Bio
Abdul Vas 1981
Solo Exhibitions
2023
(Untitled) FTX Arena, Miami, FL (Forthcoming)
2022
Rock´n´Roll Raiders World Tour, Wizink Center, Madrid, Spain
2021
Sound Check, Plus Artis Gallery, Curated by Alexis Callado Estefanía. Madrid, Spain
2020
Wreckin’ Ball, Let it Roll,Sympa Galerie, Figeac, France
2019
That’s the Way I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2018
Monster of Rock, Sympa Galerie, Figeac, France
2016
Rock The Blues Away, L21 Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2015
Hell Ain´t A Bad Place to Be (MAC) Museum of Contemporary Art, Curated by Antonio Brodsky. Santiago de Chile, Chile
2014
Ton/Ton Amp Space Tokyo, Japan
Abdul Vas Preteen Gallery at MIA&D Fair Singapore, Singapore
AC/DC 40th Anniversary 2013, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain
‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ Preteen Gallery at Mia Fair Milano, Milano, Italy
2012
Shoot To Thrill, Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2011
Navistar Projects, Dallas, TX
2010
Maximum Overdrive, Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2009
Anything Goes, La Fresh Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2007
Missing since 1983,Galería T20, Murcia, Spain
Barry Times, Street Georgetown, Georgetown, Guyana
2006
Blemish, Luis Adelantado Miami Gallery, Miami, FL
Two Person Exhibitions
2020
The Brushback Pitch: Abdul Vas & Christian Vinck, Studio Iván Argote + Espacio Temporal, Paris, France
2017
Ride On, Abdul Vas & Gorka Mohamed, Galería Proyecto H, Madrid, Spain
2014
Zè Paciencia, Javier Peñafiel & Abdul Vas. Masart Gallery, Curated by Daniela Castro. Barcelona, Spain
Raisond’être, Abdul Vas & Antonio Ballester Moreno, Curated by Alexis Callado Estefanía. Saloncito, Madrid, Spain
2007
Playoffs, Cuarto Espacio Cultural, Zaragoza, Spain
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Everything But The Kitchen Sink, Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Modern Dog Painter; Antoine d’Agata, Françis Alÿs, Trisha Baga, François-Marie Banier, Claudio Colcorti, Anthony Cudahy, Diane Dal-Pra, Charles Hascoët, Martin d’Orgeval, Françoise Pétrovitch, Puppies Puppies, Robert Roest, Marion Scemama, Yann Sérandour, Tursic & Mille, Abdul Vas, Danh Vo and David Wojnarowicz. Curated by Martin Bethenod and Charles Hascöet. New Galerie, Paris, France
The Modern Dog Painter Karl Marx Studio, Paris, France
Perfect Day: Drugs and Art, White Box, New York, NY
2020
Beelzebub’s Tales, Empty Circle, New York, NY
2019
Pach Pan, Curated by Raily Stiven & Juan Pablo Garza. Diablo Rosso, Panama City, Panama
Lots of Flying Objects, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Goma: Gemología Oportuna Minorías Agitadas, GBG Arts, Miami, FL
2018
Everything & Nothing, The Empty Circle Space Brooklyn, NY
This is Where I Gave up the Piano by John Miskelly, Razorcake Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Black Garden (20mg de fluoxetina al día) L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Content Pour Rien, Cédric Fargues, Amalia Ulman, Fred Escher and Abdul Vas, New Galerie, Paris, France
2017
Performance Stickers, Shibuya Center Gai, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Languaje; Abdul Vas, Alejandro Leonhardt, Daniel Steegmann, Secundino Hernández, Valerie Krause, Mangrané, Ian Waelder, Jonathan Meese and Marlena Kudlicka, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
“Touching Hands with Someone Seriously Beautiful”, Curated by Gerardo Contreras. Harmony Korine, Donna Huanca, Abdul Vas, Jeff Zilm, James Franco, Deanna Havas, Galería La Esperanza, Mexico City, Mexico
Thirsty Garten, The Composing Rooms, Berlin, Germany
Boiler Room. An Imaginary Party II, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
2014
Retroalimentacíon, Exhibition Program at Sala De Arte Joven Madrid. Madrid, Spain
Atrévete si Quieres a no Hacer Nunca lo que Debes, Galería T20, Murcia, Spain
“It’s Been Four Years Since 2010” Arcadia Missa, London, UK
2013
DIN A33; Abdul Vas, Antonio Ballester Moreno, Bel Fullana, Carles Congost, Carlos Aires, David Méndez Alonso, Françoise Vanneraud, Ignacio Uriarte, Javier Calleja, Jordi Ribes, L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
