Paco Dalmau 1978

Vit à Rotterdam. Travaille dans Rotterdam.

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Contour Gallery

Paco Dalmau’s work is a hybrid between painting and sculpture, resulting in wall objects where material, emotion, and memory converge. His Evolution series, begun in 2018, arises from the deconstruction of earlier paintings, which are layered, torn, and recomposed into new sculptural forms. Each piece becomes a kind of memory archive—where traces of past works are not erased but reconfigured into something new. The patterns in the layers, are reminiscent of a primordial life, raw and intuitive, shaped by gesture and instinct. Influenced by the emotional theories of color by Eva Heller and Robert Plutchik, the chromatic choices intensify the narrative within each surface.

The Evolution series by Paco Dalmau builds upon a legacy in which painting becomes a space for introspection, transformation, and the articulation of the self. This approach connects with the Abstract Expressionists—artists like Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, or Jackson Pollock—who treated painting as a medium for existential reflection, where gesture and matter embodied interior life. For Dalmau, this serves as a foundation rather than a model. While his work shares their introspective sensibility, it focuses more specifically on the layered and mutable nature of identity over time.
Carl Jung’s notion of the psyche as a constellation of overlapping selves—conscious, unconscious, and ancestral—provides a psychological framework that resonates with Dalmau’s practice.

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Oeuvres de Paco Dalmau

expositions

Tjitske Oosterholt, Margriet Smulders, Saidou Dicko, Studio Sodalime, Anni Mertens, Paco Dalmau

1 nov - 9 nov 2025, Amsterdam, Nederland

AXIS NATURA

Georg Kuettinger, Anni Mertens, Paco Dalmau

13 sep - 31 oct 2025, Rotterdam, Nederland

Position sur le marché

Paco Dalmau is a Spanish visual artist based in Rotterdam whose practice is positioned within the contemporary European art market as materially rigorous, conceptually precise, and institutionally credible. His profile is supported by a long-term, cumulative career trajectory that combines formal academic training, sustained international exhibition activity, public art production, and consistent recognition through awards and grants.

Dalmau’s education—spanning fine arts and design studies in Castellón and Barcelona, and culminating in a B.A. in Arts from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya—provides a solid theoretical and technical foundation that underpins his current practice. This background is reflected in the structural coherence and methodological clarity of his work, which resists stylistic volatility in favor of sustained research-based development.

At the core of his practice is *Evolution*, an ongoing series of wall-mounted works that operate between painting and sculpture. Rather than producing images as representations, the series constructs visibility as a condition shaped by depth, light, and duration. This places Dalmau in a distinct niche within contemporary abstraction: his work engages perception as a material and cognitive process, aligning with current curatorial and institutional interests in objecthood, slow looking, and embodied viewing.

His solo exhibitions—across Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and major art fairs such as Art Madrid and MARTE—demonstrates both artistic autonomy and market maturity. These presentations consistently frame *Evolution* as a coherent, expandable body of work, reinforcing authorship and long-term brand continuity. Parallel to this, a dense schedule of group exhibitions at international fairs and galleries in Europe and the United States situates his practice within a global commercial circuit, increasing visibility among collectors and institutional stakeholders.

Dalmau’s participation in large-scale public art projects, most notably the multi-year *White Wall Project* series in the Netherlands, further strengthens his positioning. These installations evidence his capacity to operate beyond the gallery context while maintaining conceptual integrity—an important marker of institutional trust and production capability.

Dalmua's market credibility is reinforced by sustained public funding and competitive recognition, including grants from Dutch cultural institutions, the Mondriaan Fonds, and major foundations in Spain, as well as awards such as the Waterweg Cultuurprijs and international jury mentions.

Works by Dalmau are held in public and private collections in Spain and internationally, including major foundations and municipal collections, alongside a growing base of private collectors across Europe and the United States. This balanced collection footprint reflects both institutional endorsement and private market demand.

Work in public and private collections
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Hortensia Herrero. Valencia (ES)
Fundación Hortensia Herrero. Valencia (ES)
Vila-real City Hall, Vila-real (ES)
Caixa Rural Foundation (ES)
Private collectors: Spain, USA, UK, Netherlands, Denmark.

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Education
2019 – B.A. Arts. UOC. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain)
2001–2006 – Sanvicens Fine Arts School of Barcelona (Spain)
1994-1997 – EASD. School of Art and Design. Castellón (Spain)

Solo shows
2024 – Art Madrid 2024. Solo Project. Galería La Mercería. Madrid (ES)
2023 – Evolution series 21>23. El Convent Espai d’Art. Vila-real (ES)
2022 – Evolution series. Galería La Mercería. Valencia (Spain)
2022 – Evolution series. Redaktion. Lucerne (CH)
2022 – MARTE Art Fair. Solo project. Galería La Mercería. Castellón (ES)
2021 – Evolution series. B.A.D Foundation. Rotterdam (NL)
2018 – White Wall Project V. Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL)
2018 – White Wall Project V. Kade 40. Vlaardingen (NL)
2018 – White Wall Project V. Theater Koonigshof. Maassluis (NL)
2016 – Morse Code Project. Galerie De Aanschouw. Rotterdam (NL)
2016 – Return series. Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2013 – Fractions Collection. Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2011 – Polyptychs Collection. Museo de la ciudad Casa de Polo. Vila-real (Spain)
2010 – Polyptychs Collection. Bancaja Foundation (Abadía, Hucha) Castellón (ES)

