Luis Vidal

About

Luis Vidal is one of the Spanish artists with the biggest international projection. He has exhibited in Germany, Denmark, Canada, Brazil and the USA. His work, located between social commitment and the most innovative artistic configurations, revolves around socially controversial issues.

Projects such as Umbilical Meninos (2001) have marked a very unconventional personal trajectory. Luis Vidal moves with ease in the fields of sculpture, installation, leather engraving and drawing; he also circulates his work in the most prestigious museums and international galleries.

He is a multifaceted artist, as evidenced by his many forays into film projects, his explorations as a curator, his ventures into fashion and design, and his recent creative social project that seeks original ways to raise funds for underdeveloped regions of Africa.

However, his work has not strayed from that irritating subversive quality, as Luis walks his own path without being trapped in the cogs of the elite of collectors or art critics. Vidal is endowed with a more global perspective on the harsh reality that surrounds us.

Life – in all its inner violence, corruption and endless struggle between good and evil – is channeled in his installations not as a consecrated, provocative formalism, but as an emotional experience under construction, which is, therefore, capable of being contemplated by the viewer with the necessary critical detachment.

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS (since 2000)
Madrigueras, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2024)
Kettles, Makasiini Contemporary, Turku, Finland (2024)
Gallito and friends, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2023)
Vidal by ZARA, Limited edition of clothing pieces produced by ZARA in stores around the world (2023)
Animals, T-shirts and more, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
Retrospektive, Fonis Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (2020)
Tier Garten, My Square Gallery, Pals, Girona, Spain (2020)
Black Portraits, WOCA, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2019)
Satples Paintings, Lotus House and Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami, USA (2018)
Satples Paintings, WOCA, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2015)
Eat me Alice- The Digestion, Hamburg Art Week, Hamburg, Germany (2013)
Romanistik und zeitgenössische Kunst, Institut für Romanistik, Hamburg, Germany (2012)
Souvenirs, Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2011)
Solo Show at Arte Santander, Mito Gallery, Santander, Spain (2011)
Little Artist in Pigs ́s Land, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany (2010)
Pigs ́s Monument, AMP Gallery, Turin, Italy (2010)
Eat me Alice, Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2009)
L ́Arca di Papa Noe, AMP Gallery, Turin, Italy (2009)
Little Artist in Pigs ́s Land, Galeria Six, Milan, Italy (2008)
I.D.E.F.S., Christian Dam Gallery, Copenhagen, Dinamarca (2007)
Burned Leathers, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2007)
EUROAFRICANS, C.C.C.B., Barcelona, Spain (2007)
La Granja de Dios, Centro Cultural de España, Córdoba, Argentina (2006)
Burned Leathers, Christian Dam Gallery, Copenhagen, Dinamarca (2006)
La Granja de Dios, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Rosario, Argentina (2006)
Burned Lethers, Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo, Norway (2005)
La Granja de Dios, Spanish Cultural Center of Spain, Miami, USA (2005)
Abuse Garden, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany (2005)
The Lambs of Good, LUXE Gallery, New York, USA (2004)
La Granja de Dios, Spanish Cultural Center of Spain, CDMX, Mexico (2004)
Birds, Scope Art, Miami, USA (2003)
La Granja de Dios, Spanish Cultural Center of Spain, Lima, Peru (2003)
Sharp-Pointed Paintings, Christian Dam Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2003)
Loboveja, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, USA (2003)
Blood Llorones, Senda Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2002)
Piss Class y Zancudos, Palau Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (2002)
Yo-Llorones, Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo, Norway (2002)
La casa y Llorones, Spanish Cultural Center of Spain, St Domingo, Republica Dominicana (2002)
Umbilical Meninos, Gallery Baró Senna, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2001)
Utero Room, Fundació Vila Casas, Torroella de Montgrí, Spain (2001)
Casi Lindos, Galería Maior, Pollensa, Spain (2001)
Umbilical Meninos, Christian Dam Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (2001)
Umbilical Meninos, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Canada (2001)
Lindos dos, Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen, Norway (2000)
Casi Lindos, Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo, Norway (2000)
Casi Lindos, Gallery Fernando Silió, Santander, Spain (2000)
In Körper und Seele, De Miguel Galley, Munich, Germany (2000)
Casita de Cuento, FIAC 00, Paris, France (2000)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (since 2000)
Selfies. Part II, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2024)
Selfies. Part I, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (2024)
About Art, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland (2023)
Myths & Dreams, Arkas Art Center, Izmir, Turkey (2022)
Creation of a moment, Kaviar Factory, Henningsvaer, Norway (2019)
No one knows anything about art, My Square Gallery, Girona, Spain (2019)
Contemporary Chaos, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Oslo, Norway (2018)
Summer Group Show, Alzueta Gallery, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain (2018)
The Jacket, Fonis Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (2017)
Trienal Poligráfica, WOCA, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2016)
1986–2013/An Artist Collecting Art, Vestfossen Kunst Labotatorium, Norway (2013)
Collected, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany (2012)
The Others, AMP Gallery, Torino, Italy (2012)
Biomorph!, Arp Museum, Rolandseck, Germany (2011)
To-and-Fro, Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2011)
Liaisons, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
Geheimnisvolle zwischenwelten, Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslauten, Germany (2010)
Amarcord, Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
CIRCA 09, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2009)
Fotofiesta, Galleri S.E., Bergen, Norway (2009)
Pandoras Box, BAC 09, C.C.C.B. Barcelona, Spain (2009)
CIRCA 08, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2008)
Every Body Counts, Vestfossen Kunst Labotatorium, Oslo, Norway (2008)
Reveille Toi, BAC 08, C.C.C.B. Barcelona, Spain (2008)
III Certamen Internacional de Pintura, Castellón, Spain (2007)
Catalunya Look, Art Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2007)
Garten Eden, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany (2007)
A Forest II, Space Other, Boston, USA (2006)
A Forest, Filter-Projektraum für Internationale Kunst, Hamburg, Germany (2006)
Certamen Iberoamericano de Pintura, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2004)
Simple Drawn, Luxe Galley, New York, USA (2004)
Assassins of the Mirror, Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico (2004)
Fresh, National Gallery of Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (2003)
Paranoia, Galería Cyprus Art, Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona, Spain (2003)
Forr Alle, Kunst Laboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway (2003)
Vida da Vida, Octava Bienal de La Habana, La Habana, Cuba (2003)
Socle du Monde, Herning Kunsmuseum, Herning, Denmark (2002)
Transeat, Miami, USA (2002)
Radiografíes, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (2001)
Almost Warm and Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain (2001)
Sex. Id.: None, De Miguel Gallery, Munich, Germany (2001)
Realidades imaginadas, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain (2001)
En Elskelig Mani, Kreditkassen Kunstsamling, Oslo, Norway (2001)
Cutting Edge, Gallery Baró Senna, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2000)
Propios y extraños, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain (2000)

