Eduardo Romaguera is a Spanish artist born in Valencia in 1976. He practices painting, photography, sculpture and video art. He studied Fine Arts and then photography in Valencia. Thanks to a scholarship from the Mexican government, he did an exchange in Mexico, then finished his visual arts studies in Valencia. He currently lives and works in Marseille, France. In his pictorial compositions, Eduardo Romaguera evolves within a figurative universe, within which he develops his artistic language. He gets carried away by inspiration, painting what he loves. As such, the city is a fertile source of inspiration, be it Marseille or New York. "It's my particular way of doing things. You should be aware that this process of creating a painting is not immediately mechanical, it is necessary to take into account several different parameters simultaneously. Poetry unites them, makes them timeless and allows me to transmit a thought in a transparent way”, explains the artist about his work.
Romaguera’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions in the United States, India, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and Spain. His work combines numerous artistic languages and includes elements of photography, painting, video art, sculpture, and new media. He describes poetry as being the key to his work, as it is also a learning process and 'a search in the understanding of the other' – other people and other objects.
There are many hidden meanings in the work of Eduardo Romaguera; Eduardo’s paintings speak their own language, and it is the poetry of the artist’s signature that unites them. According to Eduardo, the life of an artist is intense. He believes art is wonderful, everyone must experience it. Romaguera considers his work as a game, and in this way he uses it to have fun with his elements, some technical and very precise. There is a lot of humor in his work.
With the "Poolside" series Eduardo pays tribute to the late Slim Aarons who was known for photographing "attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." He sought to capture the glamour, charisma and celebrity of the rich and famous. Aarons chronicled the leisure pursuits of the rich and famous in stunning environments, letting the natural beauty of his subjects become his focal point. In the acrylic on canvas pieces Eduardo again interprets these photos into beautiful, intensely vivid colorful scenes.
Solo Shows
Mars 2018. Artbox gallery Zürich, The armony Show, Chelsea, New York. EEUU.
January 2018. Centro del Carmen Cultura Contemporánea. Valencia. Spain
May 2017. Eurostars Hotels Gran Valencia, Grupo Hotusa. Dpto. Arte. Valencia, Spain.
December 2014. Gallery Arps & Co‘The Rite of Spring’ Amsterdam, Holland.
March 2012. Gallery Cimaise. “Poems” 2012, Geneva. Switzerland.
January 2012, Gallery Andiamo, “Au Seuil du rêve”. Marseille, France.
November 2011, Gallery “Diseño al cubo”. Valencia, Spain.
October 2011, Gallery “Espacio La mutante”.Valencia. Spain
May 2011, “Espacio menosuno” - Project " Sobradamente instantáneo". Madrid. Spain
February 2001, Ca Revolta. "Body and architecture". Valencia. Spain.
Collective Show
May 2019 “PREMIO NACIONAL DE PINTURA GESTORES 2019”, “Corresonancias".
May 2019, Premios ArtsFAD 2019, Barcelona, . Disseny Hub Barcelona acogerá la
exposición de las obras desde el 17 de mayo al 1 de septiembre de 2019. Spain
October 2018, 5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography in Barcelona on
October 4-21, 2018. Spain.
Julio 20/-Sep 20/ 2018, CRACKED colective show, Gallery P/ART IBIZA, Spain.
April-June 2018, NOW HERE "Gallery 4P" Ruzafa, Valencia, Spain.
Mars 2016, "Festival de la jeune photographie européenne" CIRCULATION(S) gifs
animates, poems, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, PARIS-France.
December 2015, "Art and Photography"(Scope see.me program). Miami, USA.
November 2015, Seoul New York Photo Festival, N.Y. USA.
October 2015, "The last picture show" Power House Arena, Brooklyn, N.Y USA.
March 2015, Tribute to Surrealism Exhibition, Tenerife Fine Arts Centre,
Tenerife, Spain.
May 2015, Gallery H2O, IX Festival International Video Art, Barcelona, Spain.
January - March 2015, Aula Cultura CAM La Llotgeta, Valencia. Spain.
June -2015, The louvre Paris, (Scope see.me program), Paris, France.
November 2014, Collective Palais Universitaire Strasbourg, France.
August 2014, International contemporary art exhibition 2014. Jaipur, India.
August-2012, "Tu Berlin por mi Valencia", Asme gallery, Berlin, Germany.
December 2012, "The doors" Medellín Museum of Modern Art. Colombia.
November 2011, “Container Inside”. Ciudad de la Cultura. - Galicia. Spain.
October 2011, Gallery Ar-cade. Marseille. France.
June 2011, Festival “Incubarte”(French institute). Photography. Valencia. Spain.
March 2011, Week of Contemporary Art 2011/Mar de plata, Argentina.
June 2008, Gallery " Rosalia Sender". Valencia. Spain.
March 2006, House of Culture of Victor de los Ríos. " Shade of artist". Santonya. Spain.
June 2005, House of culture of Alboraya, " Cervantes" (Organizes: The Knight of the
White Moon-Vicente Chambó). Valencia. Spain.
February 2001, Museum of the atarazanas of Valencia. Spain.
July 1999, Gallery "culture home" Quart de Poblet. " Essence to piedra".
Valencia. Spain.