Gerard Torres Sanmartí

GERARD TORRES SANMARTÍ, (Sabadell, 1987).
"Still Painting 3".
Acrylic and spray on canvas.
Signed.
Certificate of authenticity will be attached.
Measurements: 73 x 116 cm.
Graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona (2012), studied master in artistic production and research at the same university (2015). Workshops at the Accademia del Giglio (Florence). Exhibitions (selection): 2014 - Alejandro Gallery Barcelona; 2014 Centro de Arte Mutuo Barcelona; 2011- Impaktes Visuals Gallery and Graffiti Sabadell; 2010 Untitled Gallery Barcelona. Solo exhibitions (selection): 2014 Monigotes, Genial Gallery Sabadell; 2013 Explorations, Academia Belles Arts Fundació Privada, Sabadell; 2009 El Color sense forma, Impaktes Visuals Gallery Sabadell.... Fairs: Kölner Liste 2014 Fair for Contemporary Art", Köln, Germany. 2016-Selected "IV Biennal de pintura Xoven Cromatica" CumLaude Foundation, Ourense, Galicia. 2015-Selected for "Art Emergent Banc Sabadell", Acadèmia de Belles Art Fundació Privada Sabadell.2015-Selected for "Beca de Pintura Fundació Güell" exhibited at Reial Cercle Artístic. Barcelona.2011-Selected for "XIII Premi internacional de pintura Miquel Viladrich" Lleida.

"My work explores the relationship between the pictorial process and the materiality of the waste generated during its creation. In a search that lies between expanded painting and formal experimentation, the pieces arise from a conscious acceptance of chance and error as integral parts of the creative process. I speak of painting within painting, which is not the same as using the medium to create a narrative. I understand painting as a content in itself, where the plastic expression is expansive in the support, causing a timelessness of the image".