BIO & STATEMENT.  

José Antonio Vallejo Serrano was born in Madrid in 1984 and graduated in Fine Arts from the Complutense University in 2008.  

Since 2007, he has been developing a line of research entitled My Favorite Toy, a project of indefinite duration that grows thanks to his experiences, duly filtered and presented with a strong narrative character.  

By completing the Master's Degree in Art, Creation and Research in 2010, I managed to reinforce the discourse of this kind of intimate diary materialized in graphic pieces (drawing and engraving), sculptures (stereolithographs from 3D scans of my own body), installations of everyday objects and even performance.  

A puppet or teddy bear that tells us a personal story through phrases common to all, seeking to connect the everyday with the transcendent, thus creating a process that goes from the personal to the universal.  

He currently combines teaching at cultural centers of the Madrid City Council in the areas of Drawing and Painting with his artistic activity.  

TRAINING  

2015  

Workshop with Isidoro Valcárcel-Medina during the Scarpia art days (El Carpio, Córdoba)  

Participation scholarship for the 1st Young Art Conference of Castilla y León  

2014  

Curating Course: Curating the Present, The House on Fire.  

2013  

Scholarship for participation in the III Meeting of Artists Novos Cidade da Cultura de Galicia  

2010  

Master's Degree in Art, Creation and Research (MAC+I), Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid.  

2008  

MEC Scholarship, American Language Communication Center, New York, USA.  

Collaboration fellow at the Department of Drawing I, UCM.  

Graduate in Fine Arts, UCM.  

Juan Gris Chair with Tania Bruguera, UCM.  

2007  

Juan Gris Chair with Juliao Sarmento, UCM.  

T-shirt screen printing course, Holaporqué Workshop.  

2006  

Comic book drawing course, led by Professor Mutis, La Casa Encendida, Madrid.  

CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS.  

2024  

Mrs. Dalloway's Mystery. Participation at the Art Madrid stand with DDR Art Gallery  

2023  

Let me call you sweetheart. Solo Project with DDR Art Gallery for Feria Marte  

2022  

Unfair Milano. DDR Art Gallery (Milano)  

Discovery Art Fair (Cologne) with ElDevenir gallery.  

2020  

The Distinction Art Fair. Online edition with the DDR Art Gallery.  

Fig Bilbao. Online edition with DDR Art Gallery.  

Let's stop. Solo Project together with DDR Art Gallery for Feria Marte.  

2019  

Hybrid Art Fair, Stand VeoArte, Madrid.  

2018  

Hybrid Art Fair, Stand VeoArte, Madrid.  

2017  

We Are Fair, Stand Veoarte, Madrid.  

Sanfest, Stand DDRArt Gallery, Madrid.  

Mulafest, Veoarte Stand, Madrid.  

Arch, ABC Cultural Stand. Selection by Javier Díaz-Guardiola, Madrid.  

Hybrid Fair, Stand VeoArte, Madrid.  

2016  

The Toy Room. Solo Project curated by VeoArte during Room Art Fair.  

Marte, Castellón's international contemporary art fair. DDR Art Gallery stand  

2015  

Art & Breakfast, Ingenio IC Stand, Málaga.  

2014  

The night became transluminous, just projected at the Cuarto Público Fair together with Veo Arte en todas pArtes.  

2011  

Estampa Multi-Art Fair, Capa Gallery Stand, Madrid.  

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS  

2023  

Candy and Bad Boys. Zunino Gallery, Seville.  

2020  

A ghost story. Projectarte 2020, Santa Clara Space (Morón de la Frontera)  

2018  

Pity Party. 20th Contemporary Art Exhibition, Doña Mencia, Juan Valera Cultural Center, Córdoba  

2017  

What do we talk about when we talk about love? The Yellow House, Málaga.  

Demons Within Words, curated by Verónica Ortega. Fine Arts Faculty Library, UCM.  

2015  

Open Studio, selected alongside the design studio WeCrave.  

Dendrology, exhibition at ShowRoom Brita Prinz Arte.  

2014  

Piñata dance, display of pieces at Tapeo restaurant (Seoul).  

2013  

Muladar, an installation of old graphic works and rarities, Espacio8 Gallery, Madrid.  

My favorite toy, original illustrations from the book published by Ofegabous, Hub Madrid.  

2012  

Calling, Art and Development Factory, Madrid.  

In love we trust, Capa Gallery, Madrid.  

2009  

My favorite toy, Espacio8 Gallery, Madrid.  

GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

2024  

Nocturnes II. Curated by ElDevenir Gallery and Zunino Gallery. CAC Velez-Málaga  

2023  

Gregorio Prieto Drawing Competition. Casa de Vacas (Madrid)  

Nocturnes. Curated by the ElDevenir Gallery and the Zunino Gallery. The Old Fish Market in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz).  

Self-portraits. RGF Arriaza 11 Studio (Madrid)  

Ghost Stories. RGF Arriaza 11 Studio (Madrid)  

2021  

Amazing Fantasies Crossover, an exhibition with Jonathan Notario. ElDevenir Art Gallery, Torrox (Málaga)  

Art Apart XIII (CC La Carolina, Jaén)  

5th Artemisia Painting Competition (CC Moncloa, Madrid)  

2020  

25th Gregorio Prieto Drawing Competition (Casa de Vacas, Madrid)  

2019  

XXV Gregorio Prieto Drawing Competition.  

