ÒSCAR GARRIGA “CORAGRE”

Curriculum in English

 

1961-Birth in Mataró (el Maresme, Catalunya/Catalonia)

1971-First classes of Drawing with Antoni Aynè

1976-Course of Comics and of Painting by correspondence of "Ceac"

1977-Entrance in "l´Escola Massana" of Barcelona,

to study drawing, painting and engraving

1980-Participation in the “Fira de Dibuix” of Mataró.

1981-Homage to Picasso in the “escullera” of Barcelona.

-Collective exhibition of “l´Escola Massana."

-“Fira de Dibuix” of Mataró.

-Competition of Comics of the magazine " Creepy"

-Illustrations of the Fanzine “Machine Gun" (dedicated to J.Hendrix)

-Series of materic Paintings called “Pop-Surreal”

1982-Classes of Comic in Rodolfo Pastor workshop in Barcelona.

-IV Biennial of "Pintura Jove" of Barcelona.

-Competition of Painting of the gallery “Kreisler” of Barcelona.

-Classes of Engraving to the etching with Raúl Capitani.

-Poster of the concert for the group "Cop de Rock" (sala "els Ninots" of Mataró)

1983-Participation in the “3er International Miniprint of Cadaqués” organized by Pasqual Fort.

-XXV competition of Drawing "Anglada Guillot."

-Exhibition "Expresión 83" of the workshop of Engraving of R.Capitani in the gallery

"Tertre" of Mataró (it exposes materic painting and engraving)

-Illustrations for the Institute "Fashman" of Barcelona.

-Direction of the "Taller de Dibuix i Còmic" in Mataró.

-The American musician's portrait “Bo Diddley” (property of Mr.Diddley)

1984- XXIII competition "Fundació Joan Miró."

-Collective exhibition in the "Biga Blava" of Mataró.

-XXVI competition of Drawing "Anglada Guillot"

-Competition and exhibition of quick Painting of Argentona.

-Competition and exhibition of quick Painting of Vilassar de Dalt.

-Competition and exhibition of quick Painting of El Masnou.

1985-1ª version of the Comic "Ocell de Glaç"

-1ª Sample-competition of "Joves Dibuixants" (Mataró)

-2o Juvenile competition “d´Historieta Gràfica" of the Generalitat of Catalunya.

-Presentation of works at the "5è Saló del Còmic i l´Il.lustració" of Barcelona.

-Competition of Painting and Drawing of the “Banc de Biscaia/Vizcaya"

-Illustrations of the videoclip “Accidentalment” of the group " Mungubus " (TV Mataró)

1986-Classes in the “Taller Municipal de Gravat”(engraving) directed by R.Capitani

-2ª Sample-competition of “Joves Dibuixants d´historieta gràfica" (Mataró)

-1ª Sample of the “Taller Municipal de Gravat” (engraving) in the room of the “Foment”

of Mataró (it exposes the irons patterns on it supports wooden)

1989-Satirical drawings and series of Illustrations “Batec de Somnis"

1990-Realization of the cover of the disk of " CORAGRE " –“Entre Dolç i Agre"

1991-96-Period of little plastic activity (dedication to the music and the radio)

1997-Dedication to portraits and drawings for responsibility.

-Illustration for the Dossier of the group ”Strawberry Fields" (Barcelona)

-Exhibition “Paisatges de Catalunya” in the “Cafè 1964” of Barcelona

1998-Cover of the CD-demo of “CORAGRE amb J.A.T"-“Navegant en l´Escenari del Crim"

-“Fira d´Artesans” of Anglès”.

-“Fira de Dibuix” of Vilassar de Mar

-IV “Fira de Dibuix i Pintura” of Arenys de Mar.

-IXX “Fira d´Art” of St.Pol de Mar.

-IV “Fira de Dibuix i Pintura” of Caldes d´Estrac.

-VII “Fira de Dibuix” of Cabrils.

-Version 98 of the Comic “Ocell of Glaç"

-Drawing of “John Lennon” (original of 1981) published in the fanzine “Venus & Mars"

(of the Col.lectiu Món Beatle)

1999-Exhibition of Landscapes in “L´Antic Correus” of Mataró.

-V “Fira of Dibuix i Pintura” of Arenys de Mar.

-XX “Fira d´Art” of St.Pol de Mar.

-V “Fira of Dibuix i Pintura” of Caldes d´Estrac.

-IV “Fira of Dibuix i Pintura” of St.Antoni de Calonge.

-VIII “Fira de Dibuix” of Cabrils.

2000-17 Supermarket of Art “American Prints” of Palma de Mallorca.

2001-Exhibition of selected works of the “51 Festa del Càntir"

"Museu del Càntir” of Argentona.

-18 Supermarket of Art “American Prints” Gran Casino of Barcelona.

-Cover of the CD-demo of “CORAGRE amb J.A.T" -" Intemporals "

-18 Supermarket of Art “American Prints” of A Coruña.

2002-Exhibition of selected works of the “52 Festa del Càntir"

"Museu del Càntir” of Argentona.

-19 Supermarket of Art “American Prints” of Bilbao.

-19 Supermarket of Art “American Prints” of Valladolid.

