Joan Saló
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Biography
Joan Saló (Igualada, Spain, 1983) is a contemporary artist based in Berlin whose practice explores perception, space, light, and the subtle boundaries between the visible and the invisible. Through painting, drawing, and installation, he creates contemplative works that invite viewers into states of reflection, uncertainty, and heightened awareness.
Saló graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona in 2006 and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, Italy. His work is characterised by a refined visual language that often engages with concepts of shadow, presence, absence, and the passage of time. Balancing precision and ambiguity, his compositions encourage a slow and attentive mode of looking, revealing complex spatial and atmospheric relationships.
Throughout his career, Saló has developed an internationally recognised practice, exhibiting extensively across Europe and the United States. His solo exhibitions include Umbra, Penumbra, Antumbra at Taubert Contemporary, Berlin (2023); Hypnagogia at the Cementiri d’Igualada, Spain (2022); Dark Matter at Taubert Contemporary, Berlin (2020); In Ascolto, presented in dialogue with a work by Giorgio Morandi at Maurizio Caldirola Gallery, Monza (2018); Hic-Stans at N2 Gallery, Barcelona (2016); Nunc-Stans at Maurizio Caldirola Gallery, Monza (2015); and Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur at CCA Andratx, Mallorca (2014).
His work has also been featured in numerous international group exhibitions, including Hin und Her at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2023); Long Time No See at Taubert Contemporary, Berlin (2021); Le Lucky at HVW8 Gallery, Berlin (2019); Dark Was the Night at CCA Andratx, Mallorca (2018); Between the Lines at Michele Mariaud Gallery, New York (2017); and Above and Below at Galerie Derouillon, Paris (2015).
In 2018, Saló participated in the prestigious CCA Andratx Residency Programme in Mallorca, further developing a practice that continues to investigate the poetic and perceptual dimensions of contemporary abstraction.