Julio Galán (December 5, 1958 – August 4, 2006) was a Mexican artist and architect. Galán was one of Latin America's neo-expressionist painters of the end of the last century and the beginning of this one.[citation needed]. His paintings and collages are full of elements that usually represent his life.
Biography
Galán was born into a wealthy and conservative Roman Catholic family in Muzquiz, a northern Mexican mining town. As a child he attended private school in Monterrey, Mexico and later enrolled to study architecture at the University of Monterrey.[1] Galán started his career in this town.
While in Mexico, Galán painted dresses for fashion designer Nicole Miller, who introduced him to Paige Powell.[2] Powell worked for Andy Warhol at Interview magazine in New York.[3] Warhol printed several of Galán's works in Interview, and shortly after Galán moved to New York City in 1984.
Powell organized two shows for the artist in New York City.[4] His first New York show was scheduled to open at an Upper West Side apartment in June 1985 where Powell had previously organized a show, but it was canceled when the board of directors of the co-op building banned the exhibition.[5] Mexican ambassador Joaquín Bernal allowed Powell to use the Consul General gallery in Midtown South for Galán's show.[4] The opening of the exhibition coincided with the Mexico City earthquake on September 19, 1985.[6]
Following that show, Galán participated in the exhibition Mexico, The New Generation at the San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas.[7] In the fall of 1986, Powell organized another solo show for the Galán at art critic Edit DeAk's apartment in SoHo.[4]
From 1980 to 1998, Galán was represented by art dealer Annina Nosei and he has various shows at her gallery in New York.[4] He also had shows internationally, including the Gallerie Barbara Farber in Amsterdam and the Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone in Rome.[8]
^Warhol, Andy; Hackett, Pat (1989). The Andy Warhol diaries. The Archive of Contemporary Music. New York, NY: Warner Books. p. 679. ISBN978-0-446-51426-2Entry date: Thursday, September 19, 1985{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^"Travelin' Texas: Thirty seven who dared — the art of a new generation". Texas Weekly Magazine. October 20, 1985. p. 13.
