ADRIÁN MARMOLEJO CLARHED PORTFOLIO 2019 1
Adrián Marmolejo Clarhed (1989)
Adrián Marmolejo Clarhed (1989)
Reseña biográfica
Biography
Empieza a dibujar y a pintar a los 7 años, de la mano de la artista belga Annette Deletaille, quien le transmite fuertes bases de perspectiva, composición y luz, dejando en él la capacidad y necesidad de pintar directamente del natural, capturando las sensaciones y las atmósferas de cada emplazamiento con fuerza y espontaneidad.
Adrián starts drawing and painting at 7, as a pupil of the Belgian painter Annette Deletaille, who taught him strong bases on perspective and composition that he tries to apply in every work. She also transmitted to him the importance of painting directly from the surrounding environment, capturing the feeling and mood of every moment with strength and spontaneity.
Ha sido miembro del colectivo de “Los jóvenes pintores de Coín” (Málaga), haciendo su primera exposición individual a los 16 años. Posteriormente, se gradúa en 2016 como arquitecto en la Universidad de Granada y posteriormente realiza un Máster en Producción Investigación en Arte en 2018. Imparte así mismo cursos de pintura y talleres, realizando una treintena de exposiciones entre individuales y colectivas.
He has been part of the group ‘Los jóvenes pintores de Coín’, doing his first solo exhibition when he was 16 in Coín (Malaga), graduating later as an architect in 2016 and specialising later with a masters on ‘Investigation and Production of Art’. Nowadays, he combines exhibitions, painting contests and workshops, with a number close to 30 exhibitions counting individual and group shows.
La pintura que realiza es normalmente de corte figurativo, pasando por diversas técnicas y descubriendo la acuarela como medio de expresión que le cautivó, a finales de 2015. Esta técnica es capaz de explotar su personalidad espontánea e impaciente, y es veraz siendo un fiel reflejo del proceso de trabajo, sin marcha atrás. En la acuarela se centra más en el tono que en el color, puesto que considera que la unión de todos los elementos es lo principal en una escena. Su pintura se podría englobar dentro del movimiento de la nueva figuración, bases estructurales clásicas con tintes contemporáneos. También trabaja el acrílico y el óleo, o técnicas mixtas, introduciendo el collage, buscando la riqueza expresiva.
His work is normally figurative, going through a great variety of techniques: starting with pastels, then oils and acrylics and discovering watercolour later on, technique that takes the most out of his personality, since everything is visible and there is no comeback. In watercolor, he gives more importance to tone than to colour, since the unity of all elements is vital in a scene. His painting could be catalogued as ‘new figuration’, classical structural basis with contemporary touches. He also works with acrylics and oils, or mix techniques introducing collage, lookig for expresive outcomes and richness in materials.
Ha participado y ha sido galardonado con más de un centenar de premios entre pintura al aire libre y de estudio en España y a impartido durante 3 años un curso dedicado al dibujo del natural en la escuela de arquitectura de Granada. Es miembro de la Agrupación de Acuarelistas de Granada y Andalucía. Actualmente se dedica por completo a la pintura, compaginando pintura de estudio con aire libre, realizando exposiciones e impartiendo cursos y talleres.
As a painter, he has been awarded with more than a hundred prizes in, both in regular and plein-air contests. He has been teaching a course that explored fast drawing on location in Granada during 3 years. He is part of the Andalusian watercolour society. Nowadays he exclusively works as a painter, doing plein-air and studio painting contests, preparing exhibitions and teaching workshops all around Spain.
