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BERNARDO ROMAN PALAU
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BERNARDO ROMAN PALAU | |
| Born 1968 Mexico City, Mexico. | |
EDUCATION | |
| 1989– 1995 |
Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado, “La Esmeralda” Mexico. |
| 1987 | Istituto per’l Arte e il Restauro, Florence, Italy. |
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | Tew Galleries, Atlanta, GA. US. |
| 2001 | “Invisible Reality” Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA, US. |
| 1997 | “Aproximaciones” Instituto de Mexico en España, Madrid, Spain. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2006 | Pro Arts Gallery Oakland, CA. US. |
| 2005 | Bond Latin Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US. |
| 2003 | Roman Palau, Claude Bauret-Allard and Kevin Kinkead, Galerie Timothy Tew. Atlanta, GA, US. |
| 2002 | Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA. US. |
| 2002 | Roman Palau, Tapp Francke and Raul Diaz, Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, GA. US. |
| 1999 | Galeria Del Sol, Miami, FL. US. |
| 1998 | “Refraneros de Hoy” Out Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 1996 | El Guardian de lo Pequeño, Madrid, Spain. |
| 1995 | Galeria La Esmeralda, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 1994 | Galeria Jose Ma. Velasco, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 1993 | Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 1993 | “Primer Salon de Arte Joven” Museo Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico. |
| 1993 | Galeria La Esmeralda, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| 1991 | Galeria La Esmeralda, Mexico City, Mexico. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Feaster, Felicia. “Still Life (Mental Landscapes Perplex).” Creative Loafing. 6 Nov. 2003. Visual Arts. Atlanta, GA, US. | |
| Fox, Catherine. 2001. “Enigmas on View.” Atlanta Journal Constitution. 10 Aug. 2001. Visual Arts. Atlanta, GA, US. | |
| “Los mundos sugerentes.” Guia del Ocio. January 1998. Madrid, Spain. | |
ARTIST STATEMENT | |
| My recent work leans toward melancholy and this reflects in its intimate character. I make figurative oil paintings: Night desert landscapes populated by a single tree and animals (dogs and birds) who obediently pose against a crescent moon. Accentuating light and shadow to add a theatrical quality with a warm palette of colors, Most of the characters in my paintings show some peculiarities, like missing limbs or some longer than normal (for me this represents the attempt to exceed their condition), sometimes unfinished, but even in this state they stay in balance, like they are floating supported by the space that contains them. I include empty bowls, cups, everyday utensils in the background to accentuate the isolation from human contact or as symbolic elements. The titles are very important to me. I think they should be another poetic element and not just furnished the painting whit an anecdotal remark. My paintings are constructed around reality and perception always with an emphasis in poetry. I’m interested in exploring how we naturally tend to idealize, how we transform reality when our experiences suddenly become memories. | |