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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.
The 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 *1968 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 twenty years he is living & working as a 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 Europe.

Member of Sculpture-Network.

INDIVIDUAL  EXHIBITIONS:

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    «DECADE» – Coema – Málaga/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

2013    «0+2=1» with Gonzalo Nuñez – El Portal – Alicante/Spain

2013    «NO SPAIN» with Gonzalo Nuñez – Espacio Fore – San Juan Alicante/Spain

2012    «EXCERPT» – Hotel Huerto del Cura – Elche/Spain

2012    «DIÁLOGOS» – Gallery Sjengarden – Alfaz del Pi/Spain

2011    «LUCID SWAG» – Ateneo – Diputaciòn de Alicante – Alicante/Spain

2010    «SHORTCUTS & SPACES» – bauholz showroom – Alicante/Spain

2010    «EMOTIONAL THROWBACK» – Installation, rhizómate – Alicante/Spain

2008    SABORS – Sculptures – La Vall de Gallinera/Spain

2007    VITALEA – Sculptures – Alicante/Spain

2006    LA MAR DE RICO – s/t – Alicante/Spain

1985    «CAFE SCHULDSTRUKTUR» – Installations & Readymades – Munich/Germany

COLLECTIVE  EXHIBITIONS:

2021   EL REGRESO DE LAS GÁRGOLAS – Altea/Spain

2021   NOCHES MÁGICAS – Jardínes de Abril – San Juan de Alicante/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   III. ENCUENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE MEDITERRÁNEO – Alicante/Spain

2017   ARTSENAL – Málaga/Spain

2017   ARTMUC – Artfair – Munich/Germany

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

2017   HOMENAJE A MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ – MUCBE – Benicarló/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   27. KUNSTTAGE RHEIN-ERFT – Cologne/Germany

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

2014   26. KUNSTTAGE RHEIN-ERFT – Cologne/Germany

2013   FIARTE – Edición III – Feria Internacional de Arte – Granada/Spain

2011   ROTARY CLUB – Hotel Milenio – Elche/Spain

2011   FIARTE – Edición 1 – Feria Internacional de Arte – Granada/Spain

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

2010   FIARTE – Edición 0 – Feria Internacional de Arte – Granada/Spain

AWARDS & COMPETITIONS:

2021    EL REGRESO DE LAS GÁRGOLAS – Altea/Spain – 1. Prize

2016    Bacos San Miguel – Santa Cruz de Tenerife – selected work

2013    I. Certamen Francesco de Benedetta – Alfaz del Pi & AIAM/Roma – 2. Prize

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

2009    Premio “Ciudad de Palencia“ Creación Plástica – selected work/finalist

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

2009    XXI.Certamen de Fotografía Mutxamel – finalist

2009    XIV.Concurso ”Salon Pieza Única Burgos”- selected work/finalist

2009    IX. Certamen Artes Plásticas “Villa de Sax“- selected work/finalist

2009    I. Concurso de Fotografía » Sierra del Segura“ – 3. Prize & acquisition

2009    XI.Certamen Artes Plásticas“ José Lapayese Bruna“- selected work/finalist

2009    VII.Certamen Artes Plásticas Mutxamel – selected works/finalist

2008    VI.Certamen Artes Plásticas Mutxamel – selected work/finalist & acquisition

2006    IV.Certamen Artes Plásticas Mutxamel – selected work/finalist

2005    III.Certamen Artes Plásticas Mutxamel – selected work/finalist & acquisition

2004    II. Certamen Artes Plásticas Mutxamel – selected work/finalist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & PROJECTS:

2015/16    SECRET GARDEN – exhibition project with Percevall Graells (Spain)

2014    EQUALS BUT DIFFERENT – art project with Barbara Bouillard (F) & Jaume Marzal Canós (ES)

2013    0+2=1 lab – espacio expositivo – Bacarot/Spain

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

2012    SDH Ecole Chantier – formateur de restauration et forge – Sidi El Houari – Oran/ Argelia

2011    collaboration with Gonzalo Nuñez (Argentina), paintings & sculptures

2009   costablanca corruption project – glitch art with Dandy Tcheglov (Ukraine)

2007    ESPAIOFF – «Creación en la montaña», La Vall de Gallinera, – Alicante/Spain

2006    shsh ́s · somehandsomehands – art collective with Flavio Diaz Barquero (Mexico)

PUBLICATIONS:

2017   «Sphid·Phague·Glia», Ayuntamiento de Campello/Spain

2014   «Hans Some | Skulpturen» – Germany

2012   «hephaistos 7/8», 2012 – Germany

2011   «Lucid Swag – Hans Some», Diputacion de Alicante/Spain

2009   «hephaistos 7/8», 2009 – Germany