2003-Design of the page Web " Imaginari " www.coragre.com

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “No Solo Arte" of Granada (www.nosoloarte.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Arte Hoy" (www.artehoy.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Con el Arte" of Tudela (www.conelarte.com)

-Participation in the monotype of the Gallery “Con el Arte"

with the work: " Nord,Sud,Est,Oest "

-Version 2003 of the Comic “Ocell de Glaç" (in color)

-New version of “John Lennon” drawing (in color)

-Illustration “A les Portes de l´Abisme” exposed in the Portal of Comics,

"Tío Creepy" of Barcelona (www.tiocreepy.com)

-Participation "MINAD 2003" of the Galleries "Art Sublime" & "Artexpresión"

with the digital illustration "Orquídies de Venus" (www.artsublime.com)

(www.artexpresion.com)

-Virtual Exhibition in the Gallery “Voodoo Chilli” of UK (www.voodoochilli.net)

-Participation on other Galleries: “The Digital Artist” of Ontario (www.thedigitalartist.com)

“Visual Escapes” (//surrealities.cjb.net) “Digital Art” (www.digitalart.org)

“Digital Consciousness” (//digitalconsciousness.com)

2004-Web Award (coragre.com) “Punto de excelencia” of searcher of the república Dominicana,

En El Punto (www.enel.net)

-Virtual Exhibition in the Gallery “ArtQ” (www.artq.net)

-Virtual Exhibition in the Gallery al Portal Cultural “Revista Almiar/Margen Cero”

(www.margencero.com)

-Logo of “Magazine Margen Cero” of Madrid

-Participation on "MINAD 2004" of the gallery "Art Sublime" with the digital

illustration "L´Home Isolat" (www.artsublime.com)

-Virtual Exhibition in the Gallery “ABS” of Denver (www.abs-gallery.com)

-Inclusion in the artistic annual of “Artis Mundus” of Béziers (www.artismundus.net)

-Participation on other Galleries: “Surrealizations” (www.surrealists.org)

“Seaboar Creations” of New York (www.seaboarcreations.com) “Moda” (//modazone.com)

-Web award (coragre.com) “World Web Award of Excellence 2004-2005” for the Canadian

Gallery “Art Space 2000” (www.artspace2000.com)

-Virtual Exhibition in the Gallery “World Nation” of Florida (www.worldnation.com)

-3 Internacional Exhibition “Acea´s d´Arts Plàstiques i Visuals, Petit Format”, of Barcelona

(Illustration: A Cavall entre dos Mons”)

-21 Supermarket of Art “American Prints”of Madrid (2004-2005) (www.supermercart.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Art En Ligne” of France (www.artenligne.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “SITO” (www.sito.org)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Allinto” of  California (www.alinto.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Starving Artists Gallery” of Wisconsin

(www.starvingartistsgallery.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “All Art On Line” (www.allartonline.com)

-Web Award (coragre.com) “Kara Art Silver Award” for the Switzerland gallery

“Kara Art” (www.karaart.com)

2005-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Arte Lista” of Catalonia (www.artelista.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Stop 4 Art” (www.stop4art.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Mister Expo” of Belgium (www.misterexpo.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Pintura actual/Artistas en la red”

(www.artistasenlared.com)

-Supermarket of Art “American Prints”  Art shop airport of Barcelona

-Participation in the  ”Artistas contra el Tsunami” on 4 edition of Originales

Solidarios (www.originalessolidarios.com/www.artandlife.org)

-Imaginari (coragre.com) version 3.0

-Web Award (Coragre.com) “Artmajeur Silver Award”

For the gallery of Montpellier and San Francisco “Artmajeur” (www.artmajeur.com)

-Participation in the “Homenaje a Guillermo Deisler” -Mail Art- organization for

Clemente Padín and Cèsat Reglero (www.boek861.com) exhibition in the University

Of Talca (Santiago de Chile)

-Interview for the work “treball de recerca” of the Pop Art of Anna Aluart (presentation

In the winners Cirit)

2006-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Saatchi Gallery” of London (www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk)

-The Alchemy Post (Magazine of Poetry and Visual Art) Illustration “Íntim”

(www.alchemycove.com)

-Participation in the “Homenaje a Guillermo Deisler” -Mail Art- organization for

Clemente Padín and Cèsar Reglero (www.boek861.com) exhibition in the gallery Unión

Latina de Montevideo (Uruguay)

-Participation in the Fira Màgica –Mail Art- Sta. Susanna (El Maresme,Barcelona)

-Participation in “Festimage” Internacional Festival of lmage of Chaves (Portugal)

with the work “Hores Mortes”  (www.festimage.org)

-Finalist of “M.I.A.D 2006 “Muestra internacional de Arte Digital” of Venado

Tuerto”(Argentina) work “Murs” (www.miad-venadotuerto.com.ar)

-“Històries a Cau d´Orella” strip of weekly graphical humor in the web of APPEC

(Association of publications in Catalan) (www.lesrevistes.cat)

-Virtual exhibition in the Web “Humoralia Virtual” of Lleida (www.humoraliavirtual.cat)

-Virtual exhibitio in the Gallery “Artistas de la tierra” (www.artistasdelatierra.com)

-Virtual exhibition in the Gallery “Artistic Point” of Barcelona (www.artistic-point.com)

-Participation in “La Hoja2” magazine of visual poetry of Entre Ríos (Argentina)

with the visual poem “Mots"

-'Originales Solidarios' (Edition 2006) Fnac Diagonal Mar(Barcelona),Gallery Anagrama (Madrid),

              Gallery Anagrama (Valencia) Fundación Antares (Sevilla) Domogallery (New Jersey, USA)

              2007-'Homenaje a Edgardo Antonio Vigo' (Net Art) (www.boek861.com)

              -Fira Màgica St.Susanna (Barcelona) (Net Art) -'Cremat' 'Esquerdes' 'Màgia'

              -Drawings for the book "Montilla, de emigrante a presidente" of Jordi Buch Oliver (www.jordibucholiver.com)

              -'Manual de supervivéncia' of Josep Coll(Asesoría Jurídica de las Artes Ediciones)       

              -Talart 2007 (3er Certamen Internacional de Pintura Digital/Digital Art) 'Les Hores Mortes 7.0'

              -The Web Comic Project (Comic directory) (www.thewebcomicproject.com/es)