Din Matamoro
Din Matamoro (Vigo, 1958) graduated in Fine Arts — Painting and Engraving — at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He took part in the Talleres de Arte Actual [Actual Art Workshops] with Antonio Saura in the Círculo de Bellas Artes [Centre of Fine Arts] of Madrid and in the two first Muestras de Arte Joven [Young Art Show] exhibitions. He also participated in diverse group shows during the 80s such as Circulando at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Punto, Periferias, and Acta 88, among others. He obtained the Colmeiro scholarship with Berta Cáccamo and Antonio Murado, and the Fulbright scholarship (New York, 1988-89) given by the US-Spanish Joint Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation, as well as the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de España en Roma [Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome] (1990-91) and the Banesto scholarships. He obtained the second prize in the Bienal de Pontevedra [Pontevedra Art Biennial] in 1990.
He has been a member of the Real Academia Galega de Belas Artes [Royal Galician Academy of Fine Arts] since 2015.
His first solo shows were at the Oliva Mara gallery in Madrid, the Abel Lepina gallery in Vigo and in the first happening of ‘Baiona Horizonte Atlántico’ [Baiona Atlantic Horizon] with Carlos Oroza, at the country house of O Toutizal. He showed his oeuvre made in New York and Rome at the Antonio Machón gallery, in Madrid. He also exhibited at the Casa da Parra and the Trinta galleries, both in Santiago de Compostela. Furthermore, he exhibited at the Seiquer gallery in Madrid, the Marisa Marimón gallery in Ourense, the Masha Prieto gallery in Madrid, the Fernando Silió gallery in Santander, and the Alebús gallery in Elche. He had several solo shows as well, exhibiting at the SCQ gallery in Santiago de Compostela, the Atlántica gallery in A Coruña, the Álvarez gallery in Porto, the Dos Coimbras gallery in Braga, or the VGO gallery in Vigo.
In 2005, he exhibited his solo show Imágenes Mentales [Mental Images] at the CGAC, the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art. Afterwards, he travelled to the Museum of Contemporary Art CAMeC La Spezia, in Liguria (Italy). He had three solo shows in the Caja China gallery in Seville. He took part in group shows at the CGAC, and in the Entre el Cielo y la Tierra. Doce miradas al Greco 400 años después [Between heaven and earth. Twelve glances at el Greco, four hundred years later] exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Escultura in Valladolid and the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. Also, in group shows at the MARCO, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Vigo, Pintura Mutante [Mutant Painting], curated by Ignacio Pérez-Jofre in 2007 and El boceto del mundo [World Sketch], curated by Ángel Cerviño and Alberto González Alegre in 2013. He has participated in different Contemporary Art fairs such as ARCO, ESTAMPA, or JUSTMAD. Recently, he exhibited twice at the Trinta gallery in Santiago de Compostela and at the Combustión Espontánea gallery in Madrid, with both a solo and a group show.
In June 2021, the MARCO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vigo, organizes the solo show: A LOOK ABLAZE, as an exhibition of Din Matamoro’s last works.
