Josep Maynou - Bombon Projects

TRUTH, 150x380cm, 2018
Hunter of worlds, (exhibition view) curated by Elise Lammer, SALTS, Switzerland, 2018. © Gunnar Meier & SALTS. 2018
Hunter of worlds, (exhibition view) curated by Elise Lammer, SALTS, Switzerland, 2018. © Gunnar Meier & SALTS. 2018
Fido Dido, 207x183cm, 2017
Blablabla, 302x182cm, 2018
Ensemble, survivre maintenant, Performance at Palais de Tokyo, 2019
LE LUCKY. Hosted by Josep Maynou, HVW8, Berlin, 2019. © Trevor Lloyd
Leisure (exhibition view) Bombon projects, Barcelona, 2017
Leisure (exhibition view) Bombon projects, Barcelona, 2017
Leisure (exhibition view) Bombon projects, Barcelona, 2017
Leisure (Exhibition view), Bombon projects, Barcelona, 2017
Josep Mahoney, 2017
Josep Maynou at Beverly's, New York, 2017
Alpina Huss, Le Comunn, Geneva, 2018
POPULAIRE. Curated by Arielle Bier, LEHMANN + SILVA, Porto, 2018. ©Dinis Santos
POPULAIRE. Curated by Arielle Bier, LEHMANN + SILVA, Porto, 2018. ©Dinis Santos
Sunday Art Fair, (Booth view) Bombon projects, London, 2018
Supersimiterica, Matadero, Madrid, 2018
TWANG OF TEN, (Performance) Kismet, Munich, 2016
Performance at Material Art Fair, Mexico, 2016
!!! Frottage, graphite on paper, 70x60cm, 2017
Zombie, acrylic on canvas, 2017
The Ninja from Marrackech, acrylic on canvas, 2017
Untitled, 244x180cm, 2017
My Body doesn't like Summer (exhibition view) curated by Stephen Kent, Philipp Haverkampf Galerie, Berlin, 2018
My Body doesn't like Summer (exhibition view) curated by Stephen Kent, Philipp Haverkampf Galerie, Berlin, 2018
Nike, 212x178cm, 2017
Spritz
FISHERMAN'S FRIEND BLOWJOB, 228x177cm, 2017
The Ninja from Marrakech (exhibition view), Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin 2015

Josep Maynou’s multidisciplinary approach comes together as a form of contemporary storytelling that situates itself beyond the traditional art formats, often leading to installations in places such as TV repair shops, private apartments, abandoned spaces, laundromats or second-hand stores. His rugs, like his posters or his lamps are inevitably transfigured when they enter the space of contemporary art but, once again, they become everyday objects and props for his performances.

Josep Maynou (b.1980, based in Berlin) studied Fine Arts at UB (Barcelona), Facultade Belas Artes Porto (Porto) and Middlesex University (London). Past solo shows include ENSEMBLE, survivre maintenant (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2019), 13 (Idealfrühstück, Paris, 2019), LE LUCKY (HVW8, Berlin, 2019), The Return of the Junker. JM2000 (Bombon projects, Barcelona 2019), Populaire (Lehman&Silva, Porto 2019), Leisure (Bombon Projects, Barcelona 2017), Thing1, Thing2 (Broken Dimanche, Berlin 2017), Things: To do (Beverly’s, NYC 2017) or The Ninja from Marrackech (Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin 2015). Recent group shows include Hunter of Worlds (Salts, Basel , 2018), Black garden (Galería L21, Palma de Mallorca 2013), Alpina huus (Le Commun, Geneve 2017) or The inclination of the jungle (Junefirst Gallery, Berlin 2015). Recent performances include TIME (The Institute for Endotic Research, Berlin 2019), Pane Per Poveri (Laatrac, Athens 2017), Making Public Program (Fundació Tapies, Barcelona 2017) and Material Art fair (Mexico City 2016).