Luis Tomasello b. 1915, La Plata, Argentina d. 2014, Paris, France

Luis Tomasello b. 1915, La Plata, Argentina d. 2014, Paris, France Luis Tomasello is considered one of the most important representatives of the international Kinetic art movement. He worked extensively in Paris from the late 1950s onwards exhibiting with Galerie Denise René, alongside Victor Vasarely and Jesús Rafael Soto amongst others. He showed at numerous national and international exhibitions of Op-Art, including the landmark show 'La Lumière et le Mouvement' (1967) and Moma s The Responsie Eye (1965). Tomasello was born to a working Italian family in La Plata, Argentina and would travel to Paris in 1951 after completing his studies in Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. He would relocate there permanently in 1957, joining a large and dynamic expatriate community of Latin American kinetic artists. Familiar with Constructivism and the Bauhaus from his student days, Tomasello discovered the work of Piet Mondrian while in Paris. After initially integrating certain elements of Mondrian s work into his own, such as the orthogonal grid, the square and a reduced palette, he would soon develop his own form of representation. Tomasello continued the exploration of the effects obtained by the reflection of light vibration of three-dimensional compositions, reduced to the essentials. In his most distinguishable works, the Atmospheres Chromoplastiques, where he placed white, angled cubes, with the side closest to the back often painted a vibrant fluorescent colour, allowing for a play with shadow and light. His deep interest in researching the properties of space and the desire to distance himself from other artists working on the plane, would further his works on relief and three dimensional explorations. Eventually, such interest would drive him to work on architectural interventions and he completed numerous large-scale public art commissions in Argentina, France, Mexico, and the United States. Tomasello work has been exhibited widely around the world. His works are part of some of the world s most important public collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Tate Gallery in London; the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée National d'art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; the Kunstmuseum in Bern; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid; the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul; the Fukuoka Art Museum and the Museo Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City. 1

Curriculum Vitae Education 1940-1944 School of Fine Arts, Nación Ernesto de la Cárcova. Buenos Aires, 1932 School of Fine Arts, Prilidiano Pueyrredón. Buenos Aires, Individual Exhibitions (Selection) 2014 Luis Tomasello: Six Decades of Reflection, The Mayor Gallery, London, England. Borzo Modern & Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Holland. Luis Tomasello, Artista de la Luz (1915-2014). Obras de la Colección del MACLA, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano, La Plata, 2012 Luis Tomasello: Vibrations de la Couleur, Galeries Argentine, Paris, Luis Tomasello: Structure Visible et Couleur Réfléchie, Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA. Luis Tomasello: Galeria Raquel Arnaud, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2011 Luis Tomasello, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA. 2010 Reflections on Tomasello, Mayor Gallery, London, UK. 2009 Recent Work, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA. Muestra Antologica, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Luis Tomasello: La Sustancialidad Intrínsica de la Luz, Casa de las Américas, Galería Latinoamericana, Havana, Cuba. 2007 Luis Tomasello, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA. 2005 Luis Tomasello, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA. 2004 Retrospective, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano (MACLA), La Plata, 2003 Luis Tomasello, Museo Nacional, Neuquén, 2001 Luis Tomasello: Objects et Atmospheres Chromoplastiques (1969-200), Galerie Lavignes-Bastille, Paris, 2

1997 Retrospective, Homage to Jorge Córtazar, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, 1996 Luis Tomasello, Museum Haus Ludwing, Sarrelouis, Germany. 1995 Luis Tomasello: Una Mano Enamorada, Galleria Civica Palazzo Todeschini, Desenzano del Garda, Italy. 1994 Luis Tomasello: Atmosfere Cromoplastiche Oggi, Galleria Arte Struktura, Milan, Italy. 1991 Luis Tomasello, Rétrospective (1957-1990), Cercle Noroit, Arras, 1990 Luis Tomasello, Oeuvres Anciennes et Técentes, Galerie Carlhian, Paris, 1986 Itinerant Retrospective (1957-1984), Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain. Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones Kiosco Alfonso, La Coruña, Spain; Museo de Bellas Artes, Pamplona, Spain. 1985 Retrospective (1957-1984), Museo Españolde Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain. 1983 Di Teana et Tomasello, Espace Latino- Américain, Paris, 1976 Musée d Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, Galerie d art Les Ateliers du Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium. Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands. Galería Mestre Mateo, La Coruña, Spain. 1973 Galerie Denise René, New York, NY, USA. Galerie Françoise Mayer, Brussels, Belgium. 1972 Galerie Denise René, Paris, Retrospective (1957-1972), Musée des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1971 Galerie Denise René/Hans Meyer, Düsseldorf, Germany. Galleria del Cortile, Rome, Italy. 1966 Galerie Denise René, Paris, 1962 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 3

