JUAN BOTELLA LUCAS
Juan Botella Lucas was born in Madrid in 1970. He graduated from Madrid Universidad Complutense de Madrid Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture in 1995. He lives in Turkey since 1998 and he is currently working as a lecturer in Mersin University Faculty of Fine Arts. He has been represented by Pi Artworks since 2007 and had four solo exhibitions with the gallery titled “Seven Sleepers (The Second Resurrection)”, “Seven Sleepers (as)” (2012), “70% Water 99% Sponge” (2009) and “Going Crazy II” (2008). Other selected shows by Juan Botella Lucas are “Where Fire Has Struck” at Depo, Istanbul (2011); “Fasa Fiso” at Cer Modern, Ankara (2010); “10th Istanbul Biennial” under Hafriyat Group, Istanbul (2007); “22nd Alexandria Biennial”, Egypt (2003); “Death=Death” curated by Levent Çalıkoğlu, Istanbul (2001); “Museen on Line” at Lugen Museum, Germany (1999). He has been honored by “Meister Schuler” award by Berlin Fine Arts Academy in 1999.
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