exhibitions

other events

bibliographic references

Espacio versus espacio.  Enaire Collection. Palacete del embarcadero.     Santander
   

"Discursos premeditados". Centre del Carme. Valencia

"En una fracción" Palacete del Embarcadero . Santander

Gallery Eastman. Hasselt. Belgica

Exhibition at Pilar Serra Gallery. Madrid

Recent works

Exhibition at Maior Gallery. Palma de Mallorca

"Arte moderno en palacio. Obras contemporáneas de las Colecciones     Reales”. Palacio Real. Madrid

"La piel translúcida", Colección Iberdrola. Centro de arte Cibeles. Madrid

“Arteciñana 2015. Leciñana de Mena. Burgos

A selection of recent works

Works from 40 artistas in a show made by "Patrimonio Nacional" at the Royal Palace in Madrid

Exposicion en galería Juan Silió. Santander

Exhibition at Gallery Pilar Serra. Madrid

La piel translúcida, Colección Iberdrola. Iberdrola Tower. Bilbao and Patio Herreriano Museum. Valladoloid.

"Reproductividat 1.2" Contemporary Spanish Photography. Es Baluard Museum . Palma de Mallorca

"El arte del coleccionista", Municipal gallery. Alicante

"La imagen fantàstica", KUBO Exhibition Hall. San Sebastian

"Entre el suelo y la pared" Recent works

"Construyendo en las ruinas" is the title of the show in the new gallery space in Madrid

Exhibition curated by Javier Gonzalez de Durana. The paintings made for Cesar Pelli "Iberdrola Tower" are shown

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“La densidad del aire, la levedad de la tierra”. TEA Museum. Tenerife.

“El retorno de lo imaginario. Realismos entre XIX y XXI” Museo Reina Sofía Madrid.

Photographs, Galería Estiarte. Madrid.

Colección Norte. Biblioteca Central. Santander

He gives a workshop called “Pasajes Cruzados” at la CAM in Alicante.

Invites the journalist Santiago Segurola and the architect Eduardo Arroyo to a discussion.

“No más héroes, La colección VIII”, Artium Museum Vitoria.

This thematic selection of the Museum’s collection displays the uniform produced for the Athletic Club football team for
the first time.

“Bifurcaciones”, an exhibition with works from over the last 12 years at the fundacion ICO in Madrid.
Paintings , photographs video, and installations were shown at the gallery space. It has been Dario Urzay biggest show up to date.

Curated by Ramón Esparza

Ramón Esparza and Daniel Innerarity write essays for the catalogue.

One man show at the Juan Silió Gallery, Santander.

Santos, Félix: “Entrevista a Darío Urzay”, Aena Arte magazine, Winter 2008.

He takes part in the group show called “Goggel på jorden”, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm.

Curated by Cecilia Andersson with works from Marcus Coates, James Ireland and Zhao Liang.

The Deutsche Bank Collection of London purchases the piece called “Nest painting (scope)”.

Navarro, Mariano: “Paisaje de la memoria”, El cultural, El Mundo, December 6th.

“Photographs”, Sanz Enea, Photomuseum, Zarauz.

Galería Maior, Pollensa, Palma de Majorca.

Group shows:

“Cartografías del Arte Vasco”, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.

Exhibition curated by Juan Luis Moraza.

“Extraños en el Paraíso. Fotografías del Museo Artium”, Instituto Cervantes, Beijing and Tokyo.

He holds an exhibition called “Pasajes” at the Amós Salvador venue in Logroño.

The catalogue contains a text called “Sobre el territorio de la pintura” by Vicente Jarque and an interview with Darío
Urzay by Miren Eraso.

He takes part in the “Tejidos. Óseos, pictóricos, arquitectónicos” show, Teruel Museum.

Curated by Juan Luis Moraza.

Exhibition at Calcografía Nacional of the National Graphic Arts Prize winners.

Works by Joan Hernández Pijuan, Pedro Calapez and Darío Urzay are displayed.

He makes the piece called “El vértice del observador” in Sajazarra.

He is guest artist at the Art Encounters in Sajazarra (La Rioja).

Interview with Xabier Sáenz de Gorbea for the project catalogue.

His work is exhibited at the Tomás March Gallery in Valencia.

The topographical references already to be found in some of his works from the year 2000 now become a key aspect of
his oeuvre.

Jarque, Vicente: “Coordenadas imaginarias”, Babelia, El País, May 16th.

