Karel Stoop
Artist
Artist Statement/About
"I consider myself as a traveler and observer, expressing my reality and relation with the universe through painting."
Dutch artist Karel Stoop grew up in an artistic family and found his calling from an early age. His abstract and expressive pieces are influenced by the universe, its interaction with the natural world and the mystery of being alive. Karel has developed his own experimental process to create each unique piece, utilizing oils, pigments and industrial tools he produces a melody of color, line and ombre tones. Karel's artworks have been exhibited internationally and acquired by public and private collectors
Statement
“When I paint, having obtained the right attitude and inspiration on the right moment, the act of painting converts in a state of being.”
Karel Stoop has been born (1951) in the south of The Netherlands in a numerous artistic family, which made that he was introduced to painting already at a very young age. He had an academic art education in The Netherlands and studied multimedia at the university in Barcelona. He made plenty of journeys to Asia, Middle East, North Africa, USA and all over Europe. He lived periods in Amsterdam, Ibiza and Barcelona and made exhibitions all over. His works can be found in private collections and some museums. Actually he lives and works in Manresa, Barcelona (Spain) and has his professional residence in Oosterhout in The Netherlands.
Karel has developed his own experimental process to create each unique piece, utilising oils, pigments and industrial tools. He produces a melody of colour, line and ombre tones. Karel’s artworks have been exhibited internationally and acquired by public and private collectors. His main inspiration is the universe and the awareness of being alive.
“I consider myself as a traveler and observer, expressing my reality and relation with the universe through painting.”
Art fairs & biennale participations
* 2022 “Latteria Moderna” Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
* 2021 GZ-BASEL 2022 , Basel Art Center, Basel, Switzerland-
*2018 International fair, Carousel, Louvre, Paris
*2017 ArtShopping Cote d’Azur, Cannes-Mandelieu (FR)
*2017 BeDifferent – Chiesa della Misericordia, Biennale di Venezia *2017 Studio Emilia Vedova, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy
*2016 GZ-BASEL 2016, Basel CH – GaleriaZero2010
*Shanghai Art Fair 2010, Shanghai (CHINA)
*2010 Art Fair Tokyo , Tokyo (JAP)
* 2009 » LineArt » international art fair / Ghent / Belgium
* 2008 “DeArt” art fair Madrid, Spain.
Individual exhibitions
* 2021 GZ-BASEL 2021 – BASEL ART CENTER Individual stand 7 – 11 September * 2021 Artgallery Pilar Guell
* 2021 Sala Lucilla Atilia – Castle Remei- Lerida / Spanje
*2019 Karel Stoop – HellHeaven artgallery, retrospective exhibition -Marostica , Italy * 2016 GZ – Consell der Cent 282, Barcelona
* 2014 Museu Tarrega, Tarrega, Spain.
* 2009 Dashanzi Art District 798, Beijing, China
* 2008 Pickled Art Center Beijing
*2000 Gallery Brocken, Tokio, Japan
* 1993 El Refugi, Badalona, Barcelona
* 1992 Museu de Badalona, Badalona, Barcelona.
Collective exhibitions
2022
2022 “ Return to Berlin” Berlin.
2022 “Latteria Moderna” , Biennale di Venezia, Venice
2021
“Kunst 2021” Litehaus gallery, Berlin
2019 / 2020 (pandemic)
Virtual exhibitions.
Tamayo foundation - popstram and “eyes” project, Barcelona
2018
2018 GZ-Basel 2018 – Basel (CH)
2018 GZ-New York 2017 – Times Square, NewYork (USA)
2017
2017 ArtShopping Cote d’Azur, Cannes-Mandelieu (FR) BeDifferent – Chiesa della Misericordia, Venice (IT) Biennale 2017, Venice (IT)
Kunst 2017, Berlin (DE)
“Going Inland”, City Museum, Tárrega (ES)
2016
NauArt, Barcelona (ES)
Lite Haus Gallery , Berlin (DE)
GZ-Basel 2016, Basel (CH)
GZ, Consell de Cent 282 – Bajos, Barcelona (ES)
2015
GZ, Consell de Cent 282 – Bajos, Barcelona (ES) Kunst 2015, Berlin (DE)
Vertigo ArtSalon, Times Square, New York (USA) GZ-Basel 2015, Basel (CH)
“The Framers Gallery”, London (UK)
“Pop-Up Night”, Paris (FR)
2014
Kunst 2014 Factory, Berlin (DE)
2013
Kunst 2013 Colonia Nova, Berlin (DE)
“Sense and Art” – Instituto Cervantes, New York (USA) “ArtMeeting” – Gallery GalRy, Paris (FR)
“Contemporary 2013” BrickLane Gallery, London (UK) “Petit est grand”, Paris (FR)
2012
GZ-Art 2012, Basel (CH)
“Meeting in Berlin”, Berlin (DE)
BAG Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (USA)
2011
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
2010
Shanghai Art Fair 2010, Shanghai (CHINA) Art Fair Tokyo 2010, Tokyo (JAP)
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
2009
“To Be There”, Gelbert Gallery, New York (USA) LineArt International Art Fair, Ghent (BG) Chelsea Gallery, London (UK)
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
Dashanzhi Art District 798, Beijing (CHINA)
2008
Icosahedron Gallery, New York (USA) Pickled Art Centre, Beijing (CHINA)
DeArt, Madrid (ES)
2007
Gallery 27, London (UK)
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
Angle Abstract Gallery, Shanghai (CHINA) Pickled Art Centre, Beijing (CHINA)
2006
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
Dashanzi Art District 798 , Beijing (CHINA) Art Section Quanzhou (CHINA)
2005
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
Art Section University Xiamen (CHINA)
Zero Art Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2004
Museum of Louisville, Kentucky (USA)
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
Gallery Gora, Montreal (CDN)
2003
Galeriazero, Barcelona (ES)
Centre of contemporary Art – Louisville. Kentucky (USA)
2002
Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
Kivipancki, Jamsa (SF)
Projecto JAPAN, Suligaarden (DK)
Valencia Art Fair, Valencia (ES)
ISCA, Lisboa (P)
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
2001
Gallery Suligaarden (DK) GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
2000
Westerkerk, Ámsterdam (NL) Gallery Brocken, Tokio (JAP)
1999
Moncloa, Madrid (ES)
Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
1998
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES) Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
1997
Gallery Suligaarden (DK) Miniature Museum, Aachen (DK) GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES)
1996
GaleriaZero, Barcelona (ES) Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
Casa de Cultura, Zarautz (ES) Casa de Cultura, Getxo (ES)
1995
Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
Santa Clara, Portugalete (ES) La Bolsa, Bilbao (ES)
Casa de Cultura, Guernica (ES)
1994
Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
Gallery Beascoa, Barcelona (ES) Real Circulo Artística, Barcelona (ES)
1993
Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
Gallery Canals, San Cugat (ES) JAPAN – Gallery Suligaarden (DK)
1992
El Refugi Badalona (ES)
Museu Badalona (ES)
Gallery Minerva, Mataró (ES) Gallery BiegelStrater, Ámsterdam (NL) 1990 CAI – Huesca (ES)
