Personal information

Born in 1964 in Brussels, Belgium .

Manu vb Tintoré fully embraced the world of art in 1998, after ten years working as an agricultural engineer for NGO's and the United Nations with the poorest farming communities on the planet in countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Mexico and Ecuador.

He graduated as a Higher Technician in Fine Art at the School of Art and Design in Olot, Catalonia. Throughout his artistic career, he has developed his work on the idea of the human being and his relationship with the environment, turning his work into a contemporary meditation on mankind and his mechanisms of land appropriation and construction. This led him to develop his concept of the "nature of the limit".

Painting, sculpture, photographs, installations and artistic work in territories close to his recent performances. His work has been exhibited monographically in Europe, America, Japan, Korea and China and has been recognized with several prizes including the Ricard Camí de Pintura Prize (Terrassa) and the Cristal d'Or de les Neus First Prize, Snow Sculptures (Andorra) and the Torres García Painting Honour Award (Mataró). In 2019he won the Namur Art Festival Jury Prize (Belgium) which allowed him to exhibit his work alongside the work of art of Joan Miró (l'Arc, Escéne Nationale, France).

Nowadays, he lives in Catalonia near Barcelona.

Represented by: Belgian Gallery / Pigmen Gallery (Barcelona, Paris) / N2 Gallery (Barcelona) / En Blanco Gallery (Mexico) / QU art Museum Suzhou (China)

Extract of 2013 - 2022

- “es relat de ses pedres” capella Abramovic - LOAC - Alaior, Menorca march to July 2023

- Expo Antropoceno - Espai d’Art Andorra la Vella. June 2023

- Expo QU ART Museum, Suzhou China July 2023

-International “Suzhou Jinji Lake Biennale” China, springtime 2023

- Performance “Murs, es relat de ses pedres” - Menorca, November 2022

-“nude skin” solo exhibition at Belgian Gallery, Bruxelles, january 2022

- Collective exhibition at Pigment Gallery, Paris, november 2021

- “nude skin” solo exhibition at Pigment Gallery, Barcelona, march 2021

- “nudo orgánico” Collective exhibition at BAT Gallery, Madrid, january 2021

- “solo expo at JEON Gallery. SUD KOREA

- “Dualidades” Collective exhibition at Pigment Gallery, Barcelona, january 2021

- “23 espines” Instagram Project: Picture “ecografia d’una espina” with Poeltry by Jaume Geli. Girona

- Art projection at the Barcelona Hospital Building - Pigment Gallery

- The Fundació Privada Vila Casas acquires 3 artworks for its Museum- Can Framis - Barcelona

- Duo exhibition - Delen Private Bank and Belgian Gallery - Liège. Belgium

-“Petite nature, una aproximació al detallisme de Joaquim Vayreda”. solo exhibition at Valvi Fondation. Girona

- Amazonia Smart - Biomimisis International Simposium coolaboration. Bolivia

- “les poches pleines de terre, le ciel dans le regard” Joan Miró and Manu vb Tintoré exhibition and catalogue. L’ARC scéne nationale Le Creusot, France (see catalogue) (see carton invitation)

- "Petite Nature" solo exhibition at Belgian Gallery and La Citadelle - Belgium

- Enclos, cet horizon qui nous poursuit, Curatorial project, with Jean François Jans, Tourinnes la Grosse, 53è Fêtes de la St Martin. Belgium. Invited artists: Christophe Terlinden, Karine Marenne & Messieurs Delmotte, Aljosha, Dries Meddens,Philippe Herbet, Patricia Martin, Joëlle Verstraeten. Writer: Eric Brücher (see video)

- "Petite Nature" solo exhibition at N2 Gallery - Barcelona

- "忘却の領土", Art Pro Gala Galeria - Fukuoka, JAPAN

- Public sculpture "inner fontaine" for Sales de Llierca Hall. Girona

- Jury award at the Festival d'art Contemporain. Citadelle de Namur. Belgian Gallery. Belgium

- Exhibition at Château de la Hulpe. Belgian Gallery. Belgium

- catalogue incorporate at MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York)

- Exhibition of Finalists and Honourable Mention at Torres Garcia Painting Prize. Mataró.

- Exhibition of finalist at A-FAD Prize, Barcelona

- "selection of paintings". Can Ginebreda. Porqueres.

