Javier Gil Muñiz
was born in 1960 in Sidi Ifni and holds a degree in Fine Arts from the
Complutense University of Madrid (2020) and completed a master's degree in
Research in Art and Creation (2022). Madrid is the city where he currently
lives. She also attended a master's degree (1997-1999) in Gardening and
Landscaping at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and another one on
conservation of historic gardens. He has dedicated himself professionally to
the design and construction of gardens up to the present day. He has carried
out numerous projects, both public and private:
https://jgilmuniz.wixsite.com/jgilmuniz/gardens
In 1985-1986 he
worked as an assistant in Oscar Manesi's engraving studio and attended
workshops on contemporary art with Frederik Amat, Carlos León and Juan Navarro
Baldeweg at the Círculo de Bellas Artes. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation awarded
him a grant in 1990-1991 which allowed him his first solo exhibition in Gran
Canaria. In 2016 he resumed his studies in Fine Arts. In the summer of 2017 he
was selected for the international group exhibition of European universities,
Artagon, in Paris.
More than thirty
years ago, he began the study of Zen. He was awarded a diploma for twenty years
of study of The Tea Ceremony by the Urasenke Foundation in Japan and in the
summer of 2021, he was promoted to Assistant Master within the Sanbo school by
its abbot Yamada Ryoun Roshi. The practice of Zen is a fundamental part of his
artistic research. He currently combines his work in garden design with the
practice of art.
Grants
Pollock Krasner Foundation Fellowship 1990-91
Exhibitions;
Solo exhibitions
1990.Club Prensa Canaria Gallery. Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria.
Collective exhibitions:
1987/1986. Fine Arts Circle, Madrid. Current
Art Workshops.
1994. Alebus Gallery. Elche. Alicante
1995. The Cave of Ali Baba. Gallery El Caballo
de Troya.Madrid.
1995. Gallery El Caballo de Troya.Madrid.
1996.
Fair. Arrow Madrid.
2017 Ars Coco. Contemplation Space.
2017 Artagon. Paris.
2018. Pluridisciplinary. Faculty of Fine Arts.2019.
Exhibition Places. Faculty of Fine Arts. Madrid
2022. Collaboration:Artist's books. María Luisa
Rojo de Castro. Municipal Press-Artes del Libro. Madrid
