Felipe Pantone (born 1986) is an Argentine-Spanish contemporary artist. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in southeast Spain. Pantone's body of work is based in kinetic art, installations, graffiti, and design, characterized by «use of bold colors, geometrical patterns, and Op Art elements». His combinations recall «bright colored typography, 80s Synth pop music, and SMPTE color bars on the TV».[1]
Felipe Pantone | |
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| Born | 1986 (age 37–38) |
| Nationality | Argentine, Spanish |
| Known for | Graffiti, painting, sculpture |
| Website | www |
History
editPantone began doing graffiti as Pant1 in Torrevieja, Spain, then moved to Valencia at the age of 18, where he started painting with the D.O.C.S crew and later became part of UltraBoyz (UB). He became known for his avant-garde cursive handstyle.[2]
Pantone began showing his work in galleries in 2006.[3] It has since appeared on buildings, walls and in galleries worldwide, from the Mesa Contemporary Arts Center to the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, as well as in Mexico City, Osaka, Lisbon, Palestine, Italy, and Australia.[4] Pantone has been featured in various forms of media, including Reebok's "Always Classic" campaign.[5] He used a 1994 Corvette as a canvas for his pixelated graphics, a piece presented in the exhibit Beyond the Streets. The piece is now known as "Ultradynamic".[6]
Style
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Pantone often works in gradients, blending geometric shapes with neon colors and whites, blacks, and greys, with critics noting "The divisions between geometric patterns and gradients are so effortlessly blended that the larger patterns seem created with digitization rather than with two hands."[7] He cites the Parisian Grim Team and UltraBoyz crews as early influences.[8]
Forbes magazine called his aesthetic "the intersection of Blade Runner and PhotoShop" for its concepts of dynamism, transformation, and movement.[9] Others[who?] have said he has created a new visual dialogue derived from his infatuation with the digital age, comparing his work to Venezuelan Op artist Carlos Cruz-Diez's chromatic linework and the geometric graphics of Jonathan Zawada.[10]
Exhibitions
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Solo exhibitions
edit2015
edit- Stereodynamica - Backwood Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
- Opticromías - Delimbo, Sevilla SPAIN
- Resituation - Constant, Hong Kong CHINA
2016
edit- Scroll Panorama - Celaya Brothers Gallery, Mexico D.F, Mexico
- Cyberspazio Tubolare - Outdoor Festival, Rome, Italy
- Data Somersault - StolenSpace Gallery, London
- Data Smog - Lebenson Gallery, Paris
- W3-Dimensional - Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
edit- Afterimage - Kolly Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
- Planned Iridescence - GR Gallery, New York, NY
- Planar Direction - Station16 Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Artifact to Human Communication - Underdogs Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2018
edit- Excès de Vitesse - Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- Dynamic Phenomena - Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris
- W3-DIMENSIONAL PARK - Siam Center, Bangkok, Thailand[11]
- Transformable Systems - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City USA
2019
edit- Axioma de Constructibilidad - Articruz, Panama City PANAMA
- Distance, Speed, Time, Formula - Danysz Gallery, Shanghai CHINA
2020
edit- Contactless - Albertz Benda, New York City USA
- Big Time Data - RGR Galery, Mexico City MEXICO
2021
edit- Casa Variable - Danysz Gallery, Paris FRANCE
- Veladura Digital - Galería Javier López & Fer Francés (The Playground), Madrid SPAIN
2022
edit- Convergencias (with Elías Crespin) - Galería RGR, CDMX MÉXICO
- Manipulable - Gallery Common, Tokyo JAPAN
- Metallic Contact - Albertz Benda, New York City USA
2023
edit- Kosmos - Control Gallery, Los Ángeles USA
- Prospective - Kunsthal, Rotterdam NL
Group exhibitions
edit2013
edit- Venganza – group exhibition with Sozyone Gonzalez & Demsky333 at Celal Gallery, Paris – February / March
2016
edit- Truck Art Project - Madrid, Spain
- Painting / Object - Library Street Collective, Los Angeles CA, USA
- The New Vanguard - Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster CA, USA
- Welcome Back - Colab Gallery, Wheil Am Rhein GERMANY
- Vitality and Verve - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA, USA
- Spectra - Marion Gallery, Panama City PANAMA
2017
edit- Scope Art Fair - With Mirus Gallery, Miami, FL
- Interferences, Contemporary Op & Kinetic Art - GR Gallery, New York, NY
- Ultra-Plasticism - PBX Creativa, Madrid, Spain
- Chromadynamica Dimensional - Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, USA
2018
edit- Summer Mixer - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
- Beyond the Streets - Los Angeles, CA
- Art from the Streets - ArtScience Museum - SINGAPORE
2019
edit- Vibrations - Danysz Gallery, Paris FRANCE
- Your Favorite Artist’s Favorite Artist II - Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City USA
- From the World, Made in Lisboa - Underdogs Gallery, Lisbon PORTUGAL
- Dream Box - MIMA Museum, Brussels BELGIUM
2021
edit- MISA.art - König Galerie, Berlin GERMANY
2022
edit- Endless Summer - Albertz Benda, Los Angeles USA
2023
edit- Beyond the Streets - Saatchi Gallery, London UK
References
edit- ^ Velimirović, Andreja. "Felipe Pantone". WideWalls. WideWalls. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Interview: Pant/Felipe Pantone - Handstyler". 24 January 2015.
- ^ "FELIPE PANTONE". Avenue Des Artes. Avenue Des Arts Ltd.
- ^ Carter, Felicity. "Felipe Pantone And His Digi-Meets-Blade Runner Artwork". Forbes. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Benjamin, Jeff (31 January 2018). "Why Reebok Tapped K-Pop Star Somi for 'Always Classic' Campaign: 'She Encapsulates the Next Generation'". Billboard. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "felipe pantone's ULTRADYNAMIC corvette is a street artist's idea of a paint job". Design Boom. Design Boom. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ Shi, Diana. "Street Artist Turns Walls Into Melting Optical Illusions". Vice. Vice Media. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Miles, Selina. "In the Magazine: Felipe Pantone". Juxtapoz. Juxtapoz. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Forbeswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bray, Arthur (11 February 2016). "Felipe Pantone Will Make You Rethink Digital Art". Hypebeast. Hypebeast Ltd. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Felipe Pantone's 'W3-DIMENSIONAL PARK' in Bangkok's Siam Center". 9 November 2018.