Samuel Salcedo

Barcelona, 1975

Samuel Salcedo studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona (1998) and at Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Fine Arts.

His work explores passion, violence, and submission, as well as darker, more primal instincts. His sculptures bring us closer to the absurd, cruel, and raw nature of human existence.

The artist removes contextual elements from his sculptures and, by isolating his subjects from their cultural environment, reveals what is usually concealed. Defenses dissolve; learned behaviors, standards, and conditioning disappear. Within this shift, irony, the grotesque, the absurd, and the unsettling emerge, forming a kind of intimate, personal chronicle.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024
“Wish List”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2023
“Cara a cara”, Galerie Sechzig, Feldkirch, Austria
“Por una cabeza”, Galería Dupla, Santiago de Compostela

2022
“Junkyard”, Villazan Gallery, Madrid
“Schließe die Augen, um zu sehen”, Museum Schloss Bad Arolsen, Germany

2021
“Deep Impact”, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany
“UNDER CONSTRUCTION”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“ROLLIN’ STONES”, Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente (CEART), Fuenlabrada, Madrid

2019
“Animals”, Artalroc, exhibition hall of the Government of Andorra, Andorra
“Role Models”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2016
“Bewilderment”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“Photocall”, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany
Anaid Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2015
“DUST”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
Can Sisteré, Centre d’Art Contemporani, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona
“NIT”, Llotja del Tint, Banyoles, Girona

2014
Galerie 100 Kubik, Cologne, Germany
“Books”, Galeria Pilar Riberaygua, Andorra
“Easy Like a Sunday Morning”, Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2013
“House of Mirrors”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2012
“Gemeine Spezies”, 3 Punts Galerie, Berlin, Germany
“Listen”, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

2011
“Common Species”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“Traum”, Galerie 100 Kubik, Cologne, Germany

2010
“Harvest”, Galería Fernando Latorre, Madrid
“Wet Paint”, Galería Ferran Cano, Palma de Mallorca
“Icons”, Galeria Pilar Riberaygua, Andorra

2009
“Objects in a Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”, Luroa Galería de Arte, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
“Real People”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2008
Galería Carmen del Campo, Córdoba
Galerie Frédéric Got Fine Art, Paris, France

2007
3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2006
Galería José Lorenzo, Santiago de Compostela

2005
Galeria Art72, Lleida
3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2003
3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2002
Galería Clave, Murcia

2000
Can Marc, Girona

1998
Galeria Rose Selavy, Barcelona

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS

2024
“Triennale der Skulptur Bad RagARTz”, Bad Ragaz (Switzerland) and Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
“Entre Obres”, Espai Carmen Thyssen, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Girona
“Art Miami”, Got Galerie, Miami, United States
“Realism Now”, MEAM, Barcelona
“Estampa”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“Art Madrid”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“Art Karlsruhe”, Galerie Robert Drees, Karlsruhe, Germany

2023
“NORD ART 23”, Büdelsdorf, Germany
“Estampa”, Villazan Gallery, Madrid
“Noblesse Collection”, Seoul, South Korea

2022
“Confluències”, contemporary sculpture from the Bassat Collection, Museu Frederic Marès, Barcelona
“Art Miami”, 3 Punts Galeria, Miami, United States
“As We Are”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2021
“Celebrating Diversity”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“Welcome Home”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“CRONOS”, Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona
“Triennale der Skulptur Bad RagARTz”, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

2020
“Nine Artists in the Third Dimension”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“Artis Bona”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona
“Art Madrid”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“Urvanity”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“LA Art Show”, 3 Punts Galeria, Los Angeles, United States
“Estampa”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid

2019
“Art Miami”, 3 Punts Galeria, Miami, United States
“Estampa”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“Swab”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2017
Salsali Private Museum, Dubai
“Art Madrid”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“Hardware”, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona

2016
“Context Art Miami”, 3 Punts Galeria, Miami, United States
“Art Madrid”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid

2015
“Frankfurt Art Fair”, 3 Punts Galeria, Frankfurt, Germany
“Art Madrid”, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid
“Art.Fair”, Cologne, Germany
“Swab”, Barcelona
“Art15 London”, London, United Kingdom
“Art Bodensee”, Galerie Robert Drees, Austria
“Vienna Art Fair”, Galerie Robert Drees, Vienna, Austria

2014–2000 (selection)
Ongoing participation in art fairs such as Art Madrid, Art Karlsruhe, Swab, Berliner Liste, Preview Berlin, Art.Fair (Cologne), Arte Fiera (Bologna), Scope New York, and Art Chicago, as well as group exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Cologne, Murcia, Lisbon, Strasbourg, Vigo, Alicante, and Geneva.

COLLECTIONS

Fundación “la Caixa”, Barcelona
Fran Daurel Foundation, Barcelona
Vila Casas Foundation, Barcelona
City Council of Ceutí Collection, Murcia
Bassat Collection, Barcelona
DKV Foundation, Valencia
Lluís Coromina Foundation, Barcelona
Bank M2M Europe AS, Riga, Latvia
Jardins d’Étretat, Normandy, France
SOLO Collection, Madrid
Salsali Private Museum, Dubai
Masaveu Peterson Foundation, Madrid