Antoni Amat

In the early stages of his career Antoni Amat’s work reflected the strong influences of his birthplace, Barcelona, and the discovery of Spanish titans like Goya, Dali and Picasso. At the age of fifteen, he had his first exhibition and throughout his early career the influence of Surrealism was strong. The Mediterranean landscape, its light, colors and textures, still appear prominently in Amat’s mature work, which veered away from Surrealism in the 80s.

His strong gestures and heavy application of paint and other materials onto wood, linen and canvas that evolved in the last decades have come to be known as the artist’s signature. Along with his personal style of painting, the personal mythology of Amat’s work has grown too.

Going deeper than the landscape, the Earth’s surface has been ruptured and all the internal workings are shown. Hot magma, precious stones, gases, minerals, mud spill out onto the surface through cracks and holes in the composition. Dense worlds once hidden have been revealed. In large format paintings as well as sculpture this particular style of work is unique to Amat.

Amat’s works are regularly exhibited in the Maeght Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, as well as in other art galleries in Madrid, Mallorca, USA, Germany, and Italy. He’s featured in museums, private foundations and private collections all over the world.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 10 years of the Glass of Verdú, Cal Talavero Art Center, Lleida, Spain
2014 Collection of Islands, works on paper, Masters Art, Palama de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
2014 Works, Nina Torres Fine Art, Gallery Miami, FL. USA.
2013 Pula Galerie, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain
2012 Works, Galerie Maeght, Barcelona, Spain
2011 Mit aller Kraft, Galerie Per-Seh, Hannover, Germany
2011 Silence footprint, Galerie Van Dyck, Gijón, Spain
2010 Works, Etra Fine Art GalleryMiami, FL. USA.
2010 Galerie Maeght Barcelona, Spain
2010 Rectoría Vella Foundation, St.Celoni, Barcelona.
2009 Bestandteile, Galerie Per-Seh, Hannover, Germany
2009 A.C. Contemporary Art Galería, Madrid. Spain
2008 Galerie Maeght, Barcelona. Spain
2008 Recent Works, Galerie Omnium Ars, Girona, Spain
2007 Begegnungen Galerie Per-Seh, Hannover, Germany
2007 A.C. Contemporary Art Galería, Madrid. Spain
2006 Galería Joan Planellas, Tossa de Mar, Girona, Spain
2006 Four Elements, A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery, Marbella Málaga, Spain
2005 The Art of Antoni Amat, Galerie Zulauf, Freinsheim, Germany
2005 Maeght Gallery, Barcelona. Spain
2005 Peintures, Liehrmann Galerie, Liège, Belgium
2004 Espacio y luz A.C. Contemporary Art Galería, Madrid.
2004 A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery, Marbella Málaga, Spain
2003 The enigma of Alchemy, Galerie Maeght, Barcelona.
2003 Oceans, Galería Artgaspar, Las Palmas, Canarias Spain
2002 Galería Centre d’art S’ estació, Mallorca. Spain

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 2014 Artists of the Mediterranean, Pula Galerie, Son Servera, Mallorca, Spain
2013 Art and alchemy, Masters Art, Palama de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
2012 Lübecker Museumsnacht- Expeditionen, Lübeck, Germany
2011 MIA, International Art Fair, Miami, USA
2011 Etra Fine Art, Miami,FL. USA.
2011 We The Artist.  Marina Abramovic, Antoni Amat, Anselm Reyle, Spencer Tunick, Ashley Bickerton, etc. National Museum of Trinidad & Tobago.
2010 Per-Seh Gallery, Hannover, Germany
2010 A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid. Spain
2010 Joan Planellas Gallery, Tossa de Mar, Girona, Spain
2009 Dialogues, Galería Centre d’art S’ estació, Mallorca. Spain
2009 Antoni Tapies, Joan Miro, Antoni Amat, Galeria Maeght, Barcelona.
2009 PuroArte, Vigo, A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery Spain
2008 The new vanguard, Galería Centre d’art S’ estació, Mallorca. Spain
2008 Galerie Zulauf, Freinsheim, Germany
2008 ArtMadrid, A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid. Spain
2007 A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery, Marbella Málaga, Spain
2007 ArtMadrid, A.C. Contemporary Art Galería Madrid. Spain
2007 PuroArte, Vigo, A.C. Contemporary Art Galería Spain
2006 Centre d’Art S’Estació, Sineu, Mallorca, Spain
2006 A.C. Contemporary Art Galería, Madrid. Spain
2006 VadeArte, Artfair, A.C. Contemporary Art Galería Spain
2006 ArteSevilla, Artfair,A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery Sevilla. Spain
2006 PuroArte, A.C. Contemporary Art Galería, Vigo Spain.
2005 Inter cultures, Antoni Amat, Luc Doerflinger, Oh Sufan,  Maeght Gallerie, Barcelona
2005 A.C. Contemporary Art, Gallery Marbella Málaga, Spain
2005 A.C. Contemporary Art Galería, Madrid. Spain
2005 Sculpture Symposium, ParcArt, Girona, Spain
2005 VadeArte, Artfair, A.C. Contemporary Art Gallery Spain
2004 Temps d’Estiu, Galería Maeght, Barcelona
2004 Centre d’Art S’Estació, Sineu, Mallorca, Spain