The project Desencanto is based on the ironic reinterpretation of the contemporary scene by creating narratives packed with symbolic elements which help to regurgitate the consequences of a Europe in crisis. Concepts like the social and the political, tradition and identity, mythology and religion interact, oppose or stand beside each other in an open working space. Media like painting, drawing and animation contribute to confound the limits, to allow reality to dance on the border with the fictitious and to let the rhythm wipe that border.


JUANAN SORIA (1985, UBEDA, ES )
EDUCATION:
Fine Arts Degree, Universidad de Sevilla. 2003/2008
Master Art Production. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. 2012
Honourable Mention Spanish National Prize to the Excellence in the Academic University Performance. Course 2007/08. Education Department. Spanish Goverment.

GRANTS AND RESIDENCES:
2018 Art Residence, Fundación Huerta de San Antonio. Iglesia de San Lorenzo. Úbeda, Spain.
2016 Portfolioweekend, WARP. Frans Masereel Centrum. Kasterlee. Belgium.
2014 Art Residence Nucleo. Ghent. Belgium.
2013 Leonardo Grant. Galerie Tatjana Pieters. Ghent. Belgium.
2011 10th. Internacional Art Symposiym Opovo. Galerija Jovan Popovic, Opovo, Serbia.
2010 V Fine Arts Residence, Entre Valles: Jarama-Danubio. Torremocha de Jarama, Madrid. Spain.
2009 VIII Fine Arts Residence Fundación Antonio Gala for young artist. Spain.
Fine Arts Residence Pensionados del Palacio de Quintanar, 2009, Segovia. Spain.
2008 Fine Arts Residence, Taller Provincial de BBAA, Diputación Provincial de Jaén. Spain.
Séneca Grant, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Spain.
2007 IV Residence, Hoy Villanueva del Trabuco, Malaga. Spain.
II Fine Arts Residence, Campus of summer Artes de Guía, Gran Canaria. Spain.
AWARDS:
2015 Finalist De Curieuze Collectie. Sint-Amandsberg. Belgium.
2010 Honourable mention VI National Painting Award 2010, Pedro Bueno, Cordoba. Spain.
Finalist Video Art 2010 MalagaCrea, Malaga. Spain.
2009 1st Prize XIX National Painting Award, Cerezo Moreno, Jaén. Spain.
2nd Prize, Pintores Pensionados del Palacio de Quintanar, Segovia. Spain.
2008 2nd Prize, I National Painting Award 2008, La Rural, Fundación Caja Rural, Jaén. Spain.
3rd Prize XXII International Painting Award, Emilio Ollero, Diputación Provincial de Jaén. Spain.
2007 1st Prize XXIII National Painting Award, Homenaje a Serrano Cuesta, Cazorla. Spain.
Finalist XIII National Fine Arts Award, Universidad de Sevilla.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2016 Scherven, Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent, Belgium.
2013 Desencanto, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.
2012 Otherness, Kulturni Centar Likovni, Novi Sad, Serbia.
2011 Rostros de la masa, Hospital de Santiago, Ubeda. Spain.
2008 Del retrato al paisaje, Anima Gallery, Seville. Spain.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 BAD. Belgium Art & Design. ICC. Ghent, Belgium.
Formar la forma. San Lorenzo. Úbeda, Spain.
2017 Wintershow, Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent, Belgium.
10 años de Pintura libre LA RURAL, Hospital de Santiago. Úbeda, Spain.
2016 CALL_2016, Galería A del Arte. Zaragoza, Spain.
Open Atelier Nucleo #11. Ghent, Belgium.
MENS?!, Hof van Rijhove. Ghent, Belgium.
Summer Camp III, Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent, Belgium.
2015 Cenizas de Mármol. Juanan Soria & Steven Messiaen. BLANCO. Ghent. Belgium.
Cultur3 Club. 4º Artists Fair. Palacio de Revillagigedo. Gijón. Spain.
Ganda XXI.Ghent. Belgium.
Tumult in Gent III. HUSET. Ghent. Belgium.
Summer Camp II. Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent. Belgium.
2014 Crossing Parallels. Duo Show / Juanan Soria & Ignacio Estudillo. Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent. Belgium.
Open Atelier Nucleo # 10. Ghent. Belgium.
Tumult in Gent. KASK. Ghent. Belgium.
Estado Crítico. El Arsenal. Cordoba. Spain.
Summer Camp #1. Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent. Belgium.
2013 We are here again. Cecilia Jaime Gallery. Ghent. Belgium.
Kunstveiling2013, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle. Belgium.
2012 Ithaka 20, Kartuizerklooster, Leuven. Belgium.
Kotroute. In full color, SMAK, Ghent. Belgium.
Pop Up, Cecilia Jaime Gallery, Ghent. Belgium.
Entrevalles Jarama-Danubio 2002-2012, Instituto Cervantes. Belgrade. Serbia.
2010 Octava Promoción, Fundación Antonio Gala, Cordoba. Spain.
Next Jaén 2010, Museo Provincial de Jaen, Jaen. Spain.
DIEZ11, Paul Espacio Joven Gallery, Jerez de la Frontera. Spain.
2009 ARCOMadrid, Stand Junta de Andalucía, Delagua Gallery. Madrid. Spain.
El clavo ardiendo, el pintor y sus modelos, VAL I 30 Gallery, Valencia.
2008 ARTJAEN, Fundación Caja Rural of Jaén, Contemporary Art Fair. Spain.
Collection Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Rosalia Sender and Muro Gallery, Valencia. Spain.
El golf nuestro de cada día, San Vicente 31 Gallery, Seville. Spain.
Arquitecturas, Delagua Gallery, Ubeda. Spain.
Proyecto S-21, Cinco miradas, Gonzalo Bilbao Space, Universidad de Sevilla. Spain.
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
Fundación Antonio Gala.
Jovan Popovic Gallery. Opovo, Serbia.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Baeza.
Real Academia de Arte e Historia of San Quirce.
Instituto de Estudios Giennenses. Diputación de Jaén.
Fundación Caja Rural of Jaén.
Museum of contemporary art Cerezo Moreno.
SADUS Sevilla.
Art Center EspacioGuia of Gran Canaria.
Ubeda City Hall.
Cazorla City Hall.
Torrent City Hall.