- Catalogue"Territories of oblivion" (96 pag). Art critic M.D. Jiménez-Blanco. Universidad Complutense, Madrid.

- "Territories of oblivion" at Caixa Terrassa Fondation. Terrassa (see video)

- "Frotis" at Gallery Michael Dunev Art Projects. Torroella de Montgrí (see catalogue)

- “Anchors to the earth” – Sculpture for the Celler de Can Roca – Mas Marroch (World First Restaurant 2013-2015) (see video)

- Collective exhibition “I’ll tell you what I dreamt” – Fundació Atrium Artis. Salt, Girona, Spain.

- Collective exhibition – Hélène Sion Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

- Selection of artworks – Zedes Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

- First Prize, XIV BBVA Ricard Camí Painting Prize, Barcelona, Spain.

- “En peu de pau”, La Garrotxa Museum, Olot, Sapin.

- Individual exhibition “Territories of oblivion” , paintings and sculptures, Brussel, Belgium.

- Collective exhibition of the finalists of the XIV BBVA Ricard Camí painting prize, Terrassa, Spain.

- Double exhibition “Anchors to the earth” – Leticia, Colombia.

- Individual exhibition “Anchors to the earth”- Museum of La Garrotxa, Olot, Spain.

- Collective exhibition of the finalists of the Contemporary Painting Prize – Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain.

- 6th finalist of the Florenze- Shangai International Painting Art Prize 2013.

- Finalist of the Contemporary Painting Prize, Fundació Vila Casas. Barcelona

- Finalist of the Biennal of Contemporary Art of Girona, Spain.

- Sculptural project for the “Interpretation Center for the Amazon Indigenous Cultures", Foundation Heidehof Stinftung and AMASSUNU. (see video)

Individual Exhibitions – Painting and sculpture

2023 “Es relat de ses pedres”. LOAC Alaior. Menorca

“retrospective works”. QR art Museum . Suzhou - China

2022 “peau nue” Belgian Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2021 - “Pell nua” at Pigment Gallery. Barcelona.

- “solo show” at Jeon Gallery. Sud Korea

2019 “Petite nature, una aproximació al detallisme de Joaquim Vayreda”. solo exhibition at Valvi Fondation.

Girona

“les poches pleines de terre, le ciel dans le regard” Joan Miró and Manu vb Tintoré exhibition and

catalogue. L’ARC scéne nationale Le Creusot, France.

2018 “Petite Nature - Recents works” - at Belgian Gallery and Citadelle de Namur, Belgium

"champs ouverts" and "Atmospheric land" at Tourinnes la Grosse, 53è Fêtes de la St Martin. Belgium

"Petite Nature" solo exhibition at N2 Gallery - Barcelona

"忘却の領土 - selection of paintures" - Art Pro GALA Gallery, Fukuoka - JAPAN

2017 "selection of paintures". Can Ginebreda. Porqueres.

2016 "Territories of oblivion" at Caixa Terrassa Fondation. Terrassa

2016 "Frotis" at Michael dunev Art Projects. Torroella de Montgrí

2015 “Territories of oblivion”, painting and sculpture, Brussels, Belgium.“Anchors to the earth” -

Leticia, Colombia.

2013 “Anchors to the earth” - Museum of La Garrotxa, Olot, Spain.

2012 “Anchors to the earth”- Fundació Atrium Artis, Salt, Girona, Spain.

Selection of artworks 2002-2012 Capella Santa Anna, Argelaguer, Spain.

2008-09 “Pneuma” Fundació Vila Casas, Palau Solterrra, Torroella de Montgrí, Spain.

2006 “Habemus pupa”. Fundació Caixa Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain.

2005 Exhibition of sculptures and fotos, Belgium.

2004 “Selection of artworks”, Centre Diagonal Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

“A-tura-T”, Institut de cultura, Olot, Spain.

“Structure nº4, For peace, not for war”, Principal Theatre of Olot, Spain.

2003 "Estructuras transitorias.org" Art Museum of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. (see video)

"Puntos suspensivos", Catalan Studies Center (Sorbonne), Paris, France.

2001 " in-monde", Castagnary Gallery, Paris, France.

" in-monde", S. Dierckx Architecture's Bureau, Belgium.

