David Albert
PAINTER · CATALONIA · MMXXVI
El Perelló · Ebro Delta · 1975

Silence
as matter Contemporary painting from the Mediterranean

Three series, one discipline: making visible what is sensed. Glazes, sanding and impasto that translate the mineral light of the coastline into a restrained language. Original artwork in acrylic on canvas, in formats between 50×50 and 150×150 cm.

Le Port — David Albert
Le Port
Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 100 cm · 2024
Color isn't applied, it's discovered Memory of the Mediterranean Géométries en Calme Arquitectura del silencio I paint slowly Glazes upon glazes Color isn't applied, it's discovered Memory of the Mediterranean Géométries en Calme Arquitectura del silencio I paint slowly Glazes upon glazes
02 The body of work

Three series.
One same discipline.

Each series is a different way of asking the same question: what is the minimum needed for a painted surface to become presence? Mirages looks back, toward the light of memory. Géométries en Calme builds an order. Arquitectura del silencio raises a structure.

Oasis — David Albert
SERIES 01 · SINCE 2019
11 WORKS

Mirages

Landscapes of memory

Transparent glazes built up over weeks, sanding that reveals underlying layers, minimal impasto where the light concentrates. A visual memory of the Mediterranean built by subtraction: painting is revealing what is already there. Declared influences: Antoni Tàpies, Mark Rothko, the light of Sorolla filtered through Nordic restraint.

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Encaix — David Albert
SERIES 02 · SINCE 2022
6 WORKS

Géométries en Calme

The geometry that learns to fall silent

Blocks of restrained color, rigorous composition, minimal gesture. Each work is built from an invisible grid that the paint gradually denies until only what is necessary remains. Rothko's chromatic silence translated into the material language of the coastline. References: Diebenkorn, Kelly, late Bonnard.

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Silencio vertical — David Albert
SERIES 03 · SINCE 2024
8 WORKS

Arquitectura del silencio

Structure as chromatic score

Vertical exploration: the canvas understood as wall, as section, as architectural cut. Each plane of color holds a note — a sound only heard through long looking. The most recent and most austere series. Influences: Sean Scully, Agnes Martin, the Mediterranean in winter.

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David Albert's studio, El Perelló
03 The studio

El Perelló.
Ebro Delta.
Mineral light of the coastline.

I work in a high-ceilinged studio overlooking the Delta, fifteen minutes from the mouth of the Ebro. The light enters from the north; the floor is polished concrete stained with pigment. The walls have gone through many colors. Today they're white.

The studio isn't an industrial workshop — it's a space of waiting. Every work needs its own time. I work slowly, in long sessions, almost always with chamber music or silence. The sanding comes last: when the painting is already "finished," that's when it begins.

"I paint as if writing letters to someone I know won't answer. A work is finished when it no longer needs more layers to hold together."
DAVID ALBERT · STUDIO NOTES, 2024
04 Selected Works Active catalog · 25 available works

A selection of recent works

Mare Nostrum — David Albert
Mare Nostrum
2024 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 80 × 70 CM
3.020 € · Available
La piscine sans maître — David Albert
La piscine sans maître
La piscina sense amo
2025 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 120 × 90 CM
3.220 € · Available
El Raval — David Albert
El Raval
2025 · ACRYLIC AND LACQUER ON CANVAS · 100 × 80 CM
4.960 € · Available
Soleil de Dakar — David Albert
Soleil de Dakar
Sol de Dakar
2024 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 100 × 80 CM
3.460 € · Available
Soumeya's Sky — David Albert
Soumeya's Sky
El cel de Soumeya
2024 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 100 × 100 CM
3.530 € · Available
Ordre provisoire — David Albert
Ordre provisoire
Ordre provisional
2025 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 100 × 100 CM
4.670 € · Available
Forces en Dialogue — David Albert
Forces en Dialogue
Forces en Diàleg
2023 · ACRYLIC ON PANEL · 50 × 40 CM
1.840 € · Available
Port Vell — David Albert
Port Vell
2025 · ACRYLIC AND LACQUER ON CANVAS · 80 × 80 CM
3.550 € · Available
Insomni — David Albert
Insomni
2026 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 80 × 80 CM
3.650 € · Available
Nocturn Vertical — David Albert
Nocturn Vertical
2026 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 120 × 100 CM
5.830 € · Available
Silencio vertical — David Albert
Silencio vertical
Silenci vertical
2025 · ACRYLIC AND CHALK ON CANVAS · 80 × 60 CM
3.170 € · Available
Mosaïque Méditerranéenne — David Albert
Mosaïque Méditerranéenne
Mosaic Mediterrani
2024 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 120 × 90 CM
4.570 € · Available
El Born, la nuit — David Albert
El Born, la nuit
El Born, de nit
2025 · ACRYLIC AND LACQUER ON CANVAS · 100 × 80 CM
3.400 € · Available
5R1C — David Albert
5R1C
2023 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 70 × 60 CM
2.800 € · Available
Blue Drift — David Albert
Blue Drift
Deriva blava
2023 · ACRYLIC ON PANEL · 60 × 50 CM
2.160 € · Available
Oasis — David Albert
Oasis
Oasi
2024 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 100 × 100 CM
4.670 € · Available
El far de Cap de Creus — David Albert
El far de Cap de Creus
2024 · ACRYLIC ON PANEL · 50 × 50 CM
1.740 € · Available
Tramuntana — David Albert
Tramuntana
2025 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 60 × 90 CM
3.850 € · Available
Drassanes — David Albert
Drassanes
2025 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 60 × 120 CM
4.540 € · Available
Horta — David Albert
Horta
2026 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 120 × 100 CM
5.310 € · Available
Conversa — David Albert
Conversa
2026 · ACRYLIC AND CHALK ON CANVAS · 80 × 80 CM
3.650 € · Available
Encaix — David Albert
Encaix
2026 · ACRYLIC AND CHALK ON CANVAS · 100 × 80 CM
4.960 € · Available
Salines — David Albert
Salines
2026 · ACRYLIC ON CANVAS · 100 × 100 CM
5.200 € · Available
View the full catalog on Singulart (25 available)
Archive — sold works (7)
05 Artist's statement

The Mediterranean, the Ebro Delta and the mineral light of the coastline are my permanent working territory.

I paint slowly. Each painting is layer upon layer: a conversation between the material and the time that material needs to reveal itself.

I don't try to make the work mean something. I try to make it withstand: to hold up under a long gaze, the cold light of morning and the warm light of afternoon, the collector's eyes and my own when I see it again years later.

— D. Albert
El Perelló, Ebro Delta
06 Background

Exhibitions &
collections

Background
  • 2026 Saatchi Art — verified seller Identity and tax details verified · catalog published Online · Internacional
  • 2022–2026 Singulart — curated artist profile Active catalog of 25 works, worldwide climate-controlled shipping París · Online
  • 2026 Instagram @dalbertbcn — digital gallery Full catalog published and updated work by work Online
  • Fairs & galleries Art3F International Contemporary Art Fair (Barcelona, Bordeaux, Luxembourg, Milan) Van Gogh Gallery (Madrid) · Petit Atelier (Lleida) · work held in international private collections Europe
  • Since 1975 El Perelló, Ebro Delta Own studio · visits by appointment Tarragona · Spain
07 Acquire a work

Available through four channels

Each channel has its own logic. Singulart and Saatchi Art for international collectors, with worldwide climate-controlled shipping. Instagram to follow the catalog day to day. Direct contact and studio visits, for longer conversations.

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