Roberto Matta

(Chilean, 1911–2002)

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Roberto Matta

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Biography

Timeline

1911
Born in Santiago, Chile
Born in Santiago, Chile
1928
Worked as an interior decorator, Santiago, Chile
Worked as an interior decorator, Santiago, Chile
1929 - 1931
Studied architecture, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
Studied architecture, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
1933
Worked as a merchant seaman, Compagnie Transatlantique ship, to Europe
Worked as a merchant seaman, Compagnie Transatlantique ship, to Europe
1934 - 1936
Worked as an architectural assistant, Le Corbusier studio, Paris, France
Worked as an architectural assistant, Le Corbusier studio, Paris, France

Exhibitions

2012
Oils, sculptures and mixed media, Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
2011
Matta100, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago, Chile
Matta 1911-2011, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain
2009
Latitudes, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2008
Descubritorio Matta, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile (solo)
2007
Gravures: Roberto Matta, Galerie Renee Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2004
Roberto Matta, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C. (solo)
Matta, Malingue, Paris, France (solo)
Matta: Making the Invisible Visible, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA (solo)
2003
Matta 1938-1971, Galleria de'Foscherari, Bologna, Italy (solo)
2002
Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (solo)
2000
Matta: Oper Dal 1957 al 1993, Galleria Patrizia Poggi, Ravenna, Italy (solo)
Matta El Ano de los Tres 000, Fundacion Telefonica, Santiago, Chile (solo)
1999
Matta, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)