Group exhibitions
2025 – Galería La Mercería. Estampa Art Fair. Madrid (ES)
2025 – MARTE Art Fair. Castelló Contemporary. El Convent. Vila-real (ES)
2025 – Galería La Mercería. “Verging”. Dalmau & Rotteveel. Valencia (ES)
2025 – Galería La Mercería. Art Madrid 2025. Madrid (ES)
2024 – Tupajumi Foundation. Platforms Project Art Fair. Athens (GRC)
2024 – Contempo Galerie. KunstRAI 2024. Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Contempo Galerie. PAN Amsterdam 2023. Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Galería La Mercería. “Plèyade”. Valencia (Spain)
2023 – Contempo Galerie. KunstRAI 2023. Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – ART[s] Gallery Simone Jansen. “Theresi_Art 6”. Noordwijk (NL)
2023 – Contempo Galerie. Art Week Rotterdam 2023. Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Contempo Galerie. PAN Amsterdam 2022. Amsterdam (NL)
2022 – ART[s] Gallery Simone Jansen. “Theresi_Art 5”. Noordwijk (NL)
2022 – Contempo Galerie. Art Noord IV. Museum Belvedere. Heerenveen (NL)
2022 – ART[s] Gallery Simone Jansen. “Theresi_Art 4”. Noordwijk (NL)
2022 – BRUTUS. “Wild Summer of Art”. Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Galería La Mercería. “Al principo fue la verdad”. Valencia (ES)
2022 – Galería Nueva.“Pocket de MARTE”. Madrid (Spain)
2022 – Galerie Larik. “The View from a Balcony Peak”. Utrecht (NL)
2022 – Y/Our Gallery. Group show. Rotterdam (NL)
2021 – Galería La Mercería. “Mañana, Sísifo, mañana”. Valencia (Spain)
2019 – Galería La Mercería. “Un acto de creación”. Valencia (Spain)
2019 – Mestre Biot, Museo de la ciudad Casa de Polo. Vila-real (Spain)
2018 – Gem Creative Agency. Rotterdam (NL)
2018 – Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (NL)
2016 – Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair. Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (NL)
2015 – Galerie Berggreen. Fredericia (Denmark)
2014 – Galerie Berggreen. Fredericia (Denmark)
2014 – Het Kunstweekend Charlois 2014. Rotterdam (NL)
2011 – A-forest Gallery NY, “Values in New York”. New York (USA)
2010 – A-forest Gallery NY. “Summer Fusion”. New York (USA)
2010 – Davalos-Fletcher Foundation. Castellón. (Spain)
2009 – Ishida Taiseisya Gallery. “Exotica in Kyoto”. Kyoto (Japan)
2009 – A-forest Gallery NY. “Summer Pleasures”. New York (USA)
2008 – Lancia Art Gallery. León (Spain)
2008 – IV International Contemporary Art Fair (MARB ART). Marbella (Spain)
2008 – Solstice Creative Offers, Casa Polo Museum. Vila-real (Spain)

Awards and grants
2022 – Award Abierto Valencia 2022. Hortensia Herrero Foundation. Valencia (ES)
2021-2022 – Granted by Mondriaan Fonds. The Netherlands
2021 – Evolution series 2021. Granted by CBK Rotterdam (NL)
2021 – Evolution series 2021. Granted by St. Droom en Daad. Roterdam (NL)
2017-2018 – White Wall Project V:
– Award winner: Waterweg Cultuurprijs 2017 (NL)
– Granted by Stichting Elise Mathilde. Rotterddam (NL)
– Granted by Stichting de Groot Fonds. Schiedam (NL)
– Granted by Stichting Stad Rotterdam anno 1720. Rotterdam (NL)
– Granted by Gemeente Schiedam (NL)
2015 – White Wall Project III. Granted by CBK Rotterdam (NL)
2014 – White Wall Project II. Granted by Stichting Kunstweekend. Rotterdam (NL)
2009 – VIII Onda Cero Radio Award of Plastic Arts 2009. Vila-real (Spain)
2008 – BP Portrait Award. Jury Mention, (100/1727 works). London (UK)
2003 – 2nd prize in the XVII Sanvisens Painting Awards, Sitges, Barcelona (Spain)

Artist in residence
2015-2016 – Art Quarter Budapest. Budapest (Hungary)
2012-2013 – The Hommes Foundation CK12. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Publications
2023 – Paco Dalmau. Evolution series 20>23. ISBN: 978-84-18108-44-0
2023 – De Aanschouw. “Meer dan 1000 exposities op minder dan 1m²”. Edo Dijksterhuis. ISBN: 978-94-62625-34-1
2019 – Mestre Biot, Selected group show. Museo de la ciudad Casa de Polo. CS-451-2019
2011 – Paco Dalmau, Polyptychs: family portraits. 2008-2011. ISBN: 978-84-96843-44-8
2008 – SOLSTICE Creative Offers, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-96843-16-5

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