Joan Cardells

JOAN CARDELLS (Valencia, 1948).
Untitled, 1982.
Graphite on cardboard.
Signed and stamped in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 44,5 x 32 cm, 61 x 50 cm (frame).
Artist formed in the Schools of Arts and Crafts and Superior of Fine Arts of Valencia, Joan Cardells practices painting, drawing and sculpture, and has also worked as a designer of posters, bulletins and university publications, besides being part of the group Estampa Popular of Valencia. A member of Equipo Realidad with Jorge Ballester between 1966 and 1977, in 1982 he obtained the first important recognition of his career, the Cáceres Sculpture Prize awarded by the Institución Cultural El Brocense. Seven years later he was selected to participate in the collective exhibition "L'Art pour l'Europe. Sculpture Espagnole Contemporaine", held in Strasbourg (Council of Europe) and Stuttgart, and in 1990 he will hold an important individual exhibition at the IVAM. He is currently represented in that museum, as well as in the MNCA Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Chase Manhattan Bank collection, the Diputaciones of Valencia and Cáceres, the Arte Eder Museoa in Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Coca-Cola España and Caja de Burgos foundations.