“Estoy intentando descubrir el camino completo, sin atajos”
‘I’m trying to go the whole way long, no shortcuts’ 2
Premios más importantes. Pintura de estudio. -Certamen Cultural “Virgen de las Viñas” con premio de adquisición en 2019 y 2018. -1º Premio Certamen andaluz de pintura “Ateneo de Sevilla” 2019. -1º Premio Certamen Alfonso Grosso (Sevilla), 2019. -1º Premio Jóvenes Creadores Socuéllamos (Ciudad Real), 2019. -3º Premio Emasagra Aguas de Granada, 2018. -1º Premio en el Certamen de pintura “Asociación de veteranos del BBVA”, en Málaga 2017. -También es de relevancia la selección para la exposición anual de la RWS (Royal Watercolor Society) en Londres, en 2019. Premios más importantes. Pintura al aire libre. -1º Premio Certamen nacional de pintura al aire libre Guadassuar (Valencia), 2020. -1º Premio Certamen de pintura 50 aniversario EMACSA “Aguas de Córdoba” 2019. -2º Premio Certamen Jose Mª Martín Carpena (Málaga) 2019. -1º Premio especial de Acuarela “Galán Polaino” en La Zubia (Granada) 2018. -2º Premio Certamen nacional de pintura al aire libre “Baeza Patrimonio de la Humanidad” 2018. -3º Premio Certamen nacional de pintura al aire libre “Caja Rural de Granada”, 2018. Exposiciones individuales -Enero-Febrero 2019. Exposición “Vibraciones Urbanas en La Fábrica del Arte, Galería de Arte Azur (Jaén). -Julio-Septiempre 2019. Exposición “Entre tierra y mar” en Hotel El fuerte, Marbella (Málaga). -Junio 2018. Exposición “Todos son luces y sombras” en “Centro Artístico, Literario y Científico” (Granada). -Diciembre 2017-Febrero 2018. Exposición “Lugares revividos” en “Convento de Santa María de la Encarnación”, Coín (Málaga). -Mayo-Julio 2017. Exposición “Leuven from my sight” en Tabloo, Leuven (Bélgica). -Marzo-Mayo 2017. Solo show “Aguas del norte y del sur” en ‘Fali Peluquero’ (Málaga). -2007. Exposicíon en Casa de la Cultura Blas Infante, Coín (Málaga). -2005. Exposición en Casa de la Cultura Blas Infante, Coín (Málaga).
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Most important awards. Studio painting. -International painting contest “Virgen de las Viñas” acquisition prize in 2019 y 2018. -1st prize Andalusian painting award “Ateneo de Sevilla” 2019. -1st prize painting award Alfonso Grosso (Seville), 2019. -1st prize Young artists Socuéllamos (Ciudad Real), 2019. -1st prize painting award “Asociación de veteranos del BBVA” (Málaga), 2017. -Also important the selection for the annual exhibition of the RWS (Royal Watercolor Society) in London, 2019. Most important awards. Plein-air painting. -1st prize national plein-air painting contest Guadassuar (Valencia), 2020. -1st prize plein-air painting contest 50 years EMACSA ‘Aguas de Córdoba’. 2019. -2nd prize plein-air painting contest ‘Martín Carpena’ (Málaga), 2019. -1st special prize in watercolor ‘Galán Polaino’’ La Zubia (Granada), 2018. -2nd prize national plein-air painting contest ‘Baeza Patrimonio de la Humanidad’, 2018. -3rd prize national painting contest ‘Caja Rural del Granada”, 2018. Solo shows -Jan-Feb 2019. Solo show ’Urban Vibrations” in ‘La Fábrica del Arte’, Azur Gallery, Jaén. -July-Sept 2019. Solo show ‘Between land and sea’ in hotel ‘El Fuerte’, Marbella (Málaga). -June 2018. Solo show ‘Everything is light and shadow’ in ‘Centro Artístico, Literario y Científico’ (Granada). -Dec 2017-Feb 2018. Solo show ‘(Re)lived landscapes’ in ‘Convento de Santa María de la Encarnación’, Coín (Málaga). -May-July 2017. Solo show ‘Leuven from my sight’ in art space Tabloo, Leuven (Belgium). -March-May 2017. Solo show “North and south waters” in ‘Fali Peluquero’ (Málaga). -2007. Solo show in ‘Casa de la Cultura Blas Infante’, Coín (Málaga). -2005. Solo show in ‘Casa de la Cultura Blas Infante’, Coín (Málaga).
