Iván Candeo

Iván Candeo was born in Venezuela in 1983 and currently lives in Barcelona, Spain. From a young age, he was part of an independent study group comprising Venezuelan artists from various generations. In 2008, he earned a degree as a Professor specializing in Visual Arts. He participated in the Lugar a Dudas artist residency directed by Colombian artist Óscar Muñoz in Cali, Colombia. In 2014, at Casa sin fin Gallery in Madrid, he presented his first solo exhibition in Spain, titled 'Identity and Rupture.' Some of his video works are included in the audiovisual archive HAMACA, Media and Video Art Distribution from Spain. That same year, he completed a Master’s degree in Comparative Studies of Literature, Art, and Thought at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, and he is currently pursuing a PhD in Advanced Studies in Artistic Production at the University of Barcelona. His solo exhibitions include 'Hay un Goya en la sopa' (There’s a Goya in the Soup), Alarcón Criado Gallery, Seville, Spain (2022); 'Sin acto' (Without Act), Carmen Araujo Arte Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (2018); 'Correspondencias del ultramar' (Overseas Correspondences), Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela (2017); and 'Corte en movimiento' (Cut in Motion), Oficina #1, Caracas, Venezuela (2015).