| Antonio Girbés was born in 1952 in Valencia,
Spain. In 1979 Girbés moved to Paris where he attended the American School of Photography. During his time there, he worked as an assistant to Horst P. Horst and attended the seminars of Reinhardt Wolf. From 1984 until 1990, he frequently worked and travelled as a press photographer. After 1990, Girbés chose flowers as his primary subject matter. He worked with flowers given to him as a present, ones he encountered in public, and especially those from his own Denia garden. However, Girbés soon changed subject matter after surviving a decapitation attempt. After this traumatic event, Girbés decided never to return to his house or garden and dropped his favorite floral theme. That summer, on the 100th anniversary of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Girbés was invited, along with various teachers and archaeologists, to visit the excavations at Ephesus. During his visit, he encountered the head of the ancient figure Aresteion, whom he would later call SPEECHLESSPRIEST. It was at this moment, Girbés has confessed, that flowers turned to stone and a new obsession entered his life. Today, Girbes recounts how one summer's day he left cutting flowers in order to cut off heads. This decision is evident in the thematic change seen in his work. He currently lives and works between Valencia, Paris, and Vienna. |
| Antonio Girbés - Selected Group Exhibitions | |
2012 |
Io sono, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) |
| Il fuoco della Natura/ The Flash of Nature, Salone degli Incanti -Ex Pescheria, Trieste (Italy) | |
2011 |
Real Venice, Monastero di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia (Italy) |
2010 |
Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) |
| C'est la vie! Vanités de Caravage à Damien Hirst, Musée Maillol, Paris (France) | |
| Passion is the Difference, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Fighting Flowers, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Still in Motion - The 10th Anniversary, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Roma (Italy) | |
2009 |
Impacte, Fundacio Vall Palou, Lleida (Spain) |
| Foro Sur, Galería Tomas March, Cáceres (Spain) | |
| Arco, Galería Tomas March, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
2008 |
Mois de la photo, Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris (France) |
| Singularités, Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris (France) | |
| MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| Arco, Galería Tomas March, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
| Art Verona, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea , Verona (Italy) | |
| Art Dubai, Aidan Gallery, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | |
| Mois de la photo, Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris (France) | |
2007 |
Art(verona, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Verona (Italy) |
| FNAC, Travelling exhibition C Photo Magazine, | |
| Foro sur 2007, Galería Tomás March, Cáceres (Spain) | |
| DFoto, Galería Tomás March, San Sebastián (Spain) | |
| Sin cuerpo, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Roma (Italy) | |
| Arco, Galería Tomás March, Madrid (Spain) | |
| NY C Photo Exhibition, Phillips de Pury, New York (USA) | |
| Faccia lei, Arsenale Novissimo Spazio Thetis, Venezia (Italy) | |
2006 |
X Biennale dell'Architettura di Venezia, Padiglione Italia, Venezia (Italy) |
2005 |
Fuoribiennale 2005. Attach the System, Different places, Venezia (Italy) |
| Sticker Night - One Night Show, Andrea Arte Contemporanea, Vicenza (Italy) | |
2004 |
Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) |
| Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) | |
2003 |
Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) |
2002 |
Angeli e Demoni, Portfolio in Piazza, Savignano sul Rubicone (Rn) (Italy) |
| Artissima, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Torino (Italy) | |
| Angeli e demoni, Festival Foto 2002, Savignano (Italy) | |
| The Mask - Il volto plurale, La Giarina artecontemporanea, Verona (Italy) | |
| MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
2001 |
Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Köln (Germany) |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
| Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Artissima, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Torino (Italy) | |
2000 |
Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa, Hiroshima Prefectural Art museum, Hiroshima (Japan) |
| Still in Motion, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo (Italy) | |
| Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo ( Japan) | |
| Liste, Aidan Gallery, Basel (Switzerland) | |
| Supermodel: Identity and Transformation, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Transfhorma, Casa de la Cultura Carmen Mantilla, La Habana (Cuba) | |
| Transfhorma, Iruñeco de Pamplona, Pamplona (Spain) | |
| Transfhorma, Pabellon de Mixtos, Menorca (Spain) | |
| Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Köln (Germany) | |
| Les 100 Sourires de Monna Lisa, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka (Japan) | |
1999 |
Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Köln (Germany) |
| Art Brussels, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Brussels (Belgium) | |
| Flora, Musée de Beaux Arts, Mons (Belgium) | |
| Flora, Musée de Beaux Arts, Mons (Belgium) | |
1998 |
Arco, Galería Lluc Fluxá, Madrid (Spain) |
| Se son rose fioriranno, Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto (Italy) | |
| Art Cologne, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Köln (Germany) | |
| Paris Photo, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Paris (France) | |
| Nothing But...Flowers, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Tranfhorma, Galería Lluc Fluxá, Palma de Mallorca (Spain) | |
| Art Frankfurt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Frankfurt (Germany) | |
1997 |
Summer Show, Galeria Anonimus, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
| Miami Art Fair, Monique Knowlton Gallery, Miami (Usa) | |
| Out of Eden, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (Usa) | |
| Arco, Galería Sen, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Artissima, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Torino (Italy) | |
| Kunstsalon, Oskar Schmidt, Wien (Austria) | |
1996 |
In Bloom, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, New Jersey (Usa) |
| Splash, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York (Usa) | |
| Kunstsalon, Oskar Schmidt, Wien (Austria) | |
| Horror Vacui, Galería Lluc Fluxá, Palma de Mallorca (Spain) | |
| Arco, Galería Lluc Fluxá, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Antonio Girbés - Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
2011 |
Delirious City, Ivorypress Art+Books Space, Madrid (Spain) |
2009 |
The Untitleds, Apropos Köln Gallery, Köln (Germany) |
| Somewhere, Real Monastero de la Valldigna, Valencia (Spain) | |
2008 |
Forbidden City, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Roma (Italy) |
| Gotham City, Aidan Gallery, Moscow (Russia) | |
| Forbidden City, Galería Tomas March, Valencia (Spain) | |
2006 |
Forbidden City, Aidan Gallery, Moscow (Russia) |
2002 |
Cabezas cortadas, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) |
| Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) | |
2001 |
El cuerpo del arte, I Bienal de Valencia, Valencia (Spain) |
2000 |
Rosen in der Kunst, Galerie Walker, Rosental (Austria) |
1999 |
Galería Canem, Castellòn (Spain) |
1998 |
The Untitleds, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) |
1996 |
Pre Primavera, Galería Berini, Barcelona (Spain) |
1995 |
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York (Usa) |
| Galerie Espace Swisse, Strasbourg (France) | |
| Antonio Girbés - Private and Corporate Collections | |
| Ernesto and Anna Illy, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Hubertus Hohenlohe, Vienna (Austria) | |
| Maria Rosa de Francesco, Lecco (Italy) | |
| Gabriele Henkel, Düsseldorf (Germany) | |
| Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt (Germany) | |
| Hans Dichand, Vienna (Austria) | |
| Elena Ochoa Foster, C International Photo Magazine, London (UK) | |
| Ute Funke, Montecarlo (Monaco) | |
| Estée Lauder, New York (USA) | |
| Dow Jones & Co., New York (USA) | |
| Carlos Verdejo, Valencia (Spain) | |
| Eva Chegini, Vienna (Austria) | |
| Dr. Robert Kugler, Klagenfurt (Austria) | |
| Colección Ernesto Ventós, Barcelona (Spain) | |
| Javier Cámara, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Egon von Fürstenberg, New York (USA) | |
| Maria Pujalte, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Fundación Argentaria, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Fundaciò "La Caixa", Barcelona (Spain) | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Bovet, Château de Vullierens (Switzerland) | |
| Gianni Agnelli, Torino (Italy) | |
| Musèe de l'Elysée, Lausanne (Switzerland) | |
| Ruth O'Hara Gallery, New York (USA) | |
| Luise Kiesling, Vienna (Austria) | |