OCTAVIO FLOREAL Nacido el 6 de septiembre de 1966, Las

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STUDIES:
1997 Degree in Graphic Arts at Kunst Academy voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium.
1993 Graduate in Fin Arts, Paint at University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2010 ‘SINTESI SONORA DE IL NUOVO MONDO’ testimony of Excellence, Conservatorio di Musica
Niccolo Piccini, Bari, Italy.
2000 Psicotherapy Center of Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium.
1991-93 Erasmus Project, at The High School of Visual Art, Antwerp, Belgium.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014 ‘IL NUOVO MONDO E PALAZZO CERIANA MAYNERI’ curated by Alessandro Carrer, Circolo della
Stampa, Turin, Italy.
2012 ‘INDAGINE e ANTONIOLI curated by Giovanni Contanti,Spazio Antonioli, Turin.
2009 ‘INDAGINE 9.7, 1.2.3.11.6, 5.4, 12.13, 14.15.10.8’ curated by Alessandro Facente, Dora
Diamante Gallery, Roma, Italy
2008 ‘INDAGINE NEL NUOVO MONDO’ curated by Fiorella Fiore, Teknè Gallery, Potenza, Italy.
2007 ‘INDAGINE, Luroa Gallery, Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain.
2006 ‘AMO A MI MAMÁ, MI MAMÁ ME AMA’ Club Prensa Canaria, Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain.
2005 ‘IL NUOVO MONDO’ curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, L’Union Gallery, Roma, Italy.
1999 S.E. Los Lavaderos, St.Cruz of Tenerife, Spain. S.E. La Palmita, U.L.P.G.C. Tafira, Las Palmas
of Gran Canaria, Spain.
1998 Decreus+Van Lierde Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
1997 Paljas Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Centro Insular de Cultura. Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain.
1996 Mapfre Guanarteme Gallery, Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain.
1995 Gabinete Literario, Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain.
1994 ‘NW 27º 25º-15º13º’ Mirca Gallery, Kapellen, Belgium.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2014 ‘DESTINAZIONE D’USO’ curated by Franz Paludeto and Francesca Canfora, Centrum of
Contemporary Art Castello di Rivara, Italy.
2012 ‘M’ODA’ Allegretti Contemporary Art, Turin. Italy. ‘DOCKS912’ curated by Francesco Poli and
Michele Bramante, Turin, Italy.
2011 ’UN'ALTRA STORIA Arte Italiana dagli anni ottanta agli anni zero"curated by Edoardo Di
MauroAntonio Ratti Space, Como, Italy. ’A DORA” curated by Micol di Veroli,Dora Diamante Gallery.
Rome, Italy.
2010 ’FABULA’ curated by Andrea Fogli, Studio Angeletti, Rome, Italy.
2009 ‘NIGREDO’ curated by Barbara Collevecchio, Micol di Veroli and Lori Adragna, Lavaderia,
ex-Manicomio S.Maria della Pietà of Rome, Italy.‘DIALOGHI D'ACCANTO’ curated by Sabina Scapin,
Palazzo Gatti, Viterbo, Italy. ‘AMBIENTIARTI’ curated by Davide Sarchione and Cristina Antonini,
ex-Chiesa delle Carmelite Scalze, Viterbo, Italy. ‘EN TIEMPOS DE PENURIA...’ Artizar Gallery, La
Laguna, Tenerife, Spagna. ‘HIWAAR-DIALOGO’ curated by Erik Van In, Centrum de Wijk, Antwerp,
Belgium.
2008 ‘Draw Music Draw’ Booze Cooperative, Athens, Grece.
2006 ’OUT ART’ curated by Eleonora Sgaravati, Archeological Area of Villa dei Quintilli, Rome, Italy.
2000 'POCO ANTES, POCO DESPUÉS’ curated by Ernesto Valcárcel Macesnau, La Regenta, Las
Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain. Cruce Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
1999 ’POCO ANTES, POCO DESPUÉS’ curated by Ernesto Valcárcel Macesnau, La Granja, St. Cruz of
Tenerife, Spain.
1995 ‘Anna M.Angelucci, Julio Blancas, Laura Gherardi, Octavio Floreal’ Caja de Canarias, La Laguna,
Tenerife, Spain.
