BIOGRAPHY - HIERRO
HIERRO of Spanish origin, born in Casablanca, Morroco the 25 December 1959, arrived in France in 1973. While living in Nice with his family, the world of art imposed itself as his main centre of interest very quickly. Self-taught, he began painting very early and his works were exhibited for the first time in a gallery when he was 18 years old. He was discovered during this exhibition by an art dealer who purchased his works and then organized all his exhibitions, from Paris to Frankfurt, passing by Art Basel, Vienna, Munich and others up until the death of the art dealer in 1986.
After this privileged experience of collaboration in Europe with a partner belonging to the soon to be extinguished race of grand art dealers, Hierro embarked upon a new non-sedentary adventure, mul- tiplying travels to the United States where he moved his atelier to New York, San Francisco and exhibited his works in Houston, Chicago and Boston.
Devoting himself to the daily and unconditional worship of art, drawing his inspiration and his energy from the different encounters and travels, he multiplied his artistic experiences in different fields such as design in Italy, set design for the opera in Poland or in the world of music - a way for him to regenerate his pictorial practice master: Painting. Thus through travel, exhibitions and projects, he enriched his search of self, therefore forever evolving his art and attempting to approach the themes that would allow him to express his vision of the world.
Today, sharing himself between his atelier in the South of France and his atelier in New York, he is preparing his future exhibitions in tranquility or in noise, just like the paradoxical image that he has made of himself and of human beings.
- 1978 First personal exhibition at the Galerie des Genêts in Saint-Paul de Vence.
1982 Participates in Art Basel, the International Festival of Modern Art in Basil.
1985 Carried out a monumental trompe-l’œil monumental on the roof of the “Parc Phoenix” in Nice on the theme of dinosaurs.
1989 Chosen as the official French artist in Houston for the Bicentenary of the French Revolution.
1992 Participates in the International Fair of Modern Art in Chicago.
1992 Exhibits at the Gwenda Jay Gallery in Chicago.
1992 Exhibits at the Sorot Tuttleman Gallery in Boston.
1994 Signs his first collection of furniture under the name of « Hierro Desvilles ».
1997 Solicited by the luxury furniture house « Colombo Stile », he signs the collection titled « XXIe Century, an open world ».
1998 First furniture fair in Milan.
1999 Sets up his atelier/showroom in a new style in Saint Paul de Vence, a true place of exception, where furniture and paintings rub shoulders.
2001 Creates the set design of « Aïda » for the Poznan Opera in Poland. The opera has been played since in numerous European cities.
2001 Exhibition « Precious furniture past and present » at the Popular Arts Museum with historical Russian furniture in Moscow.
2003 Permanent exhibition of works at the National Museum of Kazakhstan.
2004 Creates the set design and costumes for Verdi’s Othello for the occasion of the opening of the Verdi Festival in Poznan, Poland.
2004 Milan Furniture Fair: Colombo Stile orders a new furniture line called « Transculture ».
2006 The Milan Furniture Fair becomes the set of the collection « Starlight », a subtle play of lights on matter, forms and colours.
2006 As an homage to Gaudi, he conceives and realizes a mosaic work of more than 350 m2 in Monaco for a private collector.
2008 Enters the Ferrero Gallery in Nice.
2008 Writes and directs « Madre », a Flamenco performance with Pierre Bertrand, Ibrahim Maalouf and Sharon Sultan, presented at the Theatre of Dance in Paris.
2009 Integrates the Opera Gallery group (London, New-York, Miami, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Seoul, Dubai, Geneva...)
2009 Invests for the summer exhibition “DRESS CODE” at the Grimaldi Castle and Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer with numerous works, of which a monumental dress is presented in the famous Carlone room.
2010 Exhibition « Pump up the volume » Ferrero Gallery in Nice.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2014 Exhibition Under the Dress at Hierro Desvilles ART GALLERY
2010 Exhibition of Keisuke Matsushima portraits « i », Tokyo
2010 Pump up the Volume – Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2009 Dress Code - - Grimaldi Castle and Museum, Cagnes-sur-Mer
2009 Prêt-à-Porter – Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2008 Haute Couture – Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2001 The Grand Theatre, Poznan
1992 Soroto Tuttleman Gallery, Boston
1992 Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago
1991 Gallery of Automation, Paris
1991 Benoît Gallery, Nice
1990 Modern Art Gallery, Monte Carlo
1989 Official Artist French Bicentennial, Houston
1988 Walter Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence
1986 Swetlana Gallery, Münich
1983 Prinzhorn Gallery, Vienne
1982 Cheverny Castle, Loire
1982 Art Basel 13.82, Suisse
1982 Dalberstrasse GallWery, Francfort
1978 Genêts Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence
2014 Exhibition “For the blacks and for the whites” “ at Hierro Desvilles Art Gallery, Nice
2012 Exhibition “ Cougourdon d’artistes ” Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2012 Exhibition “Kill The Winter “at Hierro Desvilles Art Gallery, Nice
2011 Exhibition “Artistic Family “at Hierro Desvilles Art Gallery, Nice
2009 Recycl’Art - DesignPack Gallery, Paris
2009 Summer Masters Art Show - Opera Gallery, Monaco
2008 Guillaume Barclay, Portraits/Auto portraits of artists – Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2008 Sculpture Biennale – Renoir Museum, Cagnes-sur-Mer
1992 International Fair of Modern Art, Chicago
1988 Jeanine Lorcet Gallery, Paris
1988 Impressions Gallery, Paris
1986 Cubaynes Gallery, Saint-Tropez
1983 Licorne Gallery, Cannes
1982 Art Basel 13.82, Suisse
1982 The Golden Goat Gallery (Galerie la Chèvre d’Or), Saint-Paul-de-Vence
1981 Passali Gallery, Paris
1981 J. Auriel Gallery, Toulouse
1980 Ivory Tower Gallery (Galerie la Tour d’Ivoire), Saint-Paul-de-Vence
1979 International Gallery (Galerie Internationale), Nice
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2014 Exhibition “For the blacks and for the whites” “ at Hierro Desvilles Art Gallery, Nice
2012 Exhibition “ Cougourdon d’artistes ” Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2012 Exhibition “Kill The Winter “at Hierro Desvilles Art Gallery, Nice
2011 Exhibition “Artistic Family “at Hierro Desvilles Art Gallery, Nice
2009 Recycl’Art - DesignPack Gallery, Paris
2009 Summer Masters Art Show - Opera Gallery, Monaco
2008 Guillaume Barclay, Portraits/Auto portraits of artists – Ferrero Gallery, Nice
2008 Sculpture Biennale – Renoir Museum, Cagnes-sur-Mer
1992 International Fair of Modern Art, Chicago
1988 Jeanine Lorcet Gallery, Paris1988 Impressions Gallery, Paris
1986 Cubaynes Gallery, Saint-Tropez1983 Licorne Gallery, Cannes
1982 Art Basel 13.82, Suisse
1982 The Golden Goat Gallery (Galerie la Chèvre d’Or), Saint-Paul-de-Vence
1981 Passali Gallery, Paris1981 J. Auriel Gallery, Toulouse
1980 Ivory Tower Gallery (Galerie la Tour d’Ivoire), Saint-Paul-de-Vence
1979 International Gallery (Galerie Internationale), Nice