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Andrés Galeano transforms discarded snapshots into unexpected compositions that illuminate the poetic possibilities of everyday life. Collecting photographs from flea markets and second-hand shops, Galeano searches for images that are simple yet suggestive of greater meaning, arranging them into collages that highlight previously unrealized ideas and narratives. "My little gesture is to listen to the language of every image.... I use them more as abstract objects, focusing on composition and the latent meanings of the photos," he says.
In one work from his Unknown Photographers series, a couple embraces before a dartboard that hangs on the wall behind them; the photograph sits atop another in which the sun is setting behind a range of mountains. The circular dartboard mirrors the form of the descending sun while functioning as a visual metaphor for the couple's focus on each other. In another, the artist arranges several photographs of rainbows so that the arcs connect in a continuous oval, an unending stripe that transcends the settings and physical boundaries of the individual photographs.
Through such juxtapositions and parallels, the artist elicits a sense of synchronicity and surprise. As he draws from a vast informal archive of other peoples' unwanted photographs, he finds connections that emphasize the continuity among strangers' experiences and their visual records of them.
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Download Galeano CVBorn 1980, Mataró, Spain
Lives and works in Berlin, GermanyEDUCATION
MA, Free Art, KHB Berlin, Germany
Free Art/Sculpture degree, KHB Berlin, Germany
Fine Arts, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy
Photography graduated, Freie Fotoschule Stuttgart, Germany
Philosophy degree, Universidad de Barcelona, SpainSOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
LOST CLOUDS ARCHIVE, Kogo gallery + Ag47, Tartu, Estonia
2021
FONDO PERDIDO DE NUBES, CCL Blanquerna, Madrid, Spain
FONS PERDUT DE NÚVOLS, Galerie RocíoSantaCruz, Barcelona, Spain
FONS PERDUT DE NÚVOLS, M|A|C, Mataró, Spain
2019
EINMAL IST KEINMAL, UPNA, Pamplona, Spain
AFOTOS, Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts, Granollers, Spain
2018
UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, Lisbon, Portugal
2015
AL SOL, M|A|C, Mataró, Spain
UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS, RH Contemporary, New York, NY
2014
UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Pavlovsdog, Berlin, Germany
10 COSAS QUE DEBERÍAS SABER, Taller Bloc, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2013
UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Grimmuseum Berlin, Germany
2011
HIMMELFAHRTEN, Einstellungsraum, Hamburg, Germany
2009
DIE STEHENDEN, Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, Germany
2005
D. P. I., Treffpunktgalerie, Stuttgart, GermanySELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
DISSENY HUB, Barcelona, Spain
SONAR+D, Barcelona, Spain
BCN PRODUCCIÓ 2022/23, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
CORRENT D'IMATGES, Espai d'arts Rocaumbert, Granollers, Spain
MURS ÉCRANS, VU photo, Québec, Canada
2020
Following the Lines of Wacław Szpakowski, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
Riga Photography Biennial, Latvia
2019
UN MÓN PARAL.LEL,Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW AIPAD, New York, NY
2018
THINKING ABOUT [PHOTOGRAPHY], Festival Scan, Tarragona
PHOTO LONDON, UK
SPIELE MIT DER EWIGKEIT, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
UN MÓN PARAL.LEL, Bòlit, Girona, Spain
WATCH YOUR BUBBLE, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
2017
GOOD FRIENDS, Galerie Kunstpunkt, Berlin, Germany
INTERVALO, Las Cigarreras, Alicante, Spain
SOBREEXPOSICIÓN, Espacio Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay
AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE, Festival Embarrat, Tàrrega, Spain
ARTISTS' BOOKS FOR EVERYTHING, Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
ATHENS PHOTO FESTIVAL, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
ART PHOTO BCN, Fundació Enric Miralles, Barcelona, Spain
ART LIBRIS, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
