Manolo Ballesteros

About

Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain

His artworks are intuitive, spontaneous and without an implicit message, his creation speaks for itself. In recent years, Ballesteros has experimented in the field of abstraction, playing with geometric complexity through the uniformity of pigments and the reduction of profiles. As a result of these investigations, his most recent work reflects the convergence of rounded shapes on a monochromatic background where the viewer is immersed in an energetic and dynamic artform.

For the artist, materials are a key aspect in his creative process, focusing on the materials such as paper, steel, enamel and other that allow to meditate purely on the forms and how they are affected by colors. Using bold tones or pastel palettes, Ballestero’s oeuvre is easy recognisable and pure.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Óleo, Alzueta Gallery Turó, Barcelona, Spain (2023)
Solo Presentation, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Solo Exhibition, Barcelona University, Spain (2020)
Solo Exhibition, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona Spain (2019)
Manolo Ballesteros & Carlos Sánchez Alonso, Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid (2018)
Paper Work, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2016)
Pintat el 2014, Museu can Framis, Fundacio Vilacasas Barcelona, Spain (2015)
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Pierre Hallet Brussels, Belgium (2014)
Solo Exhibition, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain (2013)
Solo Exhibition, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona Spain (2012)
Solo Exhibition, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona Spain (2011)
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Teisso, Paris, France (2010)
Solo Exhibition, Galería Cyprus, Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona, Spain (2009)
Solo Exhibition, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain (2007)
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Scheffel, Frankfurt, Germany (2006)
Solo Exhibition, Galería Pelaires, Mallorca, Spain (2005)
Solo Exhibition, Galería Artur Ramon, Barcelona, Spain (2005)
Solo Exhibition, Galerie dessen Beeck Brussels, Belgium (2004)
Solo Exhibition, Galería Fernando Latorre Madrid, Spain (2004)
Solo Exhibition, Galería Cyprus, Sant Feliu de Boada, Girona, Spain (2003)
Solo Exhibition, Galerie Scheffel Frankfurt, Germany (2002)
Solo Exhibition, Galería Blau Mallorca, Spain (2002)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Season opening, Palau de Casavells, Alzueta Gallery, Casavells, Spain (2024)
What Abstract Art Means To Me, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2024)
La terre est bleue comme une orange, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2023)
Aturi & Manolo Ballesteros, Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Abstract Painting: Color and Light, Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Daniel Sueiras & Manuel Ballesteros, Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain (2016)

SELECTED ART FAIRS
ART PARIS, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2025)
ART ROTTERDAM, Alzueta Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands (2025)
ARTMADRID, Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain (2023)
ESTAMPA ART FAIR, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2023)
ESTAMPA ART FAIR, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
ZONAMACO, Alzueta Gallery, Mexico City, México (2023)
ART PARIS, Paris, France (2022)
ART ON PAPER, Galería Marita Segovia, Brussels, Belgium (2021)
ART PARIS, Paris, France (2021)
ART PARIS, Paris France (2020)
ARTMADRID, Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid, Spain (2020)
ZONA MACO, Mexico City, México (2019)