International Art Fairs

2017

BELGIUM Eurantica (Brussels, Namur)

FRANCE Art Elyssée, Paris , ST-ART European Art Fair, Strasbourg

USA Context Art Fair - Miami

SWITZERLAND WOPART Lugano

GERMANY Affordable Art Fair Hamburg

SPAIN Almodena Fair Madrid

2018

USA AL ART SHOW (Venice, California), Art on Paper (New York city)

FRANCE Art Paris (au Grand palais), Lylle Art Fair

SPAIN Arte Madrid, Feria de ALMONEDA (Madrid)

HOLLAND Kunst Rai Art ,Amsterdam

ZWITZERLAND Frame Art Basel

AUSTRIA Art Bodensee

FRANCE Art Elyssée, Paris

COREA Kiaf Art Seoul

2019

GRAN BRITAIN Draw Art London (Saatchi Gallery)

AUSTRIA Art Bodensee

TURKEY IC contemparary Istanbul

KOREA KIAF Art Seoul

MADRID ESTAMPA Feria de Arte

2020

USA AL ART SHOW , ART ON PAPER - New York city

2021

MADRID ESTAMPA Feria de Arte

SUD KOREA KIAF Art fair

BELGIUM Art Antwerp by Art Brussels

LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG Art Week

2022

FRANCE Art Paris Grand Palais, Bordeaux Art Fair

BELGIUM Twenty Art Fair Brussels

2023

USA Art Palm Beach MIAMI, LA art faire, Los Angeles, SEATTLE Art Fair

CHINA International Suzhou Jinji Lake Biennale

FRANCE Bordeaux Art Fair

GERMANY Kalsrhue Art Fair

UK London art fair

BELGIUM Art on Paper Bruxelles

Collective paintings and sculptures exhibitions

2022 “Notes sobre l’Antropène” - Curated by Jean Mc Neil. Centre d’Art. Andorra la Vella

2021 “UNSEEN” Maurice Verbaet Gallery, Knokke, Belgium

“Paris - Barcelona, hsitoria de una galeria” - Pigment Gallery Paris

“EMPORDONESES; UN EXTRANY EN EL SEU HABITAT”. Museu de l’Emporda- l’Escorxador. Figueres

“DUALIDADES” Artist from Pigment Gallery. Barcelona

“BRIN D’HERBE” Works from Manu vb Tintoré and Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Dotremont, Denma

Jan Fabre, René Guiette, Lukasz, Pol Mara, Michaël Matthys, Guy Peellaert, Jan Saverys, Tapta,

Etienne Van, Doorslaer, Victor Servranckx, André Willequet. Maurice Verbaet Gallery, Knokke,

Belgium

2020 “quelque part entre deux lignes” J. Martoranno R.M. de Lucas and M. Tintoré - Belgian Gallery,

Namur

2019 Denis Meyers and Manu vb Tintoré at Delen Private Bank and Belgian Gallery. Liège - Belgium

2018 "work in progress", Atrium Artis Fondation, Girona

“Enclos, cet horizon qui nous poursuit” , Tourinnes la Grosse, Belgium

2017 Festival d'Art Contemporain, Citadelle de Namur - Belgium

Exhibition at A-FAD Prize finalists . Edifici D-HUB Barcelona

Exhibition at Torres García Prize Finalists. Mataró

Palau de Casavell, Corçà. Empordà

White Summer 2017- Pals. Empordà

Exhibition at Château de la Hulpe - Belgian Gallery. Belgium

2016 "Redux". Xavier Escribá, Jordi Martorano and Manu vb Tintoré exhibition at Michael Dunev Art

Projects. Torroella de Montgri.

2015 Exhibition of the finalists XIV BBVA Ricard Camí painting prize, Terrassa,

Hélène Sion Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

Zedes Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2014 “En peu de Pau”, La Garrotxa Museum, room 15, Olot, Spain.

2013 Exhibition of the finalists of the Contemporary painting prize of the Vila Casas Foundation,

Barcelona, Contemporary art Biennial of Girona, Spain.

“Estructures transitories”, Politechnique School – University of Girona, Spain.

2012 “Art for Etiopia” at the Cultural House of Girona, Spain.

