Joan Pallé: Contemporary Artist

Joan Pallé (Lleida, Spain, 1989) Lives and works in Barcelona. He obtained a BA in Fine Arts (2017) from the University of Barcelona. His work relates to critic theory, ironically using the hegemonic visual imaginary and introducing references from the counterculture. In 2017 he became artist-in-residence at Fabra i Coats (Barcelona) through the Sant Andreu Contemporani residency Program. He has been awarded art <35 art Price from Banc Sabadell and Galeria Trama. He has received an Erasmus scholarship to study at Middlesex University in London (2017).

In 2022, he received a two-year fellowship from Fundació Sorigué. In recent years, he has been awarded several OSIC research grants from the Generalitat de Catalunya (2020 and 2024), as well as the Best Paper Work Award at SWAB (2021), the Biennal Larva Award for Best Young Artist in Lleida (2017), and the Sala d'Art Jove–MACBA grant (2017). He has also undertaken residencies at institutions and programmes including HISK (Ghent), Art 3–Homesession (Valence), Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts, and Jeune Création Européenne (Paris).

His work has been presented at institutions and venues including Fundación Beyeler (Riehen), Kunsthaus Baselland (Muttenz), Centre d'Art La Capella (Barcelona), Centre d'Art La Panera (Lleida), Fundació Arranz-Bravo, El Bòlit (Girona), Fabra i Coats, and Festival Panoràmic, and has been featured at international art fairs such as ARCO Madrid, Art Brussels, and SWAB with ADN Galeria.

His solo exhibitions include Els joves infeliços (Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida, 2026), Exploded Views (ADN Galeria, Barcelona, 2023), Contes immorals (Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts, Granollers, 2022), L’amor altre (ADN Galeria, Barcelona, 2021), and Reject Reductionism, Embrace Complexity (Festival Panoràmic, Barcelona, 2024).

Since 2021, he has directed Malpaís, an independent artistic and curatorial project dedicated to the creation and exhibition of contemporary art in Barcelona.