Felipe Almendros - Duelo

Felipe Almendros — Expanded artistic biography Felipe Almendros (1976), raised in the Llefià neighborhood in Badalona, is a visual artist, painter, illustrator, comic author and audiovisual creator. His work is characterized by a strong autobiographical and documentary component, and it develops across painting, drawing, graphic novel, animation and cinema. After an initial phase linked to drawing and comics, Almendros begins to develop a personal pictorial body of work focused on his immediate surroundings. His paintings depict people, spaces and situations connected to the periphery of Barcelona, nightlife, popular culture and personal memory. Over time, his painting progressively shifts the marginal landscape toward scenes of leisure, interiors, parties and figures from Barcelona’s nocturnal scene. His pictorial language is figurative, direct and rooted in realism, though distant from a purely photographic reproduction. Brushwork, artificial lighting, framing and the construction of the scene function as narrative elements. much of his output starts from lived experiences, his own photographs and people from his environment, forming a kind of visual autobiography. Art critic Andrea García Casal has linked this aspect of his work to the historical tradition of the bambochada, understood as the representation of popular, festive and everyday scenes, moved in this case to the contemporary urban context. Exhibition career Felipe Almendros’s exhibition career includes shows in galleries, cultural institutions and art spaces in Spain, Japan and Italy: 2008 — ADN Gallery, Barcelona Presentation of Save Our Souls accompanied by plastic work linked to the publication universe. 2012 — Freedonia Gallery, Barcelona 2014 — Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona Participation in a group exhibition dedicated to Catalan authors. 2016 — Hell Gallery, Barcelona Exhibition of a series of portraits and scenes linked to his personal and urban surroundings. RTVE highlighted at the time that the show included portraits of relatives and friends from his street, in addition to elements related to his graphic work VIP. 2017 — Instituto Cervantes of Tokyo, Japan VIP exhibition, with portraits in oil, drawings, animations and other works tied to his graphic novels. The show counted on the collaboration of the Institut Ramon Llull and was covered by Agencia EFE and La Vanguardia. 2017 — FNAC Callao, Madrid 2017 — FNAC El Triangle, Barcelona 2018 — Ratata Festival, Macerata, Italy 2018 — Librería Molar, Madrid 2018 — Bibav Gallery, Barcelona 2019 — Meteoro Gallery, Barcelona 2021 — Yoko Art Gallery, Barcelona Residing artist of the gallery, where he presented works belonging to the DIY and Ocaña series. 2022 — CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid Participation in the collective Madrid Metal. An illustrated history of the 80s. Graphic novel and publications Felipe Almendros’s graphic and pictorial work maintains a close thematic and autobiographical relationship. His main publications are: 2009 — Save Our Souls — Apa Apa 2011 — R.I.P. — Penguin Random House 2015 — SOS — Agrume, French edition 2017 — VIP — Penguin Random House VIP closed an autobiographical trilogy begun with Save Our Souls and R.I.P. and drew wide media attention. VICE dedicated an extensive interview to his creative process and to the relationship between autobiography, fiction, painting and graphic novel. Audiovisual and animation Parallel to his painting and editorial work, Almendros has developed a steady career in animation, videocreation and music video making. Among his collaborations are with: Remate — Gigante (2012), Dawn Wiener (2018), Quanzhou, New Jersey (2020) Technopolitans — Koala (2016) Clara Te Canta — Orgía Sideral (2018) J. Vega — Graham Coxon on Drugs (2019), Nostos (2021) Santo Drama — Diablo (2020) Wild Honey — Dinosaurios y supermercados (2021) Cora Yako — Uno entre un millón (2022) Sex Shop Boyz — Brave Enough Belmonte — Entrenador He also did animation work for MTV / MGZ! TV Magazine. Film and accolades Felipe Almendros has also participated in film projects related to his autobiographical universe. In 2020 he starred in El arte de frío, a film by Ander Duque, for which he received the Best Actor award at the Cinespaña festival. Subsequently he appeared as co-author in Burnout, a film by Ander Duque and Felipe Almendros. Official website https://felipealmendros.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/felipealmendros/ Press references RTVE https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20160701/felipe-almendros-creacion-vive-esclava-del-gusta-facebook/1365803.shtml La Vanguardia https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20170203/413974121977/el-comic-urbano-y-musical-de-felipe-almendros-llega-a-tokio-con-un-exposicion.html El País https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-05-19/asi-es-quanzhou-new-jersey-una-pieza-creada-por-el-musico-remate-y-el-ilustrador-felipe-almendros.html Mondo Sonoro https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/el-diablo-viste-de-santo-drama/ NOWNESS https://www.nowness.com/topic/felipe-almendros/remate-dawn-wiener

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