Juan Petry
lives and works in Spain and Germany
Member of lifebusteR (2018)
Founder of Abejas de amor (2015)
Initiator of ANYFREE.ORG (2015)
Founder of the free university of informal education UNIIE (January 2015)
Co-Founder dye garden – sevengardens supported by UNESCO – in Cervera del Maestre (2014)
Initiator of ARTSURPRISE – social sculpture (2011)
Member of Platoon network (2010)
Founder of the Artist Residence CASAdelDRAGON in Cervera del Maestre, Castellon, Spain (2007)
Founder of the European art network EL-DRAC (2007)
Third parties about Juan Petry
Ruhrnachrichten – German press – Amazing citizens – sculptures in public spaces
Noticias els Ports – Amor en guerras civiles
Dorstener Zeitung – local German press – ARTSURPRISE in DORSTEN
Bonner General Anzeiger – local German press – ARTSURPRISE in glass art museum Rheinbach
Ruhrnachrichten – German press – EL-DRAC in Castrop Rauxel
Exhibitions (selection)
2018
de Copii din Ciocanesti – die Kinder von Ciocanesto – the kids of Ciocanesti – group performance featured by lifebusteR
The Ray of Hope – light sculpture project by lifebusteR – Castellon and Girona (ESP) / Cologne and Bad Neuenahr (GER)
AMAL social art sculptures – CASAdelDRAGON, Spain
CTS/Apeal summer school Romania – workshop and performance and trencadis en espacios publicos, Bucharest, Romania – July
Second single – theater performance – as part of the long term performance of Nicole Bartel and Rolf Habel in Rheinbach, glass house pavillon, school of glas art, Germany – May
Eco-Prints – workshop and exhibition in collaboration with Burg Giebischenstein, Halle (Saale), Germany – March
2017
xTalk III. | performance – as part of the long term performance of Nicole Bartel and Rolf Habel in Rheinbach, glass house pavillon, school of glas art, Germany
xTalk II. | performance – as part of first may street art festival Galerie Die Brücke, Asbeck, Germany
xTalk I. | performance – gallery Luzia Sassen, Cologne, Germany
the final message – as part of european art project pilars of freedom – CASAdelDRAGON – Spain
Masonry – Raum für de Kunst, Windeck, Germany
Gallery Luzia Sassen | “rent the art” – one-day-exhibition – 100 works – amazing citizens – cologne
2016
Family Constellation – a seduction | performance – as part of the long term performance of Nicole Bartel and Rolf Habel in Rheinbach, glass house pavillon, school of glas art
2015
Gallery Luzia Sassen | – Bonn, Germany
Amor en guerras civiles | Morella – Salas Goticas – Ayuntamiento – Valencia – Spain
AAF Brussels | -Turn & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
2014
EXTRASCHICHT | “The world of ARTSURPRISE” Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
Amor en guerras civiles | Fundacion Fita Girona Catalunya
RELEVANCE | Art on the road – art intervention between Berlin and Valencia
2013
Barceloneta Sonora – CC, Barceloneta (October)
ARTSURPRISE in BERLIN – Format::Projekt Gallery, Berlin (October)
MOMENTUM – Kulturbunker Koeln, Germany (September)
Pop up in Spain – Casa del Dragon, Cervera del Maestre (May)
Aigua – VVV, Barceloneta, Spain (April)
Liebe in Bürgerkriegen – Herne, Germany (April)
2012
Stop | Now | Start – Casa del Dragon and Ermita de Sant Sebastia, Cervera del Maestre, Castellon, Spain
Liebe in Bürgerkriegen – Kulturbunker Mülheim, Cologne, Germany
Skulpturenmeile Bochum – Bochum, Germany
foc II. – installation, La Farinera, Barcelona, Spain
foc I. – installation, Barcelonetta, Spain
Arte Contemporani Celra, L’Ateneu, Celra, Catalunya
Pastamas en la Guerra Civil – La Nevera, Morella, Spain – Solo exhibition from Igor Pastamas – featured by Juan Petry
GLÜCK – installation, Rheinbach, Germany
act of humanity – paintings, Casa del Dragon, Cervera del Maestre, Castellon, Spain
tgv in 50 seconds – animation film – preview – Kulturbunker Mülheim, Cologne as part of co.ar.co film festival Marseille, France
2011
urban nights – photo and video installation gallery P5, Bochum, Germany
Love in Civil Wars – international art project and exhibition in Contemporary Art Museum Benicarlo MUCBE, Castellon, Spain
25 Anniversairy Saint Henri, Aude, France
GAP – Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2010
keep cool – group exhibition of EL-DRAC in Siegburg, Germany
2009
Vuelta del arte – Installation as part of the art festival in Baix Maestrazgo, Castellon, Spain
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1987
Art Project and installation as part of a summer festival in Troisdorf near Cologne, Germany
