Jordi Alcaraz

About

Lives and works in Calella, Spain

Alcaraz incorporates a large number of different materials into his minimalist works, such as metal, wood, paper, books, ceramics, as well as transparent objects, such as plexiglass (which he sometimes modifies by bending or melting holes in it).

He does not make much use of traditional painting media and colours, but instead uses the interplay between shadow and light with different materials and surfaces. The sharp black lines of ink and metallic thread create circular and angular shapes amidst three-dimensional layers. Jordi Alcaraz breaks up the material in different ways, everything becomes less evocative and more sharp. Layers of materials are superimposed like protective shields, building up different and more complex layers of meaning.

The artist draws an invisible line between visual poetry and conceptual projection, and proposes to the viewer an unprecedented, surprising and metaphorical relationship with the world. Multidisciplinary hybridization, in which the speech of Alcaraz, emerged from the classical plastic tradition, meditating on volume, language and time through the use of certain materials such as water, glass, mirror, pigment, book or stone.

Transgressive artist, creator of a game of confronted looks, of material tensions and perforations that allow us to glimpse hidden and magical spaces that transcend the optical exclusivity.

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITONS (since 2008)

Material de construcció, Palau de Casavells, Casavells, Girona, Spain (2024)
Pentagramas, Nieves Fernández, Madrid, Spain (2024)
Gnòmon, Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona, Spain (2023)
From one drawing another, Galeria Mayoral, Paris, France (2022)
Jordi Alcaraz: New Works, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland (2022)
Més enllà de la matèria, Atelier Sala d’Art, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Planyideres, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Alè, Fundació Espai Guinovart, Agramunt, Spain (2021)
Cosas elementales, NF Galería, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Nits, Museu de Montserrat, Abadía de Montserrat, Spain (2019)
Ejercicio de Desaparición, Galería Patricia Ready, Vitacura, Chile (2019
Defying Boundaries, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA (2018)Llibres de rellotgeria, Galeria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy (2018)
Posar roses sobre la gepa closa, Museu de Pintura, Sant Pol de Mar, Spain (2018)
Esborradís, Museu Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain (2017)
Solo show, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain (2017)
Dibuixos de defensa, NF Galería, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Veues baixes, Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2015)
Solo Show, INSIDEOUT, Saint-Rémy, France (2014)
Mirco Marchelli: one-man-show, Galeria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy (2014)
Altered States, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA (2013)
Solo Show, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany (2013)
Aire corrent, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain (2012)
Solo Show, NF Galería, Madrid, Spain (2012)
Deixants i portes, Tomlinson Kong Contemporary, New York, USA (2012)
Solo Show, Nicolas Metivier Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2011)
Dejuni, Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2011)
Framing Abstraction, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2011)
Desaparición de las imágenes, Galeria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy (2010)
Solo Show, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany (2010)
Summer Show, Alzueta Gallery, Palau de Casavells, Casavells, Girona, Spain (2009)
Escultures, dibuixos i pintures, Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2008)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (since 2013)
Spring Show, Palau de Casavells, Casavells, Spain (2024)
Of collection, Galería Atelier, Barcelona, Spain (2023)
About Art, MakasiiniI Contemporary, Turku, Finland (2023)
ArtUnites – Horizon +30, Galeria Horizon, Colera, Girona, Spain (2022)
Summer Show, Alzueta Gallery, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain (2022)
Of collection, Galería Atelier, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
Summer Group Show, PIGMENT Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
Maestros de la abstracción, Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain (2022)
From line to volume, Galería Atelier, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
Academies / Ultraacademies, Palau Antiguitats, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Think about the size of the universe, then brush your teeth, and go to bed, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain (2020)
Moment, One Arc Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2020)
Càpsules de confinament, Museu Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain (2020)
Entre líneas, Artkunstarte, Madrid, Spain (2019)
Cartografies I + II, Centre Cultural de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain (2019)
Escala de grises, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (2019)
Painting still alive, CoCA, Torun, Poland (2018)
In-side Out, Galeria Horizon, Colera, Girona, Spain (2018)
Aquellas pequeñas cosas…, Galeria Marc Domenech, Barcelona, Spain (2018)
Antoni Tàpies, Jordi Alcaraz, Gino Rubert, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany (2017)
Discursos Premeditados, Caja Mediterráneo, Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain (2017)
Bienal Internacional de Grabado ICPNA, Lima, Peru (2017)
S. XX / 20th Century Design II, DADA Studios, Barcelona, Spain (2017)
From Klimt To Kiefer, Galeria Torbandena, Trieste, Italy (2016)
Clouds, Château des Princes de Croy, Roeulx, Belgium (2016)
Patrimoni ocult, Museu Domènech i Montaner, Canet de Mar, Spain (2016
A book between two stools, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Boghossian Foundation, Vienna, Austria (2014)
Nuage, Musée Réattu, Arles, France (2013)
Abstrakte Musik – mit und ohne kohlensäure, Galeria Haas AG, Berlin, Germany (2013)
CLOSE – Obras de la colección, Galería Vértice, Oviedo, Spain (2013)