1994 ‘II INTERNATIONAL MINI PRINTS EXHIBITION”, Belgrado, Yugoslavia.
1991’ARTENATIVAS’ grupo Kinegua , C.C. Viera y Clavijo, St. Cruz of Tenerife, Spain.
‘INNOMINAL’ Instituto Cabrera Pinto, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
SELECTED EVENTS:
2014 Stand of PRINP EDITORIA D’ARTE 2.0 at Paratissima, Turin, Italy. III Edition of
“VALLEBON’Art-e” , Vallebona, Imperia, Italy. II Edition of ‘OBLOM POESÍA’ curated by Fabrizio
Bonci, Ivan Fassio and Salvatore Sblando, Turin, Italy.
2011 ‘X WORKSHOP MUSIC AND TECNOLOGY’ University of La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
2010 ‘VARIAZIONI CRONOTOPICA MUSICALI IL NUOVO MONDO’ Emufest, Concervatorio Santa
Cecilia, Roma, Italy. ‘MARTEDÌ CRITICI’, curated by Alberto Dambruoso & Micol Di Veroli, Roma, Italy.
2008 ‘EL ACTO’ performance, Matera, Italy.
2 0 0 0 ‘ I N T E R I E U R K O R T R I J K ’ c u r a t e d b y J a n Va n L i e rd e , s t a n d o f K r e o n , B e l g i u m .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books:
‘REHAB’ Christine Schimdt, ISBN 978-2356872166 Editions Le Bord L’Eau.
‘AMBIENTIARTI’ Cristina Antonioni & Davide Sarchione. ISBN 978-88-492-178-1 Gangemi Editori Spa.
‘PATRIMONIO ARTÍSTICO’ U.L.P.G.C. ISBN: 84-96502-13-9.
‘POCO ANTES, POCO DESPUÉS’ Ernesto Valcárcel Manescau ISBN: 84-7947-262-6.
‘INTERIEURS IN ANTWERPEN’ Piet Swimberghe, Jan Verlinde ISBN: 90-5466-492-4
PRESS:
‘OCTAVIO FLOREAL DORA DIAMANTI’ Chiara li Volti Exibart.com, February 2009.
‘CONEVERSAZIONE TRA CURATORE E ARTISTA’ Art a part of Cult(ure) removing noise, March 2009.
‘INDAGINE_9.7, 1.2.3.11.6, 5.4, 12.13, 14.15.10.8’ Paola Donato, Merzbau.it, February 2009.
‘SPRAY ITALY’ Romadi Paola Donato / Julliet art magazine nº142-2009.
‘DE VILLA QUILLI A PERDOMO’ Aranda, Canarias 7 / Cultura, April 2007.
‘CUANDO EL JUEGO TIENE INTENCIONES SERIAS’ Federica La Paglia, Contemporánea, nº3-2006.
‘CANAL ABIERTO’ Franck González. Contemporánea nº1-2006.
‘IL NUOVO MONDO’ Federica La Paglia. Exibart.com, October 2005.
‘ASCETISCH & SPEELS’ Piet Swimberghe. Weekend Knack. March-2002.
‘POCO ANTES, POCO DESPUÉS’ Anna Buil i Feliu, Canarias 7 / Pleamar, March 2000.
‘ L A E V A S I Ó N D E L A R E A L I D A D V I S U A L ’ A l e j a n d ro B a s s a s , L a Tr i b u n a d e C a n a r i a s , M a r c h 1 9 9 9 .
‘EL ARTE NOS ESEÑA A SER MÁS GRANDE DE LO QUE SOMOS’ Mª Luisa Pedrós, La Gaceta de
Canarias, jun 1999.
‘ I N E R C I A P A R A L O S C O R A Z O N E S ’ C l a u d i o C re s c i , D i a r i o d e L a s P a l m a s / V i e r n e s d e E v a s i ó n
nº111-1997.
‘LA EXPERIENCIA’ Frances Zaneti. "CANAIAS7 - Pleamar". November 1997.
‘PURA TRASPARENCIA’ Jose L. González, La Gaceta de Canarias / Zona Crítica, May 1996.
‘LA TERRITORIALIDAD’ Franck González, Diario Las Palmas / Galería Crítica, May 1995.