Coming Soon - Rapid Fire Questions By Pablo G. Villazán
We at League OTO are excited to introduce an new awesome series called - “Rapid Fire Questions“ By Pablo G. Villazán. Rapid Fire Questions is a series of interviews with today’s emerging contemporary artists from the likes of En Iwamura, Erik Foss, Edgar Plans and more. We are honored that our good friend Pablo is sharing this amazing rapid experience/series with us and of course you! Stay tuned…..
About Pablo G. Villazán -
Pablo G. Villazán is the co-founder and director of Padre Gallery with locations in New York City and Moscow, as well as PADRE projects.
Coming from a very well-respected family that have contributed to the development of the art world between Spain and France during the 20th century. Since they founded their first art gallery in Paris in 1890. Pablo G. Villazán always expressed a great passion and interest in the family’s love for art. This led him to become the artist of the family. Despite receiving numerous national painting awards, he decided to study Law and Economics.
Pablo finished his law degree in Madrid in 1999, he began working as a lawyer, leaving behind his artistic side.
He met the artist Manolo Bonifacio at the opening of one of his exhibitions in Madrid. After a conversation with the artist, he compulsively began to study his work and the work of other artists from the same generation such as Juan Barjola, Manuel Hernández Mompó or the El Paso group. This moment marked a turning point in his professional career, and he began to combine his work as a lawyer with teaching as an art professor at the university.
Ultimately, the complete turnaround in his career came in September 2012 when on a trip to New York. He dabled into the work of Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Basquiat. His obsession with the cultural movement of New York in the 80s influenced him to make a drastic decision. He left his job in Madrid and moved to New York to earn a master’s degree from The School of Visual Art. This is the same school in which Keith Haring studied.
Once in New York, he began to collaborate in exhibitions with public organizations and museums such as the Brooklyn museum and The Moma PS1.
In September 2015, he opened his first art gallery in downtown Manhattan with a show featuring a graphic documentation by Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Grace Jones and Robert Mapplethorpe called "The Incredible Keith".
Since then Pablo has become one of the most respected art dealers in the international scene. He has built and continues to build private collections around the world.