Project Description
Artist Profile
Pablo Siebel
Born in Santiago de Chile.
He is not an easy artist to classify in any particular art style, although his art is clearly from our time. From his beginnings he never felt obliged to adhere to any artistic doctrine or tendency. He is a contemporary soul, observer of the world, mankind and its relationships.This also corresponds to his exhaustive study of world religions. His many interests, I would say, have come about from living in different parts of the globe.
He was born December 1954 in Santiago de Chile. In 1970 Siebel moved with his family to Europe. Following a sojourn in his father’s native Germany, in 1971 they finally settled in Spain. After finishing in the German School in Madrid (1973) he moved to Hamburg, Germany, to obtain the Diploma in Commercial Banking (1975) and to begin his art studies.Back in Spain, Siebel concurrently studied law and art. While he obtained his law degree(1979) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, he never practiced his father’s chosen profession. Instead, he opted to follow his personal art.
He is not an easy artist to classify in any particular art style, although his art is clearly from our time. From his beginnings he never felt obliged to adhere to any artistic doctrine or tendency. He is a contemporary soul, observer of the world, mankind and its relationships.This also corresponds to his exhaustive study of world religions. His many interests, I would say, have come about from living in different parts of the globe.
The new works are different to previous years; the scary or afflicted figures seldom appear and the explicit references to religious themes is reduced, though still present, expressed sometimes in a title, or as a candle, some details.
The luminous acrylic paintings follow only in aspect the traditional art forms, they are wall hangings which continue the line of work of the tridimensional objects.
He normally works with these known elements: spirals, parallel lines, layrinths. In this way he makes the space in the picture denser, he follows the artistic tradition of representation using old symbols, but in a very personal way reflecting his own ideas. This is essential to Pablo Siebel, he knows the history of art and uses its signs. At the same time he is aware of his surroundings integrating actual art novelties.
His work transmits a feeling of happiness in the creative process, an irony, keeping a certain distance between himself and his work.
His sculptures: We see all kind of materials in his work, a piece of plastic tube, thin branches from a bush, cloth, etc. He recycles these used, discarded materials.
Rescued from the rubbish, he gives them meaning and converts them into art, always with a touch of irony, creative happiness, in what we may call a ludic way.
The spectator, like the artist, must first look at the whole composition, then discern among the various materials being used and then enjoy, with tranquility, the diverse fun and colorful attachments. At a second glance, it could be that we discover new things or other explanations. The artist does not oppose this.
Planeta Siebel
El bosque de las mujeres olvidadas
Exhibitions
2019
Galerie Kunst im West.
Zurich, Switzerland.
2016
Casa de Iberoamérica
Cádiz, Spain.
Fundación Valentín de Madariaga
Sevilla, Spain (con Carlos Donaire).
2015
Casa de América,
Madrid, Spain.
2014
Galerie im Kulmerhaus
Austria.
Sparkasse Hopfgarten
Austria.
2013
Galerie Kunst im West
Zurich, Switzerland.
2012
Rechtsanwaltskammer (Galerie Sylvia Bernhardt)
Frankfurt, Germany.
Museo de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain.
2010
Galerie Sylvia Bernhardt
Wiesbaden, Germany.
Galerie Pius Müller
Zurich, Switzerland.
2009
Centro Cultural José Saramago.
Leganés. Madrid. España.
Pius Müller ArtSeefeld
Switzerland – August 20 – September 2009.
Kunst- und Kulturraum Seefeldstrasse 301a
CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland
http://www.artseefeld.com.
2007
Gulf Coast Museum of Art
Largo, Florida, USA
www.gulfcoastmuseum.org
2003
Galerie Wagner
Zürich, Switzerland.
Cassis
New York, USA.
2002
Haus Opherdicke
Kreis Unna, Germany.
2001
Centro Cultural Recoleta
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
«Flores y Fantasmas», Sala La Escondida
Embajada de Chile, Berlin, Germany.
1999
Galería Angela Sacristán
Madrid, Spain.
1998
Galerie Differente
Hamburgo, Germany.
Stadthausgalerie Hamm
Hamm, Germany.
1997
Galerie Arte Giani.
Frankfurf, Germany.
Centro Cultural Las Dehesillas
Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
Galería Arte Actual La Dehesa
Santiago, Chile.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Santiago, Chile.
1996
Galería Montalbán
Madrid, Spain.
Casa de Cultura de El Espartal
Madrid, Spain.
1994
Museo de Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain.
Galerie Arte Giani.
Frankfurt, Germany.
Sala de exposiciones de la Biblioteca de Castilla y León
Valladolid, Spain.