Clemente, José Luis, ABC cultural, June 2nd.

Takes part in “Pintar sin pintar”, at the Centro de Arte La Panera, Lleida, and he is among the artists
invited to take part in the Beijing Biennial. He also takes part in “Gekleurde Vormgeving”, Stedelijk
Museum, Aalst.

He receives the Excellent Work Award at the aforesaid Biennial.

He is awarded the National Graphic Arts Prize for work done the previous year. In other categories the Prize goes to Joan Hernández Pijuan and Pedro Calapez.

The prize jury esteemed “in particular his sportswear creations, which have brought about a departure from the conventional world of graphic images and media”.

“Acentos”, Colección Caja Madrid, Fundación Caja Madrid.

One man shows at:

Espai Quatre, Casal Solleric, Palma de Majorca.

The pieces “Into the frame”, “Cuckoo’s egg- observador virtual 1” are displayed.

He takes part in the group shows:

“Dalimitar”, Museo del Empordà, Girona and Museo de Arte Jaume Morera,

“Monocromos”, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.

“Monocromos” was curated by Barbara Rose. It featured pieces ranging from Malevich to the present day.

The sportswear was produced, passed the UEFA Kit Regulations, was approved by this official body and legally registered in the competition.

They wore it to play two pre-season games in Holland: Groningen and Heerenven

A numbered, limited edition of four thousand garments was released which sold out in three months. One of them is in the  "Artium museum" collection in Vitoria.

Solo exhibitions:

González Carrera, J. A.: “Darío Urzay”, Obras Recientes, Territorios, El Correo, September 10th.

Christian Dam Gallery, Oslo.

Distrito 4 Gallery, Madrid.

Paintings, photographs and two installations, “The cuckoo’s egg” and “Into the frame”, in which the medium of video features most promminently.

Among other biographical references to this exhibition we could quote:

Rubio Nomblot, Javier: “El mundo en negativo”, ABC De las artes, Madrid, September 27th.

Solana, Guillermo: “La trama barroca de Darío Urzay”, El Mundo, El Cultural, September 11-17th.

Estiarte Gallery, Madrid.

“Ae-mol” suite, consisting of mixed media works on paper and of paintings with digital printing.

Castro Flórez, Fernando: “La mirada genética”, El Cultural de ABC, January 3rd.

Group shows:

“For All”, Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway.

Opening exhibition of The Scandinavian Centre with works belonging to the Norwegian collector Helgesen. Several paintings are shown and the installation “Inside-next” (2002), that consists of prints and paintings, both generated by a computer, and displayed in a narrow corridor.

Magnus, Emilie: “For All”, catalogue for the opening of The Kunstlaboratory of Contemporary Art Museum, Norway, (May).

“Blanc de Blanc”, Galerie Xippas, Paris.

CAB exhibition of the “Colección Caja Burgos” in Burgos.

Solo shows:

Maior Gallery, Pollensa, Majorca.

Bufill, Juan: “Una pintura ya del siglo XXI”, La Vanguardia, Barcelona, February 10th.

Puig, Arnau: “El abandono de lo simbólico frente a lo digital”, ABC, Barcelona, February 2nd.

The group exhibitions of this year are:

“Big Sur, Arte Nuevo Español”, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.

Exhibition of sixteen contemporary creators, curated by Enrique Juncosa (Abad, Ballester, Soto, Alez, etc.)

Juncosa, Enrique: “Big Sur, Arte Nuevo Español”, exhibition catalogue text “Big Sur”, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2002.

“Arte en España, 1977-2002”. Manege Exhibition Hall, Moscow.

!A selection of The Patio Herreriano Contemporary Art collection.

Marchán Fiz, Simón: “Arte en
España en el último cuarto de siglo”. Exhibition text catalogue for Arte in España, 1977-2002.

Museo Patio Herreriano de Valladolid

Opening of the new Museum.

Artium, Centro Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo, Vitoria

Opening of the new Museum.

“Plural el arte español ante el siglo XXI”, Palacio del Senado, Madrid.

Alonso Molina, Oscar: Text
individualized by the artist in the
catalogue.

“Abstracciones 1955-2002”. Fundación Telefónica, Santiago de Chile

Selected works from the Museo
Nacional Reina Sofía.

“El siglo de Picasso. Arte español del siglo XX”. Athens National Gallery, Greece.

Two Individuals trough this year:

Visor Gallery. Valencia. 2001

Exhibition of negative photographs and paintings.

