Adrián Navarro (Boston, USA, 1973) presents a new solo exhibition at the Galería Maior; artistic proposal under the title 'Luz Blanca', is made up of recent works of different formats made between 2020 and 2021. Adrián Navarro paints in two tempos: constructing a joyfully chromatic, gestual and “atmospheric” backdrops, seeking more lightness than density, and then superimposes a white texture a veiling which doesn’t want to hide the incident, but on the contrary, to generate a sensation of “mystery.”[...] This painter weaves the references to the organic as a kind of computational allegory, the physical and objectual remain literally veiled in a whiteness which fractures the grid pattern.
Adrián Navarro knows that we belong to the age of the fury of the images, when the dystopias we contemplate in TV shows like Black Mirror end up being con rmed by everyday life. Against the tsunami of viral banality, beyond the pornography of images, this painter presents an an aesthetic of the veil, asserting that pleasure is more often than not found in complexity. [...]Adrián Navarro highlights that his paintings don’t have a “total reading,” that is, they invite us to inhabit a vibrant surface, traversing the fantasies of the gestural-digital layers .
Adrian Navarro’s work is part of public and private international art collections such as UBS Bank, Circa XX (Colección Pilar Citoler), Fundación AENA and Caja Madrid.
Extracts from the original text by Fernando Castro Flórez for Adrian Navarro's 'Muros' catalogue, published in 2022
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2022
Luz Blanca. Galería Maior. Pollença, Mallorca. Spain
2019
Interfaz. Galería Maior. Pollença, Mallorca. Spain
2018
Paraísos Artificiales. Galería Pilar Serra, Madrid, Spain.
Landschaft. Da Mihi Gallery, Bern, Switzerland.
2016
Raumzeit. Maerz contemporary, Berlin, Germany.
2015
Rings & Fragments. Da Mihi Gallery, Bern, Switzerland.
Espacios & Loops. Galería Maior, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2014
Loops. Galería Maior, Pollensa, Mallorca, Spain.
2013
Espacio Rojo, Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid.
2012
Reflections, Maerz Contemporary. Berlin.
In&Out, 60 Threadneedle Street Art Space. London
2011
Ciclo Anillos, Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid.
2010
Ring Cycle, Hammerson Art Space. London.
2009
Implosion, Hammerson Art Space. London.
27 Ojos, Galería Charpa. Valencia.
2008
Common People, Ada Street Gallery. London.
2007
Galaxia, UBS Bank Exhibition Hall. Madrid.
2006
Hombres y Salvajes, Galería Artificial. Madrid.
2004
Fuente, Espacio F. Madrid.
2001
De Diario, Centro de Arte de la Comunidad de Madrid.
Group exhibitions (selection)
2021
Territorio Contemporáneo: Diversos lenguajes en la colección Enaire, Naves de Gamazo, Santander.
Entornos y Reflexiones: Juan Uslé, Felicidad Moreno, Guillermo Pfaff, Adrián Navarro, Pepa Prieto, Secundino Hernández y Vicky Uslé. Espacio ATLAS, Madrid.
De tal palo, tal astilla. Salara Mauro Muriedas, Torrelavega, Santander.
2018
Geometric. Jealous Gallery, London, UK
2016
Navarro & Lerín: New Work. 12 Star Gallery, London, UK.
2014
The Collection. Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium.
2013
Geometry of chance, Mirus Gallery. San Francisco.
2012
Premiere 2013, Maerz Contemporary. Berlin.
Complices del arte español, Fundación Canal. Madrid
2011
Colectiva Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid.
Sagacity Forman´s Smoke House Gallery. London.
2010
Pintura y Escultura. Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid.
La Perruque Hackey Wicked Festival. London.
2008
Illumini Crypt Gallery. London.
2007
Salon 07, Seven Seven Contemporary. London.
Art Unwrapped Mother Studios. London.
2005
‘Todos mis amigos han muerto’ Galería Casa Borne. Antequera.
2003
Hernández, Navarro, Mastretta Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt. Madrid.
2002
Jóvenes Creadores, Galería Luis Adelantado. Valencia.