Juanjo Novella
Basque Country 1961
Autodidact.
Cultivated painting, sculpture, mural painting and various models of performance in public spaces.
Collaborating campaigns for the improvement of the urban landscape such as:
- beautiful Posat Barcelona Ajuntament de Barcelona
- street art Bilbao City Council
- On the improvement of the urban landscape Vitoria.
Creator of the campaign polita ipiñi Zaitez Eibar in Eibar Gipuzkoa
Chairman of NOVELLA ART CENTER (1994 - 2012) Director from 1994 to 2001
Director of Felix Alsina Bosc, Espai per la non-violence, a forest of sculptures now in the process of working.
AWARDS
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-Numerous awards in competitions of painting outdoors as a young professional. (25 prizes)
- 1st prize Ertibil 83.
- 1st National Award and project ideas for a mural at Iurreta (Vizcaya)
- 1st. prize in III national painting contest, Santurce.
- 1st. prize ABANTO and CIERBANA painting. 1987
- Contest Winner in Painting III Sestao.
- selected Sculpture 1st Bizkaiko ARTEA 88.
- 1st prize Red Cross for painting 88. (State level)
- project awarded in the campaign "street art" 1989.
- Selected for the exhibition of contemporary art "GETXO ART 89."
- It is part of the selection of 12 artists to represent the Basque Country in Osaka (Japan).
- 1 st prize in the competition logo for the Commonwealth of Txorierri.
- 1 st Selected in engraving GURE ARTEA 93.
- 1st. prize Restricted competition for mural projects Sondika
- 1st. prize competition of ideas and projects in Munguia.
- 1st. prize competition pediment projects Fronton of Zamudio.
- 1st. prize Restricted competition for sculpture in Iurreta.
- 1st. Award of the VIII International Art Biennial Etxano AMOREBIETA
- 1st. prize Tourism Award logo contest for Santurtzi
- selected in IV International Biennial of Alcorcón. Madrid.
- 1st. prize Restricted competition for sculpture in Sant Llorenç d'Hortons 2006
-1st prize in competition of public sculpture in Vilanova i la Geltrú 2007- international
-second prize in international contest "ends of the Earth" Cabo rocks, sculpture. 2008 -
- 1st prize given by Government of Navarra for the manufacture of a sculpture with the theme of wine.
- Artist selected international sculpture competition. Orchad Park, Cambridge, England. (2011)
- 1st prize, international public sculpture competition. Donostia / San Sebastian. Spain. (2011)
- 1st Artist awared international sculpture competition. Gateway Art. Nelson. New Zealand. (2011)
- Finalist of international competition at FIU – Frost Museum – MIAMI (2012)
- Finalist of international competition at Oregon university, Bend, Oregon (2012)
- 1st prize, international public sculpture competition. Lubbock, TX, USA. (2013)
- Finalist, international public sculpture competition. Dallas, TX, USA. (2014)
- 1st prize, international public sculpture competition. Boston, MA, USA. (2014)
EXHIBITIONS
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1983
- Santurtziko pintoreak Barakaldon
- Duran Gallery, Madrid - 83 ERTIBIL itinerant "C"
- Kultur Etxea Santurtzi 1984
- Kultur Etxea, Munguia
- CAV., Gernika
- Room Ezkurdi, Durango
- Casino Showroom, Baracaldo 1985
- Year youth international, Bilbao "C"
- House of culture Ortuella
- Municipal Exhibition Hall, Somorrostro "C"
1987
- " Kepa eta Lucianori Omenaldia" Portugalete 1988
- mural projects, Arriaga, Bilbao "C"
1989
- "Twelve painters in Osaka, Osaka (Japan) and Bilbao "C"
1991
- EUROPEAN SHOWS "The city and the medians", Barcelona. "C"
1992
- Opening of the gallery AZ Etxea Kultur. "C"
- Draft European sculpture, Bilbao "C" 1993
- GURE ARTEA, Bilbao, Vitoria, San Sebastian. "C"
1995
-Exhibition Hall Max-Center
1999
-is part of Ezkerraldea plastic and exhibitions
2005
-Gallery Felisa Navarro, Vitoria
2006
-Tribute to Mario Angel Marrodan.
-IV International Biennial of visual arts, Alcorcón - Madrid
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1985
- "Portrait" CAV. Portugalete
1987
- Painting and Sculpture, Sestao "C"
- Sculpture, Muzkiz "C"
- Paint, Lan Kide Aurrezkia, Bermeo "C"
1989
- GETXOARTE "C" 1994
- William Blake, "last work", Sestao
1995
-Art Gallery Max Center "Covered Areas"
2005
-Noon, exhibition of paintings and sculpture Entrambasaguas, Cantabria
2006
-GUGGENHEIM BILBAO MUSEUM sculpture installation reflection Aterpe, small replica of Aterpe Artxanda.
2007
- Territories, Exhibition Hall of Colegio de Abogados in Bilbao.
2012
-Festival Internacional de las Artes. FIA, solo exhibition in Atlantic Statión
PUBLIC ARTWORKS:
ARTWORKS IN PUBLIC HERITAGE
1983
- wallpainting " Herri kirola 1 " Durango
1988
- wallpainting “Hollow Solution 1 " Portugalete
- wallpainting " Hollow Solution 2 " Bilbao
1989
- wallpainting " Herri Kirola 2 " Sondika
- wallpainting "Herri Dantza" Zamudio
- wallpainting " History of Iron " Ortuella
1990
- wallpainting " Hollow Solution 3 " Zamudio
- wallpainting " Hollow Solution 4 " "
- wallpainting " Man in Nature " Gallarta (mortars, painting and stucco)
- wallpainting " Infantile Drawing " Zamudio
1991
- Mural "Zamudio" in the building headquarters of this one Town hall
- Restoration of the Christ in the Church of the Redeemer, Algorta
- Mural in Gallery Bentades, Munguia
- Wall complex in Laboratories of ERT, Sondica
1992
- wallpainting "Stela" Amurrio
- Sculpture " book and door " Honoring to the teacher. Sestao
1993
- Altarpieces in San Félix's basilica of Cantalicio, Ortuella
1994
- Wall complex of rehabilitation in Ortuella (Mortars monogelds and Steel Cut)
- Murals in service area in Janbide, Arrigorriaga.
