Hector Villarroel Born in Santiago, Chile in 1967. He has a degree in Fine Arts at The University of Chile in 1990. Since 1997, he developed his work in three differents locales New York, Brussels and Barcelona. Currently lives and works between Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels and Santiago, Chile. Works in public and private collections.
Photo: "Bricks",©Torres i Mateluna Berkeley, CA 2001
 
 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2009 'WORKS' Moli El Canysset, Valencia, Spain

• 2008 'METAPHYSICS OF THE SILENCE' Hispanic Foundation, Madrid, Spain
• 2007 'RECENT WORKS' Embassy of Chile, Brussels, Belgium
• 2006 'RECENT WORKS' Rina Bouwen Gallery, Madrid, Spain
• 2006 'TRANSFER' Mercaz Kehilatí,Jewish Community, Santiago, Chile
• 2005 'TRANSFER' Embassy of Chile, Washington DC, USA
• 2005 'TRANSFER' La Pequeña Galería. Madrid, Spain.
• 2004 'SEASON' Rina Bouwen Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
• 2003 'SEASON' Atrium Gallery, IMF, Washington DC, USA
• 2003 'RECENT WORKS' Rina Bouwen Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
• 2002 'RECENT WORKS' Praxis Gallery. Santiago, Chile.
• 2002 'CROSSING', University Mayor. Santiago, Chile.
• 2001 'CROSSING' Clas Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
• 2000 'TERRITORY' Viviana Grande Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
• 1999 'TERRITORY', General Consulate of Chile, New York, NY, USA.
• 1998 'THE HUMAN MAP' Magdalena Baxeras Gallery, Barcelona,Spain.
• 1998 'THE HUMAN MAP' Synchronicity Space Gallery, New York, USA.
• 1996 'LA ESTANCIA' Altra Forma Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
• 1995 'GALERIA SEUL', Maison de L'Amerique Latine, Brussels, Belgium.
• 1995 'FRAGMENTOS DEL V SOL' Purgatori Gallery, Valencia, Spain.
• 1994 'LA GALERIA', Hyatt Regency, Santiago, Chile.
• 1994 'EL FRUIT DE L'ESTACIO PASSADA' Galileu Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
• 1993 'LA GALERIA', Hyatt Regency, Santiago, Chile.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2009 'CAUCE I AFECTO' Las Condes Cultural Center , Santiago, Chile

• 2009 'FOUNDATION COLLECTION' Hispanic Foundation, Madrid, Spain

• 2007 'ABSTRACT TENDENCIES' Praxis International Gallery , Santiago, Chile
• 2006 'ART WIZO 2006', Art Gallery, Women's International Zionist Organization, Santiago, Chile
• 2004 'FAIM', International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
• 2002 'ARTEBA' Internacional Art Fair, Praxis Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 2001 'MIXED MEDIA EXHIBIT' Studio Gallery, Irvine, CA, USA.
• 2000 'ARTE SANTANDER', International Art Fair, Viviana Grande Gallery, Santander, Spain.
• 2000 'NEW MILLENIUM' The Artist' Museum Gallery, Washington DC, USA.
• 1999 'ANNUAL GALA' IMF, Washington DC, USA.
• 1997 'HOW I DREAM NEW YORK' Hilton Towers, New York, NY, USA.
• 1996 'SUR' The New Gallery, University of Miami, FL, USA.
• 1995 'LA GALERIA', Hyatt Regency, Santiago, Chile.
• 1993 'SOLID ART' Caves de Cureghem, Brusseas, Belgium.
• 1992 '500 YEARS OF GENOCIDE AND COLONIALIMS' Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Australia.
• 1992 'TIEMPOS DE ARTE' Las Condes Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile.
• 1991 'ALUMNOS ARTISTAS III' Plastica Nueva Gallery, Santiago, Chile.


WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Contemporary Chilean Art, Permanent Mision of Chile to U.N., New York, NY, USA

• Contemporary Chilean Art, Permanent Misión of Chile to OAS, Washington DC, USA

• Contemporary Chilean Art, Embassy of Chile, Washington DC, USA

• Contemporary Chilean Art, Embassy of Chile, Madrid, Spain

• Contemporary Chilean Art, General Consulate of Chile, New York, NY, USA

• Contemporary Chilean Art, University Mayor, Santiago, Chile

• Maison de L'Amerique Latine, Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium

• Hispanic Foundation, Art Collection, Madrid, Spain

• Mercaz Kehilatí, Jewish Community, Art Collection, Santiago, Chile

• WIZO, Women's International Zionist Organization, Art Collection, Santiago, Chile         

• Copec, Art Collection, Santiago, Chile

• Citibank, Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santiago, Chile

• Morgan Bank, Wall Street, New York NY, USA


WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Santiago, Buenos Aires, Lima, Caracas, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Barranquilla, México DF, New York NY, Washington DC, Bethesda MD, Boston MD, San Francisco CA, Los Angeles CA, Berkeley CA, Oakland CA, Santa Cruz CA, Ottawa, Vancouver, Madrid, Barcelona, Castelldefels, Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Valencia, Tenerife, Paris, Padua, Cagliari, Brussels, London, Luxembourg, Freiburg, Den Haag, Bienne, Ferney Voltaire, Vilniu, Tokio, Hong Kong.

Photo: "Manhattan Subway",
©Torres i Mateluna NYC 1998