Biography

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Adrián Navarro seeks to expand the vocabulary of the visual arts, investigating new mechanisms of intervention in the pictorial medium, which include tools borrowed from architectural practices. His paintings describe implosions of colour trapped inside virtual volumes that float weightlessly in the pictorial space.  Navarro´s work explores the paradox between the physical confinement and the expansive freedom inherent to the organic painting, and by extension to the human being.

Navarro (Boston, 1973) started his artistic activity in New York in 2001, after graduating from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, School of Architecture. From 2006 he establishes himself in London, where he has completed his art studies in Central Saint Martin´s College of Art & Design. Adrián Navarro has exhibited in several solo and group shows in both cities. His works can be found in art collections such as UBS Bank , Circa XX, Fundación AENA and Caja Madrid.

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Academic Background

2008	Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, London.
1992 – 1999	MA in Arts & Architecture. Polytechnic University of Madrid – School of Architecture.

Solo Exhibitions

2012	In & Out	60 Threadneedle Street Art Space. London.
2011	Ciclo Anillos	Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid.
2010	Ring Cycle	Hammerson Art Space. London.
2009	Implosion	60 Threadneedle Street 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.
1999	De Diario	Taller estudio Alfiz. Madrid.

Group Exhibitions

2011	Colectiva I	Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid
	Sagacity	Forman´s Smoke House Gallery. London.
2010	Pintura y Escultura.	Galería Pilar Serra. Madrid.
	La Perruque	Hackney WickED Festival. London.
2008	Illumini	Crypt Gallery. London.
2007	Salon 07	Seven Seven Contemporary. London.
	Art Unwraped	Mother Studios Building. London.
2005	Todos mis amigos han muerto	Galería Casa Borne. Antequera.
2004	Generación 2004	Premios y Becas de Arte Caja Madrid.
2003	Hernández, Navarro, Mastretta.	Heinrich Ehrhardt Gallery. Madrid.
	Tejido automático. A.Jaque & A. Navarro.……..	Doméstico’03. Madrid.
2002	Jovenes creadores	Luis Adelantado Gallery. Valencia.
2001	Generación 2001	Premios y Becas de Arte Caja Madrid.
	12. Adrián Navarro & Secundino Hernández	Espacio Arte Emergente. Madrid.
1997	Colectivo PEZ	Studio Pez Privee. Madrid.

Bibliography

2009	VIEJO, Breixo and  NAVARRO, Adrián: Painting beyond painting.	Catalogue of the exhibition at Hammerson Art Space. London.
2008	LÓPEZ MUNUERA, IVÁN: Exotic, garage, distracted portraits.	Ada Street Gallery,London.
2007	VIVANCO, Eduardo: A road to nowhere. A succession of words about Adrian Navarro’s first paintings	Catalogue of the exhibition at UBS Bank, Adrián Navarro, Galaxia, Landaluce & Navarro Editores, Madrid.
	MONTES, Javier: Painting paintings	Catalogue of the exhibition at UBS Bank, Adrián Navarro, Galaxia, Landaluce & Navarro Editores, Madrid.
2006	MONTES, Javier: Painting on the return. Catalogue.	Galería Artificial. Madrid.
2005	Catalogue. Doméstico’04. “Four editions in one book”.
2004	SHELBY, Karpov: “Todos mis amigos han muerto”.	Galería Casa Borne. Antequera.
2001	VALLE, Agustín: “Mancharse o no”. Catalogue.	Centro de Arte de la Comunidad de Madrid.