Lita Cabellut

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Lita Cabellut (* 1961 in Sariñena (Huesca)) is a Spanish painter.

Life

Lita Cabellut is a Catalan Gitana . Orphaned at an early age, she lived intermittently on the streets of Barcelona during her childhood until she was adopted by a noble Catalan family at the age of 12.

At the age of 13, Lita Cabellut and her adoptive mother first attended the Prado in Madrid , a life-changing event for her.

“My mother introduced me to this new world, the world where the colors, forms and emotions are just going through your eyes and your skin. That was the moment that I knew I will be an artist and that I will stay with this family forever. ”

“My mother introduced me to a new world, a world where the colors, shapes and feelings just go through your eyes and your skin. That was the moment when I knew that I was going to be an artist and that I would stay in this family forever. "

- Lita Cabellut : The Economist

She was particularly impressed by Francisco de Goya , Antonio González Velázquez , Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and Jusepe de Ribera . The influences of these painters can still be felt in their pictures today, alongside the often hard experiences of their childhood. Cabellut studied painting at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. She lives and works in The Hague .

Lita Cabellut works mainly on large-format canvases and uses expressive gestures. The paintings are characterized by a special drama of light and colors, here it was heavily influenced by the Dutch painters. She prefers to depict people marked by life. Besides the pain, suffering and misery, she tries above all to show her human size, her "grandeur".

Cabellut's motifs are close friends, artistic relatives and celebrities, but also people from the street.

Solo and group exhibitions (selection)

  • Tuin & Kunst 10 daagse, Museum Nienoord, Groningen, Netherlands, (solo), 2013
  • Triology of the Doubt, Espai VolART Fundacio Vila Casas, Barcelona, ​​Spain, (solo), 2013
  • Behind the Courtains, Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, (solo) 2013
  • Me, You and the Others, Museum Wrestas, Tampere, Finland, 2013
  • After the Show, Terminus, Munich, Germany, (solo) (cat.), 2012
  • Portrait of Human Knowledge, Opera Gallery, London, England, (solo) (cat.), 2012
  • Memories Wrapped in a Gold Paper, Opera Gallery, Dubai (solo), 2012
  • Coco, Opera Gallery, Paris, France, (solo), 2012
  • Shit happens, Opera Gallery, London, England, (solo), 2011
  • Camaron, Kai Dikhas, Berlin, Germany (solo), 2011
  • La Perla Negra, Opera Gallery, London, England, (solo) (cat.), 2011
  • Maddness and the Reason, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, USA, (solo), 2011
  • Manifesta Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands, (solo), 2010
  • Art Karlsruhe, Gunther Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2009
  • The Forgotten Europiens, Cologne City Museum, Cologne, Germany, 2009
  • A la Mesa, Opera Gallery, Seoul, Korea, (solo), 2008
  • Gypsy Exhibition, Kulturhaus RomoKher, Mannheim, Germany, 2008
  • Gonzhen - Art in Sport, Bejing, Chenglu, Shenyang, Nanjin, Guangzhou, China, 2008
  • A la Mesa! Opera Gallery Seoul, Seoul, Korea, 2008
  • Gronzhen - Art in Sport, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, 2007
  • “Paz y Sacrificio”, Art Space “Espacio 133” Boronat, Barcelona, ​​Spain, (solo), 2005
  • Inaugural Exhibition, The Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA, (solo) 2002
  • Arte Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, (solo), 2001

Catalogs

  • "The Many Faces of Bowie", Opera Gallery, London, 2013
  • “Behind The Curtains”, Opera Gallery, Hong Kong, 2013
  • “Un Siecle des Nus - Un panorama du Nu de l'Art Moderne à aujourd'hui”, Opera Gallery, Geneve 2013
  • "International Modern and Contemporary Art". Opera Gallery Auction, Dubai, The Ritz-Carlton, DIFC, 2012
  • “After The Show” by Lita Cabbelut, Opera Gallery, 2012
  • “Portrait of Human Knowledge”, Opera Gallery, 2012
  • “COCO - The Testimony of Balck and White” by Grady Harp, Opera Gallery, Paris, 2011
  • “La Perla Negra” Opera Gallery, 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ The Economist: How Lita Cabellut grew from street child to an internationally renowned artist. April 12, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
  3. ↑ [2]
personal data
SURNAME Cabellut, Lita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona