Romulo Royo

Born in Zaragoza, Spain, Romulo Royo has worked both as illustrator and fine artist. Since 2000 he has exhibited internationally through private collections, foundations, and museums, including "...the Metelkova Museum, Can Framis Museum, the X Biennial Martínez Guerricabeitia Foundation at the Museum of the City of Valencia, Fran Daurel Foundation, Maeztu Museum Estella, The 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art of Moscow, National Metelkova Museum of Slovenia…"

Most of these are paintings from his "Goddesses of Niburu" series, with delicate, otherworldly portrayals of the female figure. The series draws from fantasy and science fiction to engage  a collective internal conflict between myth and reality. These more sensuous paintings are accompanied by pieces from other bodies of work, "The Hang" and "Siamese." Their singular, powerful presence in the gallery space brings context to the intimate conversations of the "Goddesses of Niburu"--if these sensuous figures represent a fantasy, then the visible torment of "The Hang" reveals the enigmatic sorrow implied by such a longing to escape.

"Romulo Royo imposes bodies and faces of nearly monumental existence, attractive yet at the same time difficult to bear. His multiple races, his Siamese twins, and bent heads on bodies send the message time and time again that otherness is crucial to contemporary life. “All men who believe know to keep their heads cut off above the mirror. What condemns them to fascination (to erotic agitation) is also that which protects them from madness”. As Rimbaud so vertiginously would indicate, the path of poetry leads to hell, to the place where the id is the other, in all senses of the word. Hence there is a tremendous shudder, the danger made visible: beauty is exactly that which we can hardly bear."

-Fernando Castro Flórez (Vodencia Velamiento y Ceguera)

 

Siamese IV 200 x 200 cm Ink, acrylic and oil on paper over canvas
162x130cm-Japonicas II-Ink acrylic and oil on canvas-Romulo Royo
162x130cm-Japonicas-Ink acrylic and oil on canvas-Romulo Royo
162x130cm-JaponicasIII-Ink acrylic and oil on canvas-Romulo Royo
The Hang – Romulo Royo 195 x 195 x 45 cm. and 70 Kg. Sculpture from polyester and aluminium. Ed. 3 / 76.7 x 76.7×17.7 “ / 6 ft 39 inches/154 pounds.

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Romulo Royo

 

Born in 1976 in Zaragoza, Spain.

 

 

SINGLE EXHIBITIONS (selection):

 

2013

  • "Zeit Des Böusen" Schwalbe Gallery 54. Frankfurt, Germany.

 

2012

  • "Dead Moon - Apocalypse", Miguel Marcos Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
  • "Malefic Time, Apocalypse”, Fnac. Roaming through the main cities of Spain such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza...

 

2011

  • "Emboscada de Sombras", Galeria PM. Mestrovic Pavilion, and General Directorate of Cultural and Scientific Relations and Cooperation of Spain ( AECID ) Spanish Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • "Emboscada de Sombras", School Cervantes, AECID and Spanish Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.
  • "Emboscada de Sombras" Metelkova Museum. AECID and Spanish Embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

 

2010

  • "METAL - Piel" MS Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

 

2009

  • "El Colgado". Gallery Pepe Rebollo. Zaragoza, Spain.
  • "Videncia, velamiento, ceguera" (curated by Fernando Castro Flórez) Funadación Alcort. Huesca, Spain.

 

2008

  • "Siameses". (curated by Gloria Bosch) Vila Casas Foundation. Barcelona, Spain.
  • "Siameses". Montcada Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
  • "Siameses". Gallery Marita Segovia. Madrid, Spain.

 

2007

  • "El Zahori". Gallery Giart. Gerona, Spain.
  • "Siameses". Strychnin Gallery. Berlin, Germany.

 

 

2006

  • Commissioned to paint the dome in a hall of the castle Medvedev. Moscow, Russia.
  • Fair Art Forum Berlin. Strychnin Gallery. Germany.

 

2005

  • "El Zahori". Gallery Joan Planellas. Tossa de Mar (Girona) Spain.

2002

  • "Agua y Transparencia". Gallery des Arches. Paris, France.

 

2000

  • "Nieblas". Government of Aragon. Lanuza room. Zaragoza, Spain.

1999

  • "Marasmo". Gallery Antonia Puyó. Zaragoza, Spain.

 

 

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS ( selection):

 

2014

  • ESTAMPA 22 editión, Contemporary art fair, Galería Miguel Marcos, Madrid,         España.
  • ARCO´14, Galería Miguel Marcos, Madrid, Spain.

