Paco Vila Guillen

PACO VILA GUILLEN (Valencia, 1965).
"ULU KIVA," 2016, modified in 2022.
Mixed media on canvas sewn onto itself with hemp thread.
Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse.
Measurements: 81 x 81 cm.
A self-taught painter, he has received numerous awards: 2017 A2 Prize, 3rd DCOOP Artistic Ideas Competition, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Seville; 2016 First Prize, 15th International Experimental Poetry Contest, Badajoz Provincial Council.Special Mention, 1st “Villa de Bormujos” Visual Poetry Contest, Seville. Astilleros Armon Prize, 15th Biennial “Gastronomy and Painting,” Valdés, Asturias, 2015. First Prize, IDEABORN 2015 International Art Contest, Barcelona.First Prize, 35th City of Moncada Painting Biennial, Valencia. 2013 Honorable Mention, 10th Visual Arts Award, Arena Foundation, Barcelona; Runner-up Prize, Valbusenda Painting Award, Toro, Zamora. 2012 First Prize, 2012 Villa de Chiva Painting Competition, Valencia. Acquisition Award at the 30th Bolaños Visual Arts Competition, Ciudad Real; Ciudad Real Provincial Council Award at the 63rd City of Puertollano Art Salon. Runner-up for the 1st Prize in the Eurostars Hotels Illustration Competition 2011; 1st Prize in the Paco Merino Painting Competition, Granollers. Acquisition Award at the 13th National Visual Arts Competition of the Confederation of Entrepreneurs of the Province of Cádiz. Acquisition Award at the 62nd City of Puertollano Art Salon, Ciudad Real, 2010. Acquisition Award at the 8th Mutxamel Visual Arts Competition, Alicante. First Prize at the 9th “Pascual Tomás” Painting Biennial, Valencia. Acquisition Award at the 24th J.A. Sequí National Painting Competition. Tarancón, Cuenca; 2nd Prize, 23rd Eusebio Sempere Painting Biennial, Onil, Alicante; Acquisition Award, 8th “Daniel Martínez Pedrayes” Biennial, Avilés, Asturias. Honorable Mention, 25th Villarta-Cuenca International Painting Competition, 2009; First Prize, mobilarte Foundation, 5th Carsa “Art and Technology” Competition, Bilbao; Honorable Mention, 4th Paco Merino Painting Prize, Granollers. Finalist, 6th Paul Ricard Art Club Award, Seville, 2008; Award, 15th “Ángel Andrade” Visual Arts Competition, Provincial Council of Castile-La Mancha.Runner-up, 2nd International “Impossible Footwear” Design Competition ’08, Arnedo, La Rioja, 2007; 2nd Prize, 8th “Pascual Tomás” Painting Biennial, Valencia; Honorable Mention, 2nd “Rupestria” Competition Moratalla City Council, Murcia, 2006; Honorable Mention in the 1st “Ald-automotive” Red and Black Competition, Infantas Gallery, Madrid.Prize, 13th “Ángel Andrade” Visual Arts Competition, 2001; 1st Prize, Mobilarte, 3rd Carsa “Art and Technology” Competition, Bilbao; Prize, 12th “Ángel Andrade” Visual Arts Competition, Provincial Council of Ciudad Real. Second Prize, 4th Experimental Poetry Award of the Badajoz Provincial Council. WORKS IN OFFICIAL COLLECTIONS AND FOUNDATIONS: Ciudad Real Provincial Council.Ciudad Real Provincial Council. Jesús Bárcenas Foundation Collection, Valdepeñas. Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo Contemporary Art Collection. Municipal governments (Moncada, Onil, Chiva, Mutxamel, Moratalla-Murcia, Tarancón, Cuenca). Casa Parada Museum of Contemporary Art; CEC (Confederation of Business Owners of the Province of Cádiz); Alio Foundation, Alicante; Mobilarte Foundation, Bilbao; Pascual Tomás Foundation, Valencia; Pro-Art Group Paco Merino, Granollers, Barcelona; Armon Shipyards, Asturias. SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2012 “Obra única,” 2012 Paco Merino Award, Granollers Museum, Barcelona.2011 Ana Peris Gallery, Alicante; 2007 “Dreamtime,” Senda3 Gallery, Valencia; 2006 “Paintings,” Espai d’art Senda3 Gallery, Valencia; 1996 “Paintings,” La Esferazul Gallery, Valencia.