On Painting, Curated by Omar Pascual Castillo. Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente Art Center Tomás y Valiente (CEART) Madrid, Spain
Malcolm Young Forever a Project for Vice Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
Steel Wheels, Project Rooms, Curated by Octavio Zaya. Art Lima, Lima, Peru
On Painting; Manuel Ocampo, Ángela de la Cruz, Arturo Herrera, Fernanda Brunet, Hernan Bas, Kehinde Wiley, Dzine, Ron Gorchov, Adriana Varejâo, Abdul Vas, Jorge Galindo, Federico Herrero and Guillermo Kuitca. Curated by Omar Pascual Castillo and text by Barry Schwabsky. Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Beer Picnic (Stink Finger Clit) Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
“I Don’t Know It’s an Illusion I Don’t Care”, Darja Bajagic, Petra Cortright, Radames “Juni” Figueroa, Calvin Holbrook, Donna Huanca, Brian Kokoska, Angelo Plessas, Przemek Pyszczek, Abdul Vas, Lewis Teague Wright, Elliott Wright, Jeff Zilm and Mario Zoots. Vamiali’s Gallery, Athens, Greece
2012
Reservoir; Alexandre Arrechea, Alain Urrutia and Abdul Vas. Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Derrida PDF; Darja Bajagić, Luis Miguel Bendaña, Petra Cortright, Rafa Dejota, Radamés “Juni” Figueroa, Donna Huanca, Brian Kokoska, Carlos Laszlo, Theo Michael, Kubiat Nnamdie, Travess Smalley, Ilya Smirnov, Abdul Vas and Mario Zoots. HHDM, Vienna, Austria
So Confused Lol, Beo Project, Belgrade, Serbia
“Reconstruir Territorios”, Centro De Las Artes Los Galpones, Oficina # 1, Caracas, Venezuela
Celebrity Skin White Box Contemporary San Diego, CA
2011
Cheverismo Internacional Summit: ‘Primer Encuentro Internacional Cheverista’ In Medellin. Black Hoes Black Holes; Kari Altmann, Ilia Ovechkin, Hanna Terese, Marcel Alcalá, Jeffrey Joyal, Carlos Laszlo, Ben Aqua, Cédric Fargues, Justin Bochek, Abdul Vas, Petra Cortright, Rachel de Joode, Martin Kohout, Parker Ito, Andrew Norman Wilson and Laura Brothers, Medellin, Colombia
Twizy Escala 1:1, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Cosmopolis, Pristine Galerie, Nuevo León, México
The Noise of Bubbles, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
How to Philosophize with a Hammer, at White Box, New York, NY
“55/3” Artplay, Moscow, Russia
Aporías Artísticas` S.XXI D`Ercole Bologna, Italy
La Fábula Mística, Masart Gallery, Curated by David Armengol. Barcelona, Spain
2010
Amazing Gape, A Project for Atlantica, NY
“Twilight Of The Idols”, Carlos Amorales, Gabriel de la Mora, Emma Mcgacc, Riiko Sakkinen, Javier Téllez and Abdul Vas. Curated by Rául Zamudio. Casado Santapau Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Arte Vivo, Fundación México Vivo, Mexico City, México
Radiografías. Mitomanía e identidad, Centro Cultural Antiguo Instituto (CAI) Gijón, Spain
The Waste Land, At White Box, New York, NY
Uncutcock, Preteen Gallery, Hermosillo, Mexico
Deaht Penalty, Posters, Angola, IN
2009
The Man Who Fell to Earth, Curated by Rául Zamudio. Beijing 798 Biennale, China
Barry Times, Street Georgetown Commonwealth, Georgetown, Guyana
2008
Fire Your Guns, Cucarachon Patticcas, Corner Humor, Caja Madrid, Spain
2007
Mixed, Surinaams Museum, Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, Suriname
International American Art II, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation-Cifo, Miami, FL
Mera Coincidencia, Anfitrión-ProxectoEdicion, (CGAC), Santiago De Compostela, Spain
Kunstroute Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Kippenland Van Straat Palm Park, Paramaribo, Suriname
2006
International American Art, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation-Cifo, Miami, FL
Cincinnati Reds, Luis Adelantado Miami, Project Truck, Miami, FL
Una Noche Maravillosa, Garash Gallery, Mexico City, México
2005
Observatori; rinôçérôse, Abdul Vas, Dennis Oppenheim, Anthony Goicolea, Gary Hill, Gordon Matta-Clark, Paul McCarthy, Antoni Muntadas… Príncipe Felipe Science Museum (CAC), Valencia, Spain
Publications
Hell Ain‘t a Bad Place to Be, Catalogue, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) Santiago de Chile, Chile, 2015
On the Edge, Collaboration Between Artist Abdul Vas and Factum Art. London, UK, 2014
For Those About to Power “We Salute You” Texts by Octavio Zaya, 2012
AC/DC, Fanzines Box Amp, Tokyo, Japan, 2011