‘VERTICAL SOCIETIES SERIES (I) ‘Vertical Societies’ is as series of works that expolore vertical segregation of cities, vertical division between richness and poverty, that comes right back from the Haussman boulevards. The Babel Tower myth, the Metrópolis film, the urban dystopias of films such as Blade Runner are some inspirations. These works try to recreate future urban spaces where the relationship level that now is the ground elevates up to the clouds. Lower levels are left for insalubrity and margination to feed higher levels that enjoy fresh air in the highness, creating two worlds separated by a platform.
‘Vertical Societies IV’ 162X114cms. Acrylics and collage on canvas. 1st prize in the ‘Young Painting Award’ of Granada, 2019. 4
‘Vertical Societies II’ 76x56cms. Watercolour, acrylics and collage on paper. Selected for the Royal Watercolor Society (UK) for its anual exhibition in Bankside Gallery (London), 2019.
‘Vertical Societies I’ 76x56cms. Watercolour, acrylics and collage on paper. Selected for the Royal Watercolor Society (UK) for its anual exhibition in Bankside Gallery (London), 2019.
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‘VERTICAL SOCIETIES SERIES (II)
‘Vertical Societies V’ 25x25cms. Watercolour on paper, 2019.
‘Vertical Societies VIII’ 40x40cms. Watercolour on paper. Selected work for the ‘Young Exhibition MACC’ , Cabra del Sto. Cristo (Jaén), 2019.
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‘Vertical Societies VII’ 70x50cms. Watercolour on paper. Private commissioned work, 2019.
‘Vertical Societies IX’ 80X120cms. Watercolour, acrylics and collage on paper. 1st prize in ’Young Painting Award’ of Socuéllamos (Ciudad Real), 2019.
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URBAN VIBRATIONS SERIES / STREETSCAPES (I)
Streetscapes are, in fact, a scenario full of interest where perspective, light and shadows, vibration and figures with their daily life activity interact to create a vibrant atmosphere that I try to capture in every attempt of a pleinair or studio work. Despite the end result is a figurative approach, a great variety of abstract shapes as lines, plans and stains are the ones that build up the painting
‘Foot of the Mosque’. Córdoba. 130x97cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in plein-air painting contest ‘EMACSA’ (Córdoba), 2019.
‘Saturday market’. Cieza (Murcia). 116x73cms. Watercolour/paper. 2nd prize in plein-air painting contest of Cieza (Murcia), 2019.
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‘Urban lanscape’. Almansa (Albacete). 116x81cms. Watercolour and collage/paper. 2nd prize in plein-air painting contest of Almansa (Albacete), 2019.
‘Rainy morning atmosphere’. Montilla (Córdoba). 120x80cms. Watercolour/paper. 3rd prize in plein-air painting contest ‘José Garnelo y Alda’ in Montilla (Córdoba), 2019.
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URBAN VIBRATIONS SERIES / STREETSCAPES (II)
‘Urban landscape in warm tones’. Villargordo (Jaén). 73x50cms. Watercolour/paper. 2nd prize in plein-air painting contest of Villargordo (Jaén), 2019.
‘The old square in warm tones’. Cabra (Córdoba). 70x50cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in watercolour plein-air painting contest of Cabra (Córdoba), 2019.
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‘Urban densities’. Granada. 170x75cms. Watercolour/acrylics and collage on paper, 2019. 11
URBAN VIBRATIONS SERIES / OPEN SPACES
Open spaces in the foreground bring you into the picture. As in a stage, the action takes place in the middle ground, where most part of the detail is depicted. Contrasts, lights and shadows and a distant horizon where all the lines converge, normally complete the composition. I like to show the city life, action and movement around.
‘The five Streets’. Lora del Río (Sevilla). 116x81cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st price in plein-air painting contest of Lora del Río (Sevilla), 2019.
‘Albacete fair’. Albacete. 116x68cms. Watercolour/paper. 2nd price in plein-air painting contest of Albacete, 2019.
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‘Wine Tower’. Socuéllamos (Ciudad Real). 116x68cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in plein-air painting contest Manchavino, Socuéllamos (Ciudad Real), 2019.
