87. ANTONIO
BALLESTER MORENO
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Mariposas, 2010
Acrylic on canvas, 650 x 924 cm.
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Pájaros en jaulas, 2010
Acrylic on canvas, 219 x 276 cm.
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Gallo rojo, gallo negro,
2008
Laboratorio 987, MUSAC.
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BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1977 in Madrid, Spain
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Studies:
2000-2002
Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany, with
professor Lothar Baumgarten
2002
Fine Arts degree at Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain
2003
“se busca equipo para acción furtive”. Workshop with
Jon Mikel Euba, Centro Párraga, Murcia, Spain
Themes and
style:
His works
can be seen as both abstract and figurative, real and surreal. Yet their bright
colors and silly playfulness belie a darker side. He creates works that teeter
on the crux between man and nature, between technology and Walden-like
hermeticism. These works approach true madness unromanticized – banal and
inescapable, all the while with a low-fi approach that is comic, darkly comic.
With broad, heavily layered brushstrokes and occasional thick drips depicting
everything from lions and pixelated flowers to castles and ghosts, he underlies
his subjects with repeating patterns often executed in ink. Indeed what his
works reveal is an absolutely authentic aesthetic in the face of their own
disturbed context.
Techniques:
His work
is developed in paintings on different textures.
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Blue and Yellow, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2013
Cobre, cobalto y plomo, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain
2012
Mantón de Manila, Loewe Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Mantón de Manila, Loewe, Madrid, Spain
2011
No School, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
No Future, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain
2010
ANTI (Kreuzberg), Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
2009
Antonio Ballester Moreno, Joeng Song Art Center / RMK
International Art, Seoul, South Korea
Antonio Ballester Moreno, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain
2008
Gallo Rojo, Gallo Negro, Laboratorio 987, MUSAC - Museo de
Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León,
Spain
Hunter House and Bear Suit, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Bärkostüm (Bear Suit), Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
2005
Stay High, Espacio Abisal, Bilbao, Spain
Greens, Galería DF, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004
Just a Little Crime, New Dominions, Los 29enchufes, Madrid,
Spain
2003
Clean Sponsors, Centro de Arte joven de la Comunidad de
Madrid, Spain
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Chicken or Beef? A Transcontinental Survey of Figurative
Painting, curated by Jesper Elg, The Hole, New York,
USA
DIN A33, Louis 21 “The Gallery”, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Nunca Jamás. Historias de niños para adultos, curated by Sema
d’Acosta, Fundación Valentín de Madariaga,
Sevilla, Spain
2012
The Reydan Weiss Collection, Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany
Colección V. Selección de fondos de CA2M, Centro de Arte Dos
de Mayo, Madrid, Spain
ARCO’12, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain
2011
Colección III, CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles,
Spain
MACO 11, Maisterravalbuena, Mexico City, Mexico
ARCO’11, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain
2010
Vivere Country, curated by Nonna Bruna, Grimmuseum, Berlin,
Germany
Frieze 2010, stand Peres Projects, London, UK
Antes Que Todo, CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo,
Madrid-Móstoles, Spain
Get Behind Me Satan and Push, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
2009
La liberación Cómica, masART Galería, Barcelona, Spain
Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, USA
ARCO’09, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain
2008
Creador de Dueños, Offlimits, Madrid, Spain
VOLTA4, Maisterravalbuena, Basel, Switzerland
2007
Existencias, MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla
y León, León, Spain
No Futuro, curated by Democracia, Organización Nelson
Garrido, Caracas, Venezuela
Entresijos y Gallinejas, Centro de Arte Santa Mónica,
Barcelona, Spain
2006
XLIII Certamen Internacional de Artes Plásticas de Pollença,
Mallorca, Spain
2005
Video a La Carta, Galería DF. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2004
Off LOOP Video Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2003
Circuitos XY Edición, Centro de Arte joven de la Comunidad de
Madrid, Spain
GRANTS
2006
Beca de Creación Artística MUSAC - Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
2004
PROPUESTAS 2004. Fundación Arte y Derecho, Madrid, Spain
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles, Spain
MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León,
Spain
Olbricht Collection, Berlin, Germany
Collection Reydan Weiss, Essen, Germany
Jerry Speyer Collection, New York, USA
In his own words:
Representative
Galleries:
Maistervalbuena
Peres
Projects
For
more Information:
http://peresprojects.com/artists/antonio-ballester-moreno/