Raul Farco was born 1953 in Corrientes, Argentina and since 1973 he has developed his Artistic career in several countries and 4 different continents where he has lived and worked for 40 years, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lanzarote, New York, Carrara, Madrid and Mexico. He currently resides in New York and Buenos Aires. His works are in the collections of Museum of Modern Art in Buenos Aires, Queens Museum in New York, Museo El Barrio in New York, Museum of the University of Texas, USA, La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lanzarote, Spain. From 2010-2013, two public places; one in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, “En la Piel del Otro”, 20 sculptures cast in steel, iron and aluminum and “SKINS” 10 sculptures at Pier 66 by the Chelsea Piers in New York. His first Architecture Sculptural Project, a 10 stories building, is scheduled to be completed by middle 2015, in Buenos Aires.

Selected solo exhibitions

2013 – Palacio Presidencial (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Mamán Fine Art (Miami, Florida, USA), Plaza de las Esculturas, Plaza Ruben Darío (Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2011 – Bienal del Fin del Mundo (Usuhaia, Argentina), El árbol de la Vida – Homenaje a J.L. Borges (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Artistas Latinoamericanos at The Olsson Art Collection (Sweden/Malta), Pier 66 Maritime (New York, New York, USA), 2007 – Galeria Maman (Buenos Aires, Argentina), ArteBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1995 – Artopia (New York, New York, USA), The Olsson Art Collection (Brussels, Belgium), 1994 – Madison Art (Buenos Aires, Argentina), London Gallery (New York, New York, USA), 1993 – Gallery Malen (Landskrona, Sweden), 1990 – Arch Gallery (New York, New York, USA), 1989 – Cairo Gallery (Lugano, Switzerland), 1988 – Gallery Malen (Landskrona, Sweden), 1987 – PS. 122 gallery (New York, New York, USA), 1983 – Bodley gallery (New York, New York, USA), 1976 – Heimann gallery (Johannesburg, South Africa), The Court gallery (Salisbury, Rhodesia), 1972 – Galeria Artea (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Selected group exhibitions

2013 – Maman Fine Art (Miami, Florida, USA), 2011 – Bienal del Fin del mundo (Usuhaia, Argentina), 1997 – Ronneby Konsthall (Ronneby, Sweden), 1995 – Feria Arte Nacional (Mexico City, Mexico), ArteBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1994 – Artopia (New York, New York, USA), Museo del Barrio (New York, New York, USA), 1989 – Bienal de Cuba (Habana, Cuba), 1988 – Archer Huntington Art Gallery (Austin, Texas, USA), 1982 – Princeton gallery (Princeton, New Jersey), 1980 – National art center (New York, New York, USA), 1979 – Queens Museum (New York, New York, USA), 1975 – Museo de Arte Moderno (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Selected museum and private Collections

Palacio Presidencial (Argentina), Museo del Barrio (USA), The Queens Museum (USA), Museo de Arte Moderno (Argentina), Museum of Modern Art (South Africa), The Olsson Art Collection (Sweden/Malta), Long Beach Museum (USA), Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (Spain), Colección Mondadori (Italy), The Ashkenazy Foundation (USA), Shering Mexicana (Mexico), Alcom (Mexico), The Hyatt – Palacio Duhau (Argentina), Museo de Torre Laguna (Spain), Presidential Palace CABA (Argentina), Per Zaunders (Malta), Patricia Pernas Guarneros (Mexico), Alan Hamburger (USA), Manolo Arango (Mexico).