1995
- Complex wall sculpture in The Vineyards, Santurtzi., Acrylic and sculpture of steel.
1996
- Murals realized concerning dionisios in the former Warehouses of D. Cosme Palaces
1997
- Sculpture in bronze honoring to the "Dantzari Dantza" Iurreta
1999
- Sculpture in steel ATE_ZUBIA in the Plaza Zubiondo, Amorebieta.
2000
-"Polaris" escultúra of steel of 40.000 kgr. A part installed in Santurtzi's maritime walk and other one immersed in the sea by a period of 1 year to be rescued and installed in another top of the mentioned maritime walk in 2001.
- Wall complex in Etxebarri, Municipal Fronton.
2001
-Design a campaign: " Eibar Become Handsome " " Eibar Polita Jar Zaitez! " For the integral improvement of the image and Eibar's urban landscape. Consisting of the production of multiple plastic actions in the mentioned locality.
- Accomplishment of a mural in Güenes's square
- Accomplishment of a wall complex in columns of highway A68 to his step along Miravalles
- Accomplishment of three big murals in Eibar product of the first phase of the campaign " Eibar become handsome "
-Wall complex in Gallery Santa Clara in portugalete
-Sculpture Installation of " bucle " in the Plaza of Cruces Baracaldo
-Wall paintings in the bussines center of Santa Clara Portugalete.
2002
- Sculpture Installation of " Honoring to the woman Sanvicentera " in San Vicente Raspeig Alicante
-Sculpture " Stairs to the sky " in steel cut Baracaldo
-Sculpture " The Fingerprint " in steel Gijon
-2 ª Eibar's phase become handsome with three new murals of big dimensions.
-Sculpture Production of the project monument to the Father Eusebio Arzelai
-Study of the third phase of " Eibar become handsome " to realize in 2003
2003
-Gona, sculpture Corten steel cut, Baracaldo
-"Pareja" sculpture in polished bronze, Baracaldo
- " Nascent Sun " sculpture of great format in steel to the carbon, Avilés
- study for monument the Father Don Marcelo Gangoiti
- Two big murals in Eibar inside the campaign " Eibar become handsome "
2004
- Monument to don Marcelo Gangoiti.
-Several Studies and projects of public art in Spain
2005
- Antzaren Potzua, sculpture in bronze, Sopelana
-Wall painting in underground step in Zaldibar
- Design and production of signal urban, Ordino Andorra
-Project accomplishment Aterpe, Bilbao
2006
-Aterpe's production, great sculpture of steel in Artxanda's high place, Bilbao
-Pampol's production, great sculpture of steel in Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, Barcelona.
2007
- "Coral" sculpture in painted steel in Santoña - Cantabria.
- installation of a sculpture in the square Vermoon in Algeciras
- installation of " Perplex Magritte " polychrome sculpture in Pradejón - La Rioja.
- integral design and execution of " Espai per not violence " forest of sculptures that will be realized between 2007 and 2013, at present already have realized three actions inside the forest.
- " Gurasoeen Etxea " sculpture placed in the Maritime Walk of the Benedicta, Sestao - Biscay.
- installation of sculpture in Vilanova i the Geltrú, Plaça of les Casernes.
- realizes a Mural in Eibar. Street Ubitxa. Campaign: " Eibar become handsome "
- installation of "ZUTIK" sculpture in steel in park of sculptures of the Grove, Trapagaran – Biscay
2008
- " Door to the sea " sculpture in Painted steel Maritime Walk of Almeria.
- “ Arch”, sculpture in steel in Torrejón de Ardoz
- Rosa Blanca, sculpture in Painted steel in Torrejón de Ardoz., Madrid
- Tower, sculpture in steel, rewarded by the Government of Navarre, Corella, Navarre.
2009
- Ostoa, great sculpture in steel in Leioa, Biscay - regulatory Advice of the Txakolí
- The Emprenta del's Temps - Termens - great sculpture in steel - Lleida
2010
- OGNARUD, sculpture in steel painted white, in Durango, Bizcaia
- DURANGO, inside ADISS Simposium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- Hoja-la , sculpture of steel, Asan-Si, Korea.
2011
-Block, large sculpture placed on roundabout in Alicante, Spain.
-Urte Haietan, sculpture placed in Aiete Palace´s garden. Donostia / San Sebastian, Spain.
-Cipres Truncado, sculpture placed on Montjuic, Barcelona, Spain.
2012
-Nau Mai Ki Toku Ahuru Mowai - ( WELCOME TO MY SAFE HOME, TO MY SHELTERED HAVEN )
Large steel sculpture placed on Neale Park, Nelson Gateway, New Zealand.
2013
-GINKO , steel sculpture. Qing Tao – China
- Six medium size sculptures to the private collection of H.H. Sheick Muhamad Bin Zayed Al Nayan, Abu Dhabi Prince Crown . UAE
-FOUNTAIN , large steel sculpture placed on Petroleum Research Building. Texas Tech University – LUBBOCK, TX
2014
- Complex of 7 medium sculptures private collection Abu Dhabi UAE
