Óscar Florit

Óscar Florit is an artist, interior designer, and gallerist born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in 1977. He studied Industrial Design between 1999 and 2002 at the Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny de les Illes Balears in Palma. Between 2007 and 2010, he exhibited in various galleries across Mallorca, Barcelona, and Valencia. His first solo exhibition, Soy de Plástico (2008), was presented at Galería Fran Reus in Palma while he was still an emerging artist. That same year, he participated in the group exhibition Keep off the Grass (2008), also at Galería Fran Reus. In 2009, he took part in Darwin al segle XXI: Art i evolució at Casal Son Tugores in Alaró, Mallorca, organized as part of the bicentenary celebrations of Charles Darwin’s birth. In 2010, he presented his last solo exhibition before a long hiatus, Felicidad Canalla, at Centro Cultural Andratx. In 2012, Florit founded L21 Gallery (now Proyecto Reme), a space dedicated to representing emerging Spanish artists and exploring new exhibition formats. One of the most notable examples of this approach was The Apartment, awarded at ARCO 2015, a project that transformed the gallery into a domestic living environment. After a twelve-year break from exhibiting his own work, Florit returns to artistic practice with a renewed perspective and, for the first time, outside of Spain. His upcoming project with Galería ENLACE in Lima promises to be an introspective journey that merges his personal and professional evolution. Over the years, Florit has developed a deeper understanding of his artistic practice, shaped by his experience as a gallery director and through his continuous engagement with artists and artworks. His distinctive visual language is characterized by circular, semi-spherical, and rounded-square forms inspired by stones shaped over time by the sea. These figures, which he often considers self-portraits, reflect both his personal and artistic development. Working with mixed media, Florit combines spray paint and acrylic to create fast, dynamic compositions