LANTOMO / antonella montes  

Links www.lantomo.com 

instagram @lantomo CV   EXHIBITIONS 2020/02 | AAF BATTERSEA SPRING , London, with Retrospect Galleries 2020/02 | LA ART SHOW , Los Angeles, with 3 Punts Galeria 2019/12 | Group exhibition ART COLLECTOR STARTER KIT VI, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles 2019/12 | Group exhibition 12x12 Exhibition, The StockRoom Gallery, Clifton Hill, AU 2019/10 | ESTAMPA Feria de Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid with 3 Punts Galeria 2019/09 | SWAB BARCELONA Art Fair, Barcelona with 3 Punts Galeria 2019/09 | Group exhibition“Orígenes”en Galería BAT Alberto Cornejo, Madrid 2019/08 | Group exhibition “3 Punts Summer Collective”en Galeria 3 Punts, Barcelona 2019/05 | Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong with Retrospect Galleries  2019/02 | Art Madrid 2019 with Galeria BAT Alberto Cornejo 2018 | CONTEXT Art Miami with Retrospect Galleries 2018 | AAF Hamburg, with Retrospect Galleries 2018 | AAF Stockholm, with Retrospect Galleries 2018 | Exhibition Deceptive markings, en 'Ciclo: Diálogos’ at Galeria BAT Alberto Cornejo (Madrid, Spain) 2018 |Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, with Retrospect Galleries (Byron Bay, Australia) 2017 | Group exhibition”Cycles” at Arteria, curated by MITTE, Barcelona 2016 | Group exhibition"Who is Miss Catbantry” at Miscelanea, Barcelona  2016 | Group exhibition "La Femme” at Bacanal, Barcelona  2015 | Solo exhibition Renaissance, at Opera Lounge, commissioned by Escalera de Incendio, Bcn 2015 | Group exhibition "Sóc Artista” ||4ºAniversario||, at MITTE Artspace gallery, Barcelona  2014 | Group exhibition the Weart Festival, theme EGO, Barcelona 2014 | Group exhibition BDC II, with The Walrus Hub, at Transforma Bcn, Barcelona 2014 | Group exhibition Barcelona Drawing City, with The Walrus Hub, at Galerie Le Marais, Paris 2014 | Solo exhibition SansSens, at Artevistas Gallery, Barcelona 2014 | Group exhibition Change is good, at Studiostore Gallery, Barcelona 2014 | Participation in GMAC, Paris, with The Walrus Hub 2013 | Participation in Surge Art Beijing 2013 Art Fair, Beijing, China 2012 | Solo exhibition Hidden Things, at ZA JIA Lab project space, Beijing, China 2012 | Group exhibition WOOD, at MUTUO Art Centre, Barcelona, Spain 2011 | Solo exhibition USELESS Precautions, at MITTE Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2011 | Group exhibition Hipermerc’art, Safia Gallery, at Vinçon, Barcelona, Spain  AWARDS 2019 | Awarded the Fundació Lluis Coromina Prize by Swab Barcelona Art Fair witn the 3 Punts Galeria 2018 | Selected in the Biennial of Contemporary Drawing contest 'Las huellas del dibujo'  organized by the Unicaja Foundation and the Association of Plastic Artists of Malaga (APLAMA) 2015 | Preselected in the 8th Figurative Painting and Sculpture Contest organized by the Fundació Privada de les Arts i els Artistes  EDUCATION 2012-2008 | Professional Courses of Drawing in various disciplines: Live nude drawing, illustration, Screen Printing 2009-2005 | Professional Courses of Graphic Design in various disciplines: Web Design, book Layout, Illustrator, Indesign 2005 | Degree in Master in "Architecture, Art and Ephemeral Space" at UPC Barcelona 2004 | Graduated in Architecture, Faculty of Rome La Sapienza  BIBLIOGRAPHY 2017 | Publication with interview in LAMONO Magazine - art&urban culture magazine, issue #113 2017 | Publication online in the Beautiful Bizarre Magazine art-throbs 2016 | Publication in Fashion Drawings book, Michele Wesen Bryant, Laurence King Publishing 2015 | Publication with interview in MISCELANEA gallery, the 10º anniversary book, Stendal editions 2014 | Interview in The Wall. Magazine of local and international emerging art 2013 | Publication in I need a guide, a guide to contemporary culture 2013 | Article in Juxtapoz magazine, art and illustration online magazine 2013 | Publication in The Beijinger Magazine, Beijing, China 2012 | Publication in The Mag, italian art online magazine 

