Antonio Mesones

Untitled, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 230 x 190 cm.
Untitled, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 190 x 230 cm.
Untitled, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 130 x 110 cm.
Untitled, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 60 cm.
Untitled #5, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm.
Untitled #1, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm.
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Exhibition view

We could define the landscape as that which incidentally surrounds us and that at times turns us into our own projection; The construction that, in a slow, insistent and inevitable manner, accommodates our presence. Landscapes are built beyond the image, even outside of the real. They amount to a mental creation of spaces, places where emptiness and accumulation converge as a result of depositing our time and desires in them. Well, this complexity also serves as the structure for the creation of Antonio Mesones´ painting. His working method is slow and serene. The light, colour, expression, substance/form relationship, depth and space also need time to be present and express themselves. His attitude is about waiting, because every stage has its time, its importance, its intensity and it is from that point that colour, light and shape gradually establish communication between the painter and painting in order to make a new creation possible. Those that know the trajectory of Mesones, will see in his latest pieces the result of a long and coherent evolution from previous series. On the other hand, those coming to this work for the first time, will also have an enjoyable time taking pleasure in the immediate emotions that are created by the different compositions and the energy of their colours. Some convey happiness, others melancholy, or even serenity. However, the spectator always experiences a point of exciting disturbance, the incitement of curiosity that cannot be satisfied, as a large part of the creative work is hidden in the different layers of acrylic. The curiosity remains, but for now it is irremediably inaccessible. This almost “absurd” dimension adds a special depth to his creations. The work of Antonio Mesones can be intellectualized, criticised, contextualised or interpreted in different ways; but indeed, its strength resides in the fact that there is no single interpretation or answer. At best, the viewer can explain what they feel, or express what they believe they see. But, ultimately these are only their intuitions. There are languages that are not to be translated.

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