| Jaime Pitarch's work includes sculpture, drawing, video and performance. Often using humble everyday objects such as a guitar, a chair, and household and consumer products, the artist employs inventive and witty strategies of displacement, recontextualization, and visual punning to peel away at their routine uses and meanings, posing what The Village Voice (writing about his 2006 solo show at the gallery) has called a series of "exquisite conundrums". Jaime Pitarch, 'Beautiful Unglittering Things', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, November-December, 2009 Jaime Pitarch, 'Some Almost Broken Things', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, November-December, 2006 |
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| Born in Barcelona in 1963 | |
EDUCATION |
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| 1993-95 | M.A. Painting. Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| 1990-93 | B.A. (Hons)- Painting. Chelsea College of Art, London, UK |
| 1982-84 | EINA, Barcelona, Spain |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | Galería Trinta, Galicia, Spain |
| 2009 | Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY. |
| Jaime Pitarch, Angels Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2008 | Galeria Fucares, Madrid, Spain |
| ARCO’ 08, Solo projects, curated by Carolina Grau, Madrid, Spain | |
| Pantalla CCCB, Centro Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona, Spain | |
| Galería Antonia Puyo, Zaragoza, Spain | |
| 2007 | Art al Palau, Palau Ducal de Gandia, Alicante, Spain |
| A cierta distancia, SIS Galeria, Sabadell, Spain | |
| 2006 | Some almost broken things, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY |
| Dust to dust, 16 projectors, ARCO’06, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2005 | Domestic Actions, Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad, Sweden |
| Galeria Fúcares, Madrid, Spain | |
| Les Fleurs du Petit Mal (2), Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain | |
| 2004 | LOOP ’04 The place for video art, Feria Internacional de Video de Barcelona, Spain |
| Les Fleurs du Petit Mal, galeria dels àngels, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2002 | Dispensable Realities, Hales Gallery, London, UK |
| Nouvelle Galerie, Grenoble, France | |
| 2000 | Work in Progress, Galerie de l’Escole Supérieure de Beaux Arts, Grenoble, France |
| Orbis Mundana, galeria dels àngels, Barcelona | |
| 1998 | ON, Centre Cultural Fundació “La Caixa”, Lleida, Spain |
| Untitled, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain | |
| 1997 | No Tocar, Galería dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1994 | Salama Caro, London, UK |
| 1992 | Kepler Gallery, London, UK |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, curated by Carlos Guerra |
| Espace Croix Baragnon, Toulouse, France | |
| El ángel exterminador. Versión expandida, produced by Seacex and Bozar, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2009 | Arco’09, with Angels Barcelona, Madrid, Spain |
| Inéditos, La Casa encendida, Madrid, Spain | |
| Espacio Líquido, Gijón, Spain | |
| 2008 | MANIFESTA 7, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy |
| Gravity, ARTIUM Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | |
| Domestic Appliance, Flowers East, London, UK | |
| VOLTA 4, with Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Basel, Switzerland | |
| 2007 | VOLTA Show 3, with Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Basel, Switzerland |
| ARCO, Madrid, Spain | |
| Ou ? Scénes du sud. Carre d’Art-Musee d’Art Contemporain, Nimes, France | |
| Pensa / Piensa / Think, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain | |
| KIAF ’07, with Galeria Dels Àngels, Seoul, Korea | |
| ART BRUSSELS ’07 with Galeria Dels Àngels, Brussels, Belgium | |
| Aqui Y Ahora, Comunidad de Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones Alcala, 31, Madrid, Spain | |
| LOOP’07 Festival, Premieres& Favourites, Galeria Dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Barcelone, 1947 – 2007, Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul, France | |
| Premiers and favourites, Galeria dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain | |
| The Freak Show, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France | |
| Corpo Sociale, Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy | |
| 2005 | LOOP festival’05. “Premiere and favourites”, Galeria dels angels, Barcelona, Spain |
| Irrealidades y realidades, Centro Cultural de España Juan de Salazar, Asunción, Paraguay | |
| Videomix, La Casa Encendida, curated by Javier Duero, Madrid, Spain | |
| Art Karlsruhe, video program curated by Anita Beckers Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany | |
| Video-Remix, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Colonia, Germany | |
| ARCO’05, with Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2004 | Lo real Capturado, Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona (CCCB), Spain |
| Salon Europeén de Jeunes Createurs, Montrouge, France | |
| ARCO´04, with Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2003 | Exploracions, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain |
| ARCO´03, Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain | |
| Urbietorbi, Photo España, Madrid, Spain | |
| Bienal Jafre de Ter, Gerona, Spain | |
| Salon Europeén de Jeunes Createurs, Montrouge, Francia | |
| 2002 | By Hand, Hales Gallery, London, UK |
| Discursos desviados, Caldeiras 213, Porto, Portugal | |
