Pep Anton Xaus
Mediterrània
Pep Anton Xaus
In the last years, my work has been recurrently centered on desire and self-portrait. These subjects can be considered risky and even dangerous. It is conceivable that my will to paint leads me to assume these risks and that is how my work makes sense. My references nowadays are `the natural nudes´ or `the daily nudes´ of Lucian Freud and the erotism that surfaces from Egon Schiele’s insolent desire.
I admire Andy Warhol’s image sequences; their unexpected colors, their recapitulation capacity and aesthetic efficiency. And I also admire David Hockney’s colors, especially the blues, and its neutral, open and bright-lighted spaces, almost Mediterranean.
Career (CV)
Academic qualifications
1975-85 Painting education with Jaume Amat- Martorell
1986-91 Fine Arts studies in Escola Massana - Barcelona
1989-91 Speciality course in pictorical procedures with Jordi Grisolia - Escola Massana
1990 Seminar with Josep Guinovart in Tecla Sala - Hospitalet de Llobregat
Professional summary
1990-93 Construction and working in Gegants (Giants) popular sculpture - Sant Joan Samora
1991-93 Workshops on Restoration of religious imagery and medieval gold coated items in Reixach-Campanyà (religious art workshop) - Barcelona
1992 Professor of Fine Arts in Escola Massana of Fine Arts with Ernesto Fontecilla – Barcelona
1993 Professor of pictorical procedure in Eirykejemet Naleskole University of Oslo, in Barcelona
1993-99 Professional Pottery artist - Esparreguera
Exhibitions and awards
2023. Exhibition, Villa del Arte Gallery - Barcelona
2022 Colective Exhibition “Esencias de lo real” Arroyomolinos - Madrid
2022 Colective Exhibition “Dos-cents seixanta-dos mil cinc-cents centímetres de pintura” Art Enllà Gallery – Barcelona
2022 Virtual Edition “The Other Art Fair”
2022 Colective Exhibition in Phtalo Azul Gallery - Sevilla
2022 Exhibition “Entre modernidad y esencia”, La Gelidense Gallery - Barcelona
2022 Exhibition “República i desig”, Art Enllà Gallery, Barcelona
2021 “Compact Art Collection”, Art Enllà Gallery - Barcelona
2021 “Lleugera-ment”, Abartium Gallery – Calldetenes
2020 “Col·lectiva Contemporània”, Abartium Gallery - Calldetenes
2019 Exhibition “Censura del desig”, Muxart`s Museum - Barcelona
2018 RDS, Absis Art Gallery - Dublin, Ireland
2018 ART3F FRANCE, Absis Art Gallery – Nantes, France
2018 Kenny Gallery, Permanent Exhibition – Galway, Ireland
2017 RDS, Absis Art Gallery – Dublin, Ireland
2015 “4rt’5”, X Gallery - Barcelona
2014-15 “Open Studies”, Can Serrat in El Bruc – Barcelona
1993 Exhibition “Cicle Ateneu of Martorell” - Martorell
1992 Colective Exhibition in Galeria Brok - Barcelona
1991 Colective Exhibition in Galeria Brok – Barcelona
1991 Exihibition “Si deus pronobis quis contra nos” in Church Museum of Castellfollit de la Roca – Girona
1990 Exhibition«6 in 15» in the Transformers Room - Barcelona
1989 Exhibition in Galeria “El Gesto”.Sala Jaume Busquets - Barcelona
1989 1r Award on painting in the XXVIII edition of “Saló Internacional d’Art de Martorell” - Martorell
1988 1r Award on painting in the XXVII edition of “Saló internacional d’Art de Martorell” - Martorell
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