20 DECEMBER 2024 — 09 FEBRUARY 2025
RAÚL DÍAZ
BOTE DE PIEDRA
MAYA FRODEMAN GALLERY
BOTE DE PIEDRA
Bote de Piedra brings together both painting and sculpture by Argentine artist Raúl Díaz.
Through his works, Díaz invites us to seek refuge in a secret universe that exists within each of us – a soothing, friendly space characterized by the presence of beauty and the solitude of personal soul searching that rarely surfaces amidst the chaos of contemporary life. Evoked by the artist’s memories of his childhood, the mystical quietude of Díaz’s artworks is deeply personal and indicative of his own spiritual adventure. The images produce a sense of nostalgia and stillness that compels the viewer to reflect on their own life and their place within the endless story of history.
The surface of Díaz’s paintings are wooden panels, embossed on handmade papers. He uses unique mixed techniques to produce a tactile impression on the surface of wood and
paper that contributes to his otherworldly images. This exhibition also presents sculptural work by the artist that, taking the images into three dimensions, creates a new experience for the viewer and expands Díaz’s own technical prowess. In his practice, he leans into experimentation throughout his oeuvre, employing wood, bronze, resin, stone, marble, ceramics, handmade paper, dry pigments, chalk, acrylic, and watercolor.
In what he calls his “permanent search”, Díaz explores and manipulates new materials so that they deftly suit his distinctive style and themes.
Since his first exhibitions in the early 1980s, Díaz has shown an inclination towards expressing himself through the human figures. Díaz’s construction of the figure is forged from an abstracted ethereal conception rather than an anatomical representation of the human
form. The characters that appear in his works are planar, out of scale silhouettes in poses of peaceful work or contemplation. The depth of color and textures in the backgrounds of Díaz’s artworks create a dream-like atmosphere, whether they be serene mountains or stacked kites or boats. Drawing imagery from his childhood memories of lake fishing with his father and grandfather, the sight of wooden fishing boats, either dotting the water or stacked on the beach, is indelible in the artist’s memory, and these same vessels frequently appear in the work. The simplicity of the figures against these dynamic, yet still harmonious, backgrounds instill a sense of calm in the viewer that is distinctive of Díaz’s works.
Raúl Díaz was born in 1952 in Córdoba, Argentina. In 1990, he moved to Unquillo in the province of Córdoba, where he continues to live and produce his art. Although Díaz studied architecture, he could not avoid the overwhelming calling he had within himself
to be a painter. Self-taught, Díaz has emerged as one of Argentina's most prominent artists.
Since 1995, he has participated in National and International Art Fairs, and in numerous group exhibitions in Argentina and abroad.
He has had individual exhibitions in Córdoba, Buenos Aires, the United States, Holland, Spain and Italy. He has also received important awards, including the Grand Prize from the National Painting Salon of the ProArte Foundation, Córdoba (1990). In 2005, he held a solo exhibition at the Sivori Museum of Plastic Arts in Buenos Aires, and in 2010, Díaz had a solo exhibition at the Emilio Caraffa Museum in Córdoba. His works are found in important private and museum collections in the countries where he has exhibited his works.
Mixed media on wood panel
53 x 67 3/8 inches
Neblina, 2014-2016
Mixed media on wood panel
47 1/8 x 59 inches
La Niebla, 2008
3/8 x 64 3/4 inches
Lago III, 2017
Mixed media on wood panel
50
39 1/4 x 51 inches
La Red, 2014
Mixed media on wood panel
Mixed media on wood panel
32 5/8 x 39 1/8 inches
Las Piedras, 2014
Mixed media on wood panel
18 5/8 x 47 1/4 inches
Linea De Horizonte, 2014
Mixed media on wood panel
27 1/2 x 34 7/8 inches
La Pesca, 2017
Mixed media on wood panel
25 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches
Cargando el Bote, 2006
Mixed media on wood panel
22 x 28 1/4 inches
Damero, 2011
Mixed media on wood panel
27 x 35 1/2 inches
Los Ceramistas, 2022
29 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches
El Plano Gris, 2021
Acrylic and pigment on moulded handmade paper
media on wood panel
16 1/2 x 20 3/8 inches
Las Horas Del Dia, 2023
Mixed
36 3/4 x 30 inches
Caminante II, 2022
Acrylic and pigment on moulded handmade paper
14 1/2 x 16 x 10 inches
Desparramados, 2022
Bronze and patina
Lunes Con Viento, 2024
Sky blue marble
8 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches
13 1/2 x 75 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches
Bote Blanco, 2021
Resin and wood
RAÚL DÍAZ
Argentine artist, born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1952
Lives and works in Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bota de Pedra, Maya Frodeman Gallery (formerly Tayloe Piggott Gallery), Jackson Hole, WY, USA
