- 1965
born in manresa (catalonia/spain) - 1986-1991
studies in fine arts at the central university of barcelona among others, his teachers were prof. joan hernández pijuan and prof. xavier grau - 1991-1996
conservation and restoration of art - 1992-1994
doctorate studies in fine arts and art history at the central university of barcelona - 1992-1995
scholarship in research and fieldwork at the catalan centre of conservation and restoration - 2001
ph.d. in fine arts at the central university of barcelona. during his studies and his work in restoration of art, carles castel has developed his painting career in parallel - from 1998-2002
carles castel lived and painted in london - from 2002-2004
the artist painted and studied in osaka, japan - since 2005
carles castel has been living and painting between barcelona and berlin
his paintings are in private collections in europe, usa, mexico, brazil and the far east
- 1999-2013
blunden oriental, london (yearly exhibitions) - 2000- 2013
affordable art fair, london (yearly exhibitions) - 2004
metropolitan museum of art, tokyo (group exhibition) - 2010
fett 6, space for art, hamburg - 2010
merck finck & co. private bankers, hamburg - 2010
pigs, berlin - 2011
merck finck & Co, private bankers, hamburg - 2012
ballhaus pankow, berlin (group exhibition) - 2013
german association of the automotive industry (VDA), berlin - 2013
kunstverein kunsthaus potsdam (group exhibition) - 2014
german association of the automotive industry (VDA), berlin - 2015
spanisch embassy / hotel BARCELO, hamburg - 2015
spanish embassy / BAGL-art fair, berlin - 2016
cumberland house, zirngibl, law firm, berlin - 2016
bernheimer contemporary, berlin (group exhibition) - 2016
fashion week, bernheimer contemporary, berlin - 2016
checkpoint # 12 Ilgen, berlin (group exhibition) - 2017
installation, xantener str. 6, berlin - 2017
bernheimer contemporary, material boys & girls, part I, munich (group exhibition) - 2017
bernheimer contemporary, material boys & girls, part ll, berlin (group exhibition) - 2018
edmond gallery, berlin (together with Yoyo)
ai wei wei visiting carles at his exhibition in berlin 2018 - 2019
several private exhibitions in spain, u.k. and germany - 2020-2021
exhibitions paused during covid-19 pandemics
visiting the exhibition in berlin
additionally, his works have been exhibited privately in france, germany, hongkong, japan, mexico, spain, u.k. and USA.