Friend Jack Neilson wrote to me this brief account of where Maru and him are right now:
Neilson Gallery, based in Southern Spain, first opened its doors in 2003, with the intention on the one hand to create a dynamic space based on a high quality program mixing established international and national artists in parallel with encouraging young emerging artists (mainly from Andalucia, Southern Spain), and on the other hand, create a series of exchange projects with other galleries both in public and private spaces.
In this sense, one of the actions was to invite artists to spend time in Grazalema providing adequate space for the development of his / her work. These periods of intense work in the countryside, have created series such as "Moving circles" of Japan's Erika Saito, "Grazalema" David Lopez Panea, installation "Garden of Paradise" by Carol Misch or "Hand in Hand "Quico Rivas and Gonzalo Torné.
During this period we have also had exhibitions of some of the best Spanish artists such as Chema Cobo, Manuel Salinas, Miguel Angel Campano, Alonso Gil, Federico Guzman, Manolo Quejido to name a few.
In addition to supporting and participating in public projects created by Andalucian institutions, the need for international dissemination of the artists we represent, we have created links with galleries in Madrid, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Houston, exchanging artists and exhibitions, links that we hope continue to expand. In addition we have now organized with a New Delhi based Gallery, an artist in residency program. Four Spanish artists will be working alongside 6 Indian artists, a UK and a USA artist, for the month of September 2012, culminating in a joint exhibition in Central New Delhi.
With the continuing international exposure, for the last 3 years Neilson Gallery have had a stand at the India Art Fair and will be also going in 2013, we have found that we now need to look for a gallery space with easier access for international and national visitors. We particularly like Malaga and hope to find a premises there.
For more information please visit our web site www.neilsongallery.com .
and: http://www.neilsongallery.com/zapatos/expoactual.htm
They are looking for a buyer of their gallery space, which is gorgeous and usable for many diffrerent possibilities, if you are interested on this, please contact us at web@costaluzlawyers.es
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Grazalema, South of Spain.