Discover the contemporary work of Orench
ARTISTIC CURRICULUM
FRANCESC ORENCH BERNAT
Born on 03/16/1958 in Barcelona. Graduate in Criminology and with studies in Architecture and
Psychology, at the Universities of UB (Bcn), Polytechnic (Bcn) and UDG (Girona).
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His relationship with artistic painting comes from a very young age, in the 70s, after making
different stays in Ibiza. It was during that journey that he woke up. his creative part and
artistic, giving way to a completely self-taught training in oil painting. Between the years
1976 and 1991, as well as As later from 2008, he has participated in different exhibitions
collective and individual, both in art galleries and in street-level installations and
establishments. He has also carried out projects, posters announcing fairs, parties
majors and relevant events, member of children's painting competition courts, among others.
His versatility has led him to illustrate everything from stories to menu cards for large dinners and
weddings, apart from the paintings. His work is distributed in Blanes, El Prat, Barcelona, San Celoni,
Hostalric, by the Maresme, Lloret de Mar, Olot, Gerona, Figueres, San Francisco (California),
Holland and other places, after having been acquired. Initially inspired by naïf, the
figurism and in the landscaping of houses, streets or marinas, has now come to be carried out
stronger, sincere, free and creative brushstrokes in a foray into the abstract world.
Throughout his artistic career he has participated in forty exhibitions,
individual and collective, both in Blanes, Girona, Olot, Sabadell, El Prat de Llobregat, Figueres,
Celrà, La Junquera, Barcelona, etc.
Orench is aware of different press articles, such as on the back cover of Diario de
Girona, Somos la selva Magazine, different interviews in the Club Vela Blanes magazine, articles from
Blanes City Council, different magazines, Posters in the “Punto día”, among others…
-Acquisition of 1 work: GENERALIDAD DE CATALUÑA, Ministry of the Interior (Remaining on display
in Barcelona city)
-Illustration of the “58 RECVLL LITERARY AWARDS” (2022) and its magazine RECVLL.es from UB (Bcn), Politécnica (Bcn) and UDG (Girona).
Individual exhibitions:
2024. Individual exhibition “Observant les expressions” Casa Saladrigas, Blanes
2023. Orench Exhibition (June-July) at Tandem Art-Ht Arrahona in Sabadell
2023. Expo. 7 works at the Dolce Vita Restaurant in Blanes
2022. “Tactile Nature” Exhibition Municipal Hall of Blanes
2022. Expo. 12 works in the El Graner and Rouent Restaurants, in Girona
2022. Exhibition of 11 works at the X-Tramp concert, a tribute to Supertramp inBlanes
2022. “Fire Cycle” Exhibition F. Orench in Coffee Art Fontanella XII of Olot
2020. Acquisition of the work “mosa d´ squad (August 17, 2017)” Generalitat de
Catalonia, Ministry of the Interior. (Heritage of the Generalitat, Barcelona)
2020. Exhibitions in different establishments, La Selva region (Girona)
* 2 works, Commissioner Mossos d'Esquadra Blanes
* 3 works, Restaurant “La Gondola” Blanes
4 works, Restaurant “Veracruz” Blanes2019. Exhibitions in different establishments (restaurants, hairdressers, shops,
offices…) of the Selva region (Girona)
* 2 works, Restaurant “Can Castells” Vidreres N-II
* 3 works, “Club de Vela” Restaurant Blanes
* 1 work, Restaurant-Cocktail Bar “Oh la laa” Blanes
* 1 work, Blanes Center Establishment
* 1 work, “Mirall” Hair Salon Blanes
1 work (3 meters) “Comas Inmobiliaria” Blanes-Costa Brava
2018. Individual exhibition "Moments" , F. Orench Municipal Hall in Blanes (Girona)
2017/18. Individual exhibition F. Orench in “Porcus” in the center of Girona
2017. Individual exhibition F. Orench at the Dolce Vita Restaurant in Blanes
2016. Individual exhibition “Artistic painting”, F. Orench in Café Art Fontanella XII of Olot
2016. Exhibition "scenes", Francesc Orench. Municipal Hall, Blanes
2013. F. Orench individual exhibition at the Dolce Vita Restaurant in Blanes
2010. “Two Worlds, Two Visions” Exhibition, F. Orench. Municipal Hall inBlanes
Collective exhibitions:
2024. Collective exhibition “INDIKA” Can Gruart, Vilablareix, Girona
2023: International Collective Exhibition ("12th Anniversary of Art without Borders") Barcelona
2023. "International group exhibition" "A Traços" Caldes d'Estrac(Barcelona)
2023. Group exhibition (August-September) at Tandem Art-Ht Arrahona in Sabadell
2022. Expo. “Art Route in the Shop Windows” in Blanes
2022. Collective exhibition “Mondas de Rêve Can Gruart, Girona
2020. “International Abstract Exhibition” December 2020. Sabadell
2020. “Platonic triangle” (3 artists) Municipal Blanes
2020 Collective exhibition “Breaking the silence” (October) in Figueres
2020 “Autumn Salon” (October) Hotel Arrahona / Tandem Art, Sabadell
2020 Collective exhibition “Breaking the silence” (September) inGirona
2019. Group exhibition "Meeting of Artists" (November) in Girona
2019. Collective exhibition "Meeting of Artists" (September) in Girona
2019. Exhibition “The Route of Art in the Shop Windows”, 3 works by F. Orench, in Blanes
2019. “Art on the Road” 3 works F. Orench. Regional Council of La Selva (Girona)
2019. Collective exhibition “Arts Meeting” (April) in La Junquera (Girona)2019. Collective exhibition “free” in Vilabrareix (Girona)
2019. Collective exhibition “Playing with colors” in Celrà (Girona)
2018-19. Group exhibition "Vision of Dance" in Girona
2017. Group exhibition “Regal Art” (Desem.January) Municipal Chamber - Blanes
2016. “International summer color” exhibition in Tàndem Art Gallery of Sabadell
1991. “IIIª “White Art Exhibition”, Blanes
1989. “IIª “White Art Exhibition”, Blanes
1987. “Exhibition of White Crafts and Art”, Blanes
1985. “Street Art Exhibition” Expo Art 85. El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona)
1983. “Seventh Collective Exhibition of Drawing and Painting by Artists”, El Prat de Llob.