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Arp Museum, Remagen, Germany
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Miami, USA
Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
Colección La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Contemporary Art Museum San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain
Museo de Arte Moderno de Girona, Girona, Spain
Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslauten, Germany
National Gallery of Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Vestfossen Kunst Labotatorium Collection, Oslo, Norway
Yves Klein Foundation, Arizona, USA

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Martin Z, Margulies Collection, Miami, USA
Jose B.Andreu Private Collection, Puerto Rico, USA
Adrian Mibus Private Collection, London, UK
M.G.A. Ariola Collection, Madrid, Spain
Hugobono Private Collection, Puerto Rico, USA
Craig Robins Collection, Miami, USA
Rolf Hoff Collection, Oslo, Norway
Holtz Private Collection, Miami, USA
Swagemakers Collection, Germany
John Belk Private Collection, Puerto Rico, USA
Jack Helgesen Private Collection, Oslo, Norway
Ron Meÿer Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Efrain Peña Private Collection, New York, USA
Carlos Trapaga Fonolledas Private Collection, Puerto Rico, USA
Henri Swcegenakers Private Collection, The Netherlands

ART FAIRS
CERARTMIC, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2024)
ART PARIS, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2023)
UNTITLED ART, Makasiini Contemporary, Miami Beach, Miami (2023)
ART ROTTERDAM, Alzueta Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2023)
UVNT, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2023)
ART MIAMI, Alzueta Gallery, Miami, USA (2022)
BERLIN LISTE, MITO Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2013)
BERLIN LISTE, MITO Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2012)
SWAB ART FAIR, Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2012)
JUSTMAD, MITO Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2012)
SWAB ART FAIR, Barcelona, Spain (2011)
SWAB ART FAIR, Mito Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2010)
SCOPE BASEL, MITO Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (2009)
BERLIN LISTE, MITO Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2009)
SWAB ART FAIR, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Barcelona, Spain (2008)
ARTISIMA, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Torino, Italy (2007)
ARTE FIERA, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Bologne, Italy (2007)
SWAB ART FAIR, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Barcelona, Spain (2007)
ARTE FIERA, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Bologne, Italy (2006)
ARTRAI, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006)
BERLIN LISTE, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Berlin, Germany (2006)
SCOPE LONDON, Galerie Binz & Krämer, London, UK (2006)
BERLIN LISTE, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Berlin, Germany (2005)
ART COLOGNE, Galerie Binz & Krämer, Cologne, Germany (2005)
ART MIAMI, Galeria Senda, Miami, USA (2002)
ARCO MADRID, Galeria Senda and Gallery Baró Senna, Madrid, Spain (2001)
ART COLOGNE, Gallery Maior, Cologne, Germany (2001)
ARCO MADRID, Galeria Senda, Madrid, Spain (2000)
ARTFORUM BERLIN, Galeria Senda, Berlin, Germany (2000)