JORDI FORNIES

Jordi Forniés

"I can’t deny feeling pure, unencumbered fascination for materiality in painting. I admire those artists that are capable of bringing surprisingly unconventional tools, materials, and elements into their work. Currently, my artistic interests center on this: the effects of the aggregation of different materials within each painting. This is something that, perhaps because of my scientific background, plays a primary role in my creative process. I plan and architect how materials will interact with, attract, and/or repel one another, and then I experiment, imposing the rules and regulations that will ultimately decide which of these materials should (and will) coexist within a particular universe. 
The rules of attraction, as we are taught, dictate that oil and water are meant to separate. In a metaphoric sense, they detest one another; in nature, however, they are in continuous, intimate contact within our very cells. This is one of the key interactions that supports life. On a larger scale, though, nature plays with illusion in a masterly way, producing amazing tricks of the eye that we, as humans, can only hope to comprehend. This is the scale in which most art exists. I’m inspired by Jackson Pollock’s mantra, “I am Nature!” I hope to build on that mandate, infusing it with a completely different meaning and intent, mechanically forcing seemingly-incompatible materials together within my work to illustrate their intrinsic unity where their relationship might otherwise go unacknowledged or unappreciated."
Jordi Forniés (born in Huesca, 1971) is a Catalan artist based in Dublin (Ireland) for many years but currently studying art in Singapore. A chemist by training, Jordi has a clear understanding of the materials he works with, their potential as well as their limits when combined and interacting with other media. 

The artist has been represented (in Ireland) by the Olivier Cornet Gallery since 2007.
Art Education         

Since 2015
MFA, High Degree Research, University of Sydney
MFA, LASALLE College of the Arts & Goldsmiths University of London
1998
PhD in Chemistry (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain)
1989
Fine Arts, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)

Solo exhibitions
2019
'Kisāna', Olivier Cornet Gallery (24 November - 20 December 2019.
2017
'The Permanent Side', Olivier Cornet Gallery (12 November to 10 December 2017).
2016
Sonance: Sound as Body, Sound as Architecture - Chan + Hori Contemporary, April, Singapore.
Constellations - Olivier Cornet Gallery, May, Dublin (Ireland).
Constellations - Cité Du Temps Space - Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Ginza, Tokyo (Japan).
2015
'Counterpoint', curated by the Olivier Cornet Gallery at the Octagonal Room, City Assembly House, 58 South Willam Street (home to the Irish Georgian Society), Dublin 2.
2014
'Natural Self', Art Equity, Singapore
‘Paisaje Condicionado’, CDAN Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundación Beulas, Huesca (Spain)
‘Paisaje Condicionado’, Centro del Carmen, Valencia (Spain).
2013
‘Paisatge Condicionat’, Museu d’Art Modern de Tarragona (Spain).
'Natural Resemblances', Solo exhibition with the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Banquet Hall, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.
2012
'Espacios', Solo exhibition curated by the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Filmbase, Dublin.
2011         
'Mirabile Dictu', Solo exhibition curated by Olivier Cornet, Filmbase, Dublin.
2010  
'Two Worlds', Solo exhibition organised and curated by Olivier Cornet, Smock Alley Theater, Temple Bar, Dublin.
2009
'Tír na nÓg' - Land of Eternal Youth' - touring exhibition, Dublin and Spain. 


2008
'Metaphors', Dame Street Gallery, Dublin, organised and curated by Olivier Cornet.
2007
'Magic Logic', Dame Street Gallery, Dublin, organised and curated by Olivier Cornet. 
Group Exhibitions

2021

'On Paper ', group show curated by Olivier Cornet and Jackie Ryan, Olivier Cornet Gallery

2020

' Resurfacing ', Group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.


‘ Drawing on Don Quixote ', Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin. Group show curated by Olivier Cornet and first presented at National Opera House (Oct 2019, Opera Festival Wexford), then at VUE Contemporary Art Fair (Nov 2019, RHA Dublin)

2019

' Somewhere Between Perception and Reality ', Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin (a group show first presented at VUE Art Fair, November 2018 (RHA, Dublin)'

2018

' 2° C ', Group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery

2017

' 2° C ', VUE Art Fair 2017 with Olivier Cornet Gallery, Royal Hivernian Academy (RHA), Dublin (Ireland).

2016

Elevation , VUE Art Fair 2016, with Olivier Cornet Gallery, Royal Hivernian Academy (RHA), Dublin (Ireland).

And The Rest Of Such Things: MAFA Graduation Exhibition, April. Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore.

2015
'Hopscotch', winter group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery.
VUE 2015, National Contemporary Art Fair at the RHA, with the Olivier Cornet Gallery.
'5 Cavendish Row', summer group show curated by Olivier Cornet and Arran Henderson, Olivier Cornet Gallery.
'A Terrible Beauty', travelling group show curated by the Olivier Cornet Gallery, Octagonal Room, City Assembly House, Dublin, by kind invitation of the Irish Georgian Society.
2014
'Reflections', Christmas/winter group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery.
VUE 2014, National Contemporary Art Fair at the RHA, with the Olivier Cornet Gallery.
Flaneries in Forests and Fields, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2013
'AC3 The Timekeeper', Christmas group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Filmbase, Dublin.
2012
VUE, National Contemporary Art Fair at the RHA, with the Olivier Cornet Gallery.
'AC2', Xmas Group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
'Convergence', Group show, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin.
2011
'The Alchemist's Chamber',  Xmas Group show curated by Olivier Cornet, Filmbase, Dublin.
2009
'Urban Stories', Group show curated by Olivier Cornet, Filmbase, Dublin.
2008
Chapingo Biennale, Mexico.
Noho Gallery, New York, USA.
Touring exhibition, Urugay and Argentina.
2006
Museu de la Pell "Leather Museum", Igualada, Barcelona, Spain Sala Agora, Cambrils, Spain
2005
Galeria ESART, Barcelona, Spain
ARTERIA 2005, Monzon, Spain.

Awards & Grants

2013   Artist in residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shangai (China)
2006  Port d'Aiguadolc, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
           Igualada City Award
           Vinaros competition, Castellon - Spain
Collections

OPW (Ireland), Trinity College Dublin Art Collections, Facebook Headquarters (San Francisco, USA), Fondo del Patrimonio Histórico Español (Spanish National Historical Heritage), Museu d'Art Modern de Tarragona (Modern Art Museum of Tarragona) Spain, Spanish Embassy Dublin, KPMG, Diputación de Tarragona (Spain), The Marker Hotel Dublin, McCauley-Daye O’Connell Architects Dublin, Ajuntament de Vila Seca, Tarragona (Spain), Ajuntament de Cambrils, Tarragona (Spain), Ayuntamiento de Fraga, Huesca (Spain).

Private collections in Ireland, UK, USA, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Australia, Canada and Argentina.
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