Carlos Villena

1981 born in Barcelona, lives and works in Barcelona (Spain)

My artistic practice focuses on the exploration of painting as a physical and three-dimensional entity. Through material abstraction, I investigate the relationship between the spontaneous gesture and the resistance of the materials. I use mixed media to build layers of history on the canvas, where relief and texture are not just visual accidents, but the primary language of the work. I am interested in how the accumulation of matter can evoke emotional landscapes or the passing of time, inviting the viewer not only to observe, but to feel the density and the weight of the composition. Each piece is a dialogue between the artist's control and the organic nature of the materials, seeking a balance between visual chaos and structural harmony.

I sold over 200 artworks to private worlwide collectors in different countries.

"Carlos Villena is a visual and sound artist established in Barcelona who carries out a multidisciplinary work with a strong political content and
Social. His left-wing and anti-capitalist ideology, and his condition as an animalist and vegan, play a relevant role in his proposal." Regió7 :: El Diari de la Catalunya Central (Spain)

"From seething Barcel...

Graphic design
Sound art
Philosophy

Individual exhibitions:

2014 La primavera dels pobles - Bellvitge Art, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
2014 La primavera dels pobles - Auditori Barradas, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
2014 En defensa de la intolerància - Centre Cultural Collblanc-La Torrassa, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
2013 Pintura matèrica - El Cafè del Raval, Sant Sadurni d'Anoia
2013 Més enllà del mur - Can Milà Escribà, Barcelona
2013 9 martells - Centre Cultural Sanfeliu, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
2013 Esquemes i detalls - Antic Forn de Vallcarca, Barcelona
2013 Sense títol - Untitled BCN, Barcelona
2011 Sense títol - Café 7, San Cristobal de la Laguna
2011 Sense títol - El Generador, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2009 Subural Space by Mathrem - DF Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
2008 Anomalía - Mantricum Room, Barcelona

Collective exhibitions:

2013 Portas Obertas - Fórum Fundaçao Eugenio de Almeida, Évora
2013 Are You Listening? - Spazioersetti, Udine
2013 Off Tocapoetes - La Bastida, Igualada
2013 Un refugi contra el fred - Untitled BCN, Barcelona
2012 Penombra interna - Convent de Sant Agustí, Barcelona
2012 Sense títol - (((Gargall))), Berguedà
2012 Tot esser viu té dret a la vida - Freedonia, Barcelona
2011 1984, control de masses - Konvent.0, Cal Rosal
2011 ...