Pep Anton Xaus

Martorell, Spain

“I paint against the anger of those who seek to censor the absence of makeup, of those who still become scandalized by nudity, especially if the bodies are ordinary, natural, and distant from the canons of a supposed aesthetic perfection. In an attempt to portray women free from guilt and sin, without shame or complexes, confident, natural, autonomous… empowered. Women who are intimidating because they decide their own way of being, escaping moral conventions and traditional roles, also aiming to capture a moment, as if it were a frame from a sequence, to freeze an unrepeatable gesture.”

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Fernanda

100 x 90 cm

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Re-prova

170 x 150 cm

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Pep Anton Xaus

El Pes De La Història

170 x 150 cm

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La Dona Més Rica Del Món

170 x 150 cm

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American People III

170 x 150 cm

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Atomitzada

170 x 150 cm

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Pecho Rojo

170 x 150 cm

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Afortunada

170 x 150 cm

Pep Anton Xaus

Xaus is an artist with Painting education with Jaume Amat (Martorell), Fine Arts studies and a Speciality course in pictorical procedures with Jordi Grisolia in Escola Massana (Barcelona). His artistic work began and was inspired by his admiration for the muralists, painters, and Romanic artisans, due to their tenacity in conveying social and moral rules to naive societies through art contemplation, devoid of aesthetic codes.Subsequently, he was struck by the influence of American Pop art from the sixties and seventies. From his perspective, these painters resembled the Romanic artists in constructing bold, precise, and concise images in service of the new religions: consumerism and frivolity.In recent years, his work has consistently revolved around desire and self-portraiture. These subjects can be seen as risky and even dangerous. It is conceivable that his desire to paint leads him to embrace these risks, thus giving purpose to his work. His current references include the “natural nudes” or “daily nudes” of Lucian Freud and the eroticism that emanates from Egon Schiele’s brazen desire.

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Exhibitions and Awards
Professional Summary
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Exhibitions and Awards

2022 Exhibition “República i desig”, Art Enllà Gallery, Barcelona
2021 “Compact Art Collection”, Art Enllà Gallery – Barcelona
2021 “Lleugera-ment”, Abartium Gallery – Calldetenes
2020 “Col•lectiva Contemporània”, Abartium Gallery – Calldetenes
2019 Exhibition “Censura del desig”, Muxart`s Museum – Barcelona
2018 RDS, Absis Art Gallery – Dublin, Ireland
2018 ART3F FRANCE, Absis Art Gallery – Nantes, France
2018 Kenny Gallery, Permanent Exhibition – Galway, Ireland
2017 RDS, Absis Art Gallery – Dublin, Ireland
2015 “4rt’5”, X Gallery – Barcelona
2014-15 “Open Studies”, Can Serrat in El Bruc – Barcelona
1993 Exhibition “Cicle Ateneu of Martorell” – Martorell
1992 Colective Exhibition in Galeria Brok – Barcelona
1991 Colective Exhibition in Galeria Brok – Barcelona
1991 Exihibition “Si deus pronobis quis contra nos” in Church Museum of Castellfollit de la Roca – Girona
1990 Exhibition«6 in 15» in the Transformers Room – Barcelona
1989 Exhibition in Galeria “El Gesto”.Sala Jaume Busquets – Barcelona
1989 1r Award on painting in the XXVIII edition of “Saló Internacional d’Art de Martorell” – Martorell
1988 1r Award on painting in the XXVII edition of “Saló internacional d’Art de Martorell” – Martorell

Professional Summary

  • 1990-93

Construction and working in Gegants (Giants) popular sculpture – Sant Joan Samora

  • 1991-93

Workshops on Restoration of religious imagery and medieval gold coated items in Reixach-Campanyà (religious art workshop) – Barcelona

  • 1992

Professor of Fine Arts in Escola Massana of Fine Arts with Ernesto Fontecilla – Barcelona

  • 1993

Professor of pictorical procedure in Eirykejemet Naleskole University of Oslo, in Barcelona

  • 1993-99

Professional Pottery artist – Esparreguera

Education

  • 1975-85

Painting education with Jaume Amat- Martorell

  • 1986-91

Fine Arts studies in Escola Massana – Barcelona

  • 1989-91

Speciality course in pictorical procedures with Jordi Grisolia – Escola Massana

  • 1990

Seminar with Josep Guinovart in Tecla Sala – Hospitalet de Llobregat