2010 “autoretrats”. NO+ART3.14 Art Gallery, Girona, Spain

2008 “Laberints”. NO+ART3.14 Art Gallery, Girona. Spain

2007 “De porta a porta”. NO+ART3.14 Art Gallery, Girona. Spain

2006 “Dreamt architecture”. NO+ART3.14 Art Gallery, Girona. Spain

2005 Exhibition of the finalists of the Contemporary sculpture prize of the Vila Casas

Foundation,

2004 Exhibition of sculptures, Headquarters of UGT, Barcelona, Spain.

2002 "Sensacions, sentits, sentiments". Fons d'Art Gallery, Olot, Spain.

Sculptures exhibitions. Léonardo Gallery, Paris, France.

2000 4th French-Catalan Art Biennial, St. Joan les Fonts, Spain.

1999 "Quatre de I 'Eix". Traveling exhibition Olot, Vic, Tarrega and Perpignan.

1998 Small format sculptures exhibition. San José, Costa Rica.

1997 Sculptures exhibition, Ethnological Museum of Limón, Costa Rica.

Private and Public collections

His works are in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Australia, Japan and the USA.

Collection of the National Archives, The White House, Washington, the USA.

Vila Casas Fondation for Can Framis Museum, Barcelona

Private collection Pierre Paulin, France

General Foundation for Contemporary Art Council, Fukuoka, Japan

Private Collection H. Figallo, Miami, USA.

Private Collection B. Morrison, Miami, USA.

Private Collection. Chicago. USA

Private Collection at Bank BBVA - Catalonia.

Private collection Valvi Fondation, Catalonia

Private collection Alexia Bertand, Belgium

Private collection Farrow, Melbourne, Australia.

Private collection Sebastiao Aires de Abreu, Brazil.

Collection Cultural House of the Deputation of Girona, Spain.

Private collection UGT, Catalonia, Spain.

Private collection Caixa Terrassa Foundation, Catalonia, Spain.

Private collection van der Borght, Waterloo, Belgium.

Private collection Roth, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Private collection Meeùs Foundation, Belgium.

Private collection Niesten, Tourinnes la Grosse, Belgium.

Private collection Houtin, La Celles les Bordes, France.

Public and corporative commissions

2023 JURY MENBER AT AMD DESIGN AWARD 2023 BASED ON designing energy-efficient future

JURY MENBER AT NATURE PHOTOGRAFIC PRIZE - RED INTERNACINAL DE BIOMIMESIS

2023 Book cover graphic design «le fruit de nos entrailles". Margot Vanbert.

2017 Public sculpture "inner fontaine" for Sales de llierca Hall. Spain

Music CD Cover design "inners landscapes" . Dani Jane. Spain

Book cover graphic design « perles noirs ». Margot Vanbert. Edit. Les 3 lezards. Paris- France

Logo desing for Fundació Planeta Biomimético. Colombia.

2016 PhD cover "Probing biological interactions one molecule at time" - Ineke Brouwer. Universitat

Amsterdam

2016 Book cover graphic design « contes erotiques » and "Lucia". Margot Vanbert. Edit. Les 3 lezards.

Paris-France

2015 “Anchors to the earth” – sculpture for the “Celler de Can Roca”, Mas Marroch Gardens, World

best restaurant 2013-2015, Girona, Spain.

2014 Book cover graphic design “Círculo visioso” , "contes erotiques" and "Lucia parchemin". Margot

María Vanbert. France.

2014 Sculptural project for the “Centre d'Interpretació de les Cultures Indigènes Amazòniques,

Departament de l'Amazones, Found. Heidehof Stinftung, AMASSUNU and Gobernación del

Departamento del Amazonas.Colombia.

2014 Book cover graphic design ”Nouvelles du front” Margot Vanbert. Edit.ACCOR-UNESCO, France.

2012-13 Sculpture for the Architectural Prize “The Blue House”. Future Generations Foundation,

Belgium.

2012 Graphic design for the poetry book “Vitrail de plomb”. Margot Vanbert, France

2011 Creation of the corporative image of the enterprise “Sortim”, Spain.

2010-11 Book cover graphic design of the publications for “les 3 lézards” Association, Paris, France.

2009 Book cover graphic design “Abuelita”, Margot Vanbert. Edit. Baudelaire, France

2007 “Roundabout” - Cover sheet painting for Molecular Cell Magazine. Cell Press, Cambridge. USA

2006-2008 “Life suite nº1”- Preliminary art projectforthe University of Louvain. Belgium

2004 Hielos Torné y Cia SL, Barcelona, Spain.

Vanhamand Cy, Lawyers Chamber, Belgium.

