Germán Bel Fasim
Germán Bel, aka Fasim, born in Barcelona in 1972, is a pioneering urban artist in Spain, active since the 1980s. Henry Chalfant played an important role in Fasim's career and will be a key player in his later artistic development. In 1989 he met Futura 2000 at an exhibition at the Arcs&Cracs gallery in Barcelona, where he learned about artistic creations on canvas and his start in urban art, today known as street art, in Europe.
In 1992, the artist travelled to Paris to the studio of Jonone and the BadBCs at the Hôpital éphémère where he stayed for a few days and contemplated the process of creation on canvas and the emergence of urban art in art galleries. He also joined the mythical 156allstarz crew.
Fasim's paintings take us to a dreamlike world where the game with pareidolias seems to dominate the surface of the works, since he was a child he has maintained this visual and poetic game of the gaze, with the shapes of any surface, whether in the pattern of some tiles or in the damp stains, erased or chipped off any urban wall. To a large extent this game is the first inspiration for Palaeolithic artists in caves, where images appeared in the reliefs of rocks and is the cradle of painting.
Fasim has painted on numerous walls, exhibitions and collaborated in exhibitions in many cities around the world; Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, London, Toulouse, Perpignan, Marseille, Paris, New York, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Milan, Naples or Sarajevo among others.
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) recently acquired three paintings and six drawings, which will be included in the Urban Art collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Marseille (MAC).
"(...) Police and New York City officials claimed in the 1970s that graffiti was an initiation crime leading to a criminal career. How wrong they proved to be. I have observed that an apprenticeship in graffiti has led more than a few teenage taggers and bombers to find brilliant careers as painters, designers, editors and filmmakers. I can find no better example of this phenomenon than Fasim".
2022, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Universidad de La Laguna, «Art on Skateboard». Colectiva
2021, Barcelona, Canal Gallery, «Ceremony». Colectiva
2021, Laussane, Urbaneez, «Christmas Collection». Colectiva
2021, Tenerife, Festival Boreal. Colectiva
2020, Barcelona, Montana Gallery Barcelona, «101». Colectiva
2018, París, Galerie Deux6, «Rue Barcelona». Colectiva
2018, Mallorca, Linea6 Backstore Gallery, «Fasim, Down By Law, works on paper, 2018». Individual
2017, Madrid, El Paracaidista / Durán Online Gallery, «On/Off: Cuando el graffiti salta del muro». Colectiva
2017, Londres, Creative Debuts, The Black & White Building, «Connection lines». Colectiva
2017, Ginebra-Suiza, Galartis, «Vente aux enchères de Street Art 2017». Colectiva
2017, París, Galerie Amarrage, «Utopies Urbaines #2». Colectiva
2017, Marseille, MuCEM ( Musée des civilisations et de la Méditerranée ), «Graff en Méditerranée». Colectiva
2016, París, FIAC ( Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain ), «Road to Mukono». Colectiva
2016, Madrid, Swinton & Grant Gallery, «Road to Mukono». Colectiva
2016, London, Red Gallery, «Distortions». Colectiva
2015, Paris, Galerie Celal, «Barcelona Mia». Colectiva
2015, New York, hosted at The Bronx Museum Of The Arts -Lower Gallery, «By our own rules» / 156Allstarz 30th Anniversary Event . Colectiva
2014, Barcelona, Montana Gallery, «Montana Colors 20 años / 20 escritores». Colectiva
2014, Barcelona, Imaginart* Gallery, «MED street art». Colectiva
2014, Sevilla, Espacio California, «Johnny paint me motherfucker». Colectiva
2013, Elche, Blacklab 22; «Ephemeral mural». Pintura mural en directo y exposición. Individual
2013, Barcelona, Studio Store, «FART» urban art festival. Colectiva
2013, Ginebra, Calaver’Arts / Deuxieme Édition. Colectiva
2013, Granada, Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Granada, «Cuadros colgados de un gancho». Colectiva
2012, Londres, High Roller Society Gallery, «Espanish Conexion». Colectiva
2012, Ginebra/Suiza, The Square. «Calaverarts». Colectiva
2012, Valencia, La Minúscula, «Cabezas/Heads», pintura sobre papel. Individual. + Dibo210, Dj Serifo, Legos G
2012, Elche/Valencia, BlackLab22, «Straight From The Undergroung», Dead, Dems, Fasim, Fons, Func88, Jaba, Pantone, Rois, Rosh, San, Sawe, Sozyone. Colectiva
2012, Barcelona, MTN Gallery, «Homenaje a Moebius», 30 artistas internacionales rinden tributo a Moebius. Pintura. Colectiva
2012, Barcelona,TheGallery Pro, Hotel Barceló Raval; «Keith Haring Memorándum». Dibujos sobre papel. Colectiva
2012, Barcelona, Niu Gallery; «Crónicas de Pueblo Nuevo». Dibujos sobre papel. Colectiva
2011, Bilbao, SC Gallery; «Subculture II». Selección de artistas de la galería. SC Gallery Bilbao. Pintura sobre lienzo. Colectiva
2011, Barcelona, A&D Gallery, «Exit 10 años dejando huella». Pintura sobre lienzo. Colectiva
2011, Barcelona, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (Macba); «Exit 10 años dejando huella». Pintura sobre lienzo. Colectiva
2011, Barcelona, Mtn Gallery; “I was here!”. Pintura sobre lienzo. Individual
2011, Barcelona, Niu Gallery; «Niu 5,5». Colectiva
2010, Barcelona, Mtn Gallery; “Art transit”. Pintura sobre maquetas de vagones del metro de New York. Colectiva
2010, Valencia, Pl. Del Tossal; “ Stop victims war wall”, pintura mural en directo durante 15 días. Realización del video con el mismo nombre junto a Jordi Ferrer y Diana Puertas y música de DiveDibosso
2010, Bilbao, SC Gallery; “ReVelión”. Pintura sobre lienzo. Individual
2009, Sevilla, Montana Gallery; “Raíces”, colectiva junto a Logan, Suso 33 y Rosh. Pintura sobre lienzo. Colectiva
2007, Barcelona, Niu Gallery; «The jacket battle». Chaquetas pintadas. Colectiva.
2006, Barcelona, Niu Gallery; “Pintures Salvatges des de La Makabra”. Pintura sobre lienzo. Colectiva
2004, Barcelona, Iguapop Gallery; «39 artistas del graffiti sobre lienzo» y «Art is not a crime» exposición conjunta con Henry Chalfant. Pintura sobre lienzo y fotografía. Colectiva
2003, París, Taxi Gallery; “Expo Kosmopolite». Pintura sobre lienzo. Colectiva junto a Mac Crew, Loomit, T-Kid, Cope2, PornoStars, Ink76, Sonic Bad, Ket, Sixe, Lokiss, y Popay.