Galerie Xippas. Paris. 2001

Debailleux, Henri-François: “Darío
Urzay”. Libération. Paris (June 22)

Collectively he exhibits at:

Calvo Serraller, Francisco: “Las cien mejores obras del siglo XX. Historia visual de la pintura española”. Ediciones TF.

“Gaur, Hemen, Orain”. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao.

On the occasion of the reopening of  Bellas Artes  Bilbao Museum, a Basque contemporary art selection is organized. For that occasion, Miguel Zugaza, the director, proposes to him the making of a special piece of work for a specific place in the museum. During six months, he works full-time on the preparation of the work “El vientre del observador”. This installation will be important to  the artist biography

Marí, Bartomeu: “Gaur, Hemen, Orain”. 2002 Catalogue text.

“La noche. Imágenes de la noche en el arte español.1981-2001”.Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente,
Segovia.

Curated by José María Parreño

“Año 1000, año 2000. Dos milenios en la historia del arte en España”. Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid and at The Musee du Cinquantenaire de Brussels in
Belgium

Curated in the contemporary section by Fernando Huici, includes a selection of the art of two centuries.

Solo shows in:

First paintings with ends
photographically generated by a
computer.

Elba Benitez Gallery in Madrid

One piece of work becomes property of the Amigos del Arte Contemporaneo collection, base of the new Museo Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, opened in 2002.

Jimenez, José:"Darío Urzay. Expresionismo conceptual".

El Mundo. Madrid (26 de febrero)

Huici Fernando: "En el filo de la navaja".

El PaÌs, Babelia. Madrid (11 de marzo)

Sala Rekalde, Bilbao

Exhibition that gathers three years of work. In the same way, there are specific works for the spot. Some of them go beyond the
two-dimensional limits.

David Pagel : “De ojos, lentes y pantallas: el realismo híbrido de Darío Urzay."

Castro Flórez, Fernando:
“Parpadeos. La estética de la
hibridación en Darío Urzay.”

Lago, Eduardo: “Afrontar lo
múltiple. Una conversación con
Darío Urzay.”

Catalogue texts “1997-2000
Pinturas”. Sala Rekalde, Bilbao.

Along the collective ones they stand out:

Solana, Guillermo: “Darío
U r z a y ” . A R T E Y P A R T E .
(December 30)

“Imágenes yuxtapuestas. Diálogo entre la abstracción y la figuración.”, with works of the Argentaria Collection exhibited at
The Museo Municipal in Malaga.

Curated by Mercedes Replinger

Individually he exhibits at:

Gallerie Xippas. Paris

Sixteen years later he exhibits again in Paris. A wide selection in which the first negative paintings appear, one of those becomes part of the French Fond Nationale d´art Contemporaine (FNAC).
!

Sirmans, Franklin: “En una
fracción”. Andersson, Cecilia: “Membrane – Cut, retake”.
Catalogue Exhibition text, Galerie
Xippas, Paris.

Espacio Caja de Burgos, Burgos.

Lago Eduardo :
“cinco movimientos de la materia” catalogue text Caja Burgos exhibition

Senda Gallery, Barcelona.

Molina, Ángela: “Darío Urzay”
ABC. Barcelona ( septiembre 19)

Fundación General, Patronat Martinez Guerricabeitia, Valencia

Biennial in which five international
critics had to choose each one of
them two authors. The French
Catherine Millet selects the work of the Bilbao´s artist.

Millet, Catherine : “ Dario Uzay”
Catalogue “5 biennale Martinez
guerricabeitia”,

“Peinture sur peinture”. Institute Français de Vienne. Viena

“Imágenes de la abstracción. Pintura y escultura española 1969-1989”, Sala de las Alhajas, Madrid

The curator Mariano Navarro,
includes a work of the ones made in London.

The Norwegian collector Tore
Holm shows in public his collection in several European cities .

Throughout this period he has the
following personal exhibitions:

De Markten, Bruselas

The exhibition centre shows simultaneously four individual ones comprised with the title “4 x solo”. The other artists are Angela de la Cruz, Amikam Toren and Jan de Vinglhen

Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki.

Sáenz de Gorbea, Xabier: Argumentos orgánicos”. Exhibition catalogue
Kaj Forsblom Gallery. Helsinki.

Galería Maior, Pollensa. Mallorca

Paintings and first draws made on a computer during the year 1996.

