Martin Llavaneras primarily works in the field of sculpture, often in relation to the natural and industrial transformation processes of inorganic, biological, and linguistic materials. The artist studies these cycles and intervenes in them to modify their dynamics, participating in the management, organization, and shaping of these materials. In his work, among other concepts, ideas of storage, circulation, and oxidation are present.
Martin Llavaneras (El Segrià, 1983) lives and works in Barcelona. He studied Fine Arts in Bilbao (UPV), Berlin (HTW), and Barcelona (UB). Among his solo exhibitions, notable ones include “CAU” POLS (Valencia); “Turbaturbo” (La Capella, Barcelona); “Fruit Belt” (Espai 13 – Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona); “Humus Recalls Curvatures” (Centro de Arte La Panera, Lleida); “Reengineering Calcium” (Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona); and “Next” (Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria). He has participated in group exhibitions at Centro del Carme Cultura Contemporànea, Valencia; CAPC — Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux; ADA Project, Rome; Yaby, Madrid; Meetfactory, Prague; House of Egorn, Berlin; Atelier35, Bucharest; Saliva, Barcelona, among others.
He has received awards such as Barcelona Producció, Premi Art Nou, Injuve, Sala Art Jove, Beca per a la recerca i pensament de la Generalitat, Beca Guasch-Coranty, and has undertaken residencies at centers including CA2M in Madrid, Centre d’Art i Natura in Farrera, and MUSAC in León.
