(1978, Menorca)
If you've stopped here, something already happened.
These pieces are made to live with you for years. They keep secrets. They get better the longer you stay in the room.
Painted on a small Mediterranean island.
For Collectors
A painter builds an identity by pushing out what's inside. A collector builds one the other way around, by choosing what comes in. Both processes are creative. Both demand an eye, patience, and the willingness to be wrong in public. Both produce, over the years, a body of work that only the author can fully read.
A gallery is where these two breaths meet. Where one exhales and the other inhales, and between them they hold something neither could make alone.
If you've made it this far, you're probably already collecting, whether or not you call it that. The things you choose to look at every day. The ones you let grow old beside you. The ones that survive three moves. That's collecting.
For acquisitions, everything goes through Roq La Rue, Seattle.
Upcoming Shows
- August 14, 2026 — Solo Show The Holy Purry Order Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- October 2026 — Group Show Fantasmagoria Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- October 2026 — Group Show Demons in the Spring Beinart Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
- April 4, 2027 — Group Show Savage Garden Copro Gallery, California, USA
‣
(Selection)
- 2024 — Strange Heaven Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- 2022 — Creatura Galeria Vidrart, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2018 — Atlantis Galeria Vidrart, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2014 — Anatømia Retrospective Exhibition — El Roser, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2010 — Wonders & Strange Girls Christopher Hill Gallery, California, USA
- 2009 — Call of the Sirens Knifesmith Gallery, Bristol, UK
‣
(Selection)
- February 13th 2026 — Spectacle de Petite Dewi Plass, Brian Despain, Syd Bee, Ryan Heshka, Jennybird Alcantara, Bub Davis, Kari-Lise Alexander, Lindsey Carr, Josey Morway, JB Burke, Michelle Konczyk, Michael Koehler, Frank Gonzales, Amy Sol, Brad Woodfin, Lauren Marx, Erika Sanada, Jason Puccinelli, Femke Hiemstra, Francesco Lombardo, Kim Slate, Chil Mott, Jed Dunkerley, Camille Rose Garcia, Hallie Packard, Molly Devlin, Amy Earles, Jana Brike, Ego, Laura Laine, Carles Gomila, Katie Gamb, Jon Ching, Marc Burckhardt, and Arpeggio Romiti. — Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- November 2025 — Fantasmagoria Martin Wittfooth, Esao Andrews, Brad Woodfin, Carles Gomila, Kim Slate, Ryan Heshka, Erika Sanada, Camille Rose Garcia, Kris Kuksi, Allison Reimold, Travis Louie, Jennybird Alcantara, Jason Puccinelli, Erik Sherman, Kari-Lise Alexander, Brian Despain, and Scott Musgrove. — Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- 2025 — Salmagundi Group Show Carles Gomila, Scott Musgrove & Dana Blume — Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- 2025 — Unveiled Select Large Scale Works by Beth Cavener, Josie Morway, Carles Gomila, & Jason Puccinelli — Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- 2023 — Serendipity Haven Gallery, Northport, New York
- 2021 — Ira, luxúria With Matías Quetglas and Bettina Gleiss. — Esglèsia de Sant Diego, Menorca, Spain
- 2021 — Cabinet des Curieux, Paris, France
- 2017 — Christopher Hill Gallery, California, USA
- 2016 — Red Line Gallery, Tennessee, USA
- 2015 — Entre el cel i la terra Galeria Barnadas, Barcelona, Spain
- 2015 — Fine Grime Gallery, Bath, UK
- 2015 — On són les dones? La il•lusió Museum of Menorca, Maó, Menorca, Spain
- 2014 — Frida Khalo Distinction Gallery, California, USA
- 2013 — The Blue Hour
Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia - 2013 — La Valquíria l’Auditori de Barcelona, Spain
- 2012 — Summa Gallery, New York, USA
- 2011 — Christopher Hill Gallery, California, USA
- 2010 — Idol Hours London Miles, London, UK
- 2010 — Eyes Wide Shut Fine Grime Gallery, Bath, UK
- 2009 — Of Man and Beast A Gallery, Wimbledon, UK
- 2009 — Heartbrakers Knifesmith Gallery, Bristol, UK
- 2009 — My Doll Toast Gallery, Paris, France
- 2008 — Spelled in bones Knifesmith Gallery, Bristol, UK
- 2008 — Rodamóns Galeria Kalós, Barcelona, Spain
- 2008 — Erotic’n vers Galeria Vidrart, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2007 — Glass Garage Gallery Los Angeles, USA
- 2007 — Summa Gallery New York, USA
- 2007 — Christopher Hill Gallery — California, USA
- 2005 — El Claustre, Girona, Spain
‣
