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    Nano Abia

    Born in Vigo, Spain (1978). Works and lives in Madrid.

    His artwork is intuitive and multidisciplinary (painting, sculpture, installation, wall painting), he could even combine several techniques in the same piece. His dynamic compositions start from figuration and anthropomorphic forms to become abstract images. He overlaps and mixes parts of human bodies in precarious balance. In his latest works, the image is distorted, as it tends to further decompose the human figure, reducing it to basic parts such as noses, mouths or eyes that reinforce that sense of abstraction.

     

    He conceives oniric scenarios, combining symbolic elements that frequently appears in his artworks: brick walls, perforated wire fences, broken wooden palisades … Objects that speak of intrusion and transgression, acting as some kind of mask. Barriers that suggest or hide a truth, giving clues but avoiding clarifying the painted (or sculpted) reality. Sort of ambiguity that is the most important characteristic of Nano's work.

     

    After studying fine arts and passing through a brief formative stage in London, in such prestigious schools as Saint Martins School of Arts and the London College of Printing, he moves to Madrid in 2004 where he develops his work as an artist, exhibiting in galleries and participating in different projects both in Spain and abroad, bringing inside his own experience working outdoors and questioning personal subjects in a strange context.

    Within projects in which Nano has participated we could highlight «Planet Prozess» in Berlin, the exhibition Urbanitas in the MARCO museum of Vigo, Street Art in the Tate Modern in London, Crossing Borders/Crossing Boundaries in the SAM Museum of San Petersburgo or Venturing Beyond in the Sommerset House of Londres, among many others.
    Nano is part of the artistic team «Equipo plástico», along with Eltono, Sixe Paredes and Nuria Mora.

  • Biography
    Nano Abia
    SOLO EXHIBITIONS I EXPOSICIONES INDIVIDUALES

    2024. Fantasmas otra vez. Delimbo Gallery. Seville, Spain.

    2020. Double Edged (Doble solo show con Hell’O Collective). Galería Avenue Des Arts. Los Ángeles

    2018. Turno de noche. Delimbo Gallery. Madrid
    2014. Nuevas Buenas Nuevas, Delimbo Gallery, Sevilla
    2013. Hipérbole.Sabotaje.Abracadabra, Watdafac Gallery, Madrid
    2012. Caballo Caballo Tigre Tigre (Con el Equipo Plástico), Migas Pop Up Gallery, Pekín, China
    2011.Un Gran Éxito, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa, A Coruña 2010. Entre la Silla y la Madre - 10 días con La Sultana del Norte (Con el Equipo Plástico), Alianza Francesa, Monterrey, México
    2009. La Cuadrada - Visión caleidoscópica en la ciudad de Lima (Con el Equi- po Plástico),Centro Cultural de España, Lima
    2008. El Fin Del Principio, Galería Ad-Hoc, Vigo
    2005. Nano4814, Galería Ad-Hoc (Espacio Calexón de Nuñez), Vigo
    2005. S/T, Montana Gallery, Barcelona

     

     

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS I EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS

    2023. 3:33, Bay Projects, Lima, Peru
    2023. The Strangest Collection, Cerquone Gallery, Madrid
    2022. Relaciones Públicas, Cerquone Gallery, Caracas; Venezuela
    2022. I Don´t Wanna Be I Am (Expo itinerante Ink and Movement), Underdogs Gallery, Lisboa
    2022. Erretratu, SC Gallery, Bilbao
    2022. I Don´t Wanna Be I Am (Expo itinerante Ink and Movement), Corey Helford, Los Angeles
    2021. Cultivar Incertezas, CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
    2021. Hi How Are You?, Cerquone Gallery, Madrid
    2021. Friends and Family vol. IV, Delimbo Gallery, Sevilla
    2020. Dream Machine, Fluorescent Smogg, Bristol
    2020. Without Warning, Avenue des Arts Gallery, Los Angeles
    2018. IAM Friends, Kreisler Gallery, Madrid
    2018. Resistance X, SC Gallery, Bilbao
    2017. Sbagha Bagha, Casablanca, Morocco
    2017. Postdicotomias, VAVA Gallery, Madrid
    2016. Feature Walls, Sheffield, Reino Unido
    2016. Venturing Beyond, Somerset House, London
    2016. Crossing Borders / Crossing Boundaries, SAM Museum, San Petersburgo 2016. Venturing Beyond, Graffiti and the Everyday Utop. Somerset House, Londres 2016. Casa Leibniz, Madrid
    2016. Friends and Family, Delimbo Gallery, Sevilla
    2015. On Paper 2, SC Gallery, Bilbao

    2015. Bien Urbain, Besançon, France
    2014. Knock Knock, Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid2013, Intersektions, Space HW, Paris
    2013. Presente Continuo, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid
    2012. A2 A3 A6 M30, Vava Gallery, Madrid
    2012. Hecho en Madrid, Galería Delimbo, Sevilla
    2011. Isto É Agora, A normal, A Coruña
    2009. After the Revoultion, Observatori, Valencia
    2008. Afinidades Selectivas, Casa Galega da Cultura, Vigo
    2008. Street Art Walking Tour, Street Art, Tate Modern, Londres

    2008. Nomadaz - A mediterranean Art Conection, Scion Installation Space, Los Angeles
    2008. Latexos Inversos, Museo de Arte Contemporanea da Bienal de Cervei- ra, Vilanova de Cerveira, Portugal

    2007. Planet Prozess, Artitude, Berlín
    2007. Bestial, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona
    2006. Urbanitas, MARCO, Museo Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo 2005, Urban Edge Show, Espazio P4, Milán

     

     

    SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS I BECAS Y PREMIOS

    2008. Beca de Creación en el extranjero Unión Fenosa, A Coruña
    2006. Novos Valores, Museo de Pontevedra, Edificio Sarmiento, Pontevedra (Selección)
    2002. II Premio Auditorio de Galicia para xoves artistas, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela (Selección)

    Obra en Museos y Colecciones

    Museo Arte Contemporánea Unión Fenosa, A Coruña Colección Caixanova
    Varias colecciones particulares.

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