Tomás Morell

Using narrative and rhetorical resources including satire and allegory, Tomàs Morell explores themes such as gender identity and intimacy, as well as the inequalities of wealth and power that are products of our digital age. His engagement with the human figure forms the basis of his research into social meaning. While attempting to investigate new conventions of figuration, he addresses themes that are of recurring personal importance. In the works of recent years, he addresses both male and female identity through the use of contemporary stereotypical images, intertwined with personal memories and experiences. The invented scenes have a humorous character, sometimes bordering the grotesque. They allude to the debate surrounding gender identity, using feminine and masculine clichés as they emphasize irony in their approach to the human condition.
Tomàs Morell has a degree in Fine Arts from the Kunst Akademie Nuremberg. His work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions throughout Europe and the United States, such as the Castello de Rivara, Turino, Italy, the Artual Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon, La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, the Rodzłø Gallery and Galerina Steiner in Berlin, the Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein in Munich and the Erlanger Kunstverein, Germany. Selected exhibitions in Spain have been at Galeria Victor Lope, Galeria Maeght, Galeria Uxval Gochez, Galeria H₂O, Espai Casinet in Masnou, Centro de las Artes de Vallgrassa, Barcelona, and Museo de Orozco in Bilbao.

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