About the exhibition

PRELUDIO follows the line begun with the Vestigio series, in which the artist Aryz – Octavi Arrizabalaga (Palo Alto, 1988) engages in a dialogue with some of the creators who have influenced him throughout his career. On this occasion, he presents a series of large-format oil paintings conceived as  small visual dialogues with the great masters of painting. Each work is a tribute to the classical pictorial tradition and some of its fundamental themes.

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About the artist

ARYZ – Octavi Arrizabalaga (Palo Alto, California, 1988), graduated in 2010 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona, began his artistic practice in the early 2000s by painting murals around the Barcelona area. Over the past decade, he has left his mark in countries such as Canada, Japan, France, Denmark, China, Madagascar, Poland, and the United States, among others. Since 2019, he has devoted more time to studio exploration, which has allowed him to develop concepts in a more reflective manner. Among his most ambitious solo projects are Pugna (2019) in France and Vestigio (2024) in the Czech Republic. In addition to his pictorial production, in recent years he has created large-scale temporary interventions in unique spaces, adopting a hybrid approach that merges muralism and studio painting.

Currently, painting and printmaking are central pillars of his artistic practice in Cardedeu. His interest in printmaking techniques has led him to collaborate with the publishing house Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, with whom he regularly produces limited editions. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.