Ignacio Uriarte

Ignacio Uriarte was born in 1972 in Krefeld, Germany, and raised there. From 1992 to 1995 he studied Business Administration in Madrid and Mannheim and worked since then for corporations such as Siemens, Canon, Interlub and Agilent Technologies in Germany, Spain and Mexico. Parallel to his administrative work, he studied audiovisual arts at the Centro de Artes Audiovisuales in Guadalajara, Mexico from 1999 to 2001 and quitted his last serious fulltime-job in November 2003, dedicating himself since then to what he calls 'office art'. Since 2007 he lives and works in Berlin.

2013 Binaries, UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art), Salt Lake City, USA

Line of Work, The Drawing Center, New York City, USA

2012 Fold Fluctuation, Louis 21, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Arbeitsraum, DAZ (Deutsches Architekturzentrum), Berlin, Germany

ASDFGHJKLÖ, ABC (Art Berlin Contemporary), Berlin, Germany

Líneas Generales, Et Hall, Barcelona, Spain

Generative Klang- und Zeichenkunst, Sametitled, Berlin, Germany

Sequential Drawings, Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy

Arbeitsrhythmus, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin, Germany

WORKS, Centre d’Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain

2011 Rotation 2, Ruler Space, Helsinki, Finland

Quatre sets de geometria i un full de paper, Arts Santa Mónica, Barcelona, Spain

WORKS, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain

Preferiría no hacerlo, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico

Ignacio Uriarte, Licovny Salon, Celje, Slovenia

Letters and Numbers,  Sariev Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Puntos expansivos, espacio marte, Mexico City, Mexico

2010 Ignacio Uriarte, i8, Reykjavik, Iceland

Auf dem Papier, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany

Aufzählungen und Abrisse, Vierter Stock, Berlin, Germany

60 Sekunden, Lichthaus Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany

The invention of letters, PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia

Typologies, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany

The history of the typewriter recited by Michael Winslow, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain

2009 The Michael Winslow typewriter experience, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, USA

I am making art (with Wilfredo Prieto), Taka Ishii gallery, Tokyo & Kyoto, Japan

Trabajos sobre (el) papel, La Fábrica Galería, Madrid, Spain

9 to 5, Galerie Feinkost, Berlin, Germany, Germany

2008  Incidental arrangements (with Wolfgang Berkowski), Galleria Gentili, Prato, Italy

Trabajos en serie, Huarte Centro de arte, Pamplona, Spain

Tan sencillo como una línea ó un círculo, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC, Leon, Spain

Atasco de papel, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain

Alfa & Omega, Capella de Sant Roc, Valls, Spain

2007 About lines and circles, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, Spain

O debuxo por diante, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

2005 Lo que pasa cuando dejas la oficina para dedicarte al arte, Casa Soler i Palet, Terrassa, Spain

Out of office, Damenundherren E.V., Düsseldorf, Alemania