Xavier Escala (Sant Cugat Sesgarrigues, 1975) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Santa Isabel de Hungría (Spain), where he completed his degree in sculpture. He continued his education at the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and developed the marble sculpture techniques at professional sculpture studios in Carrara. He learnt direct wood carving from the sculptor Aron Demetz in Val Gardena (Italy). In 2014 he began an artistic journey arround the world and in 2017 he married the artist Nina Murashkina.
Exhibitions
- Water drops on burning rocks. Mriya Gallery, New York. Oct 29- Nov 7. 2024
- Naxos. Unlimited Art Space. Nice, France. 28 May- 30 June 2024..
- Somniadors. Capella de Sant Joan. Vilafranca del Penedès. 15 September – 29 October 2023
- Dreamers, Test Gallery, Barcelona, 10 June- 3 July 2023.
- «Woman and man», Lavra Art Gallery, Kiev, 10th December 2021- 25th January 2022.
- «Time not lost», Biruchiy 021, Tourist information center Zaporizhia, Ukraine. September-Novem
- “Eternity is now”, Istambul, October 15-22. 2020. Curated by Polina Somochkina.
- «Exodus. Biruchiy 019. Montenegro», curated by Konstantin Doroshenko. Museum of History of Kyiv, 2019.
- “On the Top!”. Yermilov Centre of Contemporary Art, Kharkov, Ukraine. 1st November- 1st December 2018.
- Soliloqui. Sala dels Trinitaris, Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, August 2018.
- Forbidden Dreams. Arteria BCN gallery, Barcelona, Spain, September – October 2017.
- Sirena: Nina Murashkina, Xavier Escala. Art Penza Fine Art Gallery, 26 January – 26 February. Penza, Russia. 2017.
- Skulpturensommer. 21 June-21 September. Davos, Switzerland, 2016.
- Figurativas 2013. MEAM (Museu Europeu d’Art Modern), Barcelona, 4 October – 29 December.
- LXI Exposición de Otoño de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. Casa de los Pinelo, Sevilla, 6-23 November, 2012.
- L’Accademia al museo. Museo del Marmo, Carrara, Italy. 15-29 September,2012.
- Mostra didattica “Pittura Scultura”. Fabbrica dei pinoli, Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta, Italy, 4-26 June, 2011.
- XIV Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas “Universidad de Sevilla” Facultad de Bellas Artes, Sevilla, Spain, 30 January – 29 February, 2007.
- XV Exposición de escultura en bronce. Carnicerías reales, Priego de Córdoba, Spain, August, 2005.
- Exposición de talla en piedra y madera. Centro cívico Las Sirenas, Sevilla, Spain, 2-15 June, 2005.
