Sara Bonache
사라 보나체
b. 1991 -
CV
Education
2009 - 2014
BA Fine Arts - Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona
Solo Exhibition
2022
Solo project at Bombon Projects, within the festival Art Nou Primera Visió, Barcelona.
Group Exhibition
2023
'Blooming Room', Gallery Kabinett, Seoul
2022
Narratives in Blossoming Vigor, SENS Gallery, Hong Kong.
Vila Casas Painting Prize, Can Framis Museum, Barcelona.
Life In Colour, The Room London, London.
Needful things II, Rodzlo Gallery, Berlin.
Todo es de color, The Curators Room, Amsterdam.
Preludios de mi lira. CAC La Sala. Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona.
XVI Francesc Gimeno Prize. Tortosa Museum, Tarragona.
2021
III International Prize Nasevo. Lab36, Senda Gallery, Barcelona.
Needful things. Uxval Gochez Gallery, Barcelona.
The best design of the year. Design Museum, Barcelona.
2020
The artist essence. II International Prize Nasevo 2020. Lab36, Senda Gallery, Barcelona.
Arts Libris 2020 (Online edition).
2019
Drawing and engraving prize, Fundació Privada Mutua Catalana 2019, Tarragona.
2018
CROMA. El Catascopio Gallery, Barcelona.
2017
Biennial d’Arts Plàstiques i Visuals. Portal del Pardo Gallery, El Vendrell,Tarragona.
IN(VISIBLES) El Catascopio Gallery. Exhibition in the Festival Seco 2017, Barcelona.
HOTEL X HOTEL, Kippenberger Tribute, Museo Carmen Thyssen, Málaga.
2015
Fine Art - University Selection 2014. University of Tsukuba, Japan.
2014
Sense Títol ‘14. Exhibition hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona.
ART FAIRS
2023
FOUNDATIONS online art fair, Sens Gallery
ART BUSAN 2023, Gallery Kabinett
2021
Arts Libris 2021
2020
Arts Libris 2020 ( 23 - 26 July 2020) (Online edition)
2017
ART & BREAKFAST #3, Málaga (9 - 11 June 2017)
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022
Prix International de Peinture Novembre à Vitry.
Finalist Vila Casas Painting Prize.
Finalist XVI Francesc Gimeno Prize.
2021
Fase Residence, Barcelona, Spain.
Finalist III Nasevo International Prize 2020.
Finalist FAD d’Arts 2021 award.
2020
Finalist II Nasevo International Prize 2020.
2019
Finalist Fundació Privada Mutua Catalana Drawing and Printmaking Prize
2019, Tarragona.
2017
Awarded Biennial d’Arts Plàstiques i Visuals del Garraf i Alt Penedès 2017.
2014
Awarded for the prize “Fine Art - University Selection 2014 - 2015”, University
of Tsukuba, Japan.
Biography/Artist Statement
갤러리까비넷을 통해 한국에 처음 소개하는 Sara Bonache Rios(b. 1991)는 2014년 바로셀로나 대학에서 미술을 전공하고, 현재 바르셀로나에 거주하며 활동하고 있다. 그는 식물과의 정서적 친말감을 영감으로 인간의 인체와 자연 사이의 모호한 관계를 탐구한다. 모더니스트 예술가 조지아 오키프를 연상케하는 부드럽고 온화한 색감은 고요하면서 위안의 감정을 불러일으킨다.
그는 Bombon Projects(바르셀로나, 2022) 개인전과 Life is color (London 2022), Needful things (Rodzlo Gallery, Berlin 2022), Todo es de color (The Curators Room, Amsterdam 2022), Preludios de mi lira, CAC La Sala, Vilanova i la Geltrú 2022 올해의 최고의 디자인, 디자인, 바르셀로나 2021))에 참가했다. 2021년 예술 FAD상 후보에 올랐고 XVI 프란체스크 기메노 페인팅상 최종 후보였다. 2022년 Fundació Vila Casas Painting Prize에 지명되었다.
또한 FASE(L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, 2021)의 레지던트 아티스트이자 독립 예술가의 책 출판사인 Unica Edicions(스페인 바르셀로나)의 공동 감독이다.
Sara Bonache Rios (b. 1991), who is first introduced to Korea through GALLERY KABINETT, majored in art at the University of Barcelona in 2014, and currently lives and works in Barcelona. She explores the ambiguous relationship between the human body and nature with the inspiration of emotional intimacy with plants. The soft and gentle colors on the works reminiscent of the modernist artist Georgia O'Keeffe evoke a sense of calm and comfort.
She has held a solo exhibition at Bombon Project (Barcelona, 2022) and international group shows including Life is color (London 2022), Needful things (Rodzlo Gallery, Berlin 2022), Todo es de color (The Curators Room, Amsterdam 2022), Preludios de mi lira, CAC La Sala, Vilanova i la Geltrú 2022, The best design of the year (Design Museum, Barcelona 2021). She was nominated for the Arts FAD Prize 2021 and she was a finalist in the XVI Francesc Gimeno Painting Prize 2021. She has been nominated for the Fundació Vila Casas Painting Prize 2022.
Also, she is a residency at FASE (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, 2021) and co-director of Unica Edictions (Barcelona, Spain), an independent artists’ book publisher.
