Bio
Paco Dalmau (Vila-real, Spain, 1978) is a visual artist based in Rotterdam since 2012. Educated at Sanvicens Fine Arts School in Barcelona and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, his current work focuses on the Evolution series, an ongoing project that explores the hybridization between painting and sculpture, creating wall-based pieces. Each work in the series reflects a process of formation—of memory, emotion, and inherited experience—expressed through the visual language of expanded painting.
Throughout his career, Dalmau has consistently pushed painting toward new formats and spatial relationships. In the early series Polyptychs, he combined realist and expressionist portraits with installation-based arrangements, investigating ideas of identity and familial connection. With Fractions, he moved away from figuration, exploring monochrome surfaces, minimalist rhythm, and the relationship between painting, light, and the exhibition space—an approach that shaped his early years in Rotterdam. This evolution extended into the White Wall Project, a series of large-scale, site-specific works that brought painting into the public realm, using installation and social participation to generate shared experience and community presence.
Returning to the studio, Return series marked a more introspective phase, with compositions centered on atmosphere, contemplation, and emotional layering. The series acts as a bridge, grounding his transition toward the visual and conceptual maturity found in Evolution, the body of work that has since defined his current practice.
Dalmau has exhibited internationally in New York, Miami, Valencia, Lucerne, and Amsterdam, and has participated in art fairs such as PAN Amsterdam, KunstRAI, and Estampa Madrid. His work has been presented at institutions like the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam and Museum Belvédère, supported by Mondriaan Fonds and CBK Rotterdam, and is part of collections including the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre in Valencia.
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Paco Dalmau
Education
2019 – B.A. Arts. UOC. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Spain)
2001–2006 – Sanvicens Fine Arts School of Barcelona (Spain)
1994-1997 – EASD. School of Art and Design. Castellón (Spain)
Solo shows
2024 – Art Madrid 2024. Solo Project. Galería La Mercería. Madrid (ES)
2023 – Evolution series 21>23. El Convent Espai d’Art. Vila-real (ES)
2022 – Evolution series. Galería La Mercería. Valencia (Spain)
2022 – Evolution series. Redaktion. Lucerne (CH)
2022 – MARTE Art Fair. Solo project. Galería La Mercería. Castellón (ES)
2021 – Evolution series. B.A.D Foundation. Rotterdam (NL)
2018 – White Wall Project V. Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL)
2018 – White Wall Project V. Kade 40. Vlaardingen (NL)
2018 – White Wall Project V. Theater Koonigshof. Maassluis (NL)
2016 – Morse Code Project. Galerie De Aanschouw. Rotterdam (NL)
2016 – Return series. Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2013 – Fractions Collection. Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2011 – Polyptychs Collection. Museo de la ciudad Casa de Polo. Vila-real (Spain)
2010 – Polyptychs Collection. Bancaja Foundation (Abadía, Hucha) Castellón (ES)
Group exhibitions
2025 – MARTE Art Fair. Castelló Contemporary. El Convent. Vila-real (ES)
2025 – Galería La Mercería. “Verging”. Dalmau & Rotteveel. Valencia (ES)
2025 – Galería La Mercería. Art Madrid 2025. Madrid (ES)
2024 – Tupajumi Foundation. Platforms Project Art Fair. Athens (GRC)
2024 – Contempo Galerie. KunstRAI 2024. Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Contempo Galerie. PAN Amsterdam 2023. Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – Galería La Mercería. “Plèyade”. Valencia (Spain)
2023 – Contempo Galerie. KunstRAI 2023. Amsterdam (NL)
2023 – ART[s] Gallery Simone Jansen. “Theresi_Art 6”. Noordwijk (NL)
2023 – Contempo Galerie. Art Week Rotterdam 2023. Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Contempo Galerie. PAN Amsterdam 2022. Amsterdam (NL)
2022 – ART[s] Gallery Simone Jansen. “Theresi_Art 5”. Noordwijk (NL)
2022 – Contempo Galerie. Art Noord IV. Museum Belvedere. Heerenveen (NL)
2022 – ART[s] Gallery Simone Jansen. “Theresi_Art 4”. Noordwijk (NL)
2022 – BRUTUS. “Wild Summer of Art”. Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Galería La Mercería. “Al principo fue la verdad”. Valencia (ES)
2022 – Galería Nueva.“Pocket de MARTE”. Madrid (Spain)
2022 – Galerie Larik. “The View from a Balcony Peak”. Utrecht (NL)
2022 – Y/Our Gallery. Group show. Rotterdam (NL)
2021 – Galería La Mercería. “Mañana, Sísifo, mañana”. Valencia (Spain)
2019 – Galería La Mercería. “Un acto de creación”. Valencia (Spain)
2019 – Mestre Biot, Museo de la ciudad Casa de Polo. Vila-real (Spain)
2018 – Gem Creative Agency. Rotterdam (NL)
2018 – Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (NL)