  LANTOMO / antonella montes    ARTIST BIO  Lantomo, pseudonym of Antonella Montes, is an Italian artist based in Barcelona. The passion for drawing, inherited from her mother, has been a constant in her life. She studied architecture in                                     Italy, in Rome and Genoa; then moves to Spain, specializing in scenography and exhibition design. Just a few years ago, since 2010, Lantomo started to dedicate herself exclusively to painting, and her passion has                                     definitely become a job. And in this journey, her stay of almost two years in Beijing, China, have left an indelible                                         trace. Her drawings have become more accurate and detailed, her only colors the black and white, with touches                                   of red, and the drawn faces have come to have Asian features. Since then she has participated in several solo exhibitions in galleries in Barcelona, and in Beijing; along with                                   several group exhibitions. Lantomo is represented now for the Gallery Bat Alberto Cornejo in Madrid, 3 Punts                                 Gallery in Barcelona,Spain, and Retrospect Galleries in Byron Bay, Australia.  ARTIST STATEMENT  The graphite portraits I create are almost realistic, suspended in a personal universe between realism and vision, but I'm not interested in virtuous details, I look for the representation of the emotions of my subjects. Drawing has always been present in my life, like a way of expressing myself. My portraits embody a feeling of isolation and introspection, involved in silence. Memory, fears and loneliness in this society are the subjects that obsess me. I try to bring to the surface all traces of emotions behind a gaze. 

To create my portraits I use photography as a starting point and then I clean the image with an extreme minimalism, in the composition, medium and colors, probably due to my architectural formation. I work in grayscale, with touches of red. I'm inspired by the iconography and traditional Asian drawings (especially Chinese and Japanese), trying to avoid the excess of decoration 

My subjects are mainly female, proud and visibly melancholic. I have experienced personally the contrast of cultures between East and West, and this has helped and inspired my artistic creation, in which both atmospheres are reflected. 

  Tag 0 SMILE 50x70 cm, 2018 Media: Pencil on paper 

  Snow 1 / Darkness serie 50x70 cm, 2018 Media: Pencil, watercolours and pastel on paper 

  She’s gone again 1 73x100 cm, 2019 Media: Penciil on paper mounted on a wood panel 

  Dim light/dark sea 3 73x100 cm, 2019 Media: Pencil and pastel on paper mounted on wood panel 

  Tag 2 / YOGI 70x100 cm, 2018 Media: graphite and color pencils on paper 

  Darkness 2 / WARRIOR 50x70 cm, 2018 Media: Pencil, watercolours and pastel on paper 

  Biunivoco 70x100 cm, 2017 Media: Pencil and pastel on paper 

  Hóng 1 73x100 cm, 2019 Media: Pencil , waterlour and acrylics on paper mounted on wood panel  

  Decorated introspection 70x70 cm, 2017 Media: Graphite on paper        

  Sleepwalker 97x130 cm, 2018 Media: Pencil and pastel on paper mounted on a wood panel 

  Sleepwalker 97x130 cm, 2018 Media: Pencil, colour pencils and pastel on paper mounted on a wood panel 

 Noir, 2015 30x40cm Media: Pencil, charcoal and watercolour on paper   

 Half full Half empty, 2015  70 x100 cm Media: Pencil, charcoal and watercolor on paper     

 Pez, 2015 - 21x30cm - Media: Pencil, pastel and ballpoint on paper    

 Pines on the back, 2015 - 40x30cm - Media: Pencil on tracing paper and watercolour paper  

 

OCTOPUS, diptych, 2013 - 45 x 50 cm - Media: Graphite on paper 

     

                      

LANTOMO / antonella montes Links 

www.lantomo.com instagram @lantomo