Juan Petry
lives and works in Spain and Germany
Founder of Abejas de amor (2015)
Initiator of ANYFREE.ORG (2015)
Founder of the free university of informal education UNIIE (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
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)
2019
all about love – painting sessions in Penyaflor Tortosa (ESP), Kuefo Remagen (GER) and CTS/Apeal Bucharest – selected artworks exhibited in the gallery EL-DRAC
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