Galería Coscoja
Segovia, Spain.
1992
La Galería
Santiago, Chile.
1989
Galerie Kampl
Munich, Germany.
Galerie Ruchti
Colonia, Germany.
1987
Galerie Hartmann
Frankfurt, Germany.
Galerie Ruchti
Colonia, Germany.
1986
Galería Plástica 3
Santiago, Chile.
1985
Galerie Berthe
Bargteheide, Germany.
1984
Galería Seiquer
Madrid, Spain.
1983
Galería Anais
Munich, Germany.
BfG Galerie
Regensburg, Germany.
Canning House
London, United Kingdom
1981
Galería El Claustro
Santiago, Chile.
1980
O.C.I. Kitzbühel
Austria.
Works in Museums and Public Collections
Raiffeisenkasse Kitzbühel, Austria.
Chase Manhattan Bank, Nueva York, USA.
Braunschweig Hannoversche Hypothekenbank A.G., Hannover, Stuttgart, Germany.
McKinsey & Company, Inc., Frankfurt, Germany.
Bayerische Vereinsbank A.G., Munich, Germany.
Touristik Union Infernational, Hannover, Germany.
Kommunikations – und Vermarktungsgesellschaft der Bahn MbH., Frankfurt, Germany.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Chile.
Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain.
Museo de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
MuseumWürth, Künzelsau, Germany.
Sparkasse Herford, Bünde, Germany.
Group Exhibitions
2014
Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida, USA.
2011
Museum of the Prefecture of Aichi, Nagoya, Japan.
2010
Galerie Manzl-Ainberger, Hopfgarten, Austria.
2009
Mumbai Art Fair, with Gallery Pius Müller, Switzerland.
2007
Museum of the Prefecture of Aichi, Nagoya, Japan.
(with japanese artists group Pont des Arts.)
2006
Museum of the Prefecture of Aichi, Nagoya, Japan.
2004
Sideshow Gallery, New York, USA.
Galerie Wagner, Zurich, Switzerland.
2001
«Evocación Estética: Homenaje a Iberoamérica», Palacio del Infantado, Guadalajara, Spain.
2000
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany.
Galerie Anne Moerchen, Hamburg, Germany.
1999
Premio de Escultura de Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
1998
«Der Vogel Selbsterkenntnis», Innsbruck, Austria.
1997
Stand Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Santiago, Chile.
ART Frankfurt. Stand Galería Arte Giani. Frankfurt, Germany.
Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain.
ARCALA. Stand Galería Montalbán. Salamanca, Spain.
1996
«Artistas Chilenos en España». Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
Galería Montalbán, Madrid, Spain.
Galerie Bianchi, Unterentfelden, Switzerland.
1995
IV Certamen de Pintura «El toro bravo». Museo de Salamanca, Spain.
Concurso Nacional de Pintura Villa de Leganés ’95, Madrid, Spain.
1994
Galería D, Madrid, Spain.
III Certamen de Pintura «El toro bravo». Museo de Salamanca, Spain.
Art Frankfurt. Stand Galerie Wolf, Frankfurf, Germany.
1993
Instituto Cultural de las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
ARCO. Stand Galería Seiquer, Madrid, Spain.
WITH GROUP SUTURA – Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
1992
Premio Penagos de Dibujo, Madrid, Spain.
WITH GROUP SUTURA – Galería D, Madrid, Spain.
1991
«Arte joven de Chile», Granada, Huelva, Sevilla, Madrid, Spain
Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.
Fundación Santillana, Santillana del Mar, Santander, Spain.
WITH GROUP SUTURA – Galería Tate, Madrid, Spain.
1989
ARCO. Stand Galería Seiquer, Madrid, Spain.
1988
Galería Seiquer. «Veinte Años de Galería», Madrid, Spain.
Galerie Angerer, Congresszentrum Innsbruck, Austria.
ARCO. Stand Galería Seiquer, Madrid, Spain.
1985
VI Convocatoria de Artes Plásticas de Alicante, Spain.
1972
Premio de dibujo Pancho Cossío, Santander, Spain.
Beca María Blanchard de dibujo, Santander, Spain.
Bibliography
1997
Claudio Gaete. Cosas. P. Siebel, Diario íntimo. October 1997. Santiago, Chile.
Grapenhorst, Zu Besuch im Heimatland. Condor. October 1997. Santiago, Chile.
Carolina Guzmán. Arte y Decoración. El Mercurio. Reflejos de la Vida. 18 October 1997. Santiago, Chile.
Paola Pino. El Mercurio. Ritual íntimo. October 1997. Santiago, Chile.
