Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa (born 1955) is a Spanish artist and sculptor.

Plensa was born in Barcelona, Catalonia and studied art there, in the "Llotja" School and in the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.

Since 1980, the year of his first exhibition in Barcelona, he has lived and worked in Berlin, Brussels, England, France and the United States, currently resides and works in Barcelona.

He has been a teacher at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and regularly cooperates with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a guest professor.

He has also given many lectures and courses at other universities, museums and cultural institutions around the world.

A very significant part of Plensa’s work is in the field of sculpture in the public space. Installed in several cities in Spain, France, Japan, England, Korea, Germany, Canada, USA, etc..

From 1996 to 2008 he collaborated on many projects for theatre and opera, especially with the company La Fura dels Baus, working the concept and designing sets and costumes.

He is preparing two exhibitions for autumn 2018, at the Palacio de Cristal-Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid and at the Museu d’Art Contemporani in Barcelona.

Jaume Plensa's work can be seen regularly at the Galerie Lelong & Co in Paris and New York, and the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago and New York.