Tribunal Europeu do Ambiente 
As Origens do Futuro
2006
Fernando Leal Audirac

http://www.leal-audirac.com/

http://www.hoy.com.ec/especial/ibero/leal.htm

http://www.cnca.gob.mx/cnca/nuevo/diarias/070598/calceray.html

1958: (16.11.58) Fernando Leal Audirac was born into a family of painters, being his father one of the founders of Muralism in the 20's.

1974-78: Studies the techniques of Medieval and Renaissance painting under the direction of Master Restorer Guillermo Sánchez Lemus.

1978-80: Founding Member of the "Restauro" workshop, collaborates with Professor Manuel Serrano in the research of contemporary artistic utilisation of
ancient classic techniques.

1980-85: Practices lithography and etching at the" Taller de Gráfica Popular " under the guidance of Master Printmaker José Sánchez. Stage at the
workshop of Master Lithographer Leo Acosta.

1989-93: Founding Member of the Consultant Commission of the Mexican Endowment for the Arts and Academic Tutor of the same institution.

1993: Establishes his residence in Milan, where he currently lives and works.

1995: Represents Mexico at the Centennial of the Venice Biennale. Is invited to assist in the creation of a new course in painting at the Fine Arts
Academy of Nancy, in France.

1996: Completes one of the first murals at the Paolo Pini Museum of Art in Milan and for almost ten years co-operates with that institution in the art-therapy
workshop with the patients. Creates the graphic image of Puccini Festival in Italy.

1997-00: Works on encaustics and transportable frescoes, which are both of architectural and sculptural intention, being considered one of the few artists
working in that field.

2003: He executed the portrait of Pope John Paul II, being the second artist which has been allowed to portray His Holiness from life.

2005: Realised the portrait of the Rector of the Virgin of Guadalupe Shrine for the collection of the Sanctuary.

As well as working as a painter, FLA has written essays on art and literature and participated as lecturer in various educational and cultural institutions in
Europe and in Mexico.

He has travelled, to study and work, in Europe, Asia, USA and Canada.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2006: “El retrato de Monseñor Monroy”. Oil painting. Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Casa Lamm, Mexico City. Book with texts by Gabriel Bernal,
Jorge Juanes, Fidel González, Ana Rosa González Matute, Jaime Cuadriello.

2004: "Line and Time". Designs. Howard Scott Gallery, New York.

2004: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Encaustics. Galleria Arte ’92, Milan.

2004: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Encaustics. Galería Balance, Mexico City.

2003: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Transportable frescoes and encaustics. Max Planck Institut, Berlin. Presentation of the monograph "Fernando Leal
Audirac - la stagione che rimane" published by Silvana Editoriale, including texts by Martina Corgnati, Lorella Giudici, Gianluca Marziani, Marc Dachy and
Jorge Juanes.

2002: "The Hall of Mirrors". Exposition dedicated in memoriam to Bertha Cuevas. Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City. Catalogue with texts by José
Luis Cuevas, Jorge Juanes, Lorella Giudici and Cristina Riestra.

2001: "Labyrinthos". Transportable frescoes. Civica Galleria d'arte moderna, Spoleto, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Martina Corgnati.

2000: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Galería Balance, Mexico City.

2000: "Fernando Leal Audirac / Paintings 1997 - 2000". Howard Scott Gallery, New York. Catalogue with preface by Gerard Hagherty.

1999: "Leal o la modernità del sublime". Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.

1999: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Torhaus Galerie, Bundersverband Bildender Künstler E.V. Braunschweig, Germany. Catalogue with preface by Martina
Corgnati.

1999: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea della Rocca di Umbertide, Umbertide, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Enrico
Mascelloni.

1998: "The Permanence of Fire". Galería Drexel, Monterrey. Preface by Martina Corgnati.

1998: "Fernando Leal Audirac". National Museum of Art, Bucarest, Rumania. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.

1998: "Fernando Leal Audirac / Lime, Wax & Time". Galería Talento Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Enrique Franco Calvo.

1997: "Recent Works by Fernando Leal Audirac". Galería Drexel, Monterrey. Preface by Jorge Juanes.

1997: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Mexican Institute, Madrid, Spain. Preface by Fernando Savater.

