Carlos Sagrera
The main subjects in Carlos Sagrera’s works are interiors, identity and the mystery of everyday life. The Spanish painter depicts domestic spaces where time seems to have stood still. These spaces evoke associations and memories of a familiar past, and as a spectator one might wonder whether they existed in reality or were simply imagined by the artist himself.
When glancing into Sagrera’s works, one might recognize furniture and objects from the nineteen fifties and sixties; the period when Sagrera’s grandparents furnished their home. Sagrera lived together with his grandparents for much of his childhood and later found old photos of when their house was brand new. He immediately saw something meaningful in the changes that had occurred over time—from what it looked like before he was born to what it looked like presently. Layers had been added over time. These photos became an archive that acts as the starting point for a series of paintings: pictorial representations interweaving the past and present.
Sagrera is interested in the passing of time and collective and personal memories. In his research of the evolution of domestic spaces, he explores the concepts of familial generations, wear and tear, and the habits and behaviors of the private domain. Inspired greatly by Dutch seventeenth century painters, Sagrera re-interprets this historical style of realism with a contemporary abstraction. His color-rich scenes create an intriguing tension between the materiality of represented objects and the effect of the paint itself. The resulting imagery is somewhat ethereal and impressionistic, much like a fading memory.
Carlos Sagrera graduated for his Fine Arts study in 2011. After graduating from the academy in Spain he received a scholarship to work in the famous Spinnerei in Leipzig, Germany. Sagrera feels connected to the artists of the Leipziger Schule and is able to add his own interpretation of reality to this artistically rich environment.
Grants & prizes:
2020 ONE ART Award, ONE ART Taipei, Taiwan.
2017 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Quebec, Canada.
2015 '2nd award’ ‘…and a thousand miles behind’ ArtWalk, Leipzig, Germany.
2014 'IV Encontros Artistas Novos’. Cidade da Cultura de Galicia. Spain.
2013 – 2012 Scholarship for Young Creators, Antonio Gala Foundation. Córdoba, Andalucía. Spain.
Collections:
BlueKnowledge Art Collection
r/e collection
Poort-Visser collection, The Netherlands.
ING collection
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands.
Hildebrand collection, Leipzig, Germany.
Fundación Antonio Gala, Córdoba, Andalucía. Spain.
UEM Collection. (European University of Madrid). Madrid, Spain.
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December Exhibition
Online Exclusive 1 - 31 Dec 2023Rutger Brandt Gallery presents new work by Radenko Milak, Carlos Sagrera & Steffen Kern in an exclusive online exhibition. These artists collectively possess a remarkable ability to create mysterious spaces...Read more -
Carlos Sagrera
Inherited souvenirs 15 Oct - 12 Nov 2022Painted in a style which is both hyper realistic and intentionally abstract, Spanish artist Carlos Sagrera’s works are intimate and nuanced. The main subjects in his paintings are interiors, identity...Read more -
EXPO Chicago 2022
7 - 10 Apr 2022EXPO CHICAGO, the international fair for Contemporary & Modern Art, will host the 9th edition in-person exposition from April 7-10, 2022 at Navy Pier. It features leading international galleries alongside...Read more -
EXPO Chicago Online
8 - 12 Apr 2021We're thrilled to participate in @expochicago's #ExpoChgoOnline, a curated digital exposition of contemporary and modern art and culture showcasing focused presentations by leading galleries presented in collaboration with Hook, highlighted...Read more -
UNTITLED, ART online
2 - 6 Dec 2020For invitiations to the online edition of UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach 2020, please contact us. We are happy to send you your virtual ticket to our exhibition. UNTITLED, ART is...Read more -
Positions Berlin
10 - 13 Sep 2020Since many years, Berlin has been the city that can offer the broadest overview of current developments in contemporary art through the multitude of international artists and galleries based here....Read more -
Volta New York
4 - 8 Mar 2020VOLTA NEW YORK MARCH 4–8, 2020 NEW LOCATION: METROPOLITAN WEST VOLTA showcases contemporary positions by up-and-coming and mid-career artists with an emphasis on discovery, both for the curious newcomer and...Read more -
Untitled, Art. Miami Beach 2019
4 - 8 Dec 2019UNTITLED, ART is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on curatorial balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. Untitled, Art innovates the standard fair...Read more -
Art Rotterdam
6 - 10 Feb 2019For Art Rotterdam 2019 Rutger Brandt Gallery (booth 6) showcases three young and talented artists: Carlos Sagrera (1987, Madrid), Matthias Schaareman (1986, Arnhem) and Robert Barta (1975, Prague). All three...Read more -
Untitled, Art. Miami Beach 2018
5 - 9 Dec 2018Untitled, Art is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on curatorial balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. Untitled, Art innovates the standard fair...Read more -
Werkschauhalle Rundgang der Spinnerei Galerien
Leipzig Germany 13 - 15 Apr 201815 international galleries are invited by the Spinnerei Galleries for this year´s traditional autumn gallery tour (Rundgang) at the former cotton spinning mill in Leipzig. We have been invited by...Read more -
Art Paris
5 - 8 Apr 2018From April 5th-8th 2018, Art Paris Art Fair will bring together 142 galleries from 23 different countries in the spectacular setting of the Grand Palais. Diversity and discovery are the...Read more -
VOLTA '13 Basel
12 Jun - 17 Jul 2017VOLTA , Basel’s art fair for new international positions, debuted in 2005 as a collaboration between dealers and friends. The aim was to secure a platform for international galleries beyond...Read more -
Volta New York
1 - 5 Mar 2017Carlos Sagrera’s grandparents’ photo archive triggered this body of work: pictorial representations of interiors interweaving the past and present. The abstracted color sweeps are alternated by almost hyper-realistic details. This...Read more
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Carlos Sagrera in 20/21 Espacio de Arte
'History', May - December 2024 October 9, 2024Carlos Sagrera's work is featured in a new exhibition 'History' at 20/21 Espacio de Arte Museum in La Palma. History: a microcosmic perspective 'There is...Read more -
Rutger Brandt Gallery in Artsy's top 10 Best Booths at EXPO Chicago’s Online Edition!
ARTSY, Justin Kamp April 9, 2021More than a year after the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic set in and art fairs around the world canceled their plans for the foreseeable...Read more -
Carlos Sagrera exhibits in Mexico
Hábito May 10, 2019For the first time paintings by Carlos Sagrera will featured in a show in Mexico. Under the title Hábito Four new works will be on...Read more -
Carlos Sagrera wins first price in one Art Taipei award!
February 21, 2019The jury members were unanimous in granting Sagrera first prize in this years’ award at One Art Taipei art fair where Sagrera was represented by...Read more