| 2001 | Barcelona Art Report, Vostesaquí, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain |
| Lotta Hammer Group Show, London, UK | |
| Santa Fe Art Fair, New Mexico | |
| Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Turin Art Fair, Turin, Italy | |
| Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium | |
| La Xina Art, Barcelona, Spain | |
| Somewhere, MU Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands | |
| 2000 | ARCO’00, with Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain |
| 7 Artistes de Barcelona, Centro de Artes Visuales/Museo del Barro, Asunción, Paraguay | |
| Colectiva de los Ganadores de las Becas Pépinière International pour Jeunes Artistes, Lyon, France | |
| The Armory Show, with Gallery Lotta Hammer London, New York, NY | |
| 1999 | Ubre den Tellerand, Claudia Böer Gallery, Koln, Germany |
| My Old Man Said Follow the Van, Rosemary Theatre, London, UK | |
| ARCO’99, with Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain | |
| 1998 | The Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London |
| Galería dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain | |
| ARCO’98, with Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain | |
| 1997 | L’Ambient d’un Vestíbul, Centre Cultural Fundació “La Caixa”, Lleida, Spain |
| Making a Mark, The Mall Galleries, London, UK | |
| Parasite, Galerie Toison D’Or, Brussels, Belgium | |
| ARCO’97, with Galeria dels Angels, Madrid, Spain | |
| 1996 | Virginia, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK |
| Lightness & Weight, Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK | |
| Intersection, Open Hand Gallery, Reading | |
| Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans, UK | |
| 1995 | Selected Works by the RCA Students, Bismark Foundation, Paris, France |
| In and Out of Touch, Galería Kallitoheze, Budapest, Hungary | |
| Haus Ungern, Berlin, Germany | |
| Cabinet Art, Jason and Rhodes, London, UK | |
| 1994 | 22 Interim Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| Absolut RCA, Royal College of Art, Gulbenkian Gallery, London, UK | |
| Nat West 94 Painting Award Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK | |
| Australia House, London, UK | |
AWARDS |
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| 2003 | Gran Premio Salon Europeén de Jeunes Createurs |
| 1999 | Centre de Sculpture, Fondeire de la Dure, Barry Flanagan Fellowship, Montolieu, France |
| Absolut Vodka- Absolut RCA- 2º premio, London, UK | |
| 1998 | Spike Island Fellowship, Finalista, Henry Moore Foundation, UK |
| Pépières Européenes pour Jeunes Artistes, Grenoble, France | |
| 1995 | Becas de Estancia en el Extranjero para Creadores y Agentes Culturales, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain |
| Paris Studio Award, Royal College of Art, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France | |
| 1994 | Nat West Painting Award, Finalista, UK |
COLLECTIONS |
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| Royal College of Art Collection, Londres | |
| Donald Hesse Collection, Suiza/USA | |
| Fundación Vilacasas, Barcelona | |
| Nacional Suiza Seguros, Barcelona | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| 2009 | Hernandez, Noelia, "Jaime Pitarch. Fuera de Lugar", CULTURA/S- La Vanguardia, July 22nd |
| Bufill, Joan, "Inaugurationes Recientes. Jaime Pitarch", La Vanguardia, July 19th | |
| Diaz-Guardiola, Javier, "El arte de hoy es humo", ABCD las artes – ABC, July 4th | |
| Puig, Arnau, "Ser y no ser" ABCD las artes- ABC, July 4th | |
| Masanes, Cristina, "Trencaclosques", AVUI, July 4th | |
| 2007 | Angela Molina, El País, July 19th, 2007 |
| 'Future Greats', Keith Patrick, Art Review Magazine, March | |
| 'Jaime Pitarch', review by Julie Cirelli, Tema Celeste, Issue no. 120 | |
| 'Jaime Pitarch', by Katie Kitamura, Contemporary magazine, Issue 90 | |
| 2006 | 'Best In Show', R.C. Baker, The Village Voice, November 2006 |
| 2004 | Mery Cuesta, “Ejercicios espirituales”, Cultures of The Vanguard, 13 de October |
| 2003 | Victoria Combalía, The Country, 17 de February 2003 |
| 2002 | Fifty_Easy, N11, julio-agosto |
| Time Out London, 3-10 | |
| 2000 | Juan Bufill, “El mundo según Jaime Pitarch”, La Vanguard, 24 de November, page. 14, Section Arte, Barcelona |
| Time Out , 15-22 November, page. 59 | |
| 1999 | “Jaime Pitarch Crée à Montolieu un Univers Entrompe l’Oeil”, L’Indépendent, 1 October, page. 6, Montpelier |
| Thierry Levesque, “Jaime Pitarch imagine la bibliothèque éphémère”, Le Midi | |
| Libre, 6 October, page. 6 | |
| Time Out, 2 dic | |
| 1998 | Isabel Carlisle, “East Enders on Parade”, The Times, 2 April |
| William Feaver, “The Whitechapel Open”, The Observer, 5 April, pág.6 | |
| Mark Currah, “The Whitechapel Open”, Time Out, 15-22 April, pág.50, Londres | |
| 1997 | “Para-Site”, Art and Culture, 25 April, pag.10-1, Brussels |
| “No tocar”, El País de las Tentaciones, 20 June, page 29, Barcelona | |
| Catalina Serra, “No tocar”, El País Quadern, 3 July, page 4, Barcelona | |
| “No tocar”, Activitats Culturals British Council, July-September, Barcelona | |
| Isabel Manteo, “No to car”, Avoid, 3 July, page 2, Barcelona | |
| “No tocar”, El Periódico, 11 June, page. 4, Barcelona | |
| Álvaro Colomer, Interviú, 22 December, page. 32-35, Madrid | |
| 1996 | David Barret, “Virginia”, Frieze International Art Magazine, nº26, June-August, page. 75, Londres |
| 1995 | Mary Rose Beaumont, “The Art of the absolute”, Art Review, December-January, page. 11, Londres |
| 1994 | Peter Blake, “The Spirit of Pop Art”, The Observer Magazine, 4/12/94, page. 31, Londres |