Collective Exhibitions (Selection) 2016 Polígrafa Obra Gráfica: Highlights from the Collection, Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Colectiva Junio-Julio 2016, Marion Gallery, Panama. The Illusive Eye, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA. 2015 60 ans de Mouvement, 1e res Geńeŕations, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, 2014 Pressed: Prints from Latin America, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA. 2013 Impressions Abstractions, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA. Hommage a Denise Rene, Espace Expression, Miami, USA. Les Sud ameŕicains, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, 2012 Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA. Real/Virtual Kinetic Art, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Exposition de Groupe, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, 2010 Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA. 2009 North Looks South: Building the Latinamerican Art Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA. 2008 Geometry in Art, Emilio Caraffa Museum, Cordoba, 2007 Paris du monde entier (Artistes e trangers a Paris) dans la collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 30Anniversaire du Centre National d Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Museé National d Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Op Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Lo[s] Cinetico[s], Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofiá, Madrid, Spain. Permanence de l abstraction geóme trique aux Reáliteś Nouvelles, Cha teau de Tours, Tours, France After Image: Op Art of the 1960 s, Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, New York, USA. Muestra Homenaje en la Fundación Klemm, Buenos Aires, 4

2006 Geóme trie en liberte, Galerie Lelia Mordoch, Paris, El Colectivo et ses voyageurs inviteś, Fondation Argentine, Paris, 2005 Inaugural exhibition, Museé d Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), Vitry-sur-Seine, Homenaje al cuadrado, Palais de glace, Buenos Aires, Escultura-Objeto, Relecturas en la Colección del MAMBA, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2004 Trama abierta, Museo de Arte Contemporańeo Latinoamericano (MACLA), La Plata, Constelaciones, Museo Histoŕico Cornelio de Saavedra, Buenos Aires, 2003 25 Jahre Treffpunkt Kunst, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany. 2002 50 years of Latinamerican geometric painting, Museo de Arte Contemporańeo Latinoamericano (MACLA), La Plata, 2001 Denise Rene, l intreṕide. Une galerie dans l aventure de l art abstrait, 1944-1978, Museé national d art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 50 years of Latin American geometric paintings, Museo de Arte Contemporańeo Latinoamericano (MACLA), La Plata, 2000 Le mouvement et la lumiere, Galerie Denise Rene, Museé de Cambrai, 1997 De l abstraction a la Figuration, Ecole Supeŕieure de Commerce, Nantes, France Homenaje a Hugo Demarco, Galerie Argentine, Paris, Twenty Years, La Galeriá, Quito, Ecuador. 1996 Cinquante ans d art construit, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, Made in France, Museé national d art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Hommage a Marcel Cahn, Galerie Faisant, Strasbourg, 1995 Salon Grands et Jeunes d Aujourd hui, Paris, Abstraction geóme trique, abstraction lyrique, Lyceé Professionnel Salvador Allende, Be thune, 1994 Graphic Oeuvres, Galeriá Elvira Gonzaĺez, Madrid, Spain. 5

25th Anniversary of the Galerie Schoeller, Du sseldorf, Germany. 1993 Triennale des Ameŕiques, Maubeuge, Salon Grands et Jeunes d Aujourd hui, Paris, Manifeste, Museé national d art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1992 Salon Grands et Jeunes d Aujourd hui, Paris, Art d Ameŕique Latine 1911-1968, Museé national d art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, L Art en mouvement, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1991 Salon Grands et Jeunes d Aujourd hui, Paris, France Galeriá Theospacio, Madrid, Spain. 1990 Anniversaire de la naissance de Claude Monet, 50 Peintres Contemporains, Argenteuil, 90 Anõs: Una seleccioń de pintura argentina Patio Bullrich, Buenos Aires, Homage to the Square, Galeriá Theo, Madrid, Spain. 1989 Aventure dans l Art, Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Cha teau Medoc, Art Construit, Lumiere, Mouvement, Galerie de la De fense, Art4, presented by Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, Galerie Carlhian, Paris, 1988 Presencia internacional, Galeriá Theo, Madrid, Spain. 20 ans d Art dans la ville, Vitry-sur-Seine, L Art pour la Vie, Institut Curie, Ecole Nationale Supeŕieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, L Art contemporain, ADCA, Paris, France Hommage aux Petits-Formats n 2, Galerie Carlhian, Paris, 1987 Oeuvres du FRAC lle-de-france, Le Perreaux-sur-Marne, Hommage aux Petits-Formats n. 1, Galerie Carlhian, Paris, 1986 Hommage a Julio Cortaźar, Espace Latino- Ameŕicain, Paris, Trends in Geometric Abstract Art, Collection of Mc Crory Corporation, Tel- Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 1985 Pintura Latinoamericana, Galeriá Praxis, Buenos Aires, Regards argentins de France, Dosne-Thiers Foundation, Paris, 6

