Valero Doval

Some of my work is autobiographical, some of it explores the lives of others, and some of it is purely abstract. One common thread that runs through it all is my tendency to look for beauty in contrast; in the combination of opposing concepts that mirror the diversity of man and nature.

My primary technique is collage, which I use in an attempt to render a magical world filled with colour, wit, and subversion.

Art has always been my chosen method for exploring life’s mysteries, and so creating art, for me, is a process of self-understanding.

My work is a declaration of love for a simple world where the man-made, the natural, and the spiritual interact in a neutral space, suspended in time––science meets spirit, fear meets joy, and simplicity meets complexity.

I love trying to tell stories with my collages, and those stories tend to revolve around the relationships between humanity and nature, the material and the incorporeal, and truth and fiction.

2002 BA in Fine Arts / Polytechnic University of Valencia and University of Barcelona, Spain

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2019 FEINKUNST KRÜGER Gallery/ Hamburg
2019 LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM

2018 JEALOUS GALLERY. London
2018 SAATCHI GALLERY. Londron

2017 DIREKTORENHAUS/ Berlin
2017 MR.PINK Gallery/ Valencia

2014 VICTOR LOPE Gallery / Barcelona

2013 SWAB ART FAIR / Barcelona
2013 ILLUSTRATIVE Festival / Berlin
2013 WATT SPACE GALLERY / Newcastle, Australia
2013 GALERÍA MR.PINK / Valencia *solo

2012 SHOWROOM VICENTE NAVARRO / Valencia *solo

2011 GESTALTEN SPACE / Berlin
2011 WEST CORK ARTS CENTRE / Irlanda
2011 ROJO ARTSPACE / Barcelona *solo

2010 POOL GALLERY / Berlin
2010 CERCLE VICIEUX / Montreal Design 2010
2009 KK OUTLET / London
2009 CINDERS GALLERY / New York
2009 CANTEEN LIFE / Ottawa
2009 YCN.72RIVINGTON STREET / London
2009 LONDON TRANSPORT MUSEUM
2009 MISTERPINK GALLERY/ Valencia
2008 EMAK MAFU/ London
2008 BIZ-R/ Devon, UK
2008 DRAY WALK GALLERY/ London
2008 MISTERPINK GALLERY/ Valencia
2008 AMERICAN BOOK CENTER/ Amsterdam
2008 PUB/ Stockholm
2007 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART/ London
2007 URBAN OUTFITERS/ Stockholm
2007 STORY WORLDWIDE/ London
2007 THE RED DOOR GALLERY/ Edinburgh, UK