“Itinerarios 97-98”.
Fundación Botín Santander

Power, Kevin : “ Placeres de un
cocktail” Becas Fundación Botin
Catalogue, Santander

“Painting, Language”,
Louver Gallery, Los Angeles.

The Californian gallery as well as the New York one show a fragment of the actual pictorial view.

“From here to eternity” Max Protech Gallery, New York.

The curator Ruth Kauffman
includes Urzay and the Sevillian
Luis Gordillo, as well as David Reed, Jessica Stockholder, John Currin, among others.

Guggenheim Bilbao Collection.

Presentation of the first purchases by the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.

In summer, Urzay organizes a course at The Arteleku of Donostia, under the title “En una (microverso) fracción”. A studio of studios that gathers along with the students, artists like David Reed, Julian Schnabel, Albert Oehlen, Torie Begg Terry Winters and Fabian Marcaccio.

Is an important year in Dario Urzay Biography:

At the beginning of the year 1997, he applies for the Fundación Botín grant and it is awarded to him.

Guggenheim commissions work from him in May and he makes it during the summer. The artist paint two big 8.50 metres long panoramic curvilinear. One of them becomes part of the Museums  collection.

Commissioned by The Sala Amárica of the Museo de bellas Artes in Vitoria, he makes a solo show with works expressly made for the place.

Juncosa, Enrique: “Los universos conjurados”.
Exhibition catalogue Sala Amárica, Diputación Foral de Álava, Vitoria

He exhibits simultaneously in Madrid, Elba Benítez Gallery and in Barcelona, Senda Gallery.

Olivares, Rosa: “Dario Urzay”. Revista Lapiz. Madrid .(September) Antolín, Enriqueta: “ Darío Urzay”. Interview. El País.Madrid (September 13)

Bufill, Juan: “La gran aventura de Darío Urzay”.La Vanguardia. Barcelona (September 12) !

Takes part in the following group shows:

Ramos, Miguel Angel: “Darío Urzay. La fotografía como metáfora.” Antiquaria magazine. (November)

“Descoberta de la collecció”, MACBA. Barcelona

One of the series paintings made in London, is donated by a British collector, it is presented among others, at this exhibition.

“Pigmente”, Eugene Lendl Galerie. Graz in Austria.

In November of 1997 he comes back to New York, granted by The Fundación Botín.

“In Situ te gast in De Watertoren” in Vlissingen, Holland,

Lelong Gallery in Nueva York, and

“Essencies,” at The Palau de La Virreina in Barcelona

Ernesto Ventos collection

And especially, “Nuevas Abstracciones” organized by The Reina Sofía Museum, that is presented at The Velázquez Palace in Madrid, and at The MACBA in Barcelona.

The exhibition is curated by Enrique Juncosa, who gathers an international abstract painting panorama. With authors like Richter, Lasker, García Sevilla, Forg, Halley, Rae, among others.

He counts on the collaboration of the German curator Hans-Michael Herzog.

Among the one man shows of 1996, it stands out the one at the new Gallery that the Finnish Kaj Forsblom opens in Caracas.

Individualmente en:

Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid.

Francés, Fernando: “Las naturalezas muertas de D.Urzay”. ABC de las artes (July)

Guisasola, Félix: “Anónima abstracción”. Diario 16. Madrid (May 27)

DV Gallery, San Sebastián.

Andersson, Cecilia: text in the catalogue “Still life”. DV Gallery (June)

Ormaetxea, A.: “Darío Urzay”. Egunkaria. San Sebastián (June 28)..

Galerie In Situ, Aalst. Bélgium.

De Kerchove, Fabrice: “Darío Urzay”.Art & Culture. Brussels (Dec. / January)

He begins to use the computer and makes a painting series on paper, in which the digital print is mixed with contingent processes. Germinal draws of the future-making photographic works made in 3D programmes.

San Martín, Javier: “Pequeñas experimentaciones marginales como prolongación de la pintura.” Exhibition catalogue
Sala Okendo, San Sebastián.

And among the collective ones:

“Otros mundos posibles”, Cruce Gallery, Madrid.

A selection by José Luis Brea, with artists that use different media.

“Transatlántica América-Europa Non Representativa”, Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero, Caracas, Venezuela.

Ruth Auerbach y Jacob Carpio are the curators that select artists such as Marcaccio, Dorner, Cano, Lasker, Halley, inside the phenomenon of the New Abstraction

“A la Pintura”, Spanish Painters of the 80s and 90s of the Argentaria Collection. Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona and Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao.

