The Spanish pavilion houses Spain's national representation during the

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Background

Organization and building

The pavilion was designed and built by Francisco Javier de Luque between 1921 and 1922. While its façade shows influence of 17th century Spanish Baroque architecture, its internal layout is similar to that of the

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, for a kind of uniformity in the early Giardini buildings. The painter-architect Joaquín Vaquero Palacios restored the pavilion in 1952 and made its façade more modern, with a continuous brick face.

Representation by year

Art

* 1954 —

Miguel Ortiz Berrocal Miguel Ortiz Berrocal ( Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga, 28 September 1933 – Antequera, Málaga, 31 May 2006) was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his puzzle sculptures, which can be disassembled into ma ...

* 1958 —

Eduardo Chillida Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002), was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. Early life and career Born in San Sebastián (Donostia) to Ped ...

* 1970 —

Gaston Orellana Gaston Orellana, (born 18 July 1933) is a Spanish and Chilean painter. Orellana was born in Valparaiso, Chile in 1933, son of Spanish parents Armando de Orellana, an engineer and Spanish diplomat, and Ernestina del Transito née Morgadon. Altho ...

* 1984 —

Antoni Clavé Antoni Clavé (5 April 1913 – 1 September 2005) was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards ( Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on ...

* 1988 —

Jorge Oteiza Jorge Oteiza (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basque Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Autonomous Community, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art. Oteiza was born in Or ...

, Susana Solano * 1990 —

Antoni Miralda Antoni Miralda (born 1942 in Terrassa, Spain) is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist. Biography Miralda Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. ''Catalogue of the exhibition Miralda De gustibus non disputandum'', 2010 was born in Terra ...

* 1993 —

Antoni Tàpies Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalan People, Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. Life The son of Jo ...

* 1999 — Manolo Valdés,

Esther Ferrer Esther Ferrer (born 1937 in San Sebastián, Spain) is a Spanish performance artist. Ferrer received Spain's National Award for Plastic Arts (1999), the Marie-Claire Prize for Contemporary Art in France, and the Velázquez Plastic Arts Prize. Hi ...

(Curator: David Pérez) * 2001 — Ana Laura Aláez, Javier Pérez (Curator: Estrella de Diego) * 2003 —

Santiago Sierra Santiago Sierra (born 1966) is a Spanish artist, known for performance art and installation art. Much of his work deals with the topic of social inequities. He lives in Madrid. Career Sierra's most well-known works involve hiring laborers to co ...

(Curator:

Rosa Martínez Rosa Martínez (b. Soria, Spain) is an independent curator, art critic and international art advisor based in Barcelona, Spain. Career As an independent curator, Rosa Martínez has organised international exhibitions, including the 51st Venice Bie ...

) * 2005 —

Antoni Muntadas Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942) is a postconceptual multimedia artist, who resides in New York since 1971. His work often addresses social, political and communications issues through different media: such as photography, video, text and image ...

(Curator: Bartomeu Marí) * 2007 — Manuel Vilariño,

José Luis Guerín José Luis Guerín (born 1960) is a Spanish filmmaker and educator known for ''Train of Shadows'' (1997), ' (2001), and ''The Academy of Muses'' (2015). Style and influences As a young cinephile, Guerín attended many film screenings, made films ...

, "Los Torreznos", Rubén Ramos (Curator: Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego) * 2009 —

Miquel Barceló Miquel Barceló Artigues (born 1957) is a Spanish painter. Career Barceló was born at Felanitx, Mallorca. After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School of Barcelona in 197 ...

(Curator: Enrique Juncosa) * 2011 —

Dora García Dora García (born 1965) is a contemporary Spanish artist. García draws on interactivity and performance in her work, using the exhibition space as a platform to investigate the relationship between artwork, audience, and place. García transfor ...

(Curator: Katya García-Antón) * 2013 — Lara Almarcegui (Curator: Octavio Zaya) * 2015 — Francesc Ruiz, Pepo Salazar, Cabello/Carceller +

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

(Curator: Martí Manen) * 2017 — Jordi Colomer (Curator: Manuel Segade) * 2019 —

Itziar Okariz Itziar Okariz (also spelled Itziar Ocáriz, born 1965) is a Basque/Spanish artist based in New York City and San Sebastián. Biography Itziar Okariz was born in San Sebastián and studied painting and sculpture at the Universidad del País Vasco ...

, Sergio Prego (Curator: Peio Aguirre) * 2022 —

Ignasi Aballí Ignasi Aballí (born in 1958) is a Spaniards, Spanish artist. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Venice Bienniale, the Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju Bienniale and the Biennale of Sydney, Sydney Bienniale. He received the prestigious Joan Miró p ...

(Curator: Beatriz Espejo)José da Silva (17 December 2021)
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Background

Organization and building

Representation by year

Art

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