1982. “Sixth Collective Exhibition of Drawing and Painting by Pratense Artists”, El Prat
1981. “Collective Exhibition of Drawing and Painting by Pratense Artists”,El Prat de Llob.
1980. “Collective Exhibition of Pratense Artists”,El Prat de Llobregat
1979. “Painting Exhibition: “Local Painters”, Main Festival El Prat de Llobregat
REVIEWS OF PAINTINGS BY FRANCISCO ORENCH (Summary)
Pablo Santirso (review of REVISTART magazine) (December 2023)
"CO2H" It is a title that may be cryptic for many people who observe this work of
Orench, but those connoisseurs of chemical composition can extract a
message critical of pollution.
The letters and figures in its title can be translated as the chemical nomenclature of acids
carboxylic acids, widely used for the development of pesticides, acetates and plastic polymers. Yes to that
we add the color composition and how the long black drops are distributed as
buildings we are faced with a work of sharp criticism towards the consequences
environmental products produced by large factories.-
Gabriel ANDARES (review of REVISTART magazine) (2023)
Orench deconstructs the concept of landscape as we understand it in painting to develop
works of a more abstract nature, which reduce elements of our environment to their most basic forms
elementals. Although it is true that we can understand his paintings as landscapes from a
technical point of view, the underlying parts are suggested rather than represented explicit way, which allows you to work on the same sensations that we would develop when seeing a classical naturalistic painting. Joseo GARCIA (Tandem Art Gallery) (2023) Orench is an artist with a broad brushstroke and thick impastoes with great chromatic richness, developing a thematic variety, combining abstract impressionism with expressionism figurative. An artistic vision that will not leave you disappointed. indifferent.Sonixe AVNATAMOFF (Journalist and art critic in Paris) (2016) Make a painting full of life, with brushstrokes full of emotion and expression, with forcefulness. It is life in movement, emotional displacement. I see in his painting an air of the
Van Gogh's latest creations, especially in the painting “Wheat Field with Crows.” His trend is abstract impressionism, with strength, vigor and color.” Joel RISTOL (Painter and art critic) (2020) “We can observe in his works a great strength and expressiveness in the line and stain, a form of abstract impressionism where, and although some of the works are preserved forms and figurative spaces, they give the viewer the freedom to interpret the work and necessarily see ourselves reflected in it.” Marina GARCIA y CARBONELL (Art historian) (2020) “The distinctive mark of Orench's work is the energetic, almost expressionist brushstroke.(…) Initially inspired by naïf, figurism and the landscaping of houses, streets or marinas, in the nowadays it has gone on to make stronger, sincere, free and creative strokes in an incursion in the abstract world.” Aitor ROGER (Historian, Blanes City Council Archive) (2020) “Francesc Orench's lines are characterized by being full of energy, vitality and color. They are made from brushstrokes full of expression, what the author himself likes to call “abstract impressionism (…)” Eva PALAU (Communications Blanes City Council) (2018) (…) Over time his style has evolved naturally, without forcing, going from a figurist style to abstract impressionism. Essentially self-taught, his
brush strokes are expressive and full of emotions and optimism.” Josep GIBERT (Bachelor in Philosophy and diploma in library science and documentation) (Works 2021, 22) “Perception is never neutral and the events of these days lead us to identify those red from the box with the confirmation that we are still in the fiery cycle. Likewise, the palettes Impressionist-style chromatics represent a continuation of the house's trademark style, but this time only half a frame. The other part could be the sea, with a bottom rich with life still, but he already has the laundry that, overcoming the cliff, falls over it. Certainly another viewer can perceive different sensations and create different stories. that even include the enigmatic floating ball on the seabed!” “These days we are mediated by the explosions of the Old Hill and its vomiting flows magmatic that slowly destroys everything in its path. Francisco has been in a kind of fiery cycle for some time where fire is the protagonist. Here he continues the cycle, but leaves his technique of impressionist paddles for the rays of the tubes painting. A mass of milky paint could suggest a kind of animal being that is a about to be swallowed by the mass of magma. The beast is horrified, but, inevitably, even the remains of his lint trap, represented by the ropes hanging outside the painting, they will also soon be consumed by flames. Action, movement on a single canvas where the chromaticism and drama of fire do presence.” However, he does not stop following Observe!, ... shapes, color, light,... stimuli, emotions, feelings,... Express, construct, deconstruct,... with conceptual isolation of observations.
