Jesús Mari Lazkano (born 1960, in Bergara) is a Spanish Basque painter. He graduated in fine arts from the University of the Basque Country, where he is Professor of Fine Arts, and has had exhibitions in Europe, America and Asia. Some of his work is part of the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum collection. Along with Jose Venero, he made the movie Artiko, which was selected to appear at the In The Palace International Short Film Festival in Varna, Bulgaria, and the Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea. One-man shows 2018 ARCTIC, short movie, Signo Digital Productions. 2017 The Arctic Circle, Scientific-artistic expedition to the Arctic, Svalbard; Bilbao Art Fair Lumbreras Gallery 2016 Two worlds. Site Specific, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington; Ikusmira. Retrospective Exhibition. Kursaal San Sebastian; Natura, Aoiz Art Center, Navarra; Bilbao Art Fair, Windsor Gallery 2014 Chair-man Gallery Beijing, China; Natura Imaginis, Altxerri Gallery, San Sebastian 2012 798 Art Bridge Gallery Beijing China 2010 From architecture to nature Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao 2008 From the memory Museo Euskal Herria, Gernika 2007 Laboratory, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Galleria Il Polittico, Roma 2006 Windsor Kulturgintza, Bilbao 2005 Galería Antonio Machon, Madrid. 2004 Galleria Il Polittico, Roma 2003 Retrospective 1989-2003, Fundación BBK, Bilbao; Galería SEI, Pamplona. 2002 Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid. 2001 Galleria Il Polittico, Roma. 2000 Galería Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona. 1999 The Times, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao Galería Antonio Machón. Madrid. 1998 From the beauty to the useful, International industrial architecture seminary Palacio Montehermoso. Vitoria. 1997 Sala Artxibo Foral, Retrospective 1984 -1989, BilbaoLe 29º Festival; International de la Pinture, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Francia; Galería Dieciseis, San Sebastián. 1996 Adams Middleton Gallery, Dallas, USA; Windsor Kulturgintza, Bilbao. 1995 Embassy Gallery, Yakarta, Indonesia. Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid. 1993 Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid.ARCO"93, ART FAIR Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid. 1992 Adams-Midleton Gallery, Dallas, USACollection DOBE, Monte Bre, Lugano, Suiza. 1991 CHICAGO ART FAIR, Galería Michel Chenau, Collection DOBE, Chicago. 1990 Mural for the underground of Bilbao, 600m. squaresGalería Antonio Machón, Madrid; Windsor Kulturgintza, Bilbao. 1989 Galería Antonio Machón, Madrid. 1988 Galería Dieciseis, San Sebastián. Sala BBK, Bilbao. 1987 Galería Gamarra Garrigues, Madrid. 1986 Herrikasarte, Munguía. 1985 Sala Ezkurdi, Durango. Galería Dieciseis, San Sebastián. 1984 Sala Gran Vía, 21, Bilbao. 1983 ARTEDER-83, Bilbao; Windsor Kulturgintza, Bilbao; Sala Kutxa, San Sebastián, Azpeitia Public paintings 2011 Natura Imaginis, 6 x 15 metres. IBERDROLA Tower, Cesar Pelli architect, Bilbao. 2010 BILBO MMX, 125 x 720 cm. Stand Bilbao, EXPO SHANGAI