Cesc Abad (Barcelona 1973)

He lives and works in Terrassa (Barcelona)

Education

2017 – 2018 Terrassa School of Arts and Crafts / Ceramics
2008 – 2009 Barcelona Film School / photography
1990 – 1994 Martínez Lozano’s studio in Terrassa /painting

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INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (SHOW ONLY)

2024 Grand Park Seoul /Seoul/ «Animals outside the Zoo»
2024 Piermarq / Sydney /
2024 La Fact Museum / Barcelona /
2024 Alzueta Gallery /Barcelona/ “El bosque” and “Portraits”
2024 What Art Can Do / Amsterdam / “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”
2023 Valerius Gallery / Luxemburg / Where shadows fall, light flies
2023 Victor lope gallery / Barcelona / There is a light that never goes out
2023 Ceramic Museum of Catalonia / La Bisbal de l’emporda / Humàtics
2023 Yes Baby Gallery/ Essen / Germany
2022 The Curators Room / Amsterdam / T’estavaesperant
2022 Caelis Gallery / Shanghai / China
2022 Simchowitz Gallery / Los Angeles / USA
2022 Art Lab / Victor Lope Gallery / Barcelona / Selected Works
2022 Victor Lope Gallery contemporary art / Madrid / Urvanity Fair
2021 Exhibit Lab Gallery / Santander / Caprichos
2021 Victor Lope Gallery contemporary art / Madrid / Urvanity Fair
2021 Trinta Gallery / Santiago de Compostela / The perfume of an idea
2021 Rarity Gallery / Mykonos / Dystopian Motion
2020 Victor Lope Gallery Contemporary art / Barcelona / Dystopian landscape
2020 Werner Thöni Artspace / Barcelona / You are the weapon
2019 Galerie B&B / Paris / Le parfum d’une idée
2019 Mutual Art Center / Barcelona / Dystopian Nature (Genesis)
2019 Deseo Gallery Contemporary Art / Barcelona / Amarás
2013 UPC University / Barcelona / Relief photography
2006 Traç d ́art Gallery / La Escala (Girona)
2005 Andorra la Vella Cultural Center / Andorra / Nature and abstraction
2005 Trazo Art Gallery / Sabadell
2005 Rusiñol Gallery / Sant Cugat del Vallés
2005 Art Point Gallery / Girona
2004 Gallery Prague / Prague (Czech Republic) / From the Mediterranean to Prague
2003 Tuca Gallery / Vielha / Mountains
2003 Blue Sphere Gallery / Valencia / Paintings
2002 Kiriyama Gallery / Tokyo / Water and landscape
1999-1995 Sants train station / Barcelona / Neto painting (performance)
1994 Ullastrell Cultural Center / Ullastrell (Barcelona) / My father
1994 Friends of the Arts Cultural Center / Terrassa / Textures

GROUP SHOWS

2023 Garna Art / Madrid / Estampa Fair
2023 Garna Art / Madrid / Dance
2023 Iris art Museum / Shanghai / Selected Works
2023 Museum of Southern Catalonia / Palafrugell / From Miró to Barceló
2023 Caelis Gallery / Shanghai / Selected Works
2023 The curator room / The capella / Amsterdam
2023 The curator room/ Urbanity Madrid Fair/ Madrid
2023 Mayoral Gallery / Cologne Fair / Germany
2023 Mayoral Gallery/ Estampa Fair / Madrid
2022 Caelis Gallery / Shanghai / China
2022 Victor Lope Gallery / Art Madrid Fair / Madrid
2022 Trinta Gallery / JustMad Fair / Madrid /
2022 Exhibit Lab Gallery / Drawing Room Fair / Madrid /
2021 Victor Lope Gallery / Artmadrid Fair / Madrid / Garden of life sculptures
2021 Victor Lope Gallery / Estampa Fair / Madrid / Garden of life sculptures
2020 Victor Lope Gallery / Barcelona / Identities
2020 Victor Lope Gallery / Fair By invitation / Barcelona / Dystopian garden
2020 Museu Can Framis Fundació Vila Casas / Barcelona / Confinement capsules
2020 Trinta Gallery / Drawing Room Fair / Lisbon / Dystopian of Art History
2020 Victor Lope Gallery / Estampa Fair / Madrid / Dystopian sculptures
2018 ART3F Fair / Cannes / Natures Theater
2013 Art Nordic Fair / Copenhagen / Deep Forest
2011-2007 Espai d’art Antoni Morell / Andorra / Annual exhibition

COLLECTIONS (selection)

Vila Casas Foundation / Barcelona Mora Bank / Andorra
Mutual Art Center / Barcelona
Sebastian Vettel Collection / Switzerland Daniel Cardani Collection /Madrid
MER Foundation Collection / Madrid
Stefan Simchowitz Collection / Los Angeles
Encinar Collection / Madrid
Albert Madaula Collection / Barcelona
Antoni Morell Collection / Andorra
Carles Barrera / Viella Collection
Josep Soler Collection / Barcelona
Cernuda Collection / Barcelona
Rosa Clemente and Juan Manuel Sánchez Collection /
Madrid Miguel Fernández Cid Collection / Vigo
Varela Fariña Collection

SPECIAL EDITIONS

CATALOGS

2020 Confinement capsules / exhibition Museu Can Framis Fundació Vila Casas
2019 Dystopian nature (Genesis) / text by Mónica Marañón
2013 Relief photography / exhibition University of the UPC (Barcelona)
2007 Abad Vidal Pintures / exhibition Espai d’art Antoni Morell (Andorra))
2004 From the Mediterranean to Prague / exhibition at Gallery Prague (Czech Republic)

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES IN THE PRESS

2020 Diario La Vanguardia / Dystopian present / text by Juan Bufill
2020 Elemental Magazine Digital Magazine / interview with Cesc Abad
2020 Metal Magazine / The future of the past
2019 ICUB Magazine / Dystopian Nature
2019 Bonart Magazine / The most intimate universe of Cesc Abad
2019 Infocerámica Magazine / Cesc Abad / text by Mónica Marañón
2019 Barcelona Art Magazine / Dystopian Nature
2019 Informed Art Magazine / Dystopian Nature (Genesis)
2019 Terrassa Digital Magazine / World Tree Day Action
2013 Diario de Terrassa / Abad Vidal presents relief photographs to the UPC /
2006 Good Art Magazine / Francesc Abad Vidal Paint chips
2005 Diary of Sant Cugat / Francesc Abad young painting
2005 Diario de Sant Cugat / «The red farmhouse / text by Francesc Galí
2005 Diario de Sant Cugat / Peasants and autumn» / text by Francesc Galí
2005 Diary of Sant Cugat / Extended clothing / text by Francesc Galí
2004 Diario de Sabadell / Abad’s living painting in a stroke of art
2004 Diario de Sant Cugat / Six years of painting by Abad Vidal at the Rusiñol Room