Ferran Vidal

Ferran Vidal
1974, Barcelona, Spain.
(Resumed CV of painting and sculpture)

Exhibits

2020 Edition of two graphic novels.
2019 Haimney Gallery. Barcelona.
2018 Francesc Mestre Gallery. Barcelona
2017 Francesc Mestre Gallery. Barcelona
2016 Francesc Mestre Gallery. Barcelona
2015 Suro Museum. Palafrugell
Atelier Gallery. Barcelona
2014 Francesc Mestre Gallery. Barcelona
2013 Gallery El Centre. Caldes de Montbui
2012 Esther Montoriol Gallery. Barcelona
Granollers Museum.
2011 Ignacio de Lassaletta Gallery. Barcelona
2010 Gallery N2. Barcelona
Atelier Gallery. Barcelona
2009 La Gralla Gallery. Granollers.
2006 Can Gili. Incivic Project. Granollers
2005 Antoni Botey Gallery. Granollers
Centre d'Art Contemporani Capella de Sant Nicolau. Girona
Granollers College of Technical Architects
2004 Nova York
Antoni Botey Gallery. Granollers
Centre d'Art El Passatge. Barcelona
2003 New York
Contrast Gallery. Barcelona
Theredoom Gallery. Barcelona
Magdalena Baixeras Gallery. Barcelona
Galeria d'Art Jove de la Generalitat. Barcelona
2002 La Santa Gallery. Barcelona
2001 Sala Freda. Caldes de Montbui
2000 Can Bassa. Granollers

Awards / Fairs / Other

2020 Edition of two graphic novels.
Exhibited at The federal Reserve Bank (New York)
2019 Winner of the Graphic Novel Award Fundación Divina Pastora. Valencia
2018 Work at the Fons d'Art Contemporani de Creu Roja Catalunya
2013 Poster Festa Major de Caldes de Montbui
2010 Participant ArtMadrid'10 Contemporary Art Fair
2009 Selected Paco Merino Painting Award. Granollers
2006 1st Prize Mostra d'Art Urb. Caldes de Montbui
Selected for the Viewing Program of the Drawing Center. New York
2005 Winner of the Voil Award for Design. Barcelona
Paintings for Technal España SA
Selected 4th Mostra d'Art Urbà. Caldes de Montbui
2004 Decoration of the Anthropology Room of the Cosmocaixa Museum. Barcelona
Selected Mostra d'Art Urbà. Caldes de Montbui
2002 Selected Mostra d'Art Urbà. Caldes de Montbui
Participant 3rd Bac Festival. Barcelona
2000 Preparation of curtain for the Light Gas Room. Barcelona

Press releases

2019 El 9 Nou newspaper
2014 Art Market Trends Magazine
LeCool Magazine
La Vanguardia newspaper
2013 Tentacles Magazine
2012 El 9 Nou newspaper
2009 El País Daily
2007 El País Daily
Revers Magazine
2005 Castellnou Edicions
2002 ROJO Magazine
2001 ROJO Magazine
AB Magazine

Other
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2015-17 Illustrator for graphic design studio AT Comunciació (Sabadell)
2011 Creative collaborator. ArkGallery. Granollers
2005 Art Theory Course with Xavier Antich and Manuel Asensi. Macba. Barcelona
2004 Training cycle of wall painting. Escola Massana. Barcelona
2000 Creativo colaborador de Cosmic Design Studio. Caldes de Montbui
1983-86 Painting studies. Taller d´Art Manolo Hugué. Caldes de Montbui
Ferran Vidal

Has studied art theory at the MACBA (Bcn) and is artistically self-taught. As a Plastic artist, he has established a multidisciplinary career in which he has mainly explored drawing, painting, and sculpture. He has shown his work at various galleries in Barcelona including N2, Lassaletta, La Santa, Atelier, Montoriol, and Francesc Mestre as well as several exhibitions in Granollers (Bcn) and the surrounding area. He also has made some incursions in industrial design (2005 Voilà award winner) and book illustrations. In addition, he participated in ArtMadrid 2010, provided illustrations to Barcelona Science Museum’s Civilized Matter Room, published illustrations in El Pais and La Vanguardia newspapers, showed his work in two collectives at former , NYC, and is a member of The Viewing Program at The Drawing Center, NYC.

He is a prolific and versatile artist who has developed not only his own personal aesthetics, but also a symbolic and conceptual world that portrays a style where academicism merges with an almost wild gestuality, creating a force and speed that balances with an accurate planning of the composition. He is constantly innovating to expand his use of materials and treatment; and he takes informalism to new figurative limits and angles of thought, challenging our perception and offering a window into a realm beyond that which meets the eye. His palette is coherent and displays a fierce use of color, usually austere and of an absolute protagonism.

Through his own personal characters, scenes, and landscapes, with one foot in reality and the other in complete mystery, he projects ideas and visions that dialogue constantly between the artist's inner world and the multitude of cultural references that nourishes it.

Text by Pere Báscones. Granollers Museum (Bcn). City Room curator.