Eduardo Sales (Valencia, 1927) He studied at the school of arts and crafts (since 1941) and School of Fine Arts in Valencia (1945-1950). He combines the personal practice of easel painting with professional work in the fields of restoration, mural painting and stained glass. In 1955 traveling with Manolo Gil, contracted by the Ministry of Public Works of the Dominican Republic to perform artistic work on the "Peace Fair" held in Santo Domingo. Exhibits at the historic Sala Mateu-prelude artistic modernity in Valencia during the year 1959. In the decades of 60 and 70, his work defines a personality that is reflected in painting, with a fusion of the deep knowledge of pictorial techniques with the international avant-garde forms and poorly understood widespread in Spain. In 1976 he joined as a lecturer at the Department of Drawing of the Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos, a Pedagogical activity that develops until the year 1998. This activity estmarcada s academic institutions for their commitment and for their exceptional teaching. He has exhibited in prestigious galleries and institutional spaces and national Valencia. The long career, AFTER more than five decades of continuous activity, make it by Merit own protagonist of the painting Valencia in the second half of the twentieth century.
Solo Exhibitions:
1952-"Eduardo Sales", Valencia, Exhibition Hall of the association of the Press
1959- "Exhibition of Eduardo Sales" at Sala Mateu, Valencia
1960- "II Exhibition of Eduardo Sales" at Sala Mateu, Valencia
1973- "Exhibition of paintings" Eduardo Sales, Valencia, Circle of Fine Arts
1974- "Exhibition of paintings" Eduardo Sales, Valencia, Circle of Fine Arts
1979- "Exhibition Eduardo Sales", Orta Gallery, Valencia,
1981- "Eduardo Sales", Exhibition, Elda (Alicante), Sorolla Room
1988-Eduardo Sales, Valencia, Circle of Fine Arts
1991-Eduardo Sales Painting, Valencia, Exhibition Hall of the Cultural Center of the Savings Bank
1992-Eduardo Sales, Painting , Avima Art Gallery, Denia (Alicante)
1993 Eduardo Sales, Tretze, Art Gallery, Castellon,
1994-Eduardo Sales, Signs Space, Valencia, Benlliure, Art Gallery
1995-Eduardo Sales Signs of space, Elche, Alicante, Alebús, Art Gallery
1996-Eduardo Sales, Tretze, Art Gallery, Castellon
1997-Sales, Valencia, Benlliure Art Gallery
1998-Eduardo Sales painting, Torrent (Valencia) Exhibition Hall Caja Rural de Torrent
1999-Eduardo Sales, Signs Space II Valencia, Palau de la Musica
2000-Sales, Benlliure, Art Gallery
2005 Benlliure IV Signs of the space, Current, Art Contemporary, Madrid
2006-Traces of Memory, Museum of the City of Valencia
2007-Shared Space, MUCBE, Benicarlo, Castelln
Group Exhibitions:
1946-VI University Art Exhibition, Valencia, Sala del Ateneo Mercantil
1947 -VII University Art Exhibition, Valencia, Halls of the Provincial Exhibition
1948-Motion Pro 3 study tour course Valencia, Sala Braulio-VIII university art Exhibition, Valencia, exhibition Halls on the Council City. Gets the silver medal in the landscape section of Alumni Exhibition
1949-4-year San Carlos, Valencia, Sala Braulio Pensioners collective Exhibition at the University of the Rbida, Seville, School of Latin American Studies
1950-I Art Living the introspective, Valencia, Sala Braulio, IX University Art Exhibition, Valencia, Provincial Halls. Mention Onorfica obtained with work called Santa Catalina
1953-II competition spring, Madrid Chamber Turner-Second Biennial of Art of the Kingdom of Valencia, Valencia, Sala del Ateneo Mercantil Salon
1960-March I, Valencia, Hall and Gardens Dorado Diputación n Provincial Collective
