Antonio Ballester Moreno
Antonio Ballester Moreno
The works of Antonio Ballester Moreno (b. 1977, Madrid) point to a world of primary colours and childish forms where materials like unprocessed jute or clay yield an oeuvre of singular beauty and austere shapes. Ballester Moreno’s artistic practice is a convergence of various themes, including that of the education and learning that has enabled him to create a symbolic world where everything is connected. Ballester Moreno creates process-oriented works – paintings, collages and ceramics – that materialise through the repetitive gesture of handcrafted geometries. Through his application of simplistic yet determined shapes and colors, he develops a personal vocabulary, upon which he builds a world of subtle variances and symbolic compositions. While his approach is rooted in abstraction, his works evoke histories of pattern, craft and folklore culture, which are all tied to the field of nature.
Antonio Ballester Moreno lives and works in Madrid. He has had solo exhibitions at CA2M, at the Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation, at the ARTIUM Museum in Vitoria, at the Patio Herreriano Museum in Valladolid, at La Casa Encendida in Madrid, at the MAZ in Guadalajara, Mexico and at MUSAC in León, among others. He has also participated in group exhibitions such as the 33rd Sao Paulo Biennial as an artist and curator, at the MSU Broad Museum in Michigan, at the CA2M in Madrid and at the MUSAC in León. As well as in galleries in Madrid, Lisbon, Sao Paulo, New York, Berlin and Los Angeles.
His work is in the collections of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, TBA21 Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Madrid, Banco de España Collection, CIFO-Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Miami, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, León, MUSAC in León, CA2M in Madrid, ARTIUM, Vitoria, Me Collectors in Berlin, KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorlf, Iberdrola Collection, at the Helga de Alvear Foundation, Cáceres, at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris and at the collection of the Inhotim Institute in Brazil.