICA, María Angustias:
Text for the brochure for the exhibitions at the Principe Felipe Secondary Education School and the Alcaudete Public Library (Alcaudete, Jaén), 96.

SALGUERO CARRERO, José:
"Gaspar Cortés and his rituals", Diario Córdoba,27-X-93.

SANTIAGO ,José :
"Cortés Zarrías, exhibits at the Jabalcuz Secondary Education School" en Diario Ideal, Jaén edition,2-V-91.

UTRERA, José A.:
"Eduma houses an exhibition by Cortés Zarrías" in Diario Ideal, Jaén edition, 3-6-95,P. 11.

VICA(José Villar Casanova):
"A little snow" cartoon and reference to the exhibition at CajaSur, Jaén, in Brisas de la alameda ("Breezes from the Poplar Grove") in Diario Jaén, 26-1-92."Roots and doublet" about the exhibitions: Two Proposals. In the "Brisas de la alameda" section of Diario Jaén, 29-4-94.

VIRIVAY ABAD, Miguel:
"Cortés Zarrías at the Cica Gallery " in Diario Ideal, Jaén edition, 85. "Four Artists who make a statement about the reality of their paintings" in Diario Ideal, Jaén edition, 3-1-89, P.7. "Gaspar Zarrías, an artist who improves in his understanding of painting" in Diario Ideal, Jaén edition, 17-4-89,P.6. "Two-fold exhibition by Cortés Zarrías" in Diario Jaén, 20-5-94, P.12. "A suggestive display of five artists" in Diario Jaén, 16-4-97. "Cortés Zarrías" Landscapes: Gallery in Diario Jaén, 7-10-98, P.31. "Jaén , villages and towns" issue 76, published by Diario Jaén in collaboration with Cajasur, 3-99, P.P.1507 and following.
"The coherent development of Gaspar Cortés Zarrías pictorial development" Landscapes: Diario Jaén. 1-2-2000. P.35.