Manuel Domínguez
Manuel Domínguez
MANUEL DOMÍNGUEZ VELÁZQUEZ DE CASTRO
https://www.manueldominguez.org
manueldominguezvelazquez@gmail.com
Tel. 34+ 950 241010
34+ 657 060909
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Manuel Domínguez was born in Almería on December 5, 1954. Born into a family of painters, he is the son of painter Diego Domínguez, the brother of painter Diego Domínguez Velázquez de Castro, and the grandson, on his mother’s side, of painter Manuel Velázquez de Castro, who combined his artistic practice with his work as a pharmacist in the town of Zurgena (Almería).
From an early age he showed a strong inclination toward drawing and painting, taking part in open-air painting competitions in Almería during his childhood, where he received his first awards, firmly establishing his artistic vocation at an early stage. After completing his academic education, he moved to Valencia to study Fine Arts at the Escuela Superior de San Carlos, where he specialized in painting. Since then, he has maintained a continuous artistic practice, working primarily in oil, watercolor, and drawing, as well as in printmaking, a discipline he further developed at the School of Arts and Crafts in Almería under the guidance of printmaker José García Lomas.
Sculpture represents another of his principal areas of work, particularly portraiture, creating clay models that are later cast as bronze busts. During his time at the School of Arts and Crafts he met his wife, Carmen María Martínez, also a painter, with whom he shares a sustained dedication to working from life and to plein-air painting.
Throughout his career he has received numerous awards in both local and national competitions. In 1994 he was selected to participate in an exhibition of contemporary Spanish painting held at Vianden Castle (Luxembourg). Since then, he has maintained regular exhibition activity, presenting solo exhibitions in Almería and in cities such as Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao, Mallorca, and Granada, as well as in towns including El Ejido, Mundaka, Zurgena, and Almuñécar.
Alongside this work, he has produced several collections of graphic art focused on Almerian subjects, including a collection of drawings published in 1986 by La Voz de Almería, as well as the series of 25 lithographs Rincones de Almería a la acuarela. Other collections include Las Fuentes de Berja, Láminas de Roquetas de Mar, and Láminas de El Ejido, the latter executed using the pen-and-ink technique.
In recent decades he has continued to expand his production in both painting and sculpture, developing large-scale projects for public spaces alongside exhibitions in galleries and cultural institutions. He is currently engaged in new sculptural and pictorial projects, further extending his international presence through plein-air painting experiences in a variety of environments.
Among his most notable works are several monumental sculptures installed along the seafront promenade of Almería, now integrated into the city’s urban landscape, as well as various commemorative bronze busts located in public spaces, consolidating a career defined by coherence, experience, and continuous evolution.
PRIZES OBTAINED
1968 – Honorable Mention at the XVII Provincial Exhibition of Education and Rest, Almería.
1968 – First Prize at the XI National Juvenile Art Competition, Almería.
1970 – Second Prize at the Youth Painting Competition organized by the City Council of Almería.
1971 – Second Prize at the VI National Open-Air Drawing and Painting Competition, Almería.
JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1973 – Five Young Painters, Casino Cultural – Almería.
1975 – Joint exhibition with his brother Diego, Macael – Almería.
1976 – Joint exhibition with José Hernández García, Sueca – Valencia.
1980 – Joint exhibition with his father and brother Diego, Parriego Gallery – Almería.
1982 – I Spring Hall, Almerian Cultural Association – Almería.
1982 – First Anniversary Exhibition, Carrión Gallery – Almería.
1982 – Almerian Painters, Argar Gallery – Almería.
1983 – Itinerant Exhibition of Andalusian Engravers.
1983 – Five Almerian Watercolorists, Argar Gallery – Almería.
1985 – Watercolors, Argar Gallery – Almería.
1987 – Watercolors, Gladis Gallery – Almería.
1988 – Almerian Painting, Rebeca Gallery – Almería.
1990 – Exhibition at Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1990 – Anthology of Almerian Painters, Fontana Room – Almería.
1990 – Almerian Artists, Verastilo Gallery – Vera, Almería.
1991 – Exhibition of Almerian Painters, Zurgena – Almería.
1991 – Exhibition at Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1992 – Almería Seen by Its Painters, Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1992 – Inaugural Exhibition, Maestro Padilla Auditorium – Almería.
1992 – Spring Themes, Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1992 – Four Almerian Painters, Trino Tortosa Gallery – Almería.
1993 – Almerian Artists, Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1993 – Autumn Themes, Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1994 – Almería Seen by Its Painters, Óptica Médica Art Room – Almería.
1994 – Contemporary Spanish Painting Exhibition, Vianden Castle – Luxembourg.
1994 – Charity Auction for the Restoration of Cristo de la Luz, Casino de Dalías – Almería.
1994 – Pro-Rwanda Exhibition, UNICEF, BBV Room – Almería.
1995 – Exhibition at Estación de Benahadux – Almería.
1995 – Charity exhibition for the Brotherhood of Silence, BBV Room – Almería.
1996 – Alcollenist Almerian Painters, Argar Gallery – Almería.
2000 – Painters with Passion, Unicaja – Almería.
2002 – Collective Painting Exhibition, Indalo Mar Art Gallery, Roquetas de Mar – Almería.
