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He died in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, in 2003.[2] Following his will, a month after his death a museum dedicated to his career was opened in Alzuza, Navarre, in the place where he had lived since 1975. The Oteiza Museum is a monographic exhibition space housing the personal collection of Jorge Oteiza, which includes 1,690 sculptures, 2,000 experimental pieces from the artist's Chalk Laboratory, and an extensive collection of drawings and collages.[5]
Main prizes and awards
Jorge Oteiza was granted several prizes and awards throughout his life:[6]
1953 — Only Spanish sculptor selected for the international competition for the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. The project is exhibited in the Tate Gallery (London).
1954 — Spanish National Award of Architecture, for a project to do a chapel on the Road to Santiago. It was a joint project, together with architects F. J. Sáenz de Oiza and Luis Romaní, and it was not carried out.
1970 — First Prize in the competition for the urban planning of the Plaza de Colón in Madrid. It was a joint project, together with Angel Orbe, Mario Gaviria and Luis Arana, and it was not carried out.
1985 — Gold Medal for Fine Arts, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
1986 — Selected for the exhibition Qu’est-ce que la sculpture moderne? 1900-1970, held in the Museum of Modern Art at the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris.
1988 — Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts.
1991 — Gold Medal of Navarre, awarded by the Government of Navarre.
1995 — Manuel Lekuona prize by Eusko Ikaskuntza (Society of Basque Studies).
1996 — Pevsner Prize (Paris), in recognition of his life's work.
1996 — Honorary member of the Vascon-Navarrese Architect's Association.