2023 Dreaming of life’s journey, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2022 Art fair Map, Via Margutta Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 Reflection, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
Instalación cultures, Universidad Siglo 21, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Poetic Vision, Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte, NC, USA
Adelson Gallery in Boston, MA, USA
Large-scale sculpture installation YMCA, Gastonia, NC, USA
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Vía Margutta
Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 Art Chicago, Tayloe Piggott Gallery-Jackson Hole, WY, USA
2013 Jerald Melberg Gallery. Charlotte, NC, USA
2012 Contemporary Urban Space Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 Tew Gallery, Atlanta, GA, USA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY, USA
2010 ArteAmericas – Miami Beach – Via Margutta
Contemporary, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba, Argentina
2009 Pan American Art Projects Dallas, TX, USA
Van Eyck Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2008 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
Expotrastiendas BA, Nexus Modern Art-Ivo Bouwman, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 ArteAmericas, Miami Beach, Pan American Art Projects, Dallas, TX, USA
Expotrastiendas BA, Nexus Modern Art-Ivo Bouwman, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 ArteAmericas- Coconut Grove-Miami, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
2005 Kreisler Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Nexus Modern Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
ArteAmericas- – Coconut Grove-Miami, Jerald
Melberg Gallery
Pan American Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
Museo de Artes Plasticas Eduardo Sivori, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 Art Miami Miami Beach Vía Margutta Arte
Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ArteAmericas- Coconut Grove- Miami- Jerald
Melberg Gallery
Art Chicago – Chicago-Ill- Via Margutta Arte
Contemporary, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003
Art Miami Via Margutta Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ArteAmericas, Coconut Grove-Miami, FL, Jerald
Melberg Gallery
Art Chicago– Via Margutta Contemporary Art –Chicago, IL, USA
Timothy Tew Gallery – Atlanta, GA, USA
Via Margutta Art Gallery. Córdoba –Argentina
2002 Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL, USA, Jerald
Melberg Gallery
USA Arte BA, Jerald Melberg Gallery
Via Margutta Gallery, Nexus Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Via Margutta Contemporary Art, Córdoba, Argentina
2001 Art Miami Miami Via Margutta Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Waddington & Tribby Gallery, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, FL, USA
2000 Art Miami Miami Beach, USA, Via Margutta Art Gallery
Arte BA - Buenos Aires, Agrentina, Via Margutta Gallery
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
1999 Art Miami Miami Beach, USA, Via Margutta Art Gallery
Nexus Modern Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
Over Studio, Roberto Rossi, Torino, Italy.
1998 Art Miami, Miami, FL, USA, Via Margutta Art Gallery
Art BA, International Art Galleries Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL, USA, Via Margutta Gallery
Arte B.A.-International Art Galleries Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Via Margutta Art
Gallery
Solo Exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA
1996 Press Conference Room, Presidency of the Nation, Bs.As, Argentina
Arte B.A.-International Art Fair. Buenos Aires, Via Margutta Art Gallery
Doctor Genaro Pérez Museum, Córdoba, Argentina
Via Margutta Art Gallery, Córdoba, Argentina
1995 Arte B.A.-International Art Galleries Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Suipacha Art Gallery
1994 Suipacha Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993 Arte B.A.-International Art Galleries Fair,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Suipacha Gallery
1992 Suipacha Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 Suipacha Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1987 Giaroli Art Gallery, Córdoba, Argentina
ALL EXHIBITIONS
1987 Giaroli Art Gallery - Córdoba. -Argentina
Association of Plastic Artists - Río Cuarto - Cba.
1991 Suipacha Art Gallery - Buenos Aires - Exhibition
on the 500 Years of the Discovery of America, Caraffa Museum, Córdoba
1992 Suipacha Art Gallery - Buenos Aires Exhibition on the 500 Years of the Discovery of America, Museum of Modern Art, Mendoza, Argentina
1993 Arte B.A.-International Art Galleries Fair. Buenos Aires (Suipacha Gallery)
1994 Suipacha Art Gallery - Buenos Aires. -Argentina.
1995 Arte B.A.-International Art Galleries Fair. Buenos Aires. (Suipacha Art Gallery)
1996 Press Conference Room, Presidency of the Nation
– Bs.As.- Argentina, Arte B.A.-International Art Fair.
