Gavingo Gavingo

"For me the experience of creating a painting represents the encounter with possibilities and a reality without object. It is something constructive. The origin of my painting revolves around one simple constant: Color relation. Everything in the painting has to do with the dynamics that occur between the different ways I apply the color and the material. What happens is a series of actions that oppose and complement each other and this constant originates a diversity of variables (elements, directions and signs) that result in the illusion of the image that hides the nature of the relations but reveals its harmony."

EDUCATION:

2006 – 2008 Postgraduate Doctoral Program in Fine Arts - Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

2003 – 2006 Degree in Fine Arts - Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

2002 – 2003 Drawing and Painting Course - Academia Tauré, Barcelona, Spain

2001 – 2002 Pastel Portraits Course - Maestro Alberto García Watson, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

1998 – 2001 Degree in Graphic Design and Publicity – Universidad Pedro Henriquez Ureña, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2012 New Pleasures, New Art Center, New York, USA

2011 Nuevos Placeres, Instituto Cultural Domínico Americano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2010 Nord og Syd (two-person show with Sossa), Galleri Tornby, Bindslev, Denmark

2010 A dos tiempos, El Catador, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2010 Dewar’s - Gavingo: Relaciones abstractas, Galería District & Co., Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2008 Abstracciones Urbanas, Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2007 Vete a ver!, Eurostars Cristal Palace Hotel, Barcelona, Spain

2007 Vete a ver!, Galería El local, Barcelona, Spain

2006 Juego, Galería El local, Barcelona, Spain

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2011 26 Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2011 Nørresundby Bank, Aalborg, Denmark

2010 StandArte, PuntaCana Resort & Club, Dominican Rep.

2010 Dreambox project, Galería Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2010 Nørresundby Bank, Aalborg, Denmark

2010 Dreambox project, Galería District & Co., Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

2010 International Contemporary Masters, Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art, Las Vegas, USA

2010 Paris-America, Museum of the Americas, Miami, USA

2009 Florence Biennale 2009, Italy

2009 Lyrical Symposium, Icosahedron Gallery, New York, USA

2009 Colectiva Contemporáneo-Moderno, FIART Santo Domingo 2009, Dominican Rep.

2008 Capella Sant Joan, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain

2008 Museu Comarcal de Manresa, Manresa, Spain

2008 Edifici Miramar, Sitges, Spain

2007 Centre Cívic Matas i Ramis, Barcelona, Spain

2007 Fundació Orfeó Gracienc, Barcelona, Spain

2005 Academia Tauré, Barcelona, Spain

2004 Museu Diocesà, Barcelona, Spain

2003 Academia Tauré, Barcelona, Spain

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2010 Museum of the Americas, Miami – Best of the show

2009 www.artslant.com - November Showcase winner

2008 Painting Contest Ciutat de Vilafranca, Vilafranca del Penedès – Honorable mention

2008 Painting Contest Sanvisens, Sitges – 2nd prize

2007 Fast Painting Contest Fiesta de Gracia, Barcelona – Honorable mention

2005-06 University of Barcelona Collaboration Grant

2005 Photography Contest Memorial Vicenç Bagán, Barcelona - Finalist

2004 Painting Contest Premio Nostromo, Barcelona – Finalist

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

International Contemporary Masters Volume III, World Wide Art Books, 2010, curated by Despina Tunberg