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Juan Romero de Terreros was born in Madrid, Spain. He is a painter, an engraver, and a sculptor, formed in Seville and in Madrid, Spain. His formative years began in the sixties and his works were naturally influenced by late impressionism, cubism, and abstract expressionism. Since the seventies he has created and exhibited the following work:

1978 Beginning of the series “Figures in an Interior” in Lille, France, where he resided since 1976.
1979 Two collective showings: Palais Rihour and Club Ricard, in that french city.
1980 Individual showing at the Midge Gallery in Lille, France.
1981 In Prague he models the sculptures series: “Inventory”, and “The Waiting”, sculptures “For a Tree”, and his “First Knot”. He begins his studies of knotted figures.
1982 First showings of the series “Knots” at the Cernin Palace, Prague, Czeck Republic.
1987 Exhibition of paintings and sculptures: “Knots” at the Orfila Gallery in Madrid. Two new series: “Weavings”, derived from the knotted figures, and “From A Non-Distant Memory”, which originate in the series of engravings called “The Waiting”.
1988 Collective showing of lino-cuts in the Tórculo Gallery, Madrid.
1989 Retrospective showing of his paitings from 1962 to 1965 in Cortegana (Huelva), Spain.
1990 A selection of the past ten years of work, including eighty paintings, engravings, and sculptures is shown at La Lonja, Casa del Reloj, in Madrid. At this point he moves to Paris, where he lives for the next four years.
1992 He devotes more time to modelling. He works in different series of sculptures: “Steeles of Conjunction”, “The Waiting”, “Between Earth and Air” and “Anvils”.
1994 His “Weavings” or “Grids” become more figurative. He starts working in three new series of paintings: ”Torsos and Heads”, ”New Sierra Landscapes”, and “Objects on a Table”. Individual showing at the Lina Davidov Gallery of Art in Paris: Paitings and sculptures of “From A Non-Distant Memory” and the graphic book of art: “An Inventory of Waitings”, with poems by Jose A. Villarreal. Exhibition of sculptures at the Salon de la Figuration Critique, in Paris. Individual showing at Orfila Gallery, Madrid of paintings and sculptures of the series “Still Lives” and “New Sierra Landscapes”.
1995 In Madrid, he engraves the series “Twelve Grids for Doctor Caligari” and “From Memory…” and continues painting a new series: “Empty Still-Lives”.
1996 He completes his series “The Labors of Hercules, 12 linocuts and texts. Individual showing at Ra del Rey Gallery in Madrid of the series “From A Non-Distant Memory”. Beginning of the preparation of a new series of engravings based on “The Odyssey”.
1997 Participates in the Second International Showing of Graphic Art in Cairo, Egypt. The Spanish artist’s work traveled to Jordan and to the United Arab Emirates the two following years. Collective exhibitions in Ra del Rey Gallery in Madrid: “Taurus V” and “20 x 20”. Part of his series “Empty Still-Lives” is shown at the Lina Davidov Gallery in Paris. “New Sierra Landscapes” are presented at the ArteRoma Internationale Expo in Rome, Italy (Galeria Ra del Rey).
1998 Collective showing at Orfila Gallery in Madrid: “Twenty five times Thirty five”, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of the Gallery. Resides in Washington DC.
1998-1999. Individual Exhibition of “Empty Still-Lives” at the Orfila Gallery in Madrid with works from the years 1995-1998. 1999 Beginning of the series of paintings: “Performing Arts”, ”Bathers” and “Dance”.
2000 A monumental sculpture: “ The Broken Column”, in bronze and steel, is installed on the campus of the University of Salamanca, Spain.
2001 The large size sculpture: “Anvil”, in bronze and steel, is installed in the Open Air Museum of Sculpture of the Polytechnic University in Valencia, Spain. Presentation of the project of a momunental sculpture: “Don Quijote Deconstructed” for the George Washington University at its Gallery of Art in the northamerican capital.
2002 Anthological exhibit: “Reshaping Chaos”, a selection of fifty works from 1982 to 2001, is shown at The Mexican Institute of Culture of Washington DC.