‘Morning light in the adouane’. Málaga. 130x81cms. Watercolour/paper. 2nd prize in plein-air painting contest Martín Carpena (Málaga), 2019.
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URBAN VIBRATIONS SERIES / CIRCULATIONS AND TRANSPORT (I)
‘Circulations’. Granada. 130x81cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in national painting contest of Cariñena (Zaragoza), 2019.
‘Albolote Tram’. Granada. 120x80cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in plein-air painting contest of Albolote (Granada), 2019.
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‘Tram XIII’. 150x100cms. Watercolour/paper. ITV Tomelloso Acquisition prize in international painting award ‘Virgen de las Viñas’, Tomelloso (Ciudad Real), 2019. 15
URBAN VIBRATIONS SERIES / CIRCULATIONS AND TRANSPORT (II)
‘Level crossing’. Alcantarilla. 120x80cms. Watercolour/paper. 2nd prize in plein-air painting contest of Alcantarilla (Murcia), 2019.
‘Intersection’. Granada. 120x80cms. Watercolour, acrylics and collage on paper. 2020.
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‘Camino de Ronda’. Granada. 61x46cms. Watercolour/paper. 2019.
‘Altozano Square’. Albacete. 53x35cms. Watercolour/paper. 2019.
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VERNACULAR SERIES / WHITE ARCHITECTURES (I)
The ‘Vernacular series’ try to look into the traditional constructions of Andalusia and its potent whites, also existent in many other places of Spain. I am interested in its shapes, strong contrasts of lights and shadows... Far from being romantic and out of date, they offer an intemporal architecture built without architects (see Bernard Rudofsky’s: Architecture without architects), wher light lives forever.
‘Vernacular I’. 120x100cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in national painting award ‘Matías Ruz’ (Arjonilla), 2019.
‘Vernacular II’. 70x50cms. Watercolour/paper. Finalist in international painting contest Felipe Orlando, Benalmádena (Málaga), 2019.
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‘Vernacular III’. 56x38cms. Watercolour/paper, 2019.
‘Vernacular V’. 38x56cms. Watercolour/paper, 2019. 19
VERNACULAR SERIES / WHITE ARCHITECTURES (II)
‘Firsth lights’. Torres. 116x81cms. Watercolour/paper. Awarded work in plein-air painting contest of Torres (Jaén), 2019. ‘Down the hill’. Colmenar. 116x81cms. Watercolour/paper. Awarded work in plein-air painting contest of Colmenar (Málaga), 2019. 20
‘Garden’. Málaga. 100x80cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in plein-air painting contest of ‘Lycée Français’ (Málaga), 2019.
‘Light and shadow in the square’. Ubrique. 130x81cms. Watercolour/paper. Awarded work in plein-air painting contest of Ubrique (Cádiz), 2019.
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INDUSTRIAL AND SUBURBAN LANDSCAPES
‘Dry dock’. 116x81cms. Watercolour/paper. 1st prize in plein-air painting contest of Alboraia (Valencia). ‘Almazara’. 100x100cms. Watercolour, acrylics and collage on paper. 1st prize in painting contest of Ateneo de Sevilla (Seville), 2019. 22
I try to avoid falling into the painteresque and romantic feeling of a painting. Sometimes infrastructure and industrial landscapes offer you volumes and shapes that allow you to build a painting up with abstract resources, even though the result is a figurative image.
To say more, industrial buildings and landscapes are big machines which intention is to function, so everything is there for a reason; despite we are attracted to them in terms of their plastic richness.
‘A thousand lives in a shoe box’. 61x46cms. Watercolour, acrylics and collage on paper, 2019.
‘Well discharge’. 120x80cms. Watercolour and acrylics on paper. 1st prize in painting contest of ‘CAS University of Murcia’ (Murcia), 2019.
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THANK YOU! Adriรกn Marmolejo Clarhed TEL: 0034635790537 MAIL: amclarhed@gmail.com INSTAGRAM: |@adrianmc_art 24 24