Pere Jaume Borrell i Guinart, known as Perejaume, (born in 1957 in

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) is a

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contemporary artist. Of self-taught formation he takes clear influences of authors like

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, with whom he will share work mixing the painting and the poetry. His work covers a discursive plane of subject matter that includes humans' relationship with nature, the

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of the

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, and the reevaluation of

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painting. He has been exhibiting his work around the world since 1990 in such institutions as the

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in Bristol, England, the

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in Santa Monica, California and the

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in Barcelona, Catalonia. In 2005 he was awarded the Catalan National Prize of Visual Arts (granted by the

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), in 2006 the Spanish National Award for Plastic Arts, and in 2007 the Spanish National Prize of Graphic Arts.

Exhibitions

* 1984: "Postaler" * 1988: "A 2.000 metres de pintura sobre el nivell del mar" * 1989: "Fragments de monarquia" * 1990: "Galeria Joan Prats, Coll de pal. Cim del Costabona" * 1997: "Girona, Pineda, Sant Pol i la Vall d'Oo" * 1999: "Deixar de fer una exposició" * 2000: "Bocamont, Ceret, Figueres, el Prat, Tarragona i Vall" * 2003: "Retrotabula"

Published books

* 1989: ''Ludwig-Jujol. Què és el collage sinó acostar soledats?'' * 1990: ''El bosc a casa'', with

* 1993: ''La pintura i la boca'' * 1995: ''El paisatge és rodó'' * 1998: ''Oïsme'' * 1999: ''Dis-Exhibit'' * 2000: ''Cartaci'', with

* 2003: ''Obreda'' * 2004: ''Cims pensamenters de les reals i verdagueres elevacions'' * 2007: ''L'obra i la por'' * 2011: ''Pagèsiques'' (

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, 2012) * 2015: ''Paraules locals''

References

External links

Perejaume's poetry
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perejaume Artists from Catalonia Spanish contemporary artists 1957 births Living people People from Maresme