Galería Maior – Pollença
Antonio Mesones (Santander, 1965) currently lives and works in Berlin. His paintings represent poetic shapes, colors and compositions that arise from the abstraction of the process of painting. On the surface of each canvas, emerges a floating static figure, a kind of living creature whose current state is the only thing we learn to observe. The emotional spaces that immediately invade the viewer are not entirely disconnected from the experiences of the artist himself, so each piece is displayed even as a subtle portrait.
The process is evident as brushstrokes that show slow, repetitive and meticulous daily work of overlaying a layer of paint over another and back cover this with a new one. In some cases, the edges of the successive layers form a color contour to the final shape. In others, this figure is composed of a large stain that almost hides all previous work. Sometimes, the set seems to vibrate or protrude from the flat surface because of a studied optical effect. His works are part of major Spanish collections and he has exhibited individually and collectively in Spain, Germany, Norway, Lisbon and the USA.
Individual exhibitions
2017
Galeria Maior, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Galeria Pilar Serra, Madrid, Spain
2016
GE Galeria Proyect Room, Pabellón M. Monterrey, México
2013
Recent Works, Invaliden1 Galerie Berlin
Galeria Pilar Serra, Madrid
2012
Galeria Maior. Pollença, Mallorca. Spain
2011
Alfredo Viñas. Málaga. Spain Galeria Juan Silió. Santander. Spain.
2010
La Caja China Gallery, Sevilla, Spain.
2008
Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin.
2007
Espacio Distrito4, Madrid. Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain.
2006
Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin.
2004
Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
2001
Sala Mauro Muriedas, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain. Galería Siboney, Santander, Spain.
1998
Soma Galerie, Berlín.
1997
Galería J. Lastra, Bilbao, Spain.
1996
Galería Robayera, Miengo, Cantabria, Spain. Galería Ad Hoc, Vigo, Spain.
1994
Galería Siboney, Santander, Spain. Galería del Pasaje, Valladolid, Spain.
1993
Galería Xavier Fiol, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
1992
Galería Siboney, Santander, Spain.
1990
Galería Robayera, Miengo, Cantabria, Spain.
Group exhibitions (selection)
2016
PAISAJE PRESTADO, Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
Julian Rosefeldt, Jorge Queiroz y Antonio Mesones.
2014
EL CLARO DEL BOSQUE
Instituto Cervantes de Pekin. Al Gongti Nanlu, Chaoyang Beijing. Instituto Cervantes de Tokio. Japon
2013
LOVE TRIANGLE, Goethe Institut/Instituto Cervantes, Stockholm. Curator: Stefanie Hessler.
EXPOSICIÓN COLECTIVA, Galeria Espacio Líquido,Gijón, Spain.
2012
Obra sobre Papel. Galeria Pilar Serra. Madrid
Aus der Zeit. Frontviews temporary, Berlin
2010
Leerstelle, Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Lisbon. Art Chicago Art Fair, Stand of Galería Juan Silió, Chicago, USA.
2009
Group Show, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin.
2008
Galería Guillermina Caicoya, Oviedo, Spain.
2007
Art Forum, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin. Wir haben keine Probleme, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway.
2006
Art Forum, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin. Umwandlug Glogauer14, Berlin.
2005
Common Space, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin. Six Ring Tones, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin. Fondo de Arte Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain. Todomodo Sala de Estar, Sevilla, Spain.
2002
Galería Maior, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2001
Itinerarios Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain.
2000
Arco Frankfurt, Galeria Siboney, Santander, Spain. Siboney en Alejandro Sales Galería Alejandro Sales, Barcelona, Spain.
1999
Artistas de un Siglo, Sala Mauro Muriedas, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain.
1998
Bienal de Arte Ciudad de Oviedo, Museo de Bellas Artes, Oviedo, Spain.
1997
El Puente de la Visión, Museo de Bellas Artes, Santander, Spain. Art Hotel, Galería Siboney, Barcelona, Spain.
1996
Abstracción Norte Itinerante, Santander, Palma de Mallorca and Pamplona, Spain.
1994
Becarios de la Fundación Botín, Santander, Spain.
1993
Bienal de Pamplona, Spain.
1992
Galería Fernando Alcolea, Madrid, Spain.
Major collections
- Colección Los Bragales, Santander, Spain.
- Colección Pilar Citoler, Madrid, Spain.
- Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain.
- Fundación Coca-Cola, Spain.
- Museo Würg, La Rioja, Spain.
- Colección Norte, Santander, Spain.
- Colección CAM, Valencia, Spain.
- Colegio Arquitectos de Santander, Santander, Spain.
- Colección CASYC, Santander, Spain.
- Colección Robayera, Miengo, Spain.
- Colección CAC Málaga. Spain