Pep Duran (Vilanova i la Geltrú, 1955) has always focused part of his work on set design, a facet that enables him to create proposals and projects based on a highly personal way of understanding construction, representation and the space. His work fuses and intertwines the real and the fictional through the construction of theatrical settings.
His latest solo exhibitions include the project Sense escenari, sponsored by SEACEX (MARTE, Museo de Arte del Salvador) and presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (Costa Rica), the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama and Spanish Cultural Centre in Mexico; and Una cadena d’esdeveniments, seen at La Capella (MACBA, Barcelona). He has also taken part in such collective exhibitions as Art, dos punts (MACBA, Barcelona), Arco Madrid, +Erre Galeria; Haver fet un lloc on els artistes tinguin dret a equivocar-se. Històries, at Espai 13, Fundació Miró; Espècies d’espais, at MACBA; Carta de otoño, at the Alejandro Sales gallery; and Prosa del observatorio, at Rocío Santacruz Art.
He has designed sets for Truca un inspector, at the Teatre Goya, directed by Josep Maria Pou; Un mes al camp, at the TNC; Dispara / Agafa tresor / Repeteix, at the Teatre Lliure; Llibertat!, by Santiago Rusiñol, at the TNC; and Frank V, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, at the Teatre Lliure; and L’avar, by Molière, at the Teatre Goya, all directed by Josep Maria Mestres; Tu no surts a la foto, by Enric Nolla, at the TNC, directed by Antonio Simón; and El coratge de matar, by Lars Noren, directed by Magda Puyo, at the TNC.
His works can be seen in various galleries, museums and collections, including the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, MACBA, the Soley Collection, the Rafael Tous Collection, the Fundació d’Art Contemporani (Barcelona), the Government of Catalonia Art Collection, the Fundació “la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection (Barcelona), and the Banc Sabadell Foundation. Moreover, several of his public sculptures have been installed in such cities and towns as Barcelona, Las Palmas, Sant Boi de Llobregat and Vilanova i la Geltrú.
Biography written in 2016