Buenos Aires (Via Margutta Art Gallery.) Doctor Genaro Pérez Museum- Córdoba Argentina
1997 Art Miami Miami Beach Via Margutta Gallery, Arte BA International Art Galleries Fair Buenos Aires
Via Margutta Art Gallery, Jerald Melberg Gallery
- Charlotte, North Carolina- USA Contemporary Argentine Art, Salenstein Kunst, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jan Van Der Togt Museum, Amtelsveen, Netherlands
1998 Art Miami Miami USA Via Margutta Art Gallery,
Art BA International Art Galleries Fair, Buenos Aires. Art Palm Beach, FL. – Lone Star Park at grand Praierie, Dallas, TX – Works on Paper, NY - Galeria Arteespazio,
Cordoba, argentina - Galeria arte Actual, Santiago
Chile
1999 Art Miami Miami Beach USA Via Margutta Art
Gallery, Art BA Buenos Aires - Argentina Nexus Modern Art The Hague The Netherlands, Over
Studio – Roberto Rossi -Torino- Italy. Artissima Feria
Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Torino, Italy
2000 Art Miami Miami Beach Via Margutta Art Gallery, Spilimbergo Museum - Córdoba - Argentina Arte BA
Buenos Aires Via Margutta Gallery, Arte Twente Fair
International, Nexus Modern art, Hengelo, Germany
Kunst Rai Fair International, Nexus Modern art, Amsterdam, Netherlands Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa- Martorelli Gasser Contemporary Art, Córdoba
2001 Art Miami USA Jerald Melberg Gallery, Via Margutta Art Gallery, Waddington & Tribby GalleryBoca Raton USA, Arte BA Buenos Aires Via Margutta Gallery, Waddington & Tribby Gallery - Palm Beach
USA – Greenville museum of art, Greenville NC – Art
Santa Fe
2002 Art Miami Jerald Melberg Gallery – Miami Beach, Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte NC USA Arte BA - Via Margutta Gallery-Nexus Modern Art - Buenos Aires
Argentina- Via Margutta Contemporary Art Córdoba
2003 Art Miami Via Margutta Contemporary Art –Miami Beach, Art San Francisco - Jerald Melberg Gallery California, Works & Paper New York. USA, Art Forum – Jerald Melberg Gallery – Palm Beach.
USA, ArteAmericas- Jerald Melberg Gallery – Coconut Grove-Miami-. USA, Art Chicago– Via Margutta Contemporary Art – Chicago-Ill-USA Art ChicagoJerald Melberg Gallery – Chicago –ILL. USA, Timothy Tew Gallery - Atlanta USA, Arte BA -Buenos Aires Via Margutta Contemporary Art, Via Margutta Art Gallery.
Córdoba –Argentina
2004 Art Miami Miami Beach Vía Margutta Arte
Contemporáneo, Art San Francisco - San Francisco, California (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Works & Paper
New York. USA (Jerald Melberg Gallery, ArteAmericasCoconut Grove- Miami- (Jerald Melberg Gallery) Art Chicago – Chicago-Ill- (Via Margutta Arte Contemp , Jerald Melberg Gallery) Arte BA Bs as Argentina (Vía Margutta Arte Contemporáneo)
2005 Art Miami. Miami Beach (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Kreisler Gallery, Madrid Spain, Nexus Modern Art the Hague the Netherlands, Art San Francisco San Francisco, California. (Jerald Melberg Gallery) Works & Paper New York (Jerald Melberg Gallery) ArteAmericas
Coconut Grove-Miami (Jerald Melberg Gallery) Pan
American Gallery Dallas Texas USA, Jerald Melberg
Gallery – Charlotte - North Carolina – USA, Art Chicago
- Chicago (Jerald Melberg Gallery) Arte BA - Buenos
Aires (Via Margutta Arte Contemporáneo) Museo de Artes Plasticas Eduardo Sivori - Buenos Aires
Argentina, Museo Genaro Pérez Córdoba Argentina, Arnot Art Museum Elmira, New York
2006 Art Miami Miami Beach (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
Art Palm Beach - Palm Beach- (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
Works & Paper - New York (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
Museo Spilimbergo –The art of participating Unquillo
Córdoba Argentina, Art Los Angeles Los Angeles-
California (Jerald Melberg Gallery) ArteAmericas-
Coconut Grove-Miami (Jerald Melberg Gallery) Art
Chicago Chicago ILL (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
2007 Art Palm Beach - Palm Beach (Jerald Melberg