UN CIERTO PANORAMA, Canal Isabel II, Madrid, Spain
UN MUNDO PARALELO, Espai Moritz, Cornellà, Barcelona, Spain
2016
INTERVALO, Casa Hoffmann, Bogotá, Columbia
UN MUNDO PARALELO, Rocaumbert Fabrica de les Arts, Granollers, Spain
LOOK UP AT THE SKY, Sala Moncunill, Terrassa, Spain
VACANCIES!, Galerie Wedding, Berlin, Germany
2015
TEN YEARS AT THE ZOO, Las Naves, Valencia, Spain
DISPARITIONS, Galerie Rue Visconti, Paris, France
MY TIME IS NOT YOUR TIME, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN, Spanish Embassy Berlin, Germany
STATUS ALTERADO, Goethe Institut, Barcelona, Spain
DRINNEN. DRAUSSEN, Schweizerische Psychiatrie Museum, Bern, Switzerland
2014
LOS AGRICULTORES. RECOLECTAR Y/O MANIPULAR, SAC, Barcelona, Spain
PRESENT INDICATIU, Fabra i Coats, Barcelona, Spain
ECCE UOMO, Ejercicios Mosqueto, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2013
4th THESSALONIKI BIENALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Greece
MACHT KUNST, Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany
2012
AUSGERECHNET FREITAG DER DREIZEHNTE, Oranienplatz, Berlin, Germany
PRESUME, Mart Stam Award, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2011
CAP.S.A 11 a la presó, Presó de Mataró, Mataró, Spain
PAISATGE CATASTRÒFIC, Galeria Dolors Ventós, Figueres, Spain
DIPLOM UND MEISTERSCHÜLER AUSSTELLUNG, Uferhallen Berlin, Germany
DESTINO:BERLIN, Studio 1, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
CREACIONS AL VOL, Espai f, Mataró, Spain
2010
MÚLTIPLO DE CINCO, Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela
2009
INTERMEDIA, ´O , Milan, Italy
ALLE 7 DEL MATTINO IL MONDO È ANCORA IN ORDINE, 'O, Milan, Italy
PROLOG 4, Galerie Parterre, Berlin, Germany
ZEICHNEN UND SCHREIBEN, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, Germany
IL LIBRO NEL XXI SECOLO, Musei Civici di Villa Mirabello, Varese, Italy
MAHN OH MAHN, Emerson Gallery, Berlin, Germany
ZOOLOGICS, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
2008
TEMPORÄR, Galerie Hinterhaus 65, Stuttgart, Germany
2007
CORALE, Palazzo Sforza, Cotignola, Italy
ARTISTI DEL PREMIO ICEBERG 2007, Galleria d´Arte 18, Bologna, Italy
COLOSSI NASCOSTI. FESTIVAL ICEBERG 2007, Galleria Ta matete, Bologna, Italy
2006
DAS GESICHT, Treffpunktgalerie, Stuttgart, GermanySELECTED PERFORMANCES
2020
Post-Brossa,Fundació Brossa, Barcelona, Spain
2018
Me gustas Pixelad_, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2016
Perform Perform, Düdingen, Switzerland
2014
Festival Inmediaciones, Centro Huarte, Pamplona, Spain
M:ST Festival, Emmedia, Calgary, Canada
Live Action 9, Konsthallen, Göteborg, Sweden
Surrey Poetry Festival, Guildford, UK
2013
ANTIC TEATRE, Barcelona, Spain
GRIMMUSEUM, Berlin, Germany
KUNSTHAL CHARLOTTENBORG, Copenhagen, Denmark
TPA, Turin, Italy
Rhubarb Festival, Buddies in Bad Times Theater, Toronto, Canada
FADO, The Theater Center, Toronto, Canada
Estruch, Sabadell, Spain
2012
Festival Chamalle X, Museo Arte Contemporáneo Vigo, Spain
Momentum #6, Brussels, Belgium
Contexts, Sokolowsko, Poland
Interakcje Festival,Galeria OFF, Piotrkow Trybunawksi, Poland
PAE #4, Wolfart Projectspaces, Rotterddam, The Netherlands
To Be Present, AIR Besienddershuis, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Samtalekøkkenet 9,Teatermuseet i Hofteatret, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Acción!MAD, El Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Who is Afraid of Performance Art?, BAC, Geneva, Switzerland
Co-Lab Editions, Saavy Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Testing Grounds, The Basement, Brighton, UK
Viva! Art Action, Montréal, Canada
La Muga Caula, Les Escaules, Figueres, Spain
Performance Triple Bill, Tisch Theater Berlin, Germany
¡POESÍACCIÓN!, Instituto Cervantes Berlin, Germany
PPP - ProgPerformancePlattform, Bern, Switzerland
Infr´action Venezia, Venice, Italy
Biological Museum Turku, Performanssi 2011, Turku, Finland
Unforseen IV, Kunstfabrik, Berlin, Germany
From me to you, Kunstfabrik, Berlin, Germany
2010
Einstellungsraum, Hamburg, Germany
Festival eBent´10, Barcelona, Spain
Nau Estruch, Sabadell, Spain
direct action 2010, Institut für alles mögliche, Berlin, Germany
Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
