Carlos García

From a contemporary perspective through abstract languages, close to Arte Povera and Materic Art, in which I combine tradition and innovation. As a versatile creator, my artistic work explores different methods (sculpture, painting, photography, installation, video).

Within an abstract style but full of symbolism, I have given great relevance to the material substratum of the work. The marked conceptual sense, where the material support transcends its state and provokes a profound analysis, should be highlighted.

Chromatic austerity is a characteristic element of my work: reducing my palette to a very limited range of colours, based on ochres, blacks and reds, with which to create works of great chromatic contrast and powerful visual impact.

I am greatly interested in the use and re-use of materials with a strong industrial stamp, such as Corten steel, aluminium, cement and glass, which stand out due to the experimentation, the special, formal and interim analyses, the perception, the theoretical development and the public sphere, as well as delving into new media and technological innovation.

My vital, intellectual and artistic inquisitiveness has led me to explore a large part of the world, where, at the same time...

B.A. Fine Arts, University of Salamanca, Spain (1997/2002)

SPONSORSHIP:

2018
Sponsorship for artistic production. Geomorphology. Municipal Foundation of Culture of Gijón. SPAIN.

2010
Ist Sponsorship for artistic production and residence in New York. Registering New York. Mª Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation. NEW YORK.

2003
Sponsorship for artistic production. In the search of lost Asturias in América 1880-2003. PUERTO RICO, WASHINGTON AND SPAIN. Municipal Foundation of Culture of Gijón. SPAIN.


EXHIBITIONS:

2022​
- Painting. Geomorphologie. Solo exhibition. Colegio de España Paris. PARIS. FRANCE.
- Painting. Geomorphology. Solo exhibition. Sala 1 CCAI. GIJON. SPAIN.
- Sculpture in Concentration Camp. CASTROPOL. SPAIN.

2021
- Sculptures for the Mandarin Oriental Ritz Hotel in Madrid. SPAIN.

2019
- Painting. Materia. Gaudi Gallery. MADRID. SPAIN

2018
- Painting. Art3F. CANNES. FRANCE.

2015
- Painting. Espacio • Ciencia • Arte. Collective exhibition. DANAE Foundation. Museo Barjola. GIJÓN. SPAIN.

2013
- Painting. Katara. Solo exhib. Cero Arte Gallery. Marbella Casino. MARBELLA. SPAIN.
- Painting. Carlos García. Solo exhib. Orihuela Casino. ALICANTE. SPAIN.
- Painting. Abstractions. The Box Art Center. Torrejón de Ardoz. MADRID/CCSC, San Chinarro. MADRID. SPAIN.

2012
- Insta...