Asier Guerrero

Asier Guerrero Rico (DIO) is a Spanish visual artist born in Bilbao in 1982 and based in Artà, Mallorca. He currently exhibits his work at his studio gallery in Artà and holds private exhibitions. His large-scale paintings combine figurative imagery, intricate ballpoint drawing and layered paint. His two principal series, Meta-comunicación and El juego de la vida, explore communication, identity and transformation.

DIO studied Fine Arts at the Universidad del País Vasco and the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha in Cuenca. He received an Erasmus scholarship to study in Hasselt, Belgium, and completed his studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico.

Licenciatura in Fine Arts, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Cuenca, Spain.

Current exhibitions

Studio gallery, Artà, Mallorca — Ongoing presentation of DIO’s work and private exhibitions.

Selected solo exhibitions

2016 — Festival Freeart launch exhibition, Palma, Mallorca.

2015 — Reflexiones tatuadas, Fundación López-Fuseya, Palma, Mallorca.

2014 — Stock Option, Fundación Coll Bardolet, Valldemossa, Mallorca.

2010 — Circo Cuántico, Sala Berhakusketak, Bermeo, Spain.

2010 — Imágenes sobre mi cuerpo, photography exhibition, Cruz Blanca, Bilbao, Spain.

2009 — Meta-comunicación, Palco, Cuenca, Spain.

Selected group exhibitions and festivals

2018 — Islandarte, first Independent Contemporary Art Biennial, Palma, Mallorca.

2017 — Casa de Cultura Can Gelabert, Mallorca.

2016 — Galería Berlín, Palma, Mallorca.

2016 — International Surrealism Now, Multimedia Museum POROS, Espaço Partícula and Fundação Bissaya Barreto, Portugal.

2016 — Festival Incart, Inca, Mallorca.

2015 — International Surrealism Now, Museu da Cidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

2014 — International Surrealism Now, Palácio da Lousã and Galeria Vieira Portuense, Portugal.

2012–2014 — Festival Artdemossa, Valldemossa, Mallorca.

2006 — Festival Entijuanarte, Tijuana, Mexico.

2005 — Faculty of Fine Arts, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, ...