- 2025 — Seattle Art Fair. Represented by Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
- 2015 — Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
- 2011 — Affordable Art Fair, Bristol, UK
- 2010 — Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
- 2008 — Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London, UK
- 2009 — Spring Fair International, Birmingham, UK
‣
Current Representatives
- From 2024 — Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, USA
Former Representatives
- From 2007 to 2012 — Fine Grime — exclusive prints
- From 2007 to 2011 — S.I. Art Group — non-exclusive representation in Europe
- From 2007 to 2011 — S.I. Fine Arts — exclusive representation in the USA and Canada
‣
(Selection)
- April 2026 — One scholarship for local professional artist to join Quarantine.
- April 2026 — Three scholarships for students from l'Escola d'Art de Maó to join Quarantine.
- April 2026 — Organize a free workshop with soprano Maria Camps in Es Castell, Menorca.
- October 2025 — Organize a free workshop talk with artists Pau Marinello and Pere Navarro Carrascosa at the Thalassa maritime museum in Es Castell, Menorca.
- October 2025 — Established an online scholarship for an international artist (via Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Award) with three mentoring sessions with artists Laurie Lipton, Martin Wittfooth and Nadezda.
- October 2025 — Three scholarships for students from l'Escola d'Art de Maó to join Quarantine.
- April 2025 —Full scholarship for a balearic artist and three 1/3 scholarships for international students to join Quarantine.
- October 2024 — Full scholarship for an international artist (via Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Award) and three scholarships for students from l'Escola d'Art de Maó to join Quarantine.
- October 2024 — Organize a free public talk with artist Eloy Morales at the Thalassa maritime museum in Es Castell, Menorca.
- October 2023 — Introduced a full scholarship for an international artist (via MEAM Painting Award) and three scholarships for students from l'Escola d'Art de Maó to join Quarantine.
- October 2023 — Organize and host a free public talk with artist Lita Cabellut at the Thalassa maritime museum in Es Castell, Menorca.
- April 2023 — Launched a full international scholarship for an artist under 30, two full scholarships for local talent in Menorca (via Fundació NUMA), and four scholarships for students from l'Escola d'Art de Maó to join Quarantine.
- October 2023 — Organize a free public talk with artist Nicolás Uribe at the Ateneu de Maó, Menorca.
- October 2023 — Organize a free talk with artist Nicolás Uribe at the Escola d’Art de Maó, Menorca.
- 2018 — Original artwork donation to Joventuts Musicals de Maó, Maó, Spain
- 2016 — Brinda’t Art — Donation to the Vicenç Ferrer Foundation, Sala Xec Coll, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2014 — Street Art — Contributor in the 2014 edition, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2014 — La Nit d’Art — Live painting in the streets of Maó, Menorca, Spain
- 2012 — Artistes al Cercle — Donation for fundraising, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2010 — Mostra Cultural. DAU produccions — Production of an audiovisual short, projected at the Teatre Principal de Maó, Maó, Menorca, Spain
- 2008 — Mur-Murs — Urban Art Festival, Maó, Menorca, Spain
- 2008 — Fosquets d’Art — Ferreries, Spain
- 2008 — Compra art, regala esperança — Donation for fundraising for Sahrawi children, Casa de Cultura, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 2007 — Art per l’illa del Rei — Collaboration to raise funds for the reconstruction of Illa del Rei, Sala Sa Nostra, Maó, Menorca, Spain
- 2007 — Nadal per la Pau — Collaboration with NGO Justícia i pau — Obra Social La Caixa, La Caixa's auditorium, Menorca, Spain
- 2007 — Book Festival — Live illustration of Sergi Cleofé's poems in the Giant Book, Claustre del Carme, Maó, Menorca, Spain
- 2006 — Tots amb el Sahara! — Donation for fundraising for Sahrawi children, Sala El Roser, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- From 2003 to 2013 — Illanvers, poetry festival — Contributor in ten editions. Menorca, Spain
- 2003 — Workshop on painting techniques. Masterclass at the University of Barcelona, Spain
- 2001 — Honorary portrait of Maria Àngels Cardona. Gothic Hall of the City Hall, Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain
- 1996 — El Muro — Collaboration in the installation by artist Mateo Vilagrasa, Menorca, Spain.
