Sergi Barnils Biography

Bata, Spain, 1954

An established Spanish artist, Sergi Barnils works in a unique style that finds influences in Naive art. His paintings and mixed media pieces often make use of subtle color and simple shapes with surprisingly interesting and atmospherically rich effects.

He studied at the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Barcelona, and at the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Sant Pere de Vilamajor, also in Barcelona, Spain.

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2007 - PicassoMio.com

1999 - Galeria Excalibur. Stresa, Italy.

1998 - Galeria Sindoni. Aciago, Italy. - Galeria Ghiggini. Varese, Italy.

1997 - Galeria Proposte d?Arte. Legnano, Italy. - Galeria am Operning. Vienna, Austria.

1996 - Claustro del Real Monasterio. Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain. - Spirale Art. Milan. Italy. - Galeria E-96. Hamburg. Germany.

1995 - Galeria Dada. Granollers, Barcelona, Spain.

1994 - Galeria Dube. Barcelona, Spain.

1993 - Galeria Brauer. Berlin, Germany. - Canals-Galeria d?Art. Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain.

1991 - Centro de Arte Contemporaneo S?Estacio. Sineu. Mallorca, Spain.

1980 - Palau Meca. Barcelona, Spain.

SELECTED COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

2000 - XII Bienal Muestra de Arte Contemporaneo Catalan. Canals, Galeria de Arte. Sant Cugat. Barcelona, Spain.

1999 - Giorni de Arte. Carrara. Italy. - Canals, Galeria de Arte. Sant Cugat. Barcelona, Spain. - Galerie am Operning. Vienna. Austria.

1998 - Spirale Arte. Milan. Italy. - Europart. Geneva. Switzerland.

1997 - Feria de Arte Contemporaneo. Bologna. Italy. - Galeria Manifiesto. Barcelona, Spain. - Feria de Arte Contemporaneo. Milan. Italy.

1996 - Art Zurich. Zurich. Switzerland. - Kunst Rai. Amsterdam. Holland.

1994 - Centro de Arte S?Estacio. Sineu. Mallorca, Spain. - Fira d?Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Artissima. Turin. Italy.

1993 - Convento de Sant Felip Neri. Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

1984 - Centro Cultural de la Caixa de Terrassa. Barcelona, Spain.

Selected Awards AND PRIZES:

1966. - Premio Extraordinario VIII Certamen Provincial de Arte. Barcelona, Spain. - Premio Extraordinario VIII Certamen Nacional Juvenil de Arte. Barcelona, Spain. - International Painting Prize. Tossa de Mar. Gerona, Spain.