Gallery), Art Los Angeles Los Angeles- California(Jerald Melberg Gallery), ArteAmericas- Miami Beach- (Pan American Art Proyects), Art Chicago (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Arte BA - Buenos Aires (Via Margutta Arte Contemporáneo) Expotrastiendas BABuenos Aires (Nexus Modern Art-Ivo Bouwman) Art
Miami– Miami Wynwood (Jerald Melberg Gallery) The Affordable Art Fair - London Seafair- Miami Beach –
2008 Art Palm Beach (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Art
Los Angeles Los Angeles- California- (Jerald Melberg Gallery), ArteAmericas- Miami Beach- (Pan American
Art Proyects – Via Margutta Arte) Art Chicago (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte –
NC, Expotrastiendas (Nexus Modern Art-Ivo Bouwman
Buenos Aires, Art Miami- Wynwood - Jerald Melberg
Gallery Miami Beach, Seafair- Miami Beach - Jerald Melberg Gallery
2009 Art Palm Beach (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Works & Paper - N. York Jerald Melberg Gallery, Art Los Angeles (Jerald Melberg) - Pan American Art Projects, the Armory Show New York, Jerald Melberg Gallery
Art Chicago, Arte BA - Buenos Aires Via Margutta
Contemporary Art, Van Eyck Gallery Art, Buenos Aires, Art Miami Design District - Jerald Melberg Gallery
2010 Art Palm Beach (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Dallas
Art Fair, ArteAmericas Miami Beach (Via Margutta
Contemporary Art), the Armory Show – New York.
- Jerald Melberg Gallery Art San Francisco - San Francisco (Jerald Melberg Gallery), Art Chicago, Museo Emilio Caraffa Córdoba Argentina, Art Miami Miami Design District (Jerald Melberg Gallery)
2011 Dallas Art Fair Texas (JMG), the Armory Show N York (JMG) Art MRKT San Francisco (JMG), Art Chicago (JMG) Art Miami Miami Design District (JMG), Tew
Gallery Atlanta GA, Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte
- North Carolina, Houston Fine Art Fair (JMG), Tayloe
Piggott Gallery-Jackson Hole WY
2012 Dallas Art Fair Texas (JMG), Art Miami Miami
Design District (JMG) Houston Fine Art Fair – (JMG)Palacio Ferreyra – Córdoba – Argentina, Contemporary
Urban Space Buenos Aires Argentina
2013 Art Palm Beach – Jerald Melberg Gallery, Art
Miami Miami Design District - Jerald Melberg Gallery, Museo Palacio Palacio Dionisi Córdoba Argentina
2014 Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte USA, Tayloe
Piggott Gallery Jackson Hole WY, Art Chicago (JMG),
Art Shanghai Via Margutta contemporary art, Art
Miami(JMG), Art Miami-New York Jerald Melberg
Gallery
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair Vía Margutta
Contemporary Art, Art Miami (JMG), Art Miami-New York – (JMG)
2016 MAC Mercado de Arte Córdoba. Argentina, Evita
Museo Vía Margutta arte Contemp - Art Seattle (JMG), Art Miami – (JMG), Art Miami New York (JMG), CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Córdoba - Argentina
2017 Poetic Vision Solo exhibition, Jerald Melberg
Gallery Charlotte NC, Hoyt Center for the Arts in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Adelson Gallery in Boston,
Massachusetts, Art Seattle (JMG), Art Miami – Jerald Melberg Gallery, Large-scale sculpture installation
YMCA, Gastonia, NC
2018 MACU – Unquillo Contemporary Art Museum
MAC Cordoba Argentina, Art Market Córdoba.
Argentina 220 Contemporary Culture “The substance of which things are made” Córdoba Argentina, Art
Seattle (JMG), Art Miami (JMG)
2019 Reflection, Solo exhibition Jerald Melberg Gallery
Charlotte, NC, Art Miami (JMG), Installation sculptures
Universidad Siglo 21 Buenos Aires Argentina
2021 – Winter selection JMG, Art Miami Jerald Melberg
Gallery – Summertime JMG
2022 -Jerald Melberg Gallery Art Miami - Tayloe
Piggott Gallery-Jackson Hole WY – MAP Art fair Via Margutta Contemporary Art Buenos Aires Argentina.
2023- Spring selection JMG, Queens University of Charlotte, NC, Dreaming of life’s journey, Solo exhibition, Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte NC, Art Miami (JMG)
2024 – Spring Fever, JMG, Charlotte, 40Th Anniversary Celebration, JMG, Charlotte, NC, Monumental and miniatures, JMG. Charlotte, NC, Escultores Argentinos, MACU (Museo Arte Contemp Unquillo) Cordoba, Arg, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