Argentaria invita a varios artistas y comisarios a distintas mesas redonda y publica un libro con estas intervenciones.

Takes part in important collective ones:

“Arte Español de los 80 y 90 en la Colección del Reina Sofia”, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid

In the middle of 1994 he comes back to Bilbao, where he stays until 1997.

He imparts a course at the Arteleku in San Sebastián

“In Situ, Te Gast in Knokke-Heist” CC Scharpoord, Knokke, Belgium

Curated by Jan de Nys

One person exhibitions :

Fernando Alcolea Gallery, Barcelona.

The Japanese Museum Marugame Hirai, sets up a Spanish contemporary art collection to which Dario Urzay becomes part.

Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York. 1993

First one man show in New York

Hagen, Charles: “Darío Urzay”. New York Times. New York (June 4)

Among the collectives:

“A Lure”, Jan Kesner Gallery, New York.

Show of the photographs “Camerastrokes”, curated by Alisa Tager.

Tager, Alisa: “Darío Urzay”. Banesto Grant Catalogue. Madrid.

Take part in José Guerrero, Jordi Teixidor, José María Sicilia, Juan Uslé, Joan Hernández Pijuan and Gerardo Delgado.

Fernández Cid, Miguel: “Darío Urzay”. Individualised text by artist in the catalogue “Desde la pintura. Pintura española”. Rufino Tamayo. Mexico Museum.

“Un siglo de Arte en los Fondos de la Diputación de Guipúzcoa”, Sala Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastián.

Organized by Ana Salaverría, for
the official opening of the centre.

He is awarded a Banesto grant, with which he continues his stay in New York 91-92

Exhibition at the Windsor Kulturgintza gallery in Bilbao

Works made between 1990 y 1991, corresponding to the painting series of double gestures and prints. One of them becomes part of the Reina Sofía museum collection in Madrid.

Tager, Alisa: Catalogue Text. Windsor Kulturgintza gallery. Bilbao (February)

New works in the individual one at Gamarra y Garrigues in Madrid

He shows some works in which he begins to cover the paintings with resin, technical characteristic that he will keep developing.

Pagel, David: "Darío Urzay”. Text for the catalogue of “Pinturas en Nueva York.” Gamarra y Garrigues gallery. Madrid.

Calvo Serraller,Francisco: “A través del cristal”. El Pais. Madrid (November 30)

Bonet, Juan Manuel: “Darío Urzay, pasiones frías”. Blanco y Negro (December 13)

In this year he just shows an individual one at the Fernando Silió gallery in Santander however he takes part in many collective ones among which one might emphasize:

Calvo Serraller, Francisco : “Enciclopedia del arte español del siglo XX.” Ed. Mondadori.

-“Confrontaciones. Arte último británico y español”, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid.

A selection by Andrew Renton y Teresa Blanch, in which they take part in Rachel Whiteread, Ian Davenport, Gary Hume, Txomin Badiola, Antoni Abad, among others. Later, two of the paintings of Urzay become a part of the Reina Sofía Museum collection.

Blanch, Teresa: Introduction text for the catalogue.

He starts the camerastrokes series using a Polaroid camera

-“Pintores Vascos ante el gran formato, 1886-1991”, opening of the Sala Rekalde, Bilbao

Curated by Javier gonzalez de
Durana

San Martin, Javier: Individual text for each artist.

-“Colección Pública”, Contemporary Art Museum, Vitoria.

Under the selection of Juan Manuel Bonet and Xabier Sáenz de Gorbea, first presentation of the contemporary art collection that would lead to the Artium Museum of Vitoria.

-“New Currents, Recent Art in Spain”, The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.

Curated by Teresa Blanch

Blanch, Teresa: “Curators statements”

Recent Art in Spain Catalogue.

The works made in London are shown at the Gamarra y Garrigues gallery in Madrid.

The exhibition in London is parallel to the individual presentation of the works of Txomin Badiola and Pello Irazu. Series with organic references occasionally accompanied by retinas and finger prints.

Garcia Aurora” The last flickerings of a flame”.

Text for the exhibition catalogue at Riverside Studios. London. (December).

Chosen for the I Drawing Triennial “Joan Miró”, that is held at the Fundación Miró of Barcelona, and takes part in “Orman”, collective opening of the Amárica Gallery in Vitoria in 1989.

