I trained with my father Joxe Manuel Alberdi, an internationally renowned artist and elected Fellow of The Royal Society of British
Sculptors. He was a sculpture teacher at the prestigious St. Martin’s School of Art and The Sir John Cass, both institutions are now part of the University of
London.
I learned a huge variety of leading edge skills and techniques working with him on some groundbreaking and monumental pieces for public
bodies, international banks, Oxford University and very wealthy collectors. I have carried on that tradition since moving to the USA with my own interpretations of classical and
contemporary themes.
Some of my father's most notable pieces are:
Fountain
Copper
33 ft, 6 tons
Barclay's Bank, London, England
Alma Mater
Travertine
9 tons
Exeter College, Oxford, England
Ode to El Greco
Travertine
12 tons
Palace of Snres, Bartolome March, Malloca, Spain
Fountain
Corten Steel
24 ft.
Nailsea, England
Los Pajarracos
Fiberglass
5 meters
Palace of Snres, Bartolome March, Malloca, Spain
After immigrating to America in the late 1970's, Julio landed in New Mexico to work on a year long art grant. Over his years in the states, Julio sold to many private collectors and showed in the following
galleries and shows:
- Galeria Montgo - Denia, Spain
- Wellfleet Art Gallery - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
- Newbury Street Gallery - Boston, Massachusetts
- Canyon Road Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Avant Taos - Taos, New Mexico
- Salon de Refuses - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Shidoni Summer Show - Tesque, New Mexico
- Somerhill Gallery - Chapel Hill, NC
- 305 West Cameron - Chapel Hill, NC
- Durham Art Guild Juried Shows
- Chatham County Art Guild Shows
- Tristate Sculpture Exhibitions - Radford, VA
- Tristate Sculpture Exhibitions -Greensboro, Charlotte, Ashville NC
- Trade Street Gallery - Tryon, NC
- Raleigh Contemporary Gallery - Raleigh, NC
Julio resides in Pittsboro, NC where he lives with his wife Lee.
He has two daughters, Aurora and Tessandra.