Fernando Bellver

FERNANDO BELLVER (Madrid, 1954).
"Female nude".
Silkscreen on paper. Copy 4/25.
Signed and justified in pencil.
Measurements: 72 x 115 cm, 74,50 x 117 cm (frame).
Fernando Bellver was formed in Madrid and extended his studies in Oslo thanks to a scholarship of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture. He began his career in the eighties, holding exhibitions in Madrid galleries such as Nolde or Tórculo. During these years he participated in important fairs such as ARCO, in addition to obtaining several awards. In the middle of the decade he is invited to the Impact Art Festival in Kyoto, and as a professor of engraving at the University of Austin, USA. He continues to hold exhibitions, both in Spain and in Hungary, Norway, France, England, Taiwan, United States, etc., and between 1986 and 1987 he holds a solo exhibition of works on paper at the Museum of Fine Arts in Granada. Two years later he held another personal exhibition of graphic work at the City University of New York. As part of his activity as a graphic artist, he has also been invited by the governments of Norway and Egypt to produce series on these countries. Now fully recognized internationally, Bellver has participated in fairs such as the Art Expo in New York and Basel, and has exhibited his work all over the world. In the mid-nineties he won the Gold Medal for engraving at the Biennial of Alexandria, and was a member of the jury for the National Engraving Prize of the Calcografía Nacional. He is currently represented in the MNCA Reina Sofía, the ICO Collection, the Centro Conde Duque in Madrid, the Rashid Collection in Alexandria, the National Library, the Marcelino Botín Foundation, the Museums of Contemporary Art in Cairo and Jaén, the Museum of Fine Arts in Granada, New York University, the National Chalcography, the BBVA, Juan March and Chase Manhattan Bank collections and the Diputación de Sevilla, among other public and private collections.