2002 – Great Almerian Painters, Hotel Torreluz – Almería.
2002 – Painters in Support of UNICEF, Exhibition Hall of the Provincial Council of Almería.
2003 – Painters with Passion, Unicaja – Almería.
2010 – Joint exhibition with Carmen María Martínez, Miguel Ángel Art Gallery – Mojácar, Almería.
2014 – Prints of Almerian Motifs, Casa de Almería – Seville.
2014 – Painting exhibition at the Interpretation Center of Castro de Filabres.
2015 – Small Format, Milenium Gallery – Granada.
2015 – Joint exhibition with Carmen M. Martínez and daughter Blanca Domínguez, Arte Clásico Gallery – Almería.
2015 – Motifs of Castro, with Carmen M. Martínez and Blanca Domínguez, Interpretation Center – Castro de Filabres.
2016 – Domínguez Martínez Family Exhibition, Arte Clásico Gallery – Almería.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1981 – Oils, Harvy Art Gallery – Almería.
1982 – Watercolors, Argar Art Gallery – Almería.
1983 – Watercolors, Argar Art Gallery – Almería.
1984 – Watercolors, Art Fama Gallery – Mallorca.
1985 – Watercolors, La General – Almería.
1985 – Oils and Watercolors, Benlliure Art Gallery – Valencia.
1985 – Watercolors, La General – Almuñécar, Granada.
1985 – Oils and Watercolors, Ginés Parra Room – Zurgena, Almería.
1985 – Oils and Watercolors, Juan Cuadrado Room – Vera, Almería.
1986 – Oils and Watercolors, Juan Cuadrado Room – Vera, Almería.
1986 – Watercolors, La General – Almería.
1986 – Watercolors and Oils, Lubrín Town Hall – Almería.
1987 – Watercolors, Gladys Gallery – Almería.
1988 – Watercolors and Oils, Delfos Gallery – Madrid.
1988 – Watercolors and Oils, Cultural Circle of El Ejido – Almería.
1988 – Watercolors, Gladys Gallery – Almería.
1989 – Watercolors and Oils, Cajalmería – Almería.
1989 – Watercolors and Oils, Verastilo Gallery – Vera, Almería.
1990 – Watercolors, Argar Art Gallery – Almería.
1990 – Watercolors and Oils, Zuccaro Gallery – Madrid.
1991 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
1992 – Drawings and Watercolors of Almerian Themes, Unicaja – Almería.
1992 – Watercolors, Verastilo Gallery – Vera, Almería.
1993 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
1994 – Paintings, Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa – Bilbao.
1994 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
1994 – Watercolors and Oils, Mundaka City Council – Vizcaya.
1994 – Watercolors and Oils, La Voz Room – El Ejido, Almería.
1995 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
1995 – Watercolors and Oils, Verastilo Gallery – Vera, Almería.
1995 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Vélez-Málaga, Málaga.
1995 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – El Ejido, Almería.
1996 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
1997 – Watercolors and Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
1998 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
1998 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – El Ejido, Almería.
1999 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2000 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2001 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2002 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2002 – Oils and Watercolors, Velázquez Art Gallery – Roquetas de Mar, Almería.
2003 – Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
2004 – Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
2004 – Studies from Life, Ceferino Navarro Gallery – Granada.
2004 – Studies from Life, Eduma Gallery – Linares, Jaén.
2005 – Anthological Exhibition, La General de Granada – Almería.
2005 – Oils, Unicaja – Almería.
2006 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2007 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2007 – Small Format Watercolors, Arte Clásico Gallery – Almería.
2008 – Oils and Watercolors, Unicaja – Almería.
2009 – Oils, Watercolors, Sculptures, and Bronze Busts, Unicaja Cultural Hall – Almería.
2010 – Watercolors and Oil Paintings of Almería, Unicaja – Almería.
2011 – Landscapes and Portraits, Arte Clásico Gallery – Almería.
2013 – Watercolors, Oil Paintings, and Sepia Drawings, Sala Alfareros, Provincial Council of Almería.
2014 – Six works exhibited as props in the television series Ciega a Citas (Lacatro TV).
2017 – Forgotten Objects, Patio de Luces, Provincial Council of Almería.
SCULPTURES IN PUBLIC SPACE
2007 – Bronze bust in tribute to Vicente Buendía, Puertollano Park – Ciudad Real.
2009 – Bronze bust honoring parish priest José Jiménez, Church Square of El Ejido – Almería.
2017 – Bronze bust in tribute to poet Paco Urrutia, Hermanos Machado Street – Almería.
2018 – Acrobat, a 4‑meter sculpture installed on the Almería promenade.
2019 – La Tumbona, a 2.5‑meter bronze sculpture located on the Almería promenade.
PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS
Rincones de Almería – Collection of sepia drawings depicting emblematic corners of Almería.
1998 – Rincones de Almería – Collection of 25 watercolors reproduced as lithographs and published by La Voz de Almería.
1998 – Corners of Berja – Collection of six color plates published by La Voz de Almería.
2012 – Collection of twelve hand‑fan designs published by La Voz de Almería.
2013 – Collection of six hand‑fan designs published by La Voz de Almería.
2014 – Hand‑fan design dedicated to the Virgin of the Sea, published by La Voz de Almería.
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