2016 – Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair. Galerie Hommes. Rotterdam (NL)
2015 – Galerie Berggreen. Fredericia (Denmark)
2014 – Galerie Berggreen. Fredericia (Denmark)
2014 – Het Kunstweekend Charlois 2014. Rotterdam (NL)
2011 – A-forest Gallery NY, “Values in New York”. New York (USA)
2010 – A-forest Gallery NY. “Summer Fusion”. New York (USA)
2010 – Davalos-Fletcher Foundation. Castellón. (Spain)
2009 – Ishida Taiseisya Gallery. “Exotica in Kyoto”. Kyoto (Japan)
2009 – A-forest Gallery NY. “Summer Pleasures”. New York (USA)
2008 – Lancia Art Gallery. León (Spain)
2008 – IV International Contemporary Art Fair (MARB ART). Marbella (Spain)
2008 – Solstice Creative Offers, Casa Polo Museum. Vila-real (Spain)
Group shows on Artsy
2025 – Alfa Gallery. Booth 09. Group show. NYC / Miami (USA)
2024 – Alfa Gallery. Sculptural Alchemy. Group show. NYC / Miami (USA)
2023 – Alfa Gallery. Art Week Miami. Group show. Artsy. Miami (USA)
2023 – Alfa Galley. Abstraction in Action. Group show. Artsy. NYC / Miami (USA)
2022 – Alfa Gallery. Art | Basel | Miami Beach. Group show. Artsy. Miami (USA)
2022 – Alfa Gallery. FLOW. Group show. Artsy. NYC / Miami (USA)
2022 – Alfa Gallery. PANAL. Group show. Artsy. NYC / Miami (USA)
2022 – Alfa Gallery. Abstraction in action. Group show. Artsy. NYC / Miami (USA)
2022 – Alfa Gallery. Untitled Miami. Group show. Artsy. NYC / Miami (USA)
2021 – Alfa Gallery. Contemplation. Group show. Artsy. NYC / Miami (USA)
2021 – Alfa Gallery. Art | Basel | Miami Beach. Group show. Artsy. Miami (USA)
Public Art Installations whitewallproject.eu
2018 – White Wall Project V (Waterweg). Schiedam (NL)
2016 – White Wall Project IV. Buitenkunst Drenthe 2016, Assen (NL)
2015 – White Wall Project III. Kunst in het Witte de With Kwatier. Rotterdam (NL)
2014 – White Wall Project II (outdoors). Studio Pompstraat 44C. Rotterdam (NL)
2013 – White Wall Project I. Café LaBru. Rotterdam (NL)
Awards and grants
2022 – Award Abierto Valencia 2022. Hortensia Herrero Foundation. Valencia (ES)
2021-2022 – Granted by Mondriaan Fonds. The Netherlands
2021 – Evolution series 2021. Granted by CBK Rotterdam (NL)
2021 – Evolution series 2021. Granted by St. Droom en Daad. Roterdam (NL)
2017-2018 – White Wall Project V:
– Award winner: Waterweg Cultuurprijs 2017 (NL)
– Granted by Stichting Elise Mathilde. Rotterddam (NL)
– Granted by Stichting de Groot Fonds. Schiedam (NL)
– Granted by Stichting Stad Rotterdam anno 1720. Rotterdam (NL)
– Granted by Gemeente Schiedam (NL)
2015 – White Wall Project III. Granted by CBK Rotterdam (NL)
2014 – White Wall Project II. Granted by Stichting Kunstweekend. Rotterdam (NL)
2009 – VIII Onda Cero Radio Award of Plastic Arts 2009. Vila-real (Spain)
2008 – BP Portrait Award. Jury Mention, (100/1727 works). London (UK)
2003 – 2nd prize in the XVII Sanvisens Painting Awards, Sitges, Barcelona (Spain)
Collaborations
2024 – Fundación AVA. Donation for Charity Gala for Children with Severe Neurological Disorders. Madrid (ES)
2024 – Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekeinde. Rotterdam (NL)
2024 – De Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2024. The Netherlands.
2023 – Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekeinde. Rotterdam (NL)
2022 – Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekeinde. Rotterdam (NL)
2021 – Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekeinde. Rotterdam (NL)
2020 – Groot Rotterdams Atelier Weekeinde. Rotterdam (NL)
2020 – South Explorer. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2016-2018 – SubjectArt.com. New York (USA)
2015 – MaMu Gallery. Artist talk. Budapest (Hungary)
2014 – De Grote Rotterdamse Kunstkalender. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2013 – BAR Art Rally. BAR. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2013 – South Explorer Oud-Charlois. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2012 – RAiR Artist Talk in Het Wilde Weten. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
2012 – RAiR#6 Tour du Sud. Kunst Weekend Charlois 2012. Rotterdam (NL)
Artist in residence
2015-2016 – Art Quarter Budapest. Budapest (Hungary)
2012-2013 – The Hommes Foundation CK12. Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Work in public and private collections
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Hortensia Herrero. Valencia (ES)
Fundación Hortensia Herrero. Valencia (ES)
Vila-real City Hall, Vila-real (ES)
Caixa Rural Foundation (ES)
Private collectors: Spain, USA, UK, Netherlands, Denmark.
Publications
2023 – Paco Dalmau. Evolution series 20>23. ISBN: 978-84-18108-44-0
2023 – De Aanschouw. “Meer dan 1000 exposities op minder dan 1m²”. Edo Dijksterhuis. ISBN: 978-94-62625-34-1
2019 – Mestre Biot, Selected group show. Museo de la ciudad Casa de Polo. CS-451-2019
2011 – Paco Dalmau, Polyptychs: family portraits. 2008-2011. ISBN: 978-84-96843-44-8
2008 – SOLSTICE Creative Offers, 2008. ISBN: 978-84-96843-16-5