Home Sweet Home Festival, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
PI Festival, National Museum Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Performer Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany
Galerie KUB, Leipzig, Germany
2009
Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Goldener Saal, Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
TINA B Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
Global Comunication Festival, M.C.S.W. Elektownia, Radom, Poland
2008
Artikel 0, Bundesministerum der Justiz , Berlin, GermanySELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2023
NOT A PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION, Zepos & Yannopoulos, ISBN: 978-618-86665-0-4
UMBIGO #86 Connection/disconnection, ISBN: 2184-7703
EL MÓN D'AHIR #28 Jesucrist, ISBN: 978-84-11-73000-6
NEPHOGRAM, app, free download from Google Play | App Store
2021
FPN, artist book, ISBN: 978-84-09-30523-0
2020
ARTISTS' BOOKS FOR EVERYTHING, Catalogue, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst ISBN:978-3-946059-14-1
2019
NO PIC, Artist Book, ISBN:978-84-09-08848-5
WATCH YOUR BUBBLE, exhibition catalogue, Berlin
2018
THINKING ABOUT [PHOTOGRAPHY], exhibition catalogue, Tarragona
UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Artist Book, ISBN:978-84-09-04132-9
LIFE OF ARTISTS IN BERLIN, Valentina Galosi, ISBN:978-3-617-945880-326
2016
GOOGLE IN VIEW, Artist Book
2015
BERLIN KUNST, Tagesspiegel
FORMEN DER WISSENSGENERIERUNG, Ahtena-Verlag
2014
PAJ: A JOURNAL OF PERFORMNACE ART, Vol. 36, No. 3, Mit Press Journal
EIKON #87, Vienna
COLAB EDITIONS, Saavy Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
CHAMALLE X, Universidad de Vigo
2013
JOHNNY AMORE: PERFORMERS, Pori Art Museum
THE REFLEXIVE PHOTOGRAPHER, MuseumsEtc
EMERGENCY INDEX 2012, Ugly Duckling Press, USA
THE REFLEXIVE PHOTOGRAPHER, Museumsetc, UK
WE ARE NOT A MUSEUM, Gimmuseum Berlin
SUPERMARKET issue #3, ISSN 2000-8155, Stockholm, Sweden
HÜHNERHAUS VOLKSDORF KUNST [3], Hamburg, Hyperzine Verlag
2012
EFÍMERA Num. 4, Madrid, Spain
PRESUME, Katalog,Mart Stam Förderpreis 2011, Berlin, Germany
QUADERN Num. 185, Sabadell
EFÍMERA REVISTA Num. 3, Madrid, Spain
¡POESÍACCIÓN!, Live Art Edition DVD, Berlin, Germany
2011
EMERGENCY INDEX 2011, Ugly Duckling Press, USA
AUTOS FAHREN KEINE TREPPEN, Katalog, Hamburg Hyperzine Verlag
POINTS D´IMPACT, Avec ou sans parole, DVD Katalog, Genf, Switzerland
CAP.S.A 11 a la presó, USB catalogue, Mataró, Spain
ZIELORT: BERLIN / DESTINO:BERLIN, catalogue, Berlin, Germany
PERFORMANSSI 2011, catalogue, Helsinki, Finland
2010
HYBRID, Einstellunsraum 2010, catalogue, Hamburg, Germany
HOME SWEET HOME, catalogue, Berlin, Germany
LIVE ART WORK DVD ISSUE 10
PERFORMANCE INTERMEDIA, catalogue, Officyna, Szczecin, Poland
2009
MAHN OH MAHN, catalogue, KHB Berlin, Germany
GLOBAL COMUNICATION FESTIVAL, catalogue, MCSW Electrownia, Radom, Poland
PROLOG 5, catalogue, Berlin, Germany
ZOOLOGICS, catalogue, KHB Berlin, Germany
PROLOG 4, catalogue, Berlin, Germany
IL LIBRO NEL XXI SECOLO, catalogue, Edizioni Lativa, Varese, Italy
2008
ARTIKEL 0, catalogue, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, Germany
ICEBERG 2007: YOUNG ARTISTS IN BOLOGNA, catalogue, Red Publishing, Modena, Italy
2007
CORALE, DUE MUSE ALLO SPECCHIO, catalogue, Cotignola, ItalyAWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2022
AiR VU Photo, Québec, Canada
Barcelona Crea grant in Art&Science, Ajuntament Barcelona
Barcelona Producció grant for digital environments,La Capella
Neustart Kultur grant, Foundation Kunstfonds Bonn
2021
Neustart Kultur grant, Foundation Kulturwerk der Bild-Kunst
2020
Artistic research grant OSIC, Generalitat Catalunya
Neustart Kultur grant, Foundation Kunstfonds Bonn
2019
Artistic research grant OSIC, Generalitat Catalunya
2017
Production grant Rocaumbert F.A.,Granollers (ESP)
2014
Finalist of Miquel Casablancas Prize, Barcelona, Spain
Artist in Residence Departamento 21, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2013
Artist in Residence Adriantic, Barcelona, Spain
2012
Artist in Residence Nauestruch, Sabadell, Spain
2011
Mart Stam Prize, Berlin, Germany
2009
Artist in Residence O', Milan, Italy
2007
Iceberg: giovani artisti a Bologna, Art Photography Prize, Italy