1997: "Fernando Leal Audirac / Recent Paintings". M-13 Gallery, New York. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.

1996: "Recent Works by Fernando Leal Audirac". Galleria Manzoni, Milan. Catalogue with preface by Juan Acha.

1996: "Fernando Leal Audirac". Galerie Signum Winfried Heid, Heidelberg.

1995: "The Face of the Venice Biennale". Painting. Mexican Cultural Center, Paris, and Florian, Venice.

1994: "Under a Leaden Sky". Painting. Casa del Mantegna, Mantua, Italy. Catalogue with texts by Juan Acha, Jorge Juanes, Giuliano Serafini, Pierre
Restany and Helmut Orpel.

1994: "The Shore of the Finite". José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City; Instituto Italo - Latinoamericano, Rome. Preface by Juan Acha.

1993: "The Codex of the Invisible War". Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City. Monograph with texts by Richard Brettell, Juan Acha, Jorge Juanes, Alberto Híjar,
Ernesto de la Peña, Arturo González Cosío.

1992: "The Museum of Mankind". Painting. Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Juan Acha.

1992: "Nudes". Drawings. Galería Hakim Arte Actual, Mexico City.

1991: "The Antiportrait of Dr. Villanueva ". Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Juan Acha.

1986: "Nudes", exhibition of drawings. Ibero-American University, Mexico City.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006: “Ferdinand Porsche trifft Walter Gropius“ Encaustic large format triptych. Fagus-Gropius Museum, Hanover. Presentation by Michael Stöber.

2002: "Anniversary, 10 Years of the Galería Drexel". Galería Drexel, Monterrey, Mexico

2001: “Artissima”, Contemporary Art Fair / Galleria Le bureau des esprits. Torino, Italy.

2001: "Frida Kahlo e i capolavori della pittura messicana", Fondazione Bevilacqua la Massa, Venezia. Exhibition curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, parallel
to the Biennale.

2001: "Ego Mensch". Heidelberg Castle, Germany.

2001: "C’era non cera", Galleria Diecidue, Milan, Italy. Text by Lorella Giudici.

2000: "Opening Exhibition". Galería Avance, Mexico City.

2000: "Itinerario di un decennio". Galleria Arte 92, Milan, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Luciano Caramel.

2000: "Drawings". José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City.

1999: "Praga Magica, Oro e Nero". Palazzo dei Sette, Orvieto, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Enrico Mascelloni.

1999: "Kama Sutra / Arte e Poesia". Spazio Montenero, Milan, Italy. Catalogue with texts by Julián Zugazagoitia, Vittorino Andreoli, Massimo Donà and
poetry by various authors.

1999: "Immagine italiana". V.A.M. Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

1998: "Trasparenze / Works on Glass by Contemporary Artists". Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Claudio Cerritelli and poetry by
Italian authors.

1997: ARCO Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, with Galería de Arte Mexicano.

1997: "Iberoamérica pinta". House of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. The exhibition was organised by UNESCO and presented in 17 museums from Latin
America, USA and the Middle East. Catalogue with preface by Fernando Savater and texts by Latin-American and Spanish critics.

1996: Paolo Pini Museum of Art (permanent collection), Milan. Catalogue with preface by Marco Meneguzzo.

1996: Milan Art Fair 1996, with Diagonal Gallery.

1996: Miami Art Fair with Afinsa Almirante Gallery, Miami, USA.

1996: Bologna Art Fair 1996, with Diagonal Gallery.

1996: Art Multiple Fair, Düsseldorf, with Galerie Signum.

1996: "The Figure in Contemporary Art". Teatro dell'Olivo, Camaiore, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Daniele Crippa.

1996: " White". M-13 Gallery, New York.

1996: "Grafica Massima". Giorgio Upiglio Gallery, Milan. Catalogue with preface by Pierre Restany.

1995: Rudolph Mangisch Gallery and Auction House, Zürich, Switzerland. Catalogue.

1995: MIART Art Fair of Milan, with Rino Costa Gallery.

1995: Forum Artis Museum (opening exhibition), Montese, Italia. Catalogue with preface by Pierre Restany and Flavio Tedeschi.

1995: Biennale of Venice, Mexican representative. Presentation by Pierre Restany.