 

 

2013

  • ARCO'13 , Miguel Marcos Gallery , Madrid, Spain.
  • "Monstruo" Chirivella Soriano Foundation , Valencia, Spain.

 

2012

  • ARCO'12 , Miguel Marcos Gallery , Madrid, Spain.
  • "Malefic Time , Apocalypse" , Matadero Madrid, Contemporary Creation Center , Madrid, Spain.
  • ArtMadrid , Gallery MDA , Helsingborg, Spain.
  • "Sum" Sala Amos Salvador , Logroño, Spain.

 

2011

  • "ON - OFF" , Arts Santa Monica , Barcelona, Spain.

 

2010

  • "Las Fronteras" MS Gallery , Madrid, Spain.
  • "Temps Fugit" Edificio La Nau, ( curated by Joan Gil i Gregorio ) Tossa de Mar, Spain.
  • "Contra Natura". ( curated by Vicent Sanz i Persiva ) selection committee : Gloria Bosch, Maria de Corral , Jose Miguel Cortes, Rafael Doctor, Fernando Francés , Galeria Magda Bellotti , Galeria Moises Perez de Albeniz, Rosa Santos Gallery, Senda Gallery, T20 Gallery. Biennial in Foundation Guerricabeitia Martinez. City Museum , Valencia, Spain.
  • ARCO'10 , MS Gallery , Madrid.
  • FORUM SUR Gallery Marita Segovia , Caceres, Spain.
  • ArtMadrid , Gallery Marita Segovia , Madrid
  • "IberCaja Award, Arte Joven" roaming: Barcelona Museum of Estella Maeztu Funadacion Daurel Fran , and Navarra.

 

2009

  • "Blackened Times" Pavilion of Spain XXV Biennale of Alexandria, Alexandria Museum. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. General Directorate of Cultural and Scientific Relations and Cooperation of Spain. AECID ( curated by Manuel Romero ), Alexandria , Egypt.
  • "IberCaja Award, Arte Joven" Museum Camon Aznar. Zaragoza, Spain.
  • "Personajes de la ribera del Ebro" Provincial de Zaragoza. Spain.
  • Los Angeles Art Show. Gallery Giart. Los Angeles , USA.
  • Art Fair Madrid. Gallery Giart. Madrid, Spain.
  • "Eros + ISMES". ( curated by Raquel Medina). The Shed , Tarragona, Spain.

 

2008  

  • FIAC, Galerie Maisonneve , Paris , France.
  • Fiart Valencia. Gallery Giart. Valencia, Spain.
  • Art Fair Madrid. Gallery Giart. Madrid, Spain.
  • "En el Umbral". 25 years Young Art. Government of Aragon. Spain.

 

2007

  • Montcada Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
  • Fair Art Forum Berlin. Strychnin Gallery. Germany.

 

2006

  • "El rostro y la mascara", Gallery N.O. + A.R.T. Gerona, Spain.

 

2004

  • "Tradicion y vanguardia". Museum of Contemporary Art in Santo Domingo Cifuentes. Guadalajara (Spain).

 

2003

  • Fair Artexpo Barcelona. Spain.

 

2002

  • "Fauna". Gallery version. Madrid, Spain.
  • Fair Artexpo Barcelona. Spain.

 

2001

  • Municipal Exhibition Hall of La Garriga. traveling in Catalonia, Spain.
  • Holland Art Fair - Den Haag. Holland.

 

2000

  • "Isabel de Portugal." Sástago Palace. County Council of Zaragoza, Spain.
  • "Muestra de Arte Joven". Government of Aragón. Roaming: Pablo Serrano Museum. Zaragoza.
  • Provincial Mueso. Huesca and Teruel Museum.

 

 

 

1999

  • "Muestra de Arte Joven". Government of Aragón. Roaming: Pablo Serrano Museum. Zaragoza.
  • Provincial Mueso. Huesca and Teruel Museum.

 

1998

  • "Proyecto Meta". traveling by Valencia(Spain), La Coruña(Spain), Verona, Milan (Italy), Franfort (Germany), Tokyo (Japan).

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected) :

 

2011

  • David G. Torres, "Tardor Art , ON - OFF". Catalog. Barcelona, Spain.

 

2010

  • Bosch Gloria, Maria Corral , Jose Cortes , Rafael Doctor , Frances Fernando Sanz Vicent.i Persiva
  • "Contra Natura". Catalog. Valencia. Spain.
  • Spectrum XVIII , The Best In Contemporany Fantastic Art , published work "Llegara el dia" the book. USA.