Un arte nada convencional. Estrategia. October 1997. Santiago, Chile.
1996
22 July 1996. «Artistas chilenos en España».
Victoria Erausquin «Artistas chilenos en España». Expansión. 20 July 1996.
Gaceta de los negocios. 18.7.96. «Un motivo para el encuentro entre la cultura de Chile y de España”.
José Marín Medina. «Ultima pintura chilena en Madrid». ABC de las Artes. 5 July 1996.
Raquel Martín. «Artistas chilenos residentes en España exponen juntos sus obras». El País. 3 July 1996.
El País de las Tentaciones. 12 July 1996. «Artistas chilenos en España».
El Punto de las Artes. From 5 to 18 July 1996. «13 artistas chilenos en la Casa de América».
El Semanal. 21 July 1996. «Pintores chilenos contemporáneos».
2 July 1996. «Artistas chilenos en España».
Marcos Ricardo Barnatán. «Chile en el corazón». Metrópoli – El Mundo. From 12 to 18 July 1996.
Fernando Belda. «Artistas chilenos en España». Tribuna de Actualidad. 29 July 1996.
Diario 16. 18 July 1996. «América en España».
1995
José F. Merino. «Exposición de Siebel Los Pecados Capitales». El Adelanto, Salamanca, 25 November 1994.
«Siebel se inspira en la Salamanca medieval para reproducir los Pecados Capitales». El Adelanto, Salamanca, 27 November 1994.
José A. Montero. «El artista Pablo Siebel presenta por primera vez su obra en Salamanca». La Gaceta, Salamanca 25 November 1994.
Julián H. Miranda. «La simbología de Pablo Siebel». Dígame; Ya. November 95. El País de las Tentaciones; Arte. 17 November 1995.
Beatriz Zugaldía. El Mundo. 23 November 1995.
1994
José Ramón Dánvila. «Atributos de la Conciencia». Catálogo de la exposición en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Salamanca, Spain. November-December 1994.
1993
Cecilia McKay. «Pablo Siebel en el Instituto Cultural de las Condes». Revista Cultural Santiago de Chile, December 1993.
1992
Claudio Giani – Leber. “Die Malerei der 80er Jahre». «Tendenz Neunziger Jahre, Pablo Siebel . Malwerde, Neue Tendenzen, Austria.
Jörg Schwarz. «Der Künstler Pablo Siebel». Condor, Santiago de Chile, December 1992.
«Los materiales abandonados». La Segunda, Santiago de Chile, January 1992.
1991
«Arte joven en España». El Mercurio, Santiago de Chile.
1989
Galudia Giani – Leber. «Die schöpferische Kraft Pablo Siebel». Catálogo de la exposición Pablo Siebel, Germany, December 1989.
1987
Renace Siebenhaar. Catálogo de la exposición Pablo Siebel. Frankfurt, Germany.
«Innere Visionen». Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Colonia, Germany, 23 April 1987.
1986
«Niemals sanft, immer ungestuem». Ahrensburger Zeitung, Bargteheide, Germany, 28 January 1986.
1984
José Ramón Dánvila. «El color como protagonista». Guía del Ocio, Madrid, Spain, December 1984.
Miguel Logroño. «Pablo Siebel». Diario 16, Madrid, Spain, December 1984.
Mollar. «Pablo Siebel en la Galería Seiquer». Galart, Madrid, Spain, December 1984.
José Pérez Guerra. «La pintura de Pablo Siebel». Cinco Días, Madrid, Spain, December 1984.
1983
Rosi Gottfried. «Lebensfreude in Ö1». Die Woche, Regensburg, Germany.
«Leuchtkraft der Farben». Mittelbayerische Zeitung, Regensburg, Germany.
«Pablo Siebel». Wochenblatt, Regensburg, Germany, 17 March 1983.
1981
Labovitz. «Pablo Siebel in Galería El Claustro». Condor, Kunstleben, Santiago de Chile, March 1981.
Consuelo Larrain. «Colorido de América en España, Pablo Siebel». Que Pasa, Santiago de Chile, 12 March 1981.
Luz Mª. Llona. Catálogo de la Exposición Pablo Siebel. Santiago de Chile, March 1981.
«Pintores jovenes…». Cosas, Santiago de Chile, March 1981.
1974
«Pablo Siebel». Maler aus Chile». Szene, News, Hamburgo, Germany.
Critics
Attributes Of Consciousness
José Ramón Danvila
«Pablo Siebel has created a new mythology in both his paintings and sculpture…»
The marks of experience
Andreas Priever
«Pablo Siebel’s work reflects a tacit understanding of human nature with all its passions and entanglements.»