Antoni Abad i Roses
Illustration — Antoni Abad talking at Radio Web MACBA. • Illustration — Abad's installation, "Mesures d'emergència" (Emergency Measures, 2010) in the Barcelona metro's Vall d'Hebron station. Antoni Abad i Roses (born 1956 in Lleida) is a Spanish artist. He began his career as a sculptor, and evolved over time towards video art and later in net.art and other forms of new media, including electronic literature.
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Antoni Abad i Roses
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- Born
- 1956 · Lleida.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · video artist · television producer · installation artist · new media artist
- Education
- University of Barcelona · Real Academia de España en Roma
- Honours
- Premi Nacional d'Arts Visuals · City of Barcelona Award · Prix Ars Electronica
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish · Italian
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Illustration — Antoni Abad talking at Radio Web MACBA. • Illustration — Abad's installation, "Mesures d'emergència" (Emergency Measures, 2010) in the Barcelona metro's Vall d'Hebron station. Antoni Abad i Roses (born 1956 in Lleida) is a Spanish artist. He began his career as a sculptor, and evolved over time towards video art and later in net.art and other forms of new media, including electronic literature.
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Antoni Abad i Roses studied at University of Barcelona and Real Academia de España en Roma. The recorded working language is Catalan, Spanish and Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Barcelona. Work by Antoni Abad i Roses is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Vanderbilt Museum of Art and Museu d'Art Jaume Morera. Distinctions recorded are Premi Nacional d'Arts Visuals, City of Barcelona Award and Prix Ars Electronica.
Abad was born in 1956 in Lleida, Spain. Abad's artistic training began with the teachings of his father, followed by a degree in Art History from the University of Barcelona (1979), and studies of engraving in Cuenca, London and Perugia.
Art career
Art career
His work has evolved away from a traditional sculptural practice to the use of new technologies, and in particular the creation of community-based artworks using cell phones. He moved also from photography to video art, followed by interest in computers Net.art. He uses Internet as a creative & research platform. Antoni Abad's expresses the desire to formal experimentation around the concepts of space and time, always present in his work, not exempt lately of certain ironic and critical aspects.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Some of his most important exhibits: • 1986 — Espai 10 (Fundació Joan Miró) Escultures mal·leables • 1991 — Premi d'Arts Plàstiques Medalla Morera. Museu d'Art Jaume Morera. June • 1997 — Medidas de emergencia. Espacio Uno, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. • 1999 — Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires & Venice Biennale. • 2003 — The Real Royal Trip. P.S.1. – Museum of Modern Art, New York. • 2006 — Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona. • 2014 — megafone.net/2004-2014, MACBA. • 2017 — Venice Biennale.
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Antoni Abad i Roses is recorded as having studied at University of Barcelona and Real Academia de España en Roma.
Exposición Universal de Sevilla de 1992. Hierro y chapas metálicas entrelazadas con argollas. Una cortina cambiante por el viento y la luz.
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1956
Antoni Abad i Roses born at Lleida.
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Antoni Abad i Roses received Premi Nacional d'Arts Visuals, City of Barcelona Award and Prix Ars Electronica.
Awards
• Premi d'Arts Plàstiques Medalla Morera (medal) 1990 • Premi Ciutat de Barcelona (City of Barcelona Prize) in the category of Multimedia (2002) for his work Z, shown in Metrònom and Centre d'Art Santa Monica • Golden Nica at Ars Electronica within the category of virtual communities in 2006. Considered the most important prize in the world in terms of art and new technologies. • Premi Nacional d'Arts Visuals (National Prize for Visual Arts) in 2006 given by the Government of Catalonia.
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