Damian Comas

Damián Comas (1984) is a visual artist, writer and filmmaker. He has a PhD in Literary Creation and a master’s degree in Theoretical Art Studies. An individual who has dedicated himself to traveling and living in different continents as a nomadic creator, transiting in the arts of painting, installation, scriptwriting and film direction, as well as the creation of novels; all this, as he has expressed on several occasions, from his obsession with the creation of images and what derives from them.

In the different disciplines of his work he has received several awards in Europe, America and even in Asia. Her first novel, Cenizas, won the XIX Hispanic Literature Prize from the University of Seville, published by Punto de lectura and Debolsillo; as well as his compilation Las verdades infames, published by Random House. He is the author of six novels and seven screenplays, as well as the director and producer of three films and one documentary.

At the moment, he lives in northern Italy, writes a TV serie, works with one of the most important production houses in Mexico and is producing his next feature film.

2016 - Professor of Literary Creation in the Space of Equality “Hermanas Mirabal”. Madrid, Spain.

2014-2015 - Author of Kinetics, as a scholarship holder of Jóvenes Creadores, FONCA. Fragment published in Las verdades infames, Literatura Random House. Mexico City.

2012-2014 - University Professor of Literature and Literary Creation, Bachelor’s and Master’s level, at the Casa Lamm Culture Center. Mexico City.

2010-2012 - Head of Cultural Activities, General Rector’s Office of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Here he coordinated national and international film shows, the cultural magazine of the university, exhibitions and academic, literary and film discussion forums. Mexico City.

2021 - Exhibition "Between the beasts and the gods". San Marco Library, Trieste, Italy.

2020 - Collective exhibition of artists and poets of books of verse. Portogruaro, Venice, Italy.

2020 - Group show, What kind of life do you want to live? Myymälä2 Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.

2019 - Guest artist at the artistic residence in Palazzolo dello Stella. Italy.

2019 - Guest artist at the exhibition Orchestrazione n.27. Gallery PAB. Portogruaro, Venice, Italy.

2019 - Guest artist at Associazione culturale [A]. Arte tra le calli. Marano Lagunare, Italy.

2019 - Finalist published by the X Literaris Premis Constantí. Barcelona, Spain.

2018 - Author of curatorial texts for the Mexican pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale. Italy.

2017-2020 - Creator and director of the Literal Gallery-Publishing House. Several countries.

2011 - Collective Exhibition. For papillae and pupils. Border Gallery. Mexico City.

2009 - Director of the short film The geisha and the homeless. Video Fest 09. Contemporary art meeting. Contemporary Art Center: Chateau Carreras. Córdoba, Argentina.

2009 - Director of Maderas Negras. Individual exhibition of large format paintings. Alternative space. Mexico City.

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