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Works<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Biography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Was born in 1959 in Barcelona (Spain) where he still lives and works.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To the average Southern California resident, the subjects of Spanish artist\u00a0Joan Longas<\/a>‘ paintings might seem strikingly familiar: Burger shacks. Liquor stores. Gas stations.<\/p>\n

Longas’ lush, neon-lit landscapes elevate the ordinary – transforming everyday sights into spectacles worthy of notice. He treats a 19th-century Monterey lighthouse or a mid-century Pismo Beach motel with the same solemnity of a European cathedral.<\/p>\n

Longas first visited the Central Coast in December 1983, tagging along on a trip with his then-girlfriend. He’s returned to the region multiple times since then. According to Longas, each trip to California lasts no more than three months. \u201cI am fascinated, as usually only a stranger is, with ‘the ordinary vistas’ natives probably take for granted” he says. Still, the artist makes the most of each visit, crafting paintings with poetic titles that evoke the freedom and the solitude of the open road.<\/p>\n

His color palette consists of a specific number of colors that keep coming back. Each scene evokes for him a personal story. The titles of his paintings are phrases from his favorite novels or poems, Kerouac, Chandler\u2026 Edward Hopper, Joaqu\u00edn Sorolla, Diego Velazquez and John Singer Sargent are among the artists who have deeply impressed him.<\/p>\n

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Exhibitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025
\nDreamscape <\/em>– Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nFocus on\u2026 Joan Longas<\/em> – Group exhibition – Galerie Artima – Honfleur<\/p>\n

2024
\nCol.lectiva de Nadal – Group exhibition – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nStairway to heaven – <\/em>Group exhibition – Stern-Wywiol Gallery – Hamburg
\nBack to summer –<\/em> Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris<\/p>\n

2023
\nIn my sweet dreams<\/em> – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nGroup Show<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2022
\nNoir & Blanc<\/em> – Group show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\n30 anys de galeria<\/em> – Group show – Galeria Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nExceptional Pieces<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2021
\nThe Road Is Life<\/em> – Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nThe fog was full of light<\/em> – Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nSummer Stories <\/em>– Group show –\u00a0Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2020
\nChristmas Group Show – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nArt Karlsruhe – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2019
\nLights & Neons<\/em> – Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris<\/p>\n

2018
\nPromenade espagnole <\/em>– Group show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nHere comes the sun<\/em> – Group show – Galerie Artima – London<\/p>\n

2017
\nDes jours heureux<\/em> – Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\n25 anys<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2016
\nOut East & back West<\/em> \u2013 Solo show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nCK Contemporary – Group show – San Francisco – USA<\/p>\n

2015
\nFoire europ\u00e9enne d\u2019art contemporain Strasbourg – Galerie Artima
\nIdle reveries<\/em> – Solo Show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nTemps obert<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2014
\nFoire europ\u00e9enne d\u2019art contemporain Strasbourg – Galerie Artima
\nEndless Summer time<\/em> – Group show with Ronald Dupont – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nImpressions of a Stranger<\/em> – San Luis Obispo Museum of Art – San Luis Obispo – California – USA
\nPensant en tu<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nGalerie Artima – Paris<\/p>\n

2013
\nAffordable Art Fair – State-Of-The-Arts-Gallery – Hong Kong
\nBarcelona Dreams<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2012
\nPeces d\u2019una col.lecci\u00f3<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nNadal 12<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas, \u00e0 Barcelona<\/p>\n

2011
\nEn busca de lugares comunes <\/em>–\u00a0 Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nGroup show – Kroma Galeria d\u2019Art –\u00a0 Sant Feliu de Gu\u00edxols- Girona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato <\/em>– Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato <\/em>– Group show – Galer\u00eda El Quatre – Granollers<\/p>\n

2010
\nGroup show – Galer\u00eda Mada Primavesi – Madrid
\nGroup show – State-Of-The-Arts-Gallery – Hong Kong
\nR\u00e9gime m\u00e9diterran\u00e9en<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda el Quatre – Granollers<\/p>\n

2009
\nCaminos contempor\u00e1neos<\/em>– Galer\u00eda El Quatre – Granollers
\nDracs de Barcelona<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Montcada – Barcelona
\nEls indrets de la memoria<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nEl Mar<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Montcada – Barcelona
\nBarnadas, Pintura, Barcelona<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nArt i Darwin<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Montcada – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato <\/em>– Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda el Quatre – Granollers
\nGroup show – Galer\u00eda Mada Primavesi – Madrid<\/p>\n

2008
\nL\u2019estiu del 2008<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPaisajes humanos<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Montcada – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2007
\nNostalgia<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\n15 anys, propostes<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2006
\nCinco pintores realistas<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jorge Alcolea – Madrid
\nEn el record i en l\u2019abs\u00e9ncia<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Carmen Torrallardona – Andorre
\nLa viatge<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\n2005
\nMi ciudad perdida <\/em>– Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato <\/em>– Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2004
\nGroup show – Galer\u00eda Carme Torrallardona – Andorre
\nGroup show –\u00a0 Galer\u00eda El Claustre – Girona.
\nEl viaje y la huida<\/em> – Museo del Ferrocarril de Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa
\nGroup show – Fundaci\u00f3 La Caixa – Colecci\u00f3 Testimoni, Pamplona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato<\/em> – Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2003
\nTransitori, provisional, passatger<\/em> – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nArtExpo Barcelone – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona
\nPeque\u00f1o formato <\/em>– Group show – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2001
\nDEARTE Madrid – Galer\u00eda Jordi Barnadas – Barcelona<\/p>\n

2000
\nRealisme a Catalunya<\/em> – La Lonja – Zaragoza
\nEl temps adormit<\/em> – Atelier Sala d\u2019Art – Barcelona
\nArtExpo Barcelona – Atelier Sala d\u2019Art<\/p>\n

1999
\nGroup show – Atelier Sala d\u2019Art – Barcelona
\nArtExpo Barcelona – Atelier Sala d\u2019Art
\n100 retratos salmantinos –<\/em> Palacio de Garci-Grande – Salamanca
\nRealisme a Catalunya<\/em> – Group show – Santa Monica Art Center – Barcelona<\/p>\n

1998-2004
\nCartoonist – contributor in various newspapers and magazines
\n(El Adelanto – Salamanca, El Peri\u00f3dico de Catalunya, Sapiens, Journal de l’Histoire)<\/p>\n

1998
\nGroup shows – Galerie d’art Susany – Vic et Balc\u00f3 – Cerdanyola<\/p>\n

1986-1996
\nWorks as a graphic designer
\nEducation:<\/strong>
\n1976-1981
\nMassana school of Barcelona – Degree in graphic design and illustration<\/p>\n

Awards and distinctions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

2008
\nMedal of Honor – 3rd prize for painting Sant Cugat – Small Format<\/p>\n

2006
\nFinalist in X National Painting Competition “Ciudad de Calahorra”
\nFirst prize Gr\u00e0fica 2006 Encyclopedia Catalan<\/p>\n

2005
\n3rd Finalist Prize for Contemporary Painting – Fundaci\u00f3 Vila Casas – Torroella de Montgri
\nThird prize painting – Fundaci\u00f3 Privada Reddis – Reus<\/p>\n

2004
\nFirst Prize of the Foundation Cr\u00e8dit Andorra, Andorra
\nFirst Prize Calassan\u00e7 – Ciutat de Terrassa<\/p>\n

2001
\nFinalist 1st prize Contemporary Painting – Fundaci\u00f3 Vila Casas – Torroella de Montgr\u00ed<\/p>\n

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