1995: Art Multiple Fair, Düsseldorf, with Galerie Signum. Düsseldorf, Germany.

1995: "Tracce". Fuoricentro Gallery, Rome and Cervantes Institute, Milan. Catalogue with preface by Massimiliano Vigneti.

1995: "Presenze", Biennale of foreign artists living in Italy, Perugia, Italy. Catalogue with preface by Emidio De Albentiis.

1995: "Art as a Life Project" auction in collaboration with Sotheby's Italy. Catalogue with preface by Luciano Caramel.

1994: Los Zacatecanos Gallery. Zacatécas, Mexico.

1994: FIAL International Fair of Latin American Art, represented by Galería Hakim. Brussels, Belgium.

1994: "International Art Exhibition", Seoul, on the occasion of the 600th anniversary as capital of Korea. Catalogue with preface by Pierre Restany.

1994: "Erótico". Galerie 1900 - 2000, Paris.

1993: Europalia '93. "Four Latin American Painters". Espace Medicis, Brussels, Belgium; Casa Lamm, Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Carla
Stellweg.

1993: Casa de México. Washington, D.C..

1993: "Wounded Painting". Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid; Generalitat, Barcellona; Museum of Modern Art, Valladolid, Spain. Chopo Museum, Mexico City.
Catalogue with preface by Jorge Juanes.

1992: José Luis Cuevas Museum (opening exhibition), Mexico City. Catalogue with preface by Enrique Krauze.

1992: "Contemporary Mexican Art". Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany. Catalogue with preface by Peter Weiermair and Alberto Ruy Sánchez.

1991: Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City. Catalogue.

1990: "A Review of Mexican Cinema". Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City. Catalogue published by Artes de Mexico.

DISTINCTIONS FROM 1993 UP-TO-DAY:

2005: : Invited to execute a portrait of the Rector of the Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

2003: Invited to execute a fresco portrait of Pope John Paul II, based on drawing studies from life.

2002: Included in the permanent collection of José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City.

2001: Included in the permanent collection of the Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna della città di Spoleto, Italy.

1996: Included in the permanent collection of the Museo d'Arte Paolo Pini, Milan, Italy.

1995: Included in the permanent collection of the Museo del Parco, Portofino, Italy.

1995: Included in the permanent collection of the Forum Artis Museum, Montese, Italy.

1995: Honorary Mention. MIART, Milan Art Fair.

1995: Chosen as the only artist to represent Mexico in the Centennial of the Venice Biennale.

1994: Chosen artist to represent Mexico in the 600th Anniversary of Seoul as capital of Korea.

1993-96; 96-99; 2002-05: Member of the National System of Art Creators of the FONCA, Mexican National Endowment for the Arts.

EVENTS:

2004-05: Presentation of the monograph "Fernando Leal Audirac - La stagione che rimane" published by Silvana Editoriale, including texts by Martina
Corgnati, Lorella Giudici, Gianluca Marziani, Marc Dachy and Jorge Juanes, in the folowing venues: Max Planck Institut, Berlin, participants: Lorella
Giudici, Manfred Fischer, Dr Mayer; Rizzoli Bookshop, Milan, participants: Martina Corgnati, Lorella Giudici, Mimmo Rotella, Giorgio Upiglio: Mel
bookstore, Rome, participants: Lorella Giudici, Gianluca Marziani, Enrico Mascelloni, Giovanni Russo; Istituto Culturale Italiano, Barcelona, participants:
Lorella Giudici, Jorge Juanes, Ennio Bispuri, Albert Ràfols-Casamada, Bernat Hervàs; Rizzoli Bookshop, New York, participants: Ford Crull, Marc Dachy

FORTHCOMING PROJECTS:

2006: “The Countenance of God”. Inauguration of Leal Audirac’s Centre for the Arts, 20 large format encaustics in low relief.

2007: “L’Ultima Fragola”: four-hand painterly installation and concert based in Dante’s original versions of the Divine Commedy, to be performed-exhibited in different cities in Europe and the US, along with Emanuel Dimas di Melo Pimenta, Portuguese Musician, Architect and Philosopher.

2007: “The Vastness of Intimacy”. Selection of essays by Leal Audirac, published by “El equlilibrista”, preface by Gabriel Bernal.

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