Nano Abia
Nano Abia (Vigo, 1978) is an elusive artist with outstanding multidisciplinary skill. He began his creative work more than twenty years ago in Vigo, his native city, where he took his first steps in the traditional school of graffiti, although with time he has forged his own style and a personal aesthetic.
His fascination with skateboarding led to an absorption of the aesthetic of street culture, and he very soon started to experiment with the classic techniques of graffiti. After graduating in Fine Arts from the University of Pontevedra, he went to London for a short period of training at schools like Saint Martins School of Arts and the London College of Printing.
In 2004, he moved to Madrid to develop his artistic career, and started to exhibit at galleries and institutions both in Spain and abroad. Among the many projects he has taken part in, some of the most noteworthy are Planet Prozess in Berlin, the exhibition Urbanitas in MARCO – Museo de Arte Contemporánea in Vigo, Street Art in the Tate Modern in London. Together with Eltono, Sixe Paredes and Nuria Mora, he forms part of the artistic collective El Equipo Plástico, with which he has conducted residential projects in Peru, China and Mexico.
Within projects in which Nano has participated we could highlight «Planet Prozess» in Berlin, the exhibition Urbanitasin MARCO museum of Vigo,Street Artin Tate Modern London,Crossing Borders/Crossing Boundariesin SAM Museum of St. Petersburg orVenturing Beyondin Sommerset House of Londres, among many others.
Nano is part of the artistic team «Equipo plástico», along with Eltono, Sixe Paredes and Nuria Mora.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2024. Fantasmas otra vez. Delimbo Gallery. Seville, Spain.
- 2020. Double Edged (Doble solo show con Hell’O Collective). Galería Avenue Des Arts. Los Ángeles
- 2018. Turno de noche. Delimbo Gallery. Madrid
- 2014. Nuevas Buenas Nuevas, Delimbo Gallery, Sevilla
- 2013. Hipérbole.Sabotaje.Abracadabra, Watdafac Gallery, Madrid
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023. 3:33, Bay Projects, Lima, Peru
- 2022. The Strangest Collection, Cerquone Gallery, Madrid
- 2022. I Don´’t Wanna Be I Am (Expo itinerante Ink and Movement), Underdogs Gallery, Lisboa
- 2022. Erretratu, SC Gallery, Bilbao
BIOGRAPHY
Nano4814 begins to utilize the street as a place for self expression in the mid 90s. Inspired originally by the character forms of traditional graffiti writing, pronto sus piezas se cargan...\n
He conceives oniric scenarios, combining symbolic elements that frequently appears in his artworks: brick walls, perforated wire fences, broken wooden palisades … Objects that speak of intrusion and transgression, acting as some kind of mask. Barriers that suggest or hide a truth, giving clues but avoiding clarifying the painted (or sculpted) reality.
Together with Eltono, Sixe Paredes and Nuria Mora, he is part of the artistic collective El Equipo Plástico, with which he has conducted residential projects in Peru, China and Mexico.