Fonds regional d art contemporain de I lle de France, Luxumbourg Museum, Paris, Juana Mordo por el Arte, Ciŕculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain. Pintura Latinoamericana, Galeria Praxis Buenos Aires, 1984 Carte blanche a Denise Rene Art Center, Paris, Panorama Contemporańeo Galeriá Theo, Madrid, Spain. Arte Contemporańeo, Asociacioń Canaria de Amigos del Arte Contemporańeo, Canary Islands, Spain. Artistas Latinoamericanos en Paris, Museu de Arte Contempora nea da Universidade de Saõ Paulo, Brazil. 1983 La peinture contemporaine latinoameŕicaine, Centre Culturel, Blagnac, La experimentacioń en el arte, Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain De l abstraction formelle au cine tisme, Cercle Noroit, Arras, L e te a l Espace Latino-Ameŕicain, Paris, 1982 L Ameŕique Latine a Paris, Grand-Palais, Paris France Hommage a Wilfedo Lam, Galerie Windson, Toulouse, L Espace se deṕlace, Galerie Bellechasse, Paris, 1981 Peintres d Ameŕique Latine, Centre Culturel Municipal, Garches, Contemporary Art in Latin America and Japan, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan. Livres Verlag 3, Galerie Cahiers d Art, Paris, Konsekvens- Hommage a Olle Baertling (1911-1981) Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden. Chemin faisant, Centre Culturel de Villedieu, 1980 Cent dessins d aujourd hui, Galerie Municipale, Vitry-sur-Seine, 1978 Images-Messages d Ameŕique Latine, Centre Culturel Municipal, Villeparisis, Aspects de l art en France, Galerie Denise Rene, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland. 1977 Museum of Drawers, Museum Der Stadt, Solothurn, Switzerland. 1976 Latin American Horizons: 1976, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami, Florida, USA. 7

Pensacola Art Center; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. Movement peint-mouvement agi, Abbaye de Beaulieu, Kinetic Art, Liliana Heidemberg Gallery, New York, USA. 1975 12 Latin American Artists Today, Archer M. Huntington Art Museum, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA. Noroit preśente l oeil en question, Cercle Noroit, Arras, 1974 Festival International d Art Contemporain, Royan, Denise Rene en Madrid, Galeriá Aele, Madrid, Spain. 1973 Espace-Couleur, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, 1970 Art contemporain, Fabre Museum, Montpellier, Globus International, Zurich, Switzerland 1969 Art Council Gallery, Belfast, Ireland Exposition-Position, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, Salon de Mai, Museé d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France Art et Matie re, Montreal, Canada. Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 1968 L Art Vivant, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paulde-Vence, Le Silence du Mouvemnt, Kro ller-muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands From Constructivism to Kinetic Art, London, UK. Kinetische Kunst, Berlin, Germany. 1967 Lumiere et mouvemen, Museé d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France Kinetika, Museé du XXSie cle, Vienna, Austria. 1966 Structure et mouvement, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, Salon Reáliteś Nouvelles, Paris, 1965 Mouvement 2, Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, The Responsive Eye, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA Art Today, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA. Art et Mouvement, Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel- Aviv, Israel. 1964 New Art of Argentina, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA. Mouvement, Gimpel & Hanover Gallery, Zu rich, Switzerland. 8

1963 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA. Galerie Nebelung, Du sseldorf, Germany Salon Reálites Nouvelles, Paris, Premie re exposition internationale des Galeries Pilotes, Lausanne, Switzerland Mouvement, Galleria Cadario, Milan, Italy. 1961 Salon, Reáliteś Nouvelles, Paris, France 20 Peintres argentins contemporains, Boulogne-sur-Mer, The International Exposition of Movement, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Moderne Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. 1960 Le Relief, Galerie du XXSie cle, Paris, France Construction and Geometry in Painting, from Malevitch to Tomorrow, Chalette Gallery, New York, USA;Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA;Contemporary Art Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Art Construit, Museé d Ixelles, Museé de Liege, Museś de Bruges, Bruges, Belgium. Twenty Contemporary Argentine Painters, Museum of Modern Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Konkrete Kunst, Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland. 1958 The Young German Contructivist Movement, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany. 1956 Asociacioń Estiḿulo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Saloń Arte Nuevo, Buenos Aires, Saloń No Figurativo, Buenos Aires, 1955 Saloń Arte Nuevo, Buenos Aires, Arte Abstracto, Galeriá Mu ller, Buenos Aires, 1953 20 pintores y escultores, Galeriá Krayd, Buenos Aires, 9

