ABOUT
INTRODUCTION
For more than twenty-five years Leopoldo Cuspinera Madrigal has been focused on the dynamic relationship between landscape and memory. His works are representations of the past, present, and future spirit of place, in a single moment. As humans continue to plunge into the future, the land is depicted as an immense keeper, as a memorial even, and radiates an ethereal quality. This is in part the result of mixing recycled paper and paper pulp with resins and pigments. Parts of the process are based on the Mexican Papel Amate fabrication, but also on collage, papier-mâché, and paper incisions. Oils, chalk, charcoal, gold, silver, and bronze are used to enhance what emerges from the dialog between Cuspinera and the material.
BIOGRAPHY
Mexican artist, architect, and academic. His works have been exhibited in more than 20 thematic individual exhibitions in galleries, institutions, and museums in Mexico, Europe, and USA.
Cuspinera also has participated in artistic and architectural projects related to liturgical adaptations, iconography and conservation, recovery and resignification of cultural assets and curatorial work. He has completed postgraduate studies related to the history of art and architecture, defense of cultural heritage, and museumization.
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
SOLO SHOWS
2022
Surfacing. Ist Tagungszentrum. Kallmünz, Germany.
2022
Nebel. Quittenbaum Gallery. Munich, Germany.
2021
Solastalgia II. Space Gallery. Denver, Colorado, USA.
2020
Soliphilia. Quittenbaum Gallery. Munich, Germany.
2020
Solastalgia. Space Gallery. Denver, Colorado, USA.
2019
Leopoldo Cuspinera Madrigal. Bentley Gallery, Projects Room. Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
2019
Resonant. Tansey Contemporary Gallery. Denver Colorado, USA.
2018-2019
Paper Trail, medium and process. Santa Fe Clay Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
2018
Karmel. Cathedral Center, Cameron Hall. Houston, Texas. USA.
2017-2018
Leopoldo Cuspinera. Obra más reciente (recent work). Galería Arte XXI, Mexico City, Mexico.
2017
Leopoldo Cuspinera Madrigal. Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
2017
Deesis. William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
2016
Juegos de papel. Centro de las Artes de Queretaro, Mexico.
2015
A Stone’s Throw. William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
2015
UP Focus. The DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan, USA.
2014
Memoriascapes. William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
2014
Unearthing/Reconstructing: pieces of landscape. City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center, USA.
2014
Peripatetic experience with the landscape. Finlandia University, Reflection Gallery, Hancock, Michigan, USA.
2014
Landscape: a memorial artifact. Michigan Technological University Cultural Center, USA.
2012
Aqua (Water). Spazio Biosfera, Padua, Italy.
2011
Paesaggi, visioni aumentate (Landscapes, augmented visions). PaRDeS, Mirano, Italy.
2011
Alberi, Paesaggi, Memorie (Trees, Landscapes, Memory). Palazzo Guarnieri, Feltre, Italy.
2011
Riciclare il Paesaggio (Recycling landscapes). University of Padua, Italy.
2010
Centinelas del bosque (Sentinels of the forest). Complejo Cultural Universitario, Puebla, Mexico.
2009
Meta-mémoire (Metamemory). Maison du Mexique, Paris, France.
2008
Materia (Matter). Parque España de Puebla, Mexico.
2007
Símbolos sacros de la vida (Sacred symbols of life). Galería El Greco, Veracruz, Mexico.
2007
Leopoldo Cuspinera. At the 12th International Conference: Conservation of Historical Centers and Ibero-American Heritage. Puebla, Mexico.
2007
Arbol, Vida, Luz (Tree, Life, Light). Casa de la Cultura. Gobierno del Estado de Puebla, Mexico.
2006
Arbre, vie, lumiére (Tree, Life, Light). Saint-Etienne, Bottens, Switzerland.
2005
Fenêtres II. Galerie Espacio, Morges, Switzerland.
2004
Fenêtres. Gare de Sébeillon, Lausanne, Switzerland.
INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS
2021-2022
Paper Global, Stadtmuseum Deggendorf, Germany.
2021
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Berlin, Germany.
2019
Jackson Hole Fine Art Fair, Western Wildlife & Contemporary. Wyoming, USA.
2019
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary. FL, USA.
2017
Art Palm Springs. Palm Springs Convention Center. CA, USA.
GROUP SHOWS
2021
95.Jahresschau, kunst und gewerbeverein. Regensburg, Germany.
2020
Oct 2nd – Nov 7th, Space Gallery, Denver CO. USA.
2020
Annual Group Exhibition. Bentley Gallery. Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
2020
$2,500 x 18, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix. Arizona, USA.
2020
Same same but different, Lesmeister Gallery. Regensburg, Germany.
2019-2020
Winter Salon, Space Gallery, Denver CO. USA.
2019
In the absence of color, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
2018
Abstractions 2018, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
2017
Altered Landscapes. Space Gallery, Denver CO. USA.
2016-2017
Winter Group Show. William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
2016
Hello! Bentley Gallery, Phoenix Az, USA.
2016
Abstracted Landscapes, Four World Views. Space Gallery, Denver CO. USA.
2015
Galería Arte XXI, Mexico City, Mexico.
SELECTED ARTISTIC AND ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTS
2022
ErlebBar Interior design and illusionist artwork, 16th century building. Kallmünz, Germany
2018
Iconographic and liturgical adaptation project, Design and development of altarpiece for the Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Houston TX. USA
2015
Iconography program. Reception John Paul II, 3 Children Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 25 Martyrs of the Cristera War, Beato Miguel Agustin Pro, and Altarpiece: Apotheosis. Upaep University Chapel Puebla, Mexico.
2005
Liturgical adaptation and restoration project, and resident project manager. Mater Societatis Iesu Chapel (XVI Century), Collegio Internazionale del Gesú, Rome, Italy.
SCHOLARSHIPS
2009-2011
Scholarship from the European Community
Master’s Degree Erasmus Mundus TPTI
2003-2005
Scholarship from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA). Mexico
Conservando Colendoque. Diplomate Maiore de Patrimonio Culturali Ecclesiae.
AWARDS
2020
Being there in art and church, art collections. Museums of the Diocese. Regensburg, Germany.
Artwork selected: the Tree - the Gardener - the Orchard.
2015
New Mexico Arts AIPP (Art in Public Places), Santa Fe NM (U.S.A). Finalist.
2006
Parfum de Bethany Foundation, Saint Maurice (Switzerland). Residency.
2005
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome (Italy). Summa cum laude.
