Ángel Serrano

Artist and Chemical Engineer (PhD), who has exhibited his artworks at the prestigious Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) and other museums in Europe.

STATEMENT

By means of stains, I can express myself covering an infinite range of possibilities, which goes from total abstraction to figuration. Abstraction gives me the total freedom to create without any limits and figuration gives me the opportunity to give form to those stains. However, sometimes I can only find what I am looking for working in between those limits.

Childhood is one of my favorite subjects because I believe that the pure state of a human being is ephemeral and only exists during this stage of life. Children objectively represent the initial state of life, the start of a finite cycle. How would be the world if the initial pure state remained until the end?

The sea often influences my paintings, probably because of the city where I come from, Valencia, Mediterranean city.

My research experience as a Chemical Engineer in the field of Material Science has helped me to develop new stain painting procedures and techniques which let me express the way I am and the way I see reality.

As Oscar Wilde said:

"No great artist ever sees things as the...

BIOGRAPHY

Serrano was born in Valencia, Spain, and his life has always been guided by his passion for art and science.

Serrano started designing and painting very young, winning his first Prize when he was only six. He studied painting and engraving at recognised Art Schools of Valencia from 2007 to 2009. In addition, he studied music at the Centro Instructivo Musical of Benimaclet and the José Iturbi Conservatory.

He started gaining national recognition in a group exhibition at the perstigious IVAM modern art museum in 2008. After that, he conducted his first solo exhibition in Amantea, Italy, in 2009. His art has been internationally recognized in international competitions, muSeums and fairs of Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and England such as the Saatchi Gallery of London.

In the scientific field, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València, in 1998. After two years of traveling and learning from other cultures, he started working in the field of Advanced Materials to obtain his Ph.D. in 2005. Currently, he is a consolidated scientist and Professor in this field, managing the Serrano BBlab.

Due to his passion for art and science, Serrano has developed...

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Stains from Total Abstraction to Figuration.
Gallery Picassomio, International online exhibition [January 2016 - December 2020]

Philosophy of Childhood.
Galleria d'Arte La Marinella, Lamezia Terme, Italy [April 5 - 25, 2015]

Tanzanian kids.
Galleria d'Arte La Marinella, Lamezia Terme, Italy [June 5 - 30, 2013]

Il sogno di Julia.
Galleria d'Arte Le Muse, Cosenza, Italy [March 5 - 25, 2011]

Stains to kill my pain.
Museo del Presente, Rende, Italy [October 27 - November 10, 2010]

Tierra Palestina.
Charity Exhibition, Comunidad Palestina Valencia, Spain [December 18 - 26, 2010]

Sad wars.
University of Valencia, València, Spain [May 3 - 9, 2010]

Natura, donne e bambini del mondo.
Accademia deglo Arrischiati, Amantea, Italy [July 7 - 27, 2009]

GROUP EXHIBITION

Vernissage. Park Art Fair International, Triberg Parkhaus, Germany [April 11 -14, 2016]

XIII Concurso de pintura Rotary. Rotary Club, Xàtiva, Spain [Junio 1 -14, 2015]

Artistes solidaris per a Etiòpia. Asociación Abay Etiopia, Valencia, Spain [Mayo 24 -26, 2013]

Saatchi Gallery Showndown 2011. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK [February 1 - March 15, 2011].

Colletiva d'arte with the new artists Ángel Serrano Aroca and Sil...