Armando Rabadán

I am interested in certain images from which I can extract relevant information. It wouldn't make sense for me to make a total abstraction, or something clearly recognizable. I think it is important to maintain a geometric or structural remnant that promotes the sensation of remembering something, a visual construction to decipher or understand. Horror vacui generated by the influence of Tapestry Art, ceramics, mosaics, heraldic shields or Japanese prints into the context of hypertext painting let me play with the white background of the paper or canvas that acts as a context between the spontaneity of the brushstrokes. On a practical level, I am interested in superimposing, skewing the information in the image, placing tension on the margin or playing with color through pictorial exercises of freedom.

Armando Rabadán has received recognition around the world. He exhibited individually in Hong Kong with Ap Contemporary Gallery and he has participated at Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair with Mixer gallery and exhibited at the private Museum of Contemporary Art Elgiz.

2011 Fine Art degree, Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey.

2010 Fine Art degree, University of Seville, Spain.


Academic Affiliations and Residencies


2019Artistic residence, Krowji creative space, Cornwall, UK.

2014 Course IV curator in Valentin de Madariaga Foundation, Sevilla, Spain.

2011 Associate Artist, Tres Culturas Foundation, PLEIN AIR Art /– Huelva / Cádiz / Córdoba / Sevilla, Spain.

2010 Artist Residency, Tres Culturas Foundation, PLEIN AIR Art– Aix -en-Provence/ Marseille/ Nice / Lyon, Avignon , France.

ART FAIRS

2024ARCO Madrid, Espacio Valverde, Madrid, Spain

2016Contemporary Istanbul, Mixer gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.

2015Context Art Miami, Ap Contemporary, Miami, Florida, United States.

2015Art Taipei 2015, Ap contemporary gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.

2015Kiaf Art Seoul, Ap contemporary gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

2015Bazaar Art Jakarta, Ap contemporary gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Solo

2023Armando Rabadán, Espacio Valverde, Madrid, Spain

2016Memory of nonexistent landscapes, Ap Contemporary gallery, Hong Kong.

2014“Lands; Essay of a Physical Description of the Universe”, Art350 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.

2015 Una historia muda, La Galería Roja, Sevilla, Spain.

2014 Lands; Essay of a physical description of the Universe, Art350 Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey.

2014 “Crossroad”, Commercial and Industrial Circle, Sevilla, Spain.

2013 Micro-chromes, Troy Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey.

2012 The chrome, Art Minium Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey.

2011 “Flashback”, 24 Sanat Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey.






Select Group Exhibitions

2023 Pintores de Sevilla, Valentín de Madariaga Foundation, Sevilla, Spain.

2023 Váleme, Casa de la provincia...