2003 “ Mille Alliance” management audit Company, Paris, France.

Sébastien Dierckx Architecture Studio, Belgium

2000 Serial sculpture for the Catalan Government, Department of Education, Catalonia, Spain.

1998 Nativity sculpture for the city of Tordera, Catalonia, Spain.

Prizes and competitions

2018 Second finalist at Vila Casas Foundation Contemporary sculpture Prize, Barcelona, Spain

2017 Jury Prize at the Festival d'art Contemporain. Citadelle de Namur. Belgium

Honourable Mention at Torres Garcia Painting Prize. Mataró.

Finalist at A-FAD Prize, Barcelona

2015 First Prize of XIV BBVA Ricard Camí painting prize, Spain

2013 Finalist at Vila Casas Foundation Contemporary painting prize, Barcelona, Spain.

6th finalist of Florenza-Shangai International Painting Art Prize

Finalist of the Contemporary art Biennial of Girona, Spain

2006 First Prize of the UGT Sculpture Prize. Catalan Countries. Spain

2004 Second prize of the UGT Sculpture Prize. Catalan Countries. Spain

2000 First prize of the Ice Sculpture Competition of the School of Architecture.

International University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.

1999 First prize "Cristal d'Or de les Neus". Snow sculptures Andorra.

1999 Selected to represent the Premis Nacionals de I 'Ensenyament de les Arts, Catalonia,

1998 Win the competition to represent Costa Rica in the II International Monumental

Sculpture Symposium, Targua group, Costa Rica.

Education

1998-- 2002 Title of Superior Technician in Fine Arts and Design. Art School of Olot, Major in

sculpture. Catalonia, Spain.

1998 Collaborates with the Belgian sculptor Léon de Pas for the "Wallon cock", emblem of the

Wallon town halls. Belgium.

1997 Sculpture classes in the Fine Art Department of the University of Costa Rica.

1982 - 1987 Agronomist Engineer from the University of Louvain la Neuve. Belgium.

Publications, selected articles, reviews and interviews (clic on to see more)

- Jury member at AMD Desing Awards 2023 - “Desingning the energy source of tomorrow” (see more)

- “path in the garden of Suzhou” article at Target Global nº 6, page number 48 (see article)

- Conference “Murs, es relat de ses pedres” - Ateneu de Maó - Menorca . 3 march 2023 (see conference)

- “Pell nua” - RI3 - Revista de Biomimesis de la REd Internacional de Biomimesis. Año 1/nº 4/mayo 2023

- Interwiew for NIPEA “ International Center of Thought in Environmental Epistemology”- Publication in Cosmotheoros “International Journal of Environmental Epistemology”. Vol. 2, Nº 1, december 2022 “los Horizontes de la Imaginación Simbólica en el mundo de las Naturaleza”. (see interview)

- Interview to Manu vb Tintoré about exhibition “les poches pleines de terre, le ciel dans le regard”

Joan Miró and Manu vb Tintoré catalogue “les poches pleines de terre, le ciel dans le regard” (87 pag.).

Curator: Laure Goedert and Art critic M.D. Jiménez-Blanco. Universidad Complutense, Madrid. L’ARC scéne nationale le Creusot. france 2019

- ARTE, CULTURA Y BIOMIMESIS, “rio abajo, rio arriba”. publicaciones del Congreso Internacional de Biomimesis.

- Bibliografie incorporate at MET (Metropolitan Musseum of Nova York) found.

- First Prize of XIV BBVA Ricard Camí painting prize catalogue, 2015

- Catalogue"Territories of oblivion" (96 pag). Art critic M.D. Jiménez-Blanco. Universidad Complutense, Madrid.

- “Anchors to the earth” – sculpture for the “Celler de Can Roca”, Mas Marroch Gardens" at Smartbuilding.city revue. 2015,

- “Gestionar l’atzar”, Eudald Camps, Art Critic, Diari de Girona, desember 2012.

- -"territories of oblivion" - Diari de terrassa, divendres 23 de setembe 2016

- "frotis" at Michael Dunev Art Projects. August 2016

- " The poetic topography of Manu vb Tintoré" by Eudald Camps - Diari de Girona, Nov 2012.