Xano Armenter

XANO ARMENTER (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1956).
Untitled. 1988.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower corner; signed and dated on the back.
Measurements: 41 x 33 cm.

Xano Armenter's pictorial style is defined by the predominant use of color as a structural and expressive element, with compositions marked by vivid tones, intense hallmarks and a visual energy close to naïf art, expressionism and lyrical abstraction. However, the referential world does not disappear completely, as we observe in this composition.

Xano Armenter studied at the Eina School in Barcelona, then settled in New York, where he lived between 1980 and 1990 and where he furthered his training at the School of Visual Arts with Milton Glaser, and at the New York Academy, where he learned printmaking. He currently lives and works between this city and his native Barcelona. He made his debut in 1983 at the Carlos Lozano Gallery in Cadaqués, and in 1986 he made the international leap with a solo exhibition at the Limbo Gallery in New York. That same year he held another personal exhibition at the Sala Vincon in Barcelona, and the following year he did the same at the René Métras in the same city. Also in 1987 he participated in the group show "Catalan art", which toured Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Boca Raton. In 1990 he took part in the Art Fair of Chicago and in the Art Expo of Tokyo, in 1994 in ARCO in Madrid and in 1995 in the LACE of Los Angeles. Since the nineties he has held solo exhibitions in Spain, France, the United States and Japan.