*1992 in Berlin, D
Lives and works in Basel, CH

The paintings by Felix Kindelán are reflections of a healing process. Based on their contemporary abstraction and a baroque narrative, they represent insights into existential challenges of an emotional nature and how to overcome them. We all share these challenges within all of our existences, regardless of gender, appearance and origin. Felix Kindelán's work is literally about looking under the skin, deep into the core of existence. We recognize figures that represent mental experiences of inner healing and spiritual growth. The abstraction of the figures, based on the muscular structures of the human body, symbolizes the complexity of emotions and personality patterns. With their elegance in movement, their vivid depth and the baroque composition, the passionate painter breathes as much of his life into the figures as possible. Through the dramatic play of strong contrasts between light and dark, he echoes his great mentor Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The impasto application of paint reveals his enthusiasm for the expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Through the work of Francis Bacon, he understood how to use his own emotional struggles as a powerful source of inspiration. Felix Kindelán defines his style as Existential Baroque, a term he developed to proclaim his vision of a new direction in painting.

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2024
Duo; Kusasa Gallery; Zurich, CH

2023
Group; Meet the Artist; Netz Art Consult; Rheinfelden, CH

2022
Solo; Angekommen; Lakeside Gallery; Zug, CH

2021
Group; Ausstellung im Jahreswechsel; Lakeside Gallery; Zug, CH
Group; Ausstellung im Jahreswechsel; Lakeside Gallery; Zug, CH
Group; Abstrakte Schönheit; Lakeside Gallery; Zug, CH

2018
Group; Affordable Art Fair; ARTvergnuegen; Hamburg, D

2017
Group; Mixed Art Basel Vol. 8; Galerie zum Harnisch; Basel Art Center; Basel, CH
Group; Basel Art after Art Basel; Novum Investments; Basel Art Center; Basel, CH
Group; Affordable Art Fair; ARTvergnuegen; Hamburg, D

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