Leandro Seixas

Category: Sculptor
Birth Date: 5th November 1954
Birth Place: Pígara - Guitiriz (Lugo)

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In 1977, he got a degree in Fine Arts (sculpture). From 1979 to 1982, he studied to become a teacher of Secondary Education. Since 1982 he has been making restoration works in Spain and abroad in the following places: National Institute for Restoration, Museo del Prado, Museum of decorative arts, the Congress, 'Salcillo' Museum, 'St Pablo' Church in Valladolid, Málaga's Cathedral, St Dominic Cathedral (Dominican Republic) and 'St José' Church (Puerto Rico). In 1993, he got the sculpture grant of the Academy of History, Architecture and Fine Arts in Rome. In 1998, he took part in the International Symposium of Art in Sinjivrh (Slovenia). In 1999, he took part in the International Symposium of Art in Medana (Slovenia). In 2000, he was invited by the Company of Contemporary Ceramics of Tlaque Paque (Guadalajara, Mexico) to make sculptures.

 Work & Activities

Since 1972 he has devoted himself to sculpture, making individual and collective exhibitions both in museums and public and private art galleries in different cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, A Coruña, Lugo... He also makes exhibitions in different cities of Italy and Slovenia. Some of his works can be found in private collections in Europe, Africa and America and in public collections in the Academy of Fine Arts, Foreign Office, 'Florencio La Fuente' Museum (Cuenca), Caixa Galicia, Social Club in Madrid, 'Bilbao' Bank, Xunta de Galicia, Sinjivrh, Medana, Mexico and Santo Domingo.