Honours and Awards (Selection) 2008 Gran Premio, Banco Central de la Republica de Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2004 Illustrious citizen of the city of La Plata, 1998 Artist of the Year, Fondation Emilio Pettoruti, Buenos Aires, 1976 Knight in l Order des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, 1970 First International Grand Prize, II Biennale d Art Coltejer, Medellin, Colombia. Second International Prize, VIII Biennale d Art, Menton, Art Fairs (Selection) Multiple participations of his works in Art Basel, Basel, Miami and Hong Kong; Art Miami; PINTA, Miami and New York; Expo Chicago; The Armory Show, New York; ArteBA, Argentina; ArtBO, Colombia; ArtRio, Brazil; ARCO Madrid, Spain and many others. Publications by the Artist Luis Tomasello, El arquero de la luz, 2013. Description: Text by Arnaldo Calveyra, 10 embossing by Luis Tomasello. Ed. 60. Luis Tomasello, Negro el 10, 1983. Description: 10 serigraphies by Luis Tomasello, poems by Julio Cortazar. Ed.60. Luis Tomasello, La Nostalgie du fou, 1992. Description: Poems by Catherine Topall and 9 embossing by Luis Tomasello. Ed. 27. Luis Tomasello, Un elogio del tres, 1980. Description: Poems by Julio Cortazar. And 10 lithographs by Luis Tomasello. Ed. 25. 10

Integrated Architectural Works (Selection) 2011 Mural Chromoplasique, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, USA. 2004 Atmośfera Cromoplaśtica Mural, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Neuqueń, Neuqueń, 1987 Mural, the Cascades Building, Isla d Abeau, Villefontaine, 1986 Mural, The new courthouse, Meaux, France, Architects: X. Menu and T. Gruber. 1984 Ceiling and murals, French Embassy s new residence, Rabat, Morocco. 1981 Chromoplastic Mural, Police headquarters, Grenoble, 1979 Chromoplastic Mural, Vaudreuil new town, France, Architects: H. Beauclair and G. Thurnaner. 1975 Integration, Conference room, Renault (new headquarters), Boulogne-Billancourt, Director: Claude-Louis Renard. 1974 Chromoplastic Atmosphere, mobile sculpture-fence, C.E.S. Fantin-Latour, Grenoble, Architect: Georges Mendelsohn. 1973 Lumino-acoustic Mural, Salle Bleue auditorium, Palais des Congre s, Porte Maillot, Paris, Architects: G. Gillet, H. Guibot, S. Maleletenkov. 1972 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Studies, Marseille, France, architect: Rene Egger. 1971 Chromoplastic Mural, the San Pedro Building, Guadalajara, Mexico, Architect: Fernando Gonzaĺex Gortaźar. 11

Public Collections (Selection) Americas USA Cuba Venezuela Colombia Chile Argentina Europe France Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, Florida, USA The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, Texas, USA Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, USA The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Design Unit, Chicago, Illinois, USA McCrory Corporation, New York, USA Celanese Corporation, New York, USA New York University, New York, NY, USA Pipeline Company, Houston, Texas, USA Casa de las Ameŕicas, Havana, Cuba Museo Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela Museo Jesuś-Rafael Soto, Ciudad Boli var, Venezuela Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, Colombia Museo de Artes del Siglo XX, Medellin, Colombia Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile Fondo Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina César Manrique, Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain Fundación Pettoruti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Arte Contemporańeo de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina Museo de Arte Contemporańeo Latino-Ameŕicano, La Plata, Argentina Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Neuqueń, Neuqueń, Argentina Museé National d Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Museé d Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (MAC/VAL), Vitry-sur Seine, France Musée d Art et Industrie, Saint-Etienne, France 12

Museé d Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, France Bibliothe que Nationale de France (BnF), Paris, France Centre National d Art Contemporain, Paris, France Fonds Reǵional d Art Contemporain de l Île-de-France, Le Plateau, France Museé d Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France Museé de Grenoble, Grenoble, France Museé des Beaux-Arts, Pau, France Museé Reáttu, Arles, France Germany Austria Holland Spain Belgium Croatia Asia Japan Australia Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany Arithmeum, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Sta disches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria Kro ller-müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Museo Espanõl de Arte Contemporańeo, Madrid, Spain Fundacio Sta mpfli, Sitges, Spain Museo de Arte Contemporańeo, Alicante, Spain Museo de Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofiá, Madrid, Spain Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA), Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Atelier de Construction Electrique, Charleroi, Belgium Mujez Suvremene Umjetnosti (MSU), Zagreb, Croatia Satoru Sato Art Museum, Tome, Japan Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Sydney, Australia 13