‣
Collaborations on publications
- 2023 — Alkyd Painting in Contemporary Art, Mariano Espinosa — chapter dedicated to my painting technique.
- 2014 — Anatømia — Book about the retrospective exhibition
- 2012 — The Art of Illustration, by Antonio Fernández-Coca — artist featured
- 2012 — Painters of Menorca — Book of artists from Menorca
- 2010 — Alkyd Resins Applied to Artistic Painting, by Dr. Mariano Espinosa — artist featured in the doctoral thesis on painting procedures with alkyd resins
- 2010 — International Artist Magazine, USA — Cover and main article about mixed techniques
- 2010 — Viatge al Paradís — Book of artists from the Balearic Islands
- 2009 — The Sunday Times, UK — Centerfold in the Culture section, featuring the most representative works of the Affordable Art Fair in London
- 2008 — Rodamóns — Kalós Gallery
Published Books and Articles
- 2025 — How to Price your Art
- 2024 — Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
- 2020 — Sean Cheetham
- 2019 — Costa Dvorezky
- 2018 — Scott Burdick
- 2018 — The Red Book of Mark Tennant
- 2017 — Hollis Dunlap
- 2007 — Diari Menorca — Columnist — I wrote articles on art for newspaper from 2007 to 2009
‣
I’m mostly self-taught, but I’ve been lucky enough to learn from some of the best artists out there.
Quarantine
- 2026 — Yulia Bas, Phil Hale, Adam Miller, Sean Layh, Mu Pan, Yuko Shimizu, and Martin Wittfooth.
- 2025 — Yasha Young, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, JAW Cooper, Edward Povey, Tania Rivilis, Vincent Desiderio and Laurie Lipton.
- 2025 — Edward Povey, Jeremy Mann, Nadezda, Miles Johnston and Martin Wittfooth.
- 2024 — Gary Baseman, Phil Hale, Eloy Morales, Edward Porvey, Yuko Shimizu, Henrik Uldalen, Ken Harman Hashimoto, and Jennifer Rizzo.
- 2023 — Lita Cabellut, Vincent Desiderio, Kirsten Anderson, Guillermo Lorca, Ryan Heshka, Miles Johnston, and Martin Wittfooth.
- 2023 — Henrik Uldalen, Emilio Villalba, Nicolás Uribe, Vincent Desiderio, Nadezda, and Jeremy Mann.
Workshops and Boot camps
- 2022 — Anti-workshop with Vincent Desiderio
- 2022 — Workshop with Nicolás Uribe
- 2021 — Boot camp with Sean Cheetham
- 2021 — Workshop with Costa Dvorezky
- 2021 — Workshop with Nick Alm
- 2019 — Workshop with Sean Cheetham
- 2019 — Workshop with Nick Alm
- 2019 — Anti-workshop with Vincent Desiderio
- 2018 — Boot camp with Jeremy Mann and Nadezda
- 2018 — Workshop with Sean Cheetham
- 2018 — Workshop with Hollis Dunlap
- 2018 — Workshop with Costa Dvorezky
- 2017 — Workshop with Susan Lyon and Scott Burdick
- 2017 — Workshop with Mark Tennant
- 2016 — Workshop with Hollis Dunlap
- 2016 — Workshop with Nicolás Uribe
Ateliers
- 2015 — Portrait Workshop at the Barcelona Atelier of Realist Art
Formal Education
- 2003 — Doctorate at the Universitat de Barcelona (unfinished)
- 2002 — Teaching Aptitude Course (CAP)
- 2002 — Graduated in drawing specialty from the University of Barcelona, Spain
‣
Curation and program design of:
- 2027 — Eightball — Quarantine with Ben Spiers, Kent Williams and Soey Milk.
