carles castel

1965

born in manresa (catalonia/spain)

1986-1991

studies in fine arts at the central university of barcelona among others, his teachers were prof. joan hernández pijuan and prof. xavier grau

1991-1996

conservation and restoration of art

1992-1994

doctorate studies in fine arts and art history at the central university of barcelona

1992-1995

scholarship in research and fieldwork at the catalan centre of conservation and restoration

2001

ph.d. in fine arts at the central university of barcelona. during his studies and his work in restoration of art, carles castel has developed his painting career in parallel

from 1998-2002

carles castel lived and painted in london

from 2002-2004

the artist painted and studied in osaka, japan

since 2005

carles castel has been living and painting between barcelona and berlin his paintings are in private collections in europe, usa, mexico, brazil and the far east

carles castel explains his art to two young children in his studio 2019

1999-2013 blunden oriental, london (yearly exhibitions)

2000- 2013 affordable art fair, london (yearly exhibitions)

2004 metropolitan museum of art, tokyo (group exhibition)

2010 fett 6, space for art, hamburg

2010 merck finck & co. private bankers, hamburg

2010 pigs, berlin

2011 merck finck & Co, private bankers, hamburg

2012 ballhaus pankow, berlin (group exhibition)

2013 german association of the automotive industry (VDA), berlin

2013 kunstverein kunsthaus potsdam (group exhibition)

2014 german association of the automotive industry (VDA), berlin

2015 spanisch embassy / hotel BARCELO, hamburg

2015 spanish embassy / BAGL-art fair, berlin

spanish embassador pablo garcia-berdoy visiting the exhibition in berlin

2016 bernheimer contemporary, berlin (group exhibition)

2016 fashion week, bernheimer contemporary, berlin

2016 checkpoint # 12 Ilgen, berlin (group exhibition)

2017 installation, xantener str. 6, berlin

2017 bernheimer contemporary, material boys & girls, part I, munich (group exhibition)

2017 bernheimer contemporary, material boys & girls, part ll, berlin (group exhibition)

2018 edmond gallery, berlin (together with Yoyo)

ai wei wei visiting carles at his exhibition in berlin 2018

2019 several private exhibitions in spain, u.k. and germany

2020-2021 exhibitions paused during covid-19 pandemics

additionally, his works have been exhibited privately in france, germany, hongkong, japan, mexico, spain, u.k. and USA.