Born in 1955 in Barcelona Jaume Plensa lives and works between his native city and Paris.

Among his solo exhibitions we note: Fundacio Joan Mirò, Barcelona (1996); Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris -- Malmo Konsthall, Malmo - Stadtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (1997); Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Verona (1998); Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna (1999); Kunsthalle, Kiel (1999); Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (2000); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (2000); Museo Civico, Lubiana (2001); Fondation Européenne pour la Sculpture, Brussels (2002); Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg (2003/2006); Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (2004); Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (2005) Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium (2005); Stadtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim (2005-2006); Centro de Arte Contempoaneo, Malaga (2005-2006); Museu d'art modern i contemporani de Palma, Mallorca (2006); Galerie LeLong, Paris (2006); Galerie Le Long, Paris (2006, 2009); MAMEC et Promenade des Arts, Nice (2007-2008); Stadtkirche, Darmstadt (2008); Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (2009-10);Musée Picasso, Antibes, France (2010); EMMA-Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Helsinki, Finland (2012-2013); Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Germany (2016);MAMC Musée d'art moderne e contemporain Saint-Étienne Metropole, France (2017); Palacio de Cristal, Madrid (2018); MACBA, Barcelona (2018-2019), Moscow Museum of Modern art, Moscow (2019), Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, Netherlands (2019); MUNAL-Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City (2019-2020);Newport, Jersey City, NJ, USA (2021); Grand Rapids, MI, USA (2021); Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK (2022); Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (2022); Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2022); Musée Picasso, Antibes, France (2022). 

Among his permanent outdoor projects we recall here the design of Millennium Park, Chicago (2004).

After winning the international Joan Miro award in 1975, Plensa continued to receive important critical attention like the National Award for the Fine Arts and Culture, Barcelona (1997); the Koiné-Seat Award for the Arts, Verona (1998); the Mariano Benliure Sculpture Award in Madrid (2002); in 2005 the School of the Art Institute of Chicago awarded him an honorary degree; for his project for the town of saint Helen's (UK) he received the prestigious Marsh Award for Public Sculpture.

For more information: www.plensa.com