Biography

In his material pictures, Jordi Alcaraz uses free forms to transport the multi-layered possibilities of perceiving reality. He works with images, words, and various materials, especially glass, mirrors, metal, stone, wood, paint, and books. Alcaraz, who is not only a painter but a writer as well, has published several limited-edition books.

As a young artist, he spent time in the museums of Barcelona studying Romanesque paintings, sculptures by Catalonian artists, and the works of his predecessors: Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Antoni Tàpies, and Eduardo Chillida. At the Musée de l’Homme in Paris, he extensively studied tribal art. At first, he focused on (figurative) sculptures and graphical editions. It was only later, in the 1990s, that he discovered his unique style. Again and again he has used mirrors, frames, and books to provoke confronting glances and to integrate his audience, giving new life to the great themes of classical painting such as self-portraits and still lifes.

Since the mid 1980s, Jordi Alcarez has been represented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, particularly in Spain. He has also released several limited edition artistic publications.

Works

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Publications

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2024

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

Palau de Casavells, Casavells, Girona

Galeria Nieves Fernández, Madrid

Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

2023

Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona

Galleria Torbandena, Trieste

2022

Galeria Mayoral, Paris

Makasiini Contemporary, Turku

2021

Atelier Sala d’Art, Barcelona

Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona

Fundació Espai Guinovart, Agramunt

Galeria Nieves Fernández, Madrid

2019

Galeria Patricia Ready, Santiago de Chile

Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca

Museu de Montserrat, Abadía de Montserrat

2018

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles

Gallery Torbandena, Trieste

Sala Ramón de Capmany, Canet de mar, Barcelona

Museu de Pintura de Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona

2017

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

Museu Can Framis, Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona

Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona

2016

Galeria Nieves Fernández, Madrid

2015

Centre Cultural Contemporani pelaires, Palma de Mallorca

2014

Gallery Torbandena, Trieste

Insideout, Saint Rémy

2013

Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne

Gallery Jack Rutberg, Los Angeles

2012

Tomlinson Kong Contemporary, New York

Galeria Nieves Fernández, Madrid

Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona

2011

Gallery Nicolas Metivier, Toronto

Galerie Haas AG, Zürich

Galeria Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca

2009

Gallery Miquel Alzueta, Casavells, Girona

2008

Centre d’art Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

2007

Gallery Vértice, Oviedo

2004

Gallery Altxerri, San Sebastián

2002

Gallery Carl Vander Voort, Eivissa

Gallery Fúcares, Almagro, Ciudad Real

2001

Gallery Cànem, Castelló

2000

Sala Municipal D’Exposicions, Pineda de mar, Barcelona

Gallery Trinta, Santiago de Compostela

1999

Museu de Pintura, Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona


Group exhibitions (selection)

2024

Palau de Casavells, Girona

2023

Galería Atelier, Barcelona

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

MakasiiniI Contemporary, Turku

2022

Galeria Horizon, Colera, Girona

Alzueta Gallery, Palau de Casavells, Girona

Galería Atelier, Barcelona

PIGMENT Gallery, Barcelona

Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid

2021

Academies / Ultraacademies, Palau Antiguitats, Barcelona

One Arc Gallery, Istanbul

2020

Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona

One Arc Gallery, Istanbul

Museu Can Framis, Barcelona

2019

Artkunstarte, Madrid

Centre Cultural de Terrassa, Terrassa

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante

2018

Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń

Colera, Girona

Galeria Marc Domenech, Barcelona

2017

Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

Caja Mediterráneo, Centre del Carme, Valencia

Polígrafa obra gráfica, Barcelona

2016

Gallery Torbandena, Trieste

Jack Rutberg Gallery, Los Angeles

2015

Los Angeles Art show, Gallery Jack Rutberg

Château des Princes de Croy, Roeulx

2014

Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels

2013

Nuages, Musée Réattu, Arles

Vertical Gallery, Oviedo

2011

Lamag, Los Angeles

Gallery Jack Rutberg, Los Angeles

2010

Cajas, gallery BAT, Madrid

Museum Der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig

Zoya Museum, Modra, Slowakia

2008

Bienal Fundación Once, Madrid

Centre Cultural Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca

2007

Visualkultur Cat, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/Main

Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne

2003

Gallery Vértice, Oviedo

Galeria Nieves Fernández, Madrid

2002

Liquid Space, Gijón

2000

Museu de la Joguina, Figurese, Girona

1998

Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid


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

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