Michele Bajona is a contemporary figurative artist born in 1971 in Vicenza, Italy.
Educated as an architect, he learned the art of painting from his hometown maestro Otello de Maria and later focused on watercolors with Frederic Wong at the Art Student League of New York.
He has been an active member and a teacher at Cercle Artistic S. Lluc in Barcelona. The artist has shown his work in collective and solo exhibitions winning the first prize for best video documentary at the 54th Venice Art Biennial, Padiglione Italia. He currently lives in Mexico City where he paints and teaches art.
"I like to play with water and to measure myself with the magic of nature, the figurative approach of my art has within it a level of abstraction that allows me to transmit emotions at a deeper level. My aim is to be able to explore more and more on different textures and with different techniques in order to capture the essence of light and movement. Art has the power to show different worlds generated from a blank canvas, I want to share this process through my work"
collective exhibitions
Blue Review Art Prize (honorable mention) Sugarlift, NYC, USA. NYC DFN Projects, NYC, USA. Shelter 33 Contemporary, Chicago, USA. Small Works Abend Gallery, Denver, USA. Painting the Figure Now II. PoetsArtists at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, USA. Rostros Amigos. Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, CDMX, Mexico, and Galería Luis Nishizawa, FAD, CDMX, Mexico. The New Nude. PoetsArtists Gallery at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, USA. Arte Genova. 10th Contemporary Art Fair, Genova, Italy. Pleinair Festival. Marcort Foundation, L’Estartit, Spain. Barceloneta Sonora. Centro Civico Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain. Theodoria Art Festival. City Hall, Servia, Kozani, Greece. Kaleidos. Museo del Soratte, Palazzo Caccia Canali. Sant'Oreste, Rome, Italy. AAF Brussels. Affordable Art Fair, Tour and Taxi, Brussels, Belgium. Seleccionats. Cercle Artistic S. Lluc. Barcelona, Spain. Art International Zurich. 14th Int. fair of contemporary art Zurich. AAF Rome. Affordable Art Fair, Museo Macro, Rome, Italy. Arte Padova. 22nd Padua Art Fair. Padua, Italy. Padiglione Italia nel Mondo. LIV Venice Art Biennial. Venice, Italy and Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Barcellona, Barcelona, Spain. XIV Beijing Art Expo. China World Trade Center, Beijing. The Concours. Phyllis H. Mason Gallery. New York, NY. La Escuela Moderna. Galeria H2O. Barcelona, Spain. Sketch it Out. APW Gallery. New York, NY. FHM #4. Galeria H2O. Barcelona, Spain.
solo exhibitions
Ecos de lo Invisible. Centro Cultural Juan Rulfo, CDMX, Mexico. Anima. Academia de Arte de Florencia, Società Dante Alighieri, CDMX, Mexico. Anima. Onda Lab. Padova, Italy. Luce. Galla. Vicenza, Italy. Cuerpo Etereo. Galeria 4Art. Barcelona, Spain and Galla, Vicenza, Italy. Ritratti. Galleria Castello. Vicenza, Italy.
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