1962-Present Art Exhibition, Valencia, Sala Braulio
1963-Collective exhibition in aid of St Peter the Fisherman's Home, Valencia, City Council Chambers
1977-XIV Salon March, Valencia, Ribera Galer to Art
1980-Exhibition of paintings and sculptures traveling, Valencia, delegacin Provincial Federation of Culture and Cultural Associations Valencia
1981-L'Art School, Valencia, San Jose Professional Schools
1985 - Art in Valencia, Quart de Poblet, Valencia, City Hall-Art in Valencia, Benidorm, Alicante, Room
1986-City Council Meetings in Benicassim, Benicassim, Castelln, City Hall -69 plastic Valencia, Madrid, Centro Cultural Villa-Plastic contemporary Valenciana, Valencia, Edificio de la Lonja, Valencia Contemporary Plastic, Castelln, Palace of Art plastic-VII Provincial Council of Alicante, Alicante, Showroom
1987-Plastica Contemporanea Valenciana , Alcoy, Alicante, Centro Municipal de Cultura -100 years Viguer Casa Valencia, Circulo de Bellas Artes-Second Conference of Contemporary Art, Villareal, Castelln, City Hall, Valencians Pintors Contemporanis, Torrent, Valencia, Municipal Chambers Exhibition Hall
1992-The Square in the Eixample, Valencia, Eixample, Art Gallery.
1993-Close Encounters of the socket, Mexico DF Mexico-University Board Room Collective Avima, Denia, Alicante, Collective Spring, Denia, Alicante, Sala-Vill Avima 'Art, Villar del Arzobispo, Valencia, City Hall -Collective, Denia, Alicante, Sala Avima-Marine, Jvea, Alicante, Atelier Art Gallery, Interart '93, Valencia, Recinto Ferial "Walking the Zcalo, Valencia Polytechnic University Hall-Collective, Denia, Alicante, Sala Avima-Collective exhibition, Jvea, Alicante, Atelier Art Gallery
1994-VII shows Benlliure, Valencia, Galeria Benlliure "Art Auction and Jewels, Valencia, Bancaja Showroom-Arte Santander, Santander, Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria-Valencia-94 Interart Toulose (France)
1995-Collective Exhibition Centre Summer, Valencia, Benlliure Galaria Art-Arte Santander , Santander, Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria-Interart Valencia,
1996-IX Fairground Shows Benlliure, Valencia, Benlliure Interart Art Gallery-96 Valencia, Venue-Other Approaches, Valencia, Palau of music, art auctions, Valencia, Museo de la Ciudad
1997-X Displays Benlliure, Glasgow Art Gallery
1998-XI Benlliure Show Benlliure, Valencia Benlliure Art Gallery-Sierra Leone, Valencia, Viciana Art Gallery & Contemporary Classics, Valencia, Benlliure, Galeria de Arte-From Sala Mateu, Valencia, Royal Dockyards, Arts Project 98, Valencia, Palau de la Musica, Valencia Interart 98,
1999-Interart Fairgrounds 99, Valencia,
2000 Fairground -27 Perspectives, Valencia, Showroom Pequeo Ibercaja-Format, Valencia, Gallery Format-Interart Pequeo 2000, Valencia,
2001-Interart Venue 2001, Valencia, Fairground
WORK IN INSTITUTIONS Bancaixa, Valencia Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, Valencia Faculty of Fine Arts , Valencia Contemporary Art Fund, Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia Provincial Council Fund Cloister of Santo Domingo (Captaincy General) Valencia Mother and Child Hospital, Faculty of madicine Valencia, Valencia Ministry of Public Works, Santo Domingo (Rep Dominican Republic Cathedral (background) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic National Museum Fund, Caracas (Venezuela Spanish-American University, The Rbida (Huelva) Hispanic University Sevilla American National Autonomous University, UNAM Mexico Ibercaja, Caja Rural Valencia, Valencia Drawing Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Valencia Academy of San Carlos, Valencia