Bart Calero

As a young man I worked with my father in construction welding asphalt fabrics. Years later I studied sculpture in Barcelona, art studies and my past as a worker came together giving shape to my artistic work.



Spirituality began to occupy my interest and merge with my creativity. Through my creations I materialize my desire for freedom. I am obsessed with knowing who I am beyond my ego. I can’t help but disagree with myself and with my society. My greatest difficulty is separating my ego from my being; freeing myself from the created identification that condemns me is my greatest wish.

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The material with which I most identify with is undoubtedly asphalt. It is part of my family life and at the same time of our environment constantly. I feel that asphalt is the concrete synonym for capitalism. It separates us from the earth, covers it and hides it. It latches on tightly and is hard to get rid of. Capitalism needs large asphalt cities for the concentration of consumption to work. From that vision, I work the asphalt in a sculptural way.

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I feel more comfortable with sculpture installation, I feel more free. I generally work with garbage materials since it seems magical to me to be able to change the perception of an object ...

Graduated from the Higher School of Art and Design La Llotja in Barcelona

Exhibitions 2023:
Inside. Ahoy Artgallery, Palma de Mallorca.

Exhibitions 2022:
Conditioned. Subsòl Espai d'Art Hall of l'Hospitalet de
Llobregat. March, 2022.


Exhibitions 2021:
Capitalisme. Ego i Ésser becomes the first artistic production after graduation.
Made up of 9 sculptural installations, it was chosen by the ICUB to participate in 3
individual exhibitions within the Temporals 2021 pilot test:
• La Farinera del Clot, Barcelona, ​​March 2021
• CC Pere Quart, Barcelona, ​​July 2021
• Casinet d'Hostafrancs, Barcelona, ​​October 2021
Collective exhibition "Evidence, latency and transparency" curated by Luca Pagliari and
Salvatore Elephant. CC Guinardo Barcelona, ​​February 2021.


Exhibitions 2020:
Collective exhibition "cuARTentena" at Arteinformado.com curated by Rodrigo
Carreno. March 2020.