Collaborative Painting

The Cabo Mondego Section of Portuguese Surrealism joined forces with an international group of colleagues for a two-hour collaborative painting session at the Fundación Eugenio Granell in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on the 10th of July 2025. Click to enlarge.

 

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Join me in Galicia for a remarkable exhibition!

I'm proud to be part of this international group show celebrating 100 years of the Surrealist Manifesto. You'll see several of my works including glasswork and collaborative pieces created with Rik Lina and "The Cabo Mondego Section of Portuguese Surrealism." Opening Reception: Thursday, 10th July at 7pm. Come celebrate a century of Surrealist vision with artists from around the world. I'd love to see you there! Fundación Eugenio Granell: Praza do Toural, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Click here to view recent coloured pencil drawings created in the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway, Gabon, France, and Spain.

Dive into the world of Jan Giliam – where art meets serendipity, mathematics dances with imagination, and every surface tells a story waiting to be discovered. Curious about the journey? Explore my artistic landscapes.

Rik Lina and Jan Giliam, working together as CAPA (Collective Automatic Painting Amsterdam), sparked new projects in summer 2024 with Beatriz Hausner and Allan Graubard.

"Baleia Sonhadora", a glass object by Jan Giliam on display at a group exhibition in Portugal
from October 15th @ the Departamento de Cultura de Paredes, curated by Miguel de Carvalho


"Na mira dos Espelhos"
Anos do manifesto do surrealismo 1924-2024

Miguel de Carvalho is an artist known for his work in surrealism, poetry, and collage. He is also the founder of the publishing house DEBOUT SUR L'OEUF edições surrealistas.

Panther portrait 2010. Assemblage - 65x40cm. On display at Saint-Cirq-Lapopie.
Collaboration between Rik Lina, Dave Bobroske and Jan Giliam


"MERVEILLEUSE UTOPIE"

From July 6 to September 7, 2024, the Paris Surrealist Group, in partnership with La Rose Impossible, is hosting the 19th International Surrealism Exhibition in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie.

Although part of the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto, it aims to highlight the ongoing vitality of surrealism, following Breton's death in 1966, and in the spirit of past exhibitions from 1938 to 1976.

The exhibition will feature contemporary works by artists from Europe and the Americas, as well as art brut and singular art, which align with surrealism’s imaginative power.

"Marvelous Utopia" recalls surrealism’s revolutionary principles — transforming the world, changing life, and rethinking human understanding (André Breton) — and emphasizes the emancipatory power of imagination, opposing the notion that surrealism is merely an art movement.

Surrealism today aims to re-enchant utopia as a space for individual and collective happiness.

Centre International du Surréalisme et de la Citoyenneté Mondiale
Maisons André Breton et Émile Joseph-Rignault
Le Bourg, 46330, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
France

A new performance by Jan Giliam and Rik Lina, dueling with the surreal technique of automatically listening to voodoo music.

The studio in January 2024 showing 3 paintings made in collaboration with Rik Lina (CAPA, Collective Automatic Painting Amsterdam)

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