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    • JOSEP ENRIC BALAGUER

    Gratallops, Priorat 1962

    Known artistically as Balaguer, this realism painter from El Priorat currently lives and works in Sabadell. His pictorial vocation emmerged at an early age.

     

    Initially, he studied Delineation in search of a seemingly more stable job. In 1984, however, he decided to enroll in the academy illustration Eina-3 directed by Ricard Calvo, and later on in Escuela Illa Sabadell.

     

    Simultaneously, he colaborated in the cultural magazine Notebook as an illustrator and in 1986 participated in “Art realista actual” (Today’s Realism Art) in a group exhibition called “Art realista actual al Vallès” (Today’s Realism Art of El Vallès).

     

    With firm and meticulous brushwork, this artist from Gratallops, generally recreates everyday objects on the canvas. So often ignored, he is able to reveal the inherent beauty of these elements. The great painter from Madrid, Antonio Lopez, once said that he could feel and caress the different forms Balaguer paints.

    Individual exhibitions

    2014 | “Balaguer. Consumismacions” cycle “En Vitrina” Sabadell Art Museum.
    2012 | “Balaguer. Consumismacions” Subex
    2008 | “Balaguer. Consumerism” Halcyon Gallery, London.
    2005 | “Balaguer” ARTwindow, Barcelona.
    2003 | “Balaguer. 1991-2001” Subex Gallery.
    1993 | “Balaguer” Oda sala d’art, Terrassa.
    1990-2002 | “Balaguer” Subex Gallery [annual exhibition]
    1988 | “Balaguer. Pintures” Cau d’Art, Sabadell.

    Selected group exhibitions

    2014 | “Balaguer. Consumismacions” cycle “En Vitrina” Sabadell Art Museum.
    2012 | “Balaguer. Consumismacions” Subex
    2008 | “Balaguer. Consumerism” Halcyon Gallery, London.
    2005 | “Balaguer” ARTwindow, Barcelona.
    2003 | “Balaguer. 1991-2001” Subex Gallery.
    1993 | “Balaguer” Oda sala d’art, Terrassa.
    1990-2002 | “Balaguer” Subex Gallery [annual exhibition]
    1988 | “Balaguer. Pintures” Cau d’Art, Sabadell.
    Selected group exhibitions
    2014 | Selected. Palau Solterra Museum, Fundació Vila Casas. Torroella de Montgri.
    2014 | “Hiperrealisme”. Subex Gallery
    2013 | Colours Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland.
    2010 | “4 Realistes. Josep Enric Balaguer, Josep Berruezo, Comes Josep Busquets, Joan Pujol “. Subex Gallery.
    2009 | ” El laberint existencial “. Inaugural exhibition at the Museum Can Framis, Fundació Vila Casas. Barcelona.
    2009 | “Realismes: Classicism i Modernitat” Tardor Art 2009 GGAC. Agora 3 Art Gallery. Sitges.
    2008 | “Lille Art Fair ’08”. Agora 3 Art Gallery. Lille, France.
    2008 | “Andy Warhol, Josep Enric Balaguer. Shoes and Bags “. Halcyon Gallery. London England.
    2006 | “Grans mestres of dibuix”. Agora 3 Art Gallery. Sitges.
    2006 | “Alemany, Balaguer, Bowers. Contemporary Realism “. Halcyon Gallery. London England.
    2005 | “Realisme contemporani”. Agora 3 Art Gallery. Sitges.
    2005 | ” Entre límits?”. Can Mario Museum, Vila Casas Foundation. Palafrugell.
    2004 | “Realisme màgic. Arnau Alemany, Balaguer, JL Jardí “. Can Sisteré Cultural Center. Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
    2003 | “Art of Living”. Halcyon Gallery, Harrods. London England.
    2003 | “ArtExpo 2003”. Agora 3 Art Gallery. Barcelona.
    2003 | “Art in Miniature”. Halcyon Gallery, International Convention Centre. Birmingham, England.
    2000 | “ArtExpo 2000”. Subex Gallery. Barcelona.
    2000 | “Museu Art 2000”. Inaugural exhibition at Palau Solterra Museum Foundation Vila Casas. Torroella de Montgri.
    1999 | “ArtExpo ’99”. Subex Gallery.
    1999 | “Milénio”. Euroarte Art Gallery. Lisbon, Portugal.
    1998 | Louis Aronow Gallery. Sausalito, California.
    1998 | “ArtExpo ’98”. Subex Gallery.
    1997 | “ArtExpo ’97”. Subex Gallery.
    1996 | “Natures Mortes”. Subex Gallery.
    1994 | “Réalité espagnole”. Salle de la Mairie. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, França;  Valmay Akka Gallery. Paris, France.
    1993 | “Itinéraire gourmand”. Valmay Akka Gallery. Paris, France.
    1993 | “Hommage à la morte nature”. Atelier Paul Azema exphibition. Azillanet, France.
    1993 | “Présences contemporaines”. Akka Gallery. Cap d’Agde, France.
    1989 | Subex Gallery.
    1986 | ” Art realista actual en el Vallès “. Cau d’Art. Sabadell.l.

    Awards

    2014 | Selected, “Photography Prize 2014 Vila Casas Foundation”. Palau Solterra Museum, Vila Casas Foundation. Torroella de Montgri, Gerona.
    2011 | Selected, “XXXVII Bancaja prize for painting, sculpture and digital art.” Valencia.
    2010 | ” V Premi de pintura de petit format Autocugat “, 4th honorable mention. Sant Cugat-museum of the Monastery Chapter House; Lluís Ribas space. Sant Cugat del Valles. “St-art 2010″. Agora 3 gallery d’art. Strasbourg, France.
    2010 | the 4th Honorable Mention, ” V Premi de pintura de petit format Autocugat “. Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona.
    2009 | Selected, “11è Premi de pintura Ricard Camí “. Caixa Terrassa. Terrassa, Barcelona.
    1989 | Selected, “1r Premi de pintura Ricard Camí “. Caixa Terrassa. Terrassa, Barcelona.