Montserrat Recasens / Montserrat Recasens / Montserrat Recasens

Curriculum vitae

Born in Cambrils on the 24th of April 1961. Studies at Tarragona Art College, and La Llotja, Barcelona (1976/81). Specialises in Ancient techniques at the Istituto per l’Arte e il Restauro, Florence (1981/83), and graduates in Fine Art from the Universidad de Barcelona (1986/91). Goes on to take the Teacher Training Course (CAP) in the Faculty of Fine Art at the Universidad de Barcelona (1990/91).

Takes part in several congresses, seminars and conference seasons on sacred art, Gestalt applied to special centres and primary schools, art and the market, art and teaching, teaching in museums, how to read contemporary art, window-dressing, plastic art and music, descriptive geometry, art therapy, etc.

teaching experience

  • 1991/96 Techniques of Representation.. Escuela de Interiorismo Diac. Barcelona
  • 1992/94 Painting. Own workshop. Barcelona
  • 1992/97 Techniques of Representation. IADE Interior Design School. Barcelona
  • 1994/97 Plastic art in the Interior Design Master’s. IADE. Barcelona
  • 1997/99 Interconnection and Sensitive Representation. Own workshop. Barcelona

exhibitions and awards

  • 1981 1st prize-scholarship, Daw, Art College. Tarragona
  • 1982 Group Exhibition, Palazzo Spinelli. Florence
  • 1983 Exhibition of Selected Artists, Tapiro medal, Museum of Modern Art. Tarragona

Group Exhibition, Palazzo Spinelli. Florence

  • 1984 Foyer europeén exhibition, Centre culturel des Communautés européennes. Luxembourg

Group Exhibition Club Náutico. Cambrils, Tarragona

1st prize Vila de Cambrils painting competition. Tarragona

  • 1985 Individual Exhibition, Castello di San Terenzo, Lerici. Italy

Exhibition Torre Vella. Salou, Tarragona

Exhibition of Selected Artists II Young painting competition. Galería Anquins, Reus. Tarragona

  • 1986 Group Exhibition Palazzo Comunale di Lerici, Italy
  • 1987 Group Exhibition Nuat, Old Town Hall, Tarragona

Anthological Exhibition X Anniversary Daw awards. Exhibition Room at Diputació
de Tarragona

  • 1988 Group Exhibition, Horta, Barcelona

Group Exhibition Nuat, Centro de Artesanía, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona

Group Exhibition Nuat, Torre Vella de Salou, Tarragona

  • 1989 Individual Exhibition, Minotauros Gallery, Bruges, Belgium

Individual Exhibition, Club Náutico, Cambrils. Tarragona

  • 1990 VII Exhibition of Contemporary Catalan Art, travelling: Catalonia and Andorra. Galería Canals, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona

Selected, Scholarship Acquisition of artistic heritage of the Faculty of Fine Art, Barcelona

Group Exhibition, Contemporary Presences, Revull Room, Reus. Tarragona

Group Exhibition, Salòquia, Castle of Escornalbou. Tarragona

  • 1991 Art Market Exhibition, Canals Gallery, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona

Group Exhibition, Salòquia, Castle of Escornalbou. Tarragona

"Gravats" Exhibition, Santa Coloma. Tarragona

  • 1992 11th Exhibition of Plastic Art for young people. Territorial stage. Old Town Hall, Tarragona

3rd young painting prize and 3rd young engraving prize, Plastic Art Competition. Generalitat de Catalunya

Generalitat Centre Las Ramblas, Barcelona and travelling in Catalonia

  • 1993 Plastic Art Biennial, Guasch Coranti Prize, Valls. Tarragona

Performance Reflexes, Performances Day. Vespella de Gaia, Tarragona

Cover illustration magazine Circul art. Department of Education, Generalitat de Catalunya

Exhibition Tallers Oberts, Barcelona

  • 1994 3rd Biennial of contemporary art. Girona Art Museum

First prize, local promotion of painting, Vila de Cambrils. Tarragona

  • 1995 Exhibition Kesse Room, current work of the prize-winning artists from the 14 years of the Plastic Art exhibition. Generalitat de Catalunya. Tarragona

Individual Exhibition. “Glup”, Art room, Club Náutico. Cambrils. Tarragona

  • 1996 Group Exhibition, “14 years of the Plastic Art exhibition for young people”, Ágora Room, Cambrils. Tarragona

Group Exhibition, current work of the prize-winning artists from the 14 years of the Plastic Art exhibition, Centro Cultural Torre Vella. Salou. Tarragona

  • 1997 Group Exhibition, drawing, painting, engraving. Miracles Space. Barcelona

Exhibition of Selected Artists, José Segrelles painting prize. Albaida. Valencia

Exhibition of Selected Artists, Extremadura’s Francisco Zurbarán prize for creation

  • 1996. Painting category.

Exhibition of Selected Artists, painting prize, Badajoz

Exhibition of Selected Artists, Redis painting prize, Reus Tarragona

  • 1998 Individual Exhibition Miracles Space. Barcelona

Exhibition: 14 years of Plastic Art proposals for Young people, Generalitat de Catalunya. Tarragona

Group Exhibition, Confrontations, Tinglado 4, Art and Maritime College, Tarragona

  • 2002 Summer Fair. Cambrils. Tarragona
  • 2005 Group Exhibition, “A step for Art”, Castle of Santa Coloma. Tarragona
  • 2008 Group Exhibition, “A step for Art”, Can Vidalet, Santa Coloma. Tarragona
  • 2009 Exhibition of Selected Artists, painting competition, Santa Coloma. Tarragona
  • 2010 Group Exhibition, Consell242 Gallery, Barcelona