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“At first impression metal shows itself to be the material of consistency and solidity, but it is also the material resistant to any changes.
 To create a sculpture from an unhewn block you have to employ a lot of energy and strength.
 This creative process is the continuous confrontation of the artist with the material.
 The essence of my work is this dialogue with the material reaching and exceeding its own limits.

The experimented resistance – the resistance of the object – is an essential character of the significant experience of personal truth.
 With this exploration of the resistant opposite you can start a dialogue and experience yourself.”

"Hans Some & sphid modular shell"-bio, 2014

 

Hans Some, Munich/Germany, had his first appeareance in public in the “Cafe Schuldstruktur” with several installations and readymades.

Discovering the inexhaustible possibilities of metal design and expression in the studio of the sculptor Stefan Herzog, Munich, on the basis of techniques like casting and forging, which has left its indelible mark all the way through to his most recent works.

For over fifteen years he is living & working as a independent sculptor with his family in Alicante, Spain, where he installed his studio in 2000.

Participation in individual & collective exhibitions in Germany and Spain since 1985.

His work is included in several public & private collections in the UK, Spain & Germany.

Member of Sculpture-Network.

 

INDIVIDUAL  EXHIBITIONS – selection:

2022   IT’S ABOUT WORDS & MUSIC · La Ñ · Dénia/Spain

2019   TWO/ME/TWO with Perceval Graells · Alicante/Spain

2019   POWER OF RHYTHM · ArtCasaAzul · Aigües/Spain

2018    INLANDS OUTSIDE · Klein-Schreuder Sculpture Park · Alfaz del Pi/Spain

2018    PRETTY VACANT · Galería Asombro · Cocentaina/Spain

2018    INSPIRED WORKS · BAHCOART Gallery · Calpe/Spain

2017    BABETT THEILE-OCHEL & HANS SOME · Crossover ArtGallery · Munich/Germany

2017     SPHID | PHAGUE | GLIA · Casa de Cultura · El Campello/Spain

2016     SECRERT GARDEN with Perceval Graells · Casa del Cable · Jávea/Spain

2014     SPHID DEVIANT · EAC La Barbera · Villajoyosa/Spain

2013     WERKSCHAU · 0+2=1 lab · Alicante/Spain

2012     DIÁLOGOS · Gallery Sjengarden · Alfaz del Pi/Spain

2011     LUCID SWAG · Ateneo | Diputación de Alicante · Alicante/Spain

2010     EMOTIONAL THROWBACK · Installation | rhizómate · Alicante/Spain

2010     SHORTCUTS & SPACES · bauholz showroom · Alicante/Spain

 

COLLECTIVE  EXHIBITIONS & ARTFAIRS – selection:

2023     ENCUENTROS · ARTE.44 Gallery · Calp/Spain

2022     ARTE ABSTRACTO · Gudz Gallery – La Marina · Dénia/Spain

2022     II. CERTAMEN DE ESCULTURA RAFAEL CANOGAR · La Roda/Spain

2022     PEOPLE · Gudz Gallery – La Marina · Dénia/Spain

2021     EL REGRESO DE LAS GÁRGOLAS · Altea/Spain

2020     SUMMER COLLECTIVE · B.ART · Alicante/Spain

2019     VI. BIENAL ARTES PLÁSTICAS ARTNOSTRE’19 · L’Alcoià-Comtat/Spain

2019     START’19 · Galería Leucade · Murcia/Spain

2018     NOCTURNAL · PH21 Gallery · Budapest/Hungary

2018     PREFACIO · Galería Leucade · Murcia/Spain

2017     ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE MEDITERRÁNEO · Alicante/Spain

2017     ARTMUC · Praterinsel · Munich/Germany

2017     ARTISTAS EN VITRINA · Calle del Teatro · Alicante/Spain

2017     KUNSTMEILE RODENKIRCHEN · Cologne/Germany

2017     HOMENAJE A MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ · Lonja de Pescado · Alicante/Spain

2016     AUS DER FERNE · Galerie Luzia Sassen · Windeck/Germany

2016     FIARTE Edición VII · DNA of Artists · Granada/Spain

2015     1. ANNIVERSARY · Art9Gallery · Moraira/Spain

2015     FIARTE Edición VI · Palacio de la Quinta Alegre · Granada/Spain

2015     EQUALS BUT DIFFERENT · ABBA-Centrum · Alicante/Spain

2015     DISEÑO AL PLATO · La Nau · Valencia/Spain & Milano/Italy

2015     KUNSTTAGE RHEIN-ERFT · Abtei Brauweiler · Cologne/Germany

2015     FIARTE  VI · Palacio Quinta Alegre & Galeria Cartel · Granada/Spain

2014     KUNSTTAGE RHEIN-ERFT · Abtei Brauweiler · Cologne/Germany

2013     FIARTE  III · Feria Internacional de Arte · Granada/Spain

2011     ROTARY CLUB · Hotel Milenio · Elche/Spain

2010     FORJA VIVA · Museo Marítimo de Barcelona · Barcelone/Spain

 

AWARDS & COMPETITIONS – selection:

2022   II. Certamen Internacional de Escultura Rafael Canogar · La Roda/Spain – finalist

2021   El Regreso de las Gárgolas · Altea/Spain – 1. prize

2013   Certamen “FRANCESCO DE BENEDETTA” · Alfaz del Pi/Spain – 2. prize

2011   IX. Certamen Artes Plásticas · Mutxamel/Spain – selected work/finalist

2009   Premio “Creación Plástica“  · Palencia/Spain – selected work/finalist

2009   XI.Certamen Artes Plásticas“ · Jiloca-Teruel/Spain- selected work/finalist

2009   XIV.  Certamen Arte No Morrazo · Cangas/Spain – selected work/finalist

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & PROJECTS:

2013    “0+2=1″  collective workshop with Gonzalo Nuñez (Argentina)

2012    SDH – Santé Sidi El Houari  · associate workshop instructor · Oran/Algerie

2007    ESPAIOFF  “Creación en la montaña” · La Vall de Gallinera · Alicante/Spain

2006    “shsh’s – somehandsomehands”  art collective with Flavio Diaz (Mexico)