Enrique Arau, born 23 August 1950 in Cordoba, Argentina.

Art Studies: Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, University of La Plata, Argentina.

Awards: Gold Medal Award of Excellence, International Artists and Artisans 2002-2003
Art Space 2000, World Web Award 2002-2003 / 2003-2004
Florence Biennale 2003 - Third Prize

In 1974 was a victim of the political situation in Argentina first as a "disappeared" and later spent a year in jail as a political prisioner.

Self-exiled in own country resumed artistic career.

In 1985 was granted a scholarship to study at the Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericano witch allowed him to live in Europe, first in Spain and later in France and Switzerland.

Made several trips to the USA and Europe. Hi works were exhibited in museums and private galleries. His sculptures are executed mainly in iron, wood and bronze but he also uses polymer and perishable materials. He is also as active painter and xylographer (wood engraving).

EXHIBITIONS

1978 Galería San Martín, La Plata, Argentina
1979 Salón Nacional de Escultura en Madera, Resistencia, Argentina
1980 AAPBA, Salón de Mayo, Universidad Católica, La PLata, Argentina
1981 Galería de las Américas, C.C. José Luis Romero, La Plata, Argentina
1982 Primera muestra de Collages, Caja de Ingenieros, La Plata, Argentina
1983 Marcel Duchamp´s Galery, La Plata, Argentina
1984 Analogías, Afinidades, Correspondencias y Repercuciones. Centro de Artes Visuales, La Plata, Argentina
1984 Arau-Dompe, Instituto Jung de Buenos Aires, Argentina
1985 Homenaje al Centenario del Colegio Nacional, Universidad Nac. de La Plata, Argentina
1986 Museo Municipal de La Plata
1985 Exposición Latinoamericana, Federación Universitaria, Argentina
1985 Maquetas escultóricas, Museo Castagnino, Mar del Plata, Argentina
1985 Artistas Argentinos en Suiza
1985 Esculturas en La Rambla, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, La Plata, Argentina
1986 Signos y Símbolos, Museo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1986 Salón Nacional Manuel Belgrano, CCR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1986 Galería Praxis, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
1987 Galería Jung, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1987 5x5x Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
1986 III Encuentro de Artistas Rioplatenses, Montevideo, Uruguay
1988 Museo de Artes Plásticas de Lujan, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989 Bicentenario de la Revolución Francesa, Paris, Francia
1990 Museo de Bellas Artes, Benito Juarez, Argentina
1989 Galería Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
1989 Gakerie du Manoir, La Chaux de Fonds, Suiza
1989 Galerie La Plume, Neuchatel, Suiza
1989 Museo Castagnino, Mar del Plata, Argentina
1989 Galeria Praxis, Argentina
1994 Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994 Museo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1995 Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 Can Cayado, Barcelona, España
2000 Pinacoteque des aux vives, Ginebra, Suiza
2001 El Número Phi, C. CUltural Recoleta, Bs. As., Argentina
2002 Galería Arte X Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003 Homenaje al Círculo, C. Cultural Recoleta , Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003 Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Firenze, Italia
2004 Bondi Pavillion, Sydney, Australia

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2004 A dos líneas, Siero, Asturias, España
2005 Macla, Museo de arte Contemporaneo Latinoamericano, La Plata, Argentina