25th Young Art Exhibition in La Rioja.  

Feitizo, Galileo Cultural Center, Madrid.  

2018  

DMencia Art Exhibition, "Juan Valera" Cultural House, Doña Mencia, Córdoba.  

XIII Art i copes, Fundació Joan Soler, Palma de Mallorca.  

Art and Breakfast, Stand Veoarte, Malaga.  

Incart Festival. Casal Cas Metge Cifre, Palma de Mallorca.  

Open Studios. Yolanda Dorda's studio, A Coruña.  

Touring exhibition of the 24th Gregorio Prieto Drawing Competition. Casa de Vacas, Madrid.  

2017  

Exhibition of the 24th Gregorio Prieto Drawing Competition. Gregorio Prieto Foundation Museum, Valdepeñas.  

The Folder / Le pli / A Folder. Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM, Madrid.  

White / Open / Not Closed, OPEN TheRedoom, Madrid.  

Art and Breakfast. VeoArte Stand, Malaga.  

Brava Magazine presentation at Dcollab, Madrid.  

Wonder Woman. Bacanal café, Barcelona.  

2016  

Aberto Study #5. Residency in Lugo and exhibition, coordinated by Encarna Lago and Paula Cabaleiro. Lugo Provincial Council.  

LGTBI Art, Alonso Vidal Gallery, Barcelona.  

Zeus and Modesty, We Crave Studio, Madrid.  

2015  

For Rent, Public, Daoíz y Velarde Cultural Center, Madrid.  

Artist's Book Award, City of Móstoles, Madrid.  

Costume, editorial presentation at Galería Alegría, Madrid.  

2014  

WS_0003, exhibition at WabiSabi Shop & Gallery, Seville.  

Home / House / Home, Mondo Gallery, Madrid.  

Pop Up Kino #2,. PPC Gallery, Berlin.  

Masquelibros, Ofegabous Editorial Stand, Madrid.  

Rewind. Curated by the Vector Cultural collective, Arte Open Views Madrid.  

Books that inspire. Curated by Alberto Martínez, Azuqueca de Henares.  

15th Edition of the Complutense Youth Award, Madrid. Engraving-award for the  

selected and judges.  

2013  

Most Illustrious, Drawing and Illustration Hall, ABC Museum, Madrid.  

2012  

Room Art Fair, Art and Development Factory Stand, Madrid.  

2011  

News11, Capa Gallery Madrid.  

San Sebastian 56/88, Art and Development Factory, Madrid.  

11 versus 11, La Zúa Gallery, Madrid.  

After (fill in the artist's name), Espacio Menosuno, Madrid.  

I love your work (identities), Espacio8 Gallery, Madrid.  

I love your work (travels), Espacio8 Gallery, Madrid.  

Master's Degree in Art, Creation and Research (MAC+I), MIRA Cultural Center, Pozuelo, Madrid.  

2010  

Master's Degree in Art, Creation and Research (MAC+I), Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM, Madrid.  

Distortion, Misunderstandings and Ambiguities, Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM, Madrid.  

Group B-Tomorrow The First Opportunity, Espacio8 Gallery, Madrid.  

2009  

Jabberwocky, Faculty of Fine Arts, UCM, Madrid.  

Yuglo Contest, Dream Creators, Madrid.  

First Yuglo competition at Báculo Gallery, Madrid.  

2008  

Ikas Art, University Art Meeting, UCM Stand, Bilbao.  

2007  

IV UCM Drawing and Graphic Work Award, Madrid.  

AWARDS  

2020  

Proyectarte Award (Morón de la Frontera)  

2018  

DMencia Award Doña Mencia Art Exhibition  

2010  

2010 Young Complutense Art Prize, winning work, Museum of America, Madrid.  

PUBLICATIONS  

José Antonio Vallejo and daily survival  

https://www.abc.es/cultura/cultural/abci-jose-antonio-vallejo-y-supervivencia-cotidiana-201903151908_noticia.html  

José Antonio Vallejo: I feel very close to the way a child looks.  

https://www.abc.es/cultura/cultural/abci-jose-antonio-vallejo-siento-cercano-manera-mirar-mundo-nino-201606280032_noticia.html  

The permeable room by José Antonio Vallejo  

https://www.abc.es/cultura/cultural/abci-jose-antonio-vallejo-siento-cercano-manera-mirar-mundo-nino-201606280032_noticia.html  

José Antonio Vallejo, artist of the first Manolozine Journal  

https://sietedeungolpe.es/jose-antonio-vallejo-artist-of-the-first-journal-of-manolozine/  

José Antonio Vallejo in Yanmag  

https://www.yanmag.com/jose-antonio-vallejo-plastic-artist/  

José Antonio Vallejo: I am the product of a lot of artists  

https://lucasfh1976.wordpress.com/tag/jose-antonio-vallejo/  

José Antonio Vallejo at Art Madrid  

https://veo-arte.com/2024/03/01/jose-antonio-vallejo-en-art-madrid/  

COLLECTIONS  

Complutense Collection-Banco Santander  

Collection of drawings and prints from the Faculty of Fine Arts at UCM  

Private Collections in Europe and America.

Jose A. Vallejo 's works can be seen at:

DDR ART GALLERY , Calle de la Encomienda 21, 28012, Madrid. 

info@ddrartgallery.com

Tel. +34 659819791