# Serrano Bou

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{{Short description|Spanish artist}}
{{Infobox artist
| name          = Serrano Bou
| image         =
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| birth_name    = Quim Serrano Bou
| birth_date    = 10 May 1952
| birth_place   = [Blanes](/source/Blanes), [Catalonia](/source/Catalonia), [Spain](/source/Spain)
| known_for     = Painting, visual artist, spaces design, graphic design
| training      =
| movement      =
| notable_works =
| patrons       =
| awards        = Art director of Foundation Angel Planells
}}
'''Serrano Bou''' (born on 10 May 1952) is a Spanish [painter](/source/Painting) and [visual artist](/source/visual_artist).

==Biography==
Bou was born on 10 May 1952 in [Blanes](/source/Blanes). During his youth he travelled extensively on the Asian continent and lived in [New York City](/source/New_York_City)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saatchionline.com/serranobou|title=About Serrano Bou|publisher=[Saatchi Gallery](/source/Saatchi_Gallery)}}</ref><ref>[http://www.diaridegirona.cat/secciones/noticia.jsp?pRef=2009071900_22_344866__Ultima-del-dia-Nova-York-vaig-aprendre-encara-havia-daprendre-molt Interview in Diari de Girona],</ref> for over eight years during the 1980s. On 1990s he formed the social art group [Public Projects](/source/Public_Projects) with numerous urban and social art presentations. For over eight years he was the [art director](/source/art_director) of an [art foundation](/source/Foundation_(nonprofit_organization)) named after the Spanish surrealist painter [Angel Planells](/source/Angel_Planells), personal friend of [Salvador Dalí](/source/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD), where many contemporary artists, local and international, showed new and outstanding art creations and plantations.

==Work==
Besides his paintings, his art pieces include [art installation](/source/art_installation)s, [social](/source/Public_art) and [urban art](/source/urban_art) presentations, paintings with [metal](/source/metal) oxidation, [collage](/source/collage)s, [sculpture](/source/sculpture)s and [figurative pieces](/source/Figurative_art) of social content with [recycled](/source/recycled) plastics glued with silicon. Serrano Bou customizes each of his exhibitions, as he did in the summer of 2010 in a historic castle in [Lake Garda](/source/Lake_Garda), Italy. In 2005 he worked in [Miami](/source/Miami) with [Tony Goldman](/source/Tony_Goldman), of [Goldman Properties](/source/Goldman_Properties), on the exhibition that marked his effort with the [Museum of Contemporary Art](/source/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art%2C_North_Miami) in [North Miami](/source/North_Miami) to turn the warehouse [Wynwood](/source/Wynwood), Miami, into the art district that it has been for several years.

==Exhibitions/Collectors==
Besides his exhibitions and shows in Spain and abroad, Bou's work has been exhibited internationally in group and solo, including New York City, [Mexico](/source/Mexico), [Basel](/source/Art_Basel), [Monaco](/source/Monaco), [Italy](/source/Italy), [Dubai](/source/Dubai), [Cadaques](/source/Cadaques),<ref>[http://www.elpunt.cat/noticia/article/5-cultura/19-cultura/63231-serrano-bou-treu-a-passejar-el-seu-lanimal-pictoricr-per-cadaques.html] ''Exhibition in Cadaques, July 2009.''</ref> among others. His work has been collected by private and public institutions including Goldman Properties, [Prudential-Bache Securities](/source/Prudential_Securities), Contemporary Art Museum of Girona and CDAN Beulas Art Foundation.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://publicpr.pangea.org/ Public Projects]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110201232100/http://quimserranobou.com/ Serrano Bou website]

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Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:Spanish artists
Category:People from Selva

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