Starting with images that he glazes (archives, slides, photographic diaries) or produces, Hector Castells-Matutano smoothly transmutes them, without constraining, into new narratives and visual experiences. Through collage, installation and colorization, these images are brought to be considered differently, as if illuminated by a light they had previously lacked. A process that sometimes leads the raw material towards a quasi-psychedelic abstraction, sometimes to question its status as a documentary image and our own relationship to otherness.
Hector Castells-Matutano is a multimedia artist, musician, performer and filmmaker born in Barcelona in 1978. After studing in biology at Barcelona’s Universitat Autónoma, he graduated a Master’s degree in Sculpture at the Royal College of Arts, a sensitive diversity of approaches that can be seen throughout his work. He has exhibited in numerous institutions and galleries. He now lives and works in Paris.
Born in 1978 in Barcelona, Spain
Lives and works in Paris, France
EDUCATION
2010-2012
MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
PB PROJECT: Fantôme, PARIS-B, Paris, France
Angel, La Forta, Aubervilliers
Fox, (duo avec Sven Sachsalber) Poush, Aubervilliers, France
2019
Para-sites, The Film Gallery, Paris, France
2014
Plasvivor, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
Plastic Graffiti, The Film Gallery, Paris, France
2011
The Jungle, Post Gallery, London, UK
A Stag Beetle in Canal Bridge, ChinaGirl Space, Galerie Cortex Atletico, Bordeaux, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Spin, The Film Gallery, Paris, France
2022
Alud #2, Crater Lab/Hangar, Barcelona, Spain
Salon in Sabina, Torri, Italy
La Peinture Continue, Le Bouffadou, Paris, France
Spectral Quarters III, Bobigny, France
2021
Spectral Quarters II, Rue Bellot, Paris, France
2020
Spectral Quarters, Au Grenier, Paris, France
Miradas Nuevas Ego Echo 4, Galerie Métanoïa, Paris, France
2019
Ovni-Festival, Le 109, Nice, France
Fire (with Louis Benassi), UCL The Bartlett School of Arquitecture, London, UK
Le Grand détournement , Galerie Ceysson et Bénétière, Paris, France
Quiet Days, Le31, Paris, France
2018
After 1968: The Economy of Resistance, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
FONO, La Sira, Asnières-Sur-Seine, Paris, France
2017
Garder le Cap, Galerie Valerie Delaunay, Paris, France
2016
Cinéphémère, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard et FIAC, Paris, France
Secret Art, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK
2015
Open Studio, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
20th Anniversary Re-Voir, Paris, France
2014
Night of the Tumblr on Fire, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Desire, Danger, Dada, Whitechapel Gallery, London , UK
Colony Network, Anarch, London, UK
2013
Back and Forth 3, South London Gallery, London, UK
Summer Show, Cul de Sac Gallery, London, UK
2012
Camera Britannica, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Chromatic, ArtEco Gallery, London, UK
The Village Green Biennial, Stanton St John and The China Shop Gallery, Oxford, UK
LAX, Great Western Studios, London, UK
2011
Bittersweet/Thunderspace, Hanmi Gallery, London
A Project For The Sun, Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London, UK
Hyper Life Awareness Campaign, Art Ramsgate, Ramsgate Art Ramsgate, UK
We worked in squares and loved in triangles, SSE Space, London, UK
Bittersweet/Thunderspace, Hanmi Gallery, London, UK
Impression Soleil, 6B Saint Dennis, Paris, France
Tropical Meltdown, Peter Doig Studio, London, UK
2009
Yes/No – a subjective definition of synergy, Kastrupgårdsamlingen, Kastrup, Denmark
Eyebowling, Kunstraum Warchau, Berlin, Germany
Hadal Aides, Gallery KHM, Malmø, Sweden
Dear…. Part 2, Gallery David Risley, Copenhagen, Denmark
Things That Matter A Lot, Gallery Christoffer Egelund, Copenhague, Denmark
2009
If you can’t afford it here move, Bash Studios, London, UK
2007
Schadenfreudig, Camberwell Crypt St Gilles Church, London, UK
2004
Customize ‘04, with Montcada5, Convent de Sant Agustí, Barcelona, Spain
Young International Artists, curated by Karel Stoop, Galeria Zero, Barcelona, Spain
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Expo Protest, Théâtre de Verre, Paris, France
2020
The Internationals, Théâtre de Verre, Paris, France
2018
Glissements, L’Etna Atelier de Cinéma Expérimental, co-commissaire, Paris, France
Benassi, Schtinter, Siuchina, The Film Gallery, Paris, France
2013
Vertigo, film programme, The China Shop gallery, Oxford, UK
PROJECTIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2023
Sport National, The Film Gallery, Paris, France
2022
Festival Modulation, Pyrénées, France
The Internationals, La Générale, Paris, France
Les Soeurs Bleues, Alexandra’s Place, Paris, France
2021
Distruktur y H Castells Matutano, Zumzeig Cinecooperativa, Barcelona, Spain
The Internationals, Mains d’Ouvres, Saint-Ouen, France,
Soirée Fântome, Théâtre de Verre, Paris, France
2020
Everything’s gonna be allright (in Gravitational Painting), Cogalleries, Berlin, Germany
2019
Fête de la musique, Plateforme Galerie, Paris, France
Wave, sur le travail de John Cage, Tous les docs, Conservatoire Paul Dukas, Paris, France
Left after the main door, The Redon, London, UK
2018
Cine-concert, Cairos-Edition, Aubervilliers, France
Glissements, L’Etna Atelier de Cinéma Expérimental, Paris, France
Le Bal Jaune, Paris, France
2017
Sonic Solarium, The Horse Hospital, London, UK
Sick Times Episode 2, Paris, France
Bonington film night #7, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2016
Magma, La Parole Errante, Montreuil, France
Underneath the Floorboards, Haunt Gallery, London, UK
Le Bal Jaune, Paris, UK
Are You Sitting Down?, Pangea Sculptors Centre, Genesis Cinema, London, UK
2014
London Seizure, Berdmondsey Project, London, UK
2013
There are better things to do, Black Maria, Kings Cross, London, UK
Paradise Syndrome, Cul de Sac Gallery, London, UK
2012
Open Book, Testbed, London, UK
A Stag Beetle in Canal Bridge, Universidad de Mexico
2011
Kilburn Festival, London, UK
2009
Don’t talk to the driver, Folk Us festival, London, UK
2007
Rational Rec, Bethnal Green ́s Working Mens Club, London, UK
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Hector Castells Matutano
PB PROJECT: Fantôme
09/07/2023 - 10/21/2023