Gonzalo Pérez Rielo

Pseudonym: Rielo
Category: Painter
Birth Date: 7th June 1924 (†22nd October 2000)
Birth Place: Lugo

   Cultura
 Curriculum

He lived in A Fonsagrada and Foz and then came back to Lugo. He graduated as an electrician fitter.

He was attracted by art, mainly painting and music. He combined his work in the factory with painting, which was a complement to attend the needs of his large family. After 1982, he totally threw himself into painting and carried out several exhibitions.

He placed the accordion and keyboard although in an intimate and private way.

 Work & Activities

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

-1954: Lugo County Council.

-1960: Círculo de las Artes (Lugo).

-1976: City Council of A Coruña; Lyceum (Ourense) and ‘Caja de Ahorros de Asturias’ (Oviedo).

-1977: Liceo de Ourense; ‘Caja de Ahorros de Asturias’, Avilés (Asturias); City Council of A Coruña and ‘Banco Gallego’ (Lugo).

-1978: ‘Caja de Ahorros de Asturias’, Gijón (Asturias); ‘Caixa de Aforros’ (Santiago de Compostela); ‘Caja de Ahorros de Asturias’, Mieres (Asturias); ‘Caixa de Aforros de Galicia’ (A Coruña) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1979: ‘Banco de Bilbao’ (Ponferrada); Cultural Centre (León); ‘Banco de Bilbao’ (Oviedo); ‘Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad’ (Segovia); ‘Banco de Bilbao’ (Ferrol); ‘Caja de Ahorros’ (Vigo); ‘Banco de Crédito e inversiones’ (Lugo) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1980: ‘Caja de Ahorros’ (Santiago de Compostela); Delegación de Cultura (Pontevedra); Cultural Centre (León, Burgos and Soria) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1981: Cultural Centre (Ourense); ‘Caja de Ahorros de Asturias’, Avilés (Asturias); C. de Diego Art Gallery (Oviedo); Tourism Gallery (Santander) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1982: Casino, Viveiro (Lugo); ‘Caixa de Aforros de Galicia’, Burela (Lugo); Tourism, Ribadeo (Lugo); ‘O Feitizo’, Foz (Lugo); ‘Caja de Ahorros de Asturias’, Avilés (Asturias) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1983: ‘Liceo Marítimo’, Vilagarcía de Arousa (Pontevedra); ‘Caixa de Aforros de Galicia’ (Santiago de Compostela); ‘Compañía de María’ (Santiago de Compostela); ‘Banco Galego’ (Lugo); ‘Círculo Mercantil e industrial’, Ribeira (A Coruña); ‘Banco de Bilbao’ (Oviedo); Sala ‘Nova Rúa’ (Lugo) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1984: ‘Caixa de Aforros de Galicia’, Monforte (Lugo); Sala ‘Nova Rúa’ (Lugo); Casino, Avilés (Pontevedra) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1985: Caja Postal (A Coruña); Nova Rúa Gallery (Lugo) and Xosé Domínguez Guizán Cultural Centre, Begonte (Lugo).

-1986: Casino, Avilés (Pontevedra).

-1993: Banco Galego (Lugo).

-1994: Alcalá de Henares.

-1995: Banco Galego (Lugo).

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

-1959: Oil paintings and decorated ceramics, Círculo de las Artes (Lugo).

-1984: Collective exhibition in A Coruña and Lugo.

-1995: Méndez Núñez Hotel (Lugo).

-2000: Xunta de Galicia (Lugo).

 Other Interesting Aspects

PRIZES
1958: ‘Exposición Provincial Sindical’ (third prize).

1959: ‘Exposición Provincial Sindical’ (second prize).

1959: ‘Certamen Provincial de Artesanía’ (accesit).