 

2009

  • Manuel Romero , "Blackened Times". Catalog. Alexandria , Egypt.
  • Medina, Raquel. "Eros + isms". Catalog. Tarragona, Spain.
  • Navarro. "Rómulo Royo" Mu magazine , n º 75 in January 2009. Spain , pages. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

 

2008

  • Azpeitia Anadon , Pedro Pablo. Azpeitia , Burgos. Cañeras, Jaime. Navarro Gimenez, Cristina. Tudelilla Laguardia, Chus. Villarrocha Ardisa , Vicente. "En el Umbral". Government of Aragón. Zaragoza, Spain.
  • Miralles , Francesc. "Rómulo Royo" Catalog Gallery Montcada , Barcelona, Spain.
  • Manuel Perez - Lizano. Oddities. Government of Aragon. Zaragoza, Spain , p. 50 and 51.
  • Royo Romulo. "Siameses". Romulo Royo, siameses. Spain.

 

2007

  • "Mons Interiors" magazine BonArt , No. 90 in April 2007. Barcelona, Spain. P. 36.
  • Martin , Javier. "Siameses". Mu Magazine , #65 in May 2008. Spain , p. 34.

 

2004

  • Royo Romulo. "Apuntes en la arena", Rómulo Royo. Spain.

 

2001

  • Prohibited 2. International circulation , published in USA. Germany. Italy. France and Spain.
  • Soler i de Magriña, Jaume. "Rómulo Royo and its reflection of reality". Catalog. Barcelona, Spain.

 

2000

  • Peraz - Lizano Forns , Manuel. "Group 3" Great Encyclopedia of Aragon 2000. Government of Aragón. Spain , p. 2489.

 

1999

  • Alegre , Jose Angel. "Vidaperra" Cave Canem. Zaragoza, Spain.
  • published in USA , Germany, Italy, France and Spain.

 

1996 - 2000

  • "Norma Editorial" ( Barcelona). Publications on covers "Eura" editorial (Italy ) "Rad Moskbay" (Russia) , "Bastei" (Germany) and "Heavy Metal" (USA).

 

1998

  • "Proyecto Meta" , international exhibition.

 

 

 

ARTIST BOOKS :

 

2013

  • "Soum". International circulation.

 

 

2012

  • "Malefic Time, Apocalypse", International circulation , published in Europe and Russia.
  • "Malefic Time, Apocalypse Codex", International circulation , published in Europe.

 

2011

  • "Demons". Portfolio art , deluxe edition , limited edition , Edited by Grey Labyrinth.

 

2009

  • Bosch , Gloria. Romulo Royo, "Siamesess". Resistant and siameses... by Romulo Royo. Editorial Laberinto Gris.
  • Castro Flórez , Fernando. Romulo Royo. "Videncia, velamiento, ceguera". Published by the Foundation Alcort. Spain.
  • "Dead Moon". International circulation , published in Europe and USA.

 

2007

  • "Dome". International circulation , published in Europe and USA.

 

 

 

PRESS ARTICLES (selection):

 

2012

  • “Malefic Time, One milestone, Heavy Metal with vocation of total work” El Pais, March 1, 2012, digital edition:

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2012/02/02/actualidad/1328191468_643457.html

 

2012

  • "An apocalyptic universe for a year of prophecy" El Mundo, January 8, 2012 , digital edition:

            http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2012/01/07/comic/1325965003.html

 

2010

  • "Art for Nature" El Pais. Wednesday, January 27. Spain
  • "X edition of Biennale Martínez Guerricabeitia" Lapiz Magazine , No 259/ 260, p 38 and Exit Magazine
  • Express , No. 49 February. Spain , p 79

 

2009

  • "One of the creations of Romulo Royo... ", El Mundo, Agency ( EFE ). 13 February. Spain , p. 43.

 

2008

  • Garcia, Mariano. "Using today's technology can be art , but it is not always" Heraldo de Aragón. June 26. Spain , p. 57.
  • Serra, Josep Maria. "Siamesess" , La Vanguardia , 12 May, Spain. p.34.

 

2007

  • M. "Ayer se conocieron a lo ganadores…" (1st prize painting Vila Casas Foundation ). The Punt , 8 July. Spain. p. 46.
  • Camps , Eudald. "Pintura Hilomòrfica" Diari de Girona. March 9. Spain , p.10

 

2002

  • Solanilla , José Luis. “The work of Royo Romulo reaches Paris”, Heraldo de Aragon May 30. Spain , p.38.

1999

  • Rómulo Royo received the “Young Artist” Award Heraldo de Aragón. Spain , p.39.