SELECTED ART FAIRS (since 2013)
ZONAMACO, Alzueta Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (2025)
ZONAMACO, Alzueta Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (2024)
ART ROTTERDAM, Alzueta Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2024)
ART SG, NF Galeria, Singapore, Singapore (2024)
UNTITLED ART FAIR, Makasiini Cpntemporary, Miami Beach, USA (2023)
TAIPEI DANGDAI, NF Galeria, Taipei, Taiwan (2023)
ART ON PAPER, Alzueta Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2023)
ARCO, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Madrid, Spain (2023)
ENTER ART FAIR, Alzueta Gallery, Copenhaguen, Denmark (2023)
DALLAS ART FAIR, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Dallas, USA (2023)
ART PARIS, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2023)
ART CENTRAL, Alzueta Gallery, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2023)
ART ROTTERDAM, Alzueta Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2023)
ZONAMACO, Alzueta Gallery, CDMX, Mexico (2023)
ART MIAMI, Alzueta Gallery, Miami Beach, USA (2022)
ARCO, Galeria Mayoral, Madrid, Spain (2022)
ARCO, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Madrid, Spain (2022)
MASTERPIECE LONDON, Alzueta Gallery, London, UK (2022)
ART PARIS, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2022)
ESTAMPA ART FAIR, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
ESTAMPA ART FAIR, Galería Atelier, Madrid, Spain (2022)
UNTITLED ART FAIR, Makasiini Cpntemporary, Miami Beach, USA (2022)
VOLTA BASEL, Alzueta Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (2022)
ARCO, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Madrid, Spain (2021)
ART BASEL, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Basilea, Switzerland (2021)
ART PARIS, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2021)
ART ON PAPER, Galería Marita Segovia, Brussels, Belgium (2021)
CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL, One Arc Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2021)
THE ARMORY SHOW, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, New York, USA (2020)
IFPDA FINE ART PRINT FAIR, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, New York, USA (2020)
ART PARIS, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2020)
ARCO, NF Galeria, Madrid, Spain (2019)
UNTITLED ART FAIR, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, San Francisco, USA (2019)
ZONAMACO, Alzueta Gallery, CDMX, Mexico (2019)
ART MIAMI, Alzueta Gallery, Miami Beach, USA (2019)
IFPDA FINE ART PRINT FAIR, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, New York, USA (2018)
ARTMONTE-CARLO, Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, Monte-Carlo, Monaco (2018)
ARCO, NF Galeria, Madrid, Spain (2018)
ARCO, NF Galeria, Madrid, Spain (2017)
UNTITLED ART FAIR, NF Galeria, San Francisco, USA (2017)
ART DÜSSELDORF, Haas Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (2017)
ZONAMACO, NF Galeria, CDMX, Mexico (2017)
ART BASEL MIAMI, Polígrafa Obra Gràfica, Miami Beach, USA (2016)
ARCO, Galeria Joan Prats, Madrid, Spain (2015)
ARCO, NF Galeria, Madrid, Spain (2015)
ARCO, Galeria Joan Prats, Madrid, Spain (2014)
ARCO, NF Galeria, Madrid, Spain (2014)
ZONAMACO, Galerie Stefan Röpke, CDMX, Mexico (2013)

ARTWORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Biederman Museum, Donaueschingen, Germany
Ella Cisneros Collection, Miami, Florida, USA
Frasca Collection, Paris, France
Fundació Maria Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Madrid, Spain
Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain
MFAH Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, USA
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain