About
Bert van Zetten, Nemo Jantzen, Marcel and Jutta Huisman founded Villa del Arte Galleries in Barcelona in 1996. Their combined commitment, and passion for art, together with a unique approach and willingness to exhibit some lesser-known artists has contributed to an ever-changing contemporary collection of a consistently high standard.
Over time Villa del Arte has developed into one of Catalonia’s leading contemporary art galleries. The gallery represents over 30 national and international, established and emerging painters, photographers and sculptors.
Villa del Arte remains dedicated to the further development of the Barcelona exhibition space through homegrown projects. Our solo and collective exhibitions are held in our own gallery space and at times in conjunction with the Museu Diocesà (Barcelona). Simultaneous to this we are currently in the process of opening a new and exciting Amsterdam space which will enable us to hold dual and solo exhibitions as well as providing Villa del Arte with greater capabilities to showcase new talent.
In 2006 after concentrating our focus on Spain, we participated in our first international art fair. Following this success we have since continued our international trajectory with numerous exhibitions, boutique fairs and renowned art fairs such as Context Art Miami, Art Chicago, Art London, Art Stage Singapore, AAF NYC, FADA (Los Angeles), New Art Fair (France), Scope Basel, Asia Contemporary Art Show, Houston Fine Art Fair, Art Hamptons, Art Taipei, Art Palm Beach, LA Art Show, Contemporary Istanbul, India Art Fair and Art Toronto.
This constant travel provides beneficial opportunities by way of bringing exciting fresh international artists into our collection, whilst simultaneously gaining a close up view of new artistic directions that are then often reflected in the permanent central Barcelona exhibition space.
REPRESENTED ARTISTS:
Fernando Adam , Francisca Ahlers, Fernando Alday, Emil Alzamora, Kris Baum, Jacqueline Bozon, Lluís Cera, David Datuna, Chelsea Davine, Karenina Fabrizzi, Tim Garwood, Alex Goufeng Cao, Peter Hiemstra, Mari Ito, Eline de Jonge, Christiaan Lieverse, Anja Luithle, Serge Mendjisky, Claudia Meyer, Claudio Napolitano, Françoise Nielly, Julio Nieto, Juan Pajares, Joan Peris, Jean-François Rauzier, Claude Roegiers, Willy Rojas, Ekaterina Smirnova, Tomàs Sunyol, Antonio Tamburro, Johan Thunell, Pancho Tolchinsky, Lukas Ulmi, Montse Valdés, Peter Wastell, Myoung Wook, Stephen Zirwes.
