Antonio Murado (Lugo, Spain, 1964) lives and works in New York.
In 1988 he undertook a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca, Spain. He won several awards, such as the “22 Premio Bancaixa”, Valencia (1995), “Premio Julian Trincado”, Ayuntamiento de A Coruña (1995) and the first prize at “V Premio de Pintura L´Orèal”, Barcelona (1989). He tooks part in the “IV Bienal Martinez Guerriquiabeitia”, Valencia (1996), “IV Bienal de Pintura Ciudad de Pamplona”, Pamplona (1993), “II Bienal de Artes Plásticas Cultural Rioja”, Logroño, Spain (1990), “Bienal de Barcelona-La Caixa”, Barcelona (1990) and “III Bienal de Pintura de Murcia”, Spain (1989).
Amongst his last important exhibitions we can highlight “Unter Waffen, Fire and Forget 2”, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2016), “Real: Current Spanish Art”, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan (2005) and “25 Museos de Arte Contemporáneo en la España de la Contitución”, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2003).
Antonio Murado’s work is represented in public and private collections in Portugal and abroad, such as Colección INJUVE, Madrid; Colección Banco de España, Madrid, Museo MARUGAME-HIRAI, Marugame, Japan, Tokyo; Fundación Coca-Cola, Madrid; Museo de Bellas Artes de Alava, Vitoria, Spain; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain ; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo "Sofia Imber", Caracas, Venezuela; Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; Colección Patrimonio Nacional de España, Spain; Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, Tokyo.