During summer 1988 take the decision of quitting teaching at The Fine Arts Faculty.

Selected by María Corral, takes part in the IV Internationale Triennale der Zeichung

One man show at the Gamarra y Garrigues Gallery, Madrid, in 1988, Fénix series that shows as well at the Windsor Kulturgintza gallery, in Bilbao

He is invited to the Delfine Trust Studios in London as resident artist between 1988 and 1989. As indicated by the artist, it is when a very important change occurs for his work and personal life.

The show at the Exhibition Hall of The Museo de Arte e Historia in Durango, is the first individual one in three years. Afterwards he shows some of his paintings and record cards, accumulated during the period, at the Caja de Ahorros Vizcaina, in Bilbao.

Fichas de trabajo 1984-1986. records cards-catalogue exhibition hall of the Caja de Ahorros Vizcaína. Bilbao

Xaenz De Gorbea, Xavier: “historia de una trayectoria interior con figuras”. Arbola Magazine, October 1986

During the next two years he takes part in several collective ones, as:

The biennial of Oviedo, the Salón de Montrouge de París (1984) and the I Salón de artistas vascos (Banco de Bilbao, 1985).

He breaks with his previous paintings and he begins a period of reflection and change. An analysis that is brought to a conscientious study by means of record cards and sometimes it is materialized on some works. They are shown as research project to apply for a grant that is conceded. The Caja de Ahorros Vizcaina makes an edition in facsimile of the record cards.

Esparta Chema: “A traves del espejo” Revista Lápiz, (January1984)

The exhibition’s title is: “From the projects for the imaginerium museum to the representing trade”. Paintings representing museum rooms and the possible artist’s atelier.

There are two sculptural pieces at the exhibition that connect floor and wall.

Xaenz De Gorbea, Xavier: “Urzay, cuadros dentro de cuadros”
Deia (January 28 )

A year after leaving his studies he becomes a teacher at The BB.AA Faculty until 1988.

In Arteder – 83, in an individual stand he presents the works executed for The Vitoria Town Hall.

Juana Mordó shows interest on his work and offers him the chance to work with his gallery. Passing away 6 months later, the link with her successor is broken.

He wins the 1st prize in painting at Gure Artea 83, organized by the Basque Government.

The year before, on the contest first edition he obtains a secondary prize in the painting modality.

Halfway through the year he wins the painting award by the Bienal Plástica de Pintura y Escultura, Vitoria.

The prize consisted of a part in cash and the commission of a public work. The day of the ceremony Dario Urzay renunciates to the prize money and keeps the awarded work. And as project he makes two murals for the Vitoria city council.

“Artistas Vascos entre el realismo y la figuración 1970-1982”, Museo Municipal, Madrid

Curated by Maya Aguiriano, an exhibition is shown with artist such as Ruiz Balerdi, Xavier Morrás, or Zumeta among others.

Granted by The Basque Government.

He ends his Fine Arts studies.

At the end of 1982 The Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao purchases one of the paintings made for the exhibition that he was preparing for Paris

It is a work made when the artist is 23 years old, being the youngest author to be included in The Fine Arts Museum permanent collection. Under the fake appearance a realistic painter, the works reveal a conceptual approach by means of painting and photography codification.

The first edition of Arteder is held. Granted by the Basque Government, Darío Urzay shows some figurative paintings questioning the representation.

Arteder is an event in which artists had an individual stands at the same time than the galleries have theirs in an adjacent pavilion. The manager of the Etienne de Caussant gallery in París proposes to Darío Urzay the making of an exhibition. Equally, Juana Mordó shows interest in his work.

Granted by the Ministry of Culture for the plastic arts research and promotion. Madrid.

With a group of classmates he organizes the collective one: Minimalism and New Figuration, that travels between Bilbao and Vitoria..

They were times of full minimalist “oteizana” effervescency, attitude in which they were Badiola, Chavete, Lazkano, Medina y Moraza, while Urzay in heated discussions defends a new figuration.

Authors introduction text

His 2 outstanding presence takes place on the occasion of the renovation of the nd Vasco-Navarro Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Bilbao contest organized by The in 1979, that is held at the newly inaugurated culture hall of the Biscay capital

He begins his studies of fine arts at the Basque Country University until 1982.

He takes part in the third Vasco-navarro contest organized by the Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Bilbao. Fine Arts Museum.Bilbao

In 1976 he takes the Fine Arts entrance examination and he is not accepted.