Antonella Montes - LANTOMO

Rome - 1977

Pseudonym of Antonella Montes, she is an Italian artist based in Barcelona.

Her passion for drawing, inherited from her mother, has been a constant throughout her career. She studied Architecture in Italy, in Rome and Genoa, and later moved to Spain, where she specialized in scenography and exhibition design. Since 2010, she has been fully dedicated to painting, consolidating a practice rooted in drawing.

Her nearly two-year stay in Beijing (China) marked a turning point in her work. From that moment on, her drawings became more precise and detailed, with a reduced palette of black and white, punctuated by subtle touches of red. The depicted faces also began to incorporate Asian-influenced features.

Since then, she has developed an international career, with solo exhibitions in Barcelona and Beijing, as well as continuous participation in art fairs and group exhibitions.

EXHIBITIONS

2024
Art Madrid. Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, with 3 Punts Galeria
“Women’s Perspectives”, MEAM, Barcelona
“Espacios de Intimidad”, Diálogos cycle, Galería BAT, Madrid

2023
Estampa. Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, with 3 Punts Galeria
“BEYOND TAGS”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“Vandalism & Beauty” (solo exhibition), 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
Art Madrid, Madrid, with 3 Punts Galeria

2022
Estampa Art Fair, with 3 Punts Galeria
Art Madrid, with Galería BAT Alberto Cornejo
“Juntos pero no revueltos”, Galería BAT Alberto Cornejo
“As We Are”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2021
CONTEXT Art Miami, with Retrospect Galleries
FIG Bilbao, with 3 Punts Galeria
AAF Hamburg, with Retrospect Galleries
AAF Battersea (London), with Retrospect Galleries
Estampa, Madrid, with 3 Punts Galeria
Swab Barcelona, with 3 Punts Galeria
“Cómplices”, Galería BAT Alberto Cornejo, Madrid
“Celebrating Diversity”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“The Moleskine Project”, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco
Art Madrid, with 3 Punts Galeria

2020
CONTEXT Art Miami (online), with Retrospect Galleries
Swab Barcelona, with 3 Punts Galeria
“Artis Bona”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
Affordable Art Fair Battersea (London), with Retrospect Galleries
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, with 3 Punts Galeria

2019
“Art Collector Starter Kit VI”, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
“12×12 Exhibition”, The Stockroom Gallery, Australia
Estampa, Madrid, with 3 Punts Galeria
Swab Barcelona, with 3 Punts Galeria
“Orígenes”, Galería BAT Alberto Cornejo, Madrid
“3 Punts Summer Collective”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Retrospect Galleries
Art Madrid, with Galería BAT

2018
CONTEXT Art Miami, with Retrospect Galleries
AAF Hamburg / AAF Stockholm, with Retrospect Galleries
“Deceptive Markings”, Diálogos cycle, Galería BAT, Madrid
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong

2017–2010 (selection)
Exhibitions and projects at Arteria, Miscelánea, Bacanal, MITTE Artspace, WeArt Festival, Artevistas, Studiostore, Galerie Le Marais (Paris), Surge Art Beijing, ZA JIA Lab (Beijing), MUTUO, and Vinçon (Barcelona), among others.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)

LAMONO Magazine (#113)
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Fashion Drawings (Laurence King Publishing)
Juxtapoz Magazine
The Beijinger
The Mag (Italy)
Calle 20

AWARDS

2021 — Carmen & Lluís Bassat Foundation Award, Swab Barcelona (with 3 Punts Galeria)
2019 — Lluís Coromina Foundation Award, Swab Barcelona (with 3 Punts Galeria)
2018 — Selected for the Contemporary Drawing Biennial Las huellas del dibujo
2017 — Preselected for the Figurative Painting and Sculpture Competition

EDUCATION

Degree in Architecture, Università La Sapienza, Rome
Master’s Degree in Architecture, Art and Ephemeral Space, UPC Barcelona
Additional training in drawing, illustration, printmaking, graphic and editorial design