- 2026 — Hunter’s Moon — Quarantine with Jordi Diaz Alamà, Jeremy Mann, Hiba Shahbaz Christian Rex van Minnen, Nadezda, João Ruas, and Yasha Young.
- 2026 — Tears in Rain — Quarantine with Yulia Bas, Phil Hale, Adam Miller, Sean Layh, Mu Pan, Yuko Shimizu, and Martin Wittfooth.
- 2025 — Strange Heaven — Quarantine with Yasha Young, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, JAW Cooper, Edward Povey, Tania Rivilis, Vincent Desiderio and Laurie Lipton.
- 2025 — The Art Spirit — Quarantine with Edward Povey, Jeremy Mann, Nadezda, Miles Johnston,
James McCrae, and Martin Wittfooth. - 2024 — Interzone — Quarantine with Gary Baseman, Phil Hale, Eloy Morales, Edward Porvey, Yuko Shimizu, Henrik Uldalen, Ken Harman Hashimoto, and Jennifer Rizzo.
- 2023 — Fire Walk With Me — Quarantine with Lita Cabellut, Vincent Desiderio, Kirsten Anderson, Guillermo Lorca, Ryan Heshka, Miles Johnston, and Martin Wittfooth.
- 2023 — Muse Hacking — Quarantine with Henrik Uldalen, Emilio Villalba, Nicolás Uribe, Vincent Desiderio, Nadezda, and Jeremy Mann.
- From 2015 to 2022 — Curation and program design of +20 workshops and bootcamps — Menorca Pulsar, Art Retreat. Menorca, Spain
‣
- Since 2022 to present — Founder and director of QUARANTINE, Purgatory for Artists. Menorca, Spain
- Since 2020 to 2022 — Founder of La Flor en el Culo, Creative Studio. Menorca, Spain
- From 2015 to 2022 — Co-founder of Menorca Pulsar, Art Retreat. Menorca, Spain
- From 2010 to 2012 — MEDVSA Studio — Open Studio and Art Gallery. Menorca, Spain
- Since 2001 to present — Freelance artist
✓ Program Design ✓ Concept Design ✓ Curation ✓ Strategy ✓ Marketing ✓ Graphic Design ✓ Copywriting
✓ Illustration ✓ Graphic Design ✓ Color Grading
✓ Concept Design ✓ Program design ✓ Marketing
➦ contact:
‣
Curriculum VitaeShows
My Art is twilight-touched and adamant.
As a kid, monsters were my muses -they taught me how to see.
Now I paint the visions they left behind, chasing the dragons curled deep in my chest.
I’m still that kid. But now, I play with a deck of marked cards.
I also a crisis designer, running highly disruptive boot camps that shake artists to the bone. We call it QUARANTINE.
I also run a Purgatory for Artists on a real quarantine island. It’s where we help artists break through and unlock their potential. We call it QUARANTINE.
“Moved by the traditional, but also drawn to the contemporary, Carles Gomila harmonizes both with a dash of technical agility.” International Artist Magazine, US.
“…winks like something Gabriel García Márquez might have wanted on an LP cover had he joined the rock group Blind Faith.” The Sunday Times, UK.
My life isn't particularly flashy; my days are filled with painting, reading, and cherishing moments with my cat, Judy Garland, on a secluded island, where I deliberately remain out of the loop.
I paint what I see between the idea and the blood.