Manuel Ferreíro Badía

Geometry is always present in my work, whether in neo-figurative or in abstract pieces. I develop artistic objects based on different trends: futuristic, minimalist, organicist or optical; and I try to merge them, generating plastic synergies. Sculpture and the art of the medal are the two artistic areas to which I dedicate myself to a greater extent, however, I also address painting, ceramics, design, or the idea of projects related to the environmental integration of civil works.

Biography

Superior Technician in Plastic Arts and Design in Applied Arts of Sculpture by the School of Art and Superior of CRBC of Valladolid. An expert in the art of the medal, he was awarded by the Royal Mint with the First Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize, a prize that he shares, among others, with Chirino, Chillida or Antonio López. He is a member of the F.I.D.E.M., Fédération Internationale de la Médailles d ’Art, and the ANA American Numismatic Association. He has made more than 50 individual and 75 group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. He currently exhibits, until 2021, in Finn Square, Manhattan, in the United States, within the framework of the Art in the Parks program.

Among the awards received are the Purchase Prize 2013 of the Sculpture by the Sea in Australia, or the Soho Sculpture Prize 2014 in London. Thanks to the recognition of the quality of his work and his artistic career, we can find pieces by this author in various museums and institutions such as the National Sculpture Museum of Valladolid, the Royal Mint of Madrid, the Museum of MAC Contemporary Art in A Coruña, at the Kunstwerk Carlshütte in Germany, at the Town of Cottesloe Sculpture Collection in Australia, or at the Morgan Lovel Collection in the UK.

On the other hand, Ferreiro Badia’s work is already part of the urban landscape. This author has made a large number of monuments, collaborating in the transmission of history thanks to his plastic interventions. We can highlight, among others, the monument to Simón Bolívar (A Coruña), Castelao (Jardines de Méndez Núñez, A Coruña), to Pablo Iglesias (A Coruña), to Torrente Ballester (University Campus, Ferrol), or the monument to Camilo José Cela (Padrón).

Latest Exhibitions:
2020 “Compostela, a fractal study of a shell”. Art in the Parks. Finn Square, Manhattan, New York, USA
2020 Permanent exhibition “Galician Letters”. Parliament of Galicia, Spain
2019 The Award Winners Exhibition. National Sculpture Society. New York, USA
2019 86th Annual Awards Exhibition. Brookgreen Gardens. South Carolina, USA
2019 NordArt. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2019 Art in the Garden. Sir Harold Hillier Gardens. UK
2019 Sculpture Inside. Sculpture by the Sea. Cottesloe, Australia
2018 Sculpture by the Sea. Bondi, Sydney, Australia
2018 Sculpture Models and Drawings Exhibition. Ube City. Japan
2018 “Galician painters and sculptors”. Xerión Gallery. A Coruña, Spain
2018 Nordart. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2018 “Women and Women in the Natural Sciences”. F.I.D.E.M. Canadian Museum of Nature. Ottawa, Canada
2018 International Festival of Abstract Art. Moscow House of Artists. Moscow, Russia
2018-2017 Art Walk. Yountville, California, USA
2017 International Coin and Medal Art Exhibition. China National Convention Center. Beijing, China
2017 International Coin and Medal Art Exhibition. Shanghai Mint. Shanghai china
2017 International Coin and Medal Art Exhibition. China Numismatic Museum. Beijing, China
2017 International Coin and Medal Art Exhibition. China Gold Coin Incorporation. Beijing, China
2017 VIII Biennial of Plastic Arts Rafael Botí. Castro del Río, Lucena, Spain
2017 XIX Cerveira International Art Biennial. Portugal
2017 NordArt. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2017 Sculpture by the Sea. Cottesloe, Perth, Australia
2017 ARCOmadrid. Cultural space Diputación de Córdoba. Presentation of the Catalog of the VIII Rafael Botí Fine Arts Biennial. Madrid Spain
2017 VIII Biennial of Plastic Arts Rafael Botí. Rafael Botí Foundation. Itinerant. Cordoba, Spain
2016 Nordart. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2016 XXXIV International Exhibition of the Artistic Medal. F.I.D.E.M. Namur, Belgium
2016 XXXIV International Exhibition of the Artistic Medal. F.I.D.E.M. Ghent, Belgium
2016 “A carón do mar”. A Coruña City Council. The marine. A Coruña, Spain
2016 “Páxinas das Nosas Letras” Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Açores. Azores Islands, Portugal
2015 NordArt. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2015 XVI Ángel Orensanz International Sculpture Award. Sabiñánigo Town Hall, Spain
2015 “Páxinas das Nosas Letras”. Solís Theater. Montevideo, Uruguay
2014 Sculpture by the Sea. Bondi, Sydney, Australia
2014 XXXIII International Exhibition of the Artistic Medal. F.I.D.E.M. Archeological Museum. Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 “One Hundred Years of Galician Art. Great teachers”. FOUNDATION. A Coruña; Spain
2014 Soho Sculpture Prize. Morgan Lovell, London, UK
2014 NordArt. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2015 “Páxinas das Nosas Letras”. Galician Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 “Galician literature through 51 authors”. Committee of the Regions of Europe in Brussels, Belgium
2013 Sculpture by the Sea. Sculpture Inside. Sydney, australia
2013 Parallax Art Fair. Chelsea Old Town Hall. London, United Kingdom
2013 NordArt. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2013 Sculpture by the Sea. Cottesloe, Australia
2014-2013 “51 Páxinas das Nosas Letras”. Itinerant. Galicia, Spain
2012 XXXII International Exhibition of the Artistic Medal. F.I.D.E.M. Glasgow, UK
2012 NordArt. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2012 “Outstanding works of Galician Art”. José Lorenzo Gallery. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2011 “Andante”. MAC. A Coruña, Spain
2011 Sculpture by the Sea. Aarhus. Denmark
2010 “Nature with Art”. Castrelos Park. Vigo, Spain
2010 XXXI International Exhibition of the Artistic Medal. F.I.D.E.M. Tampere, Finland
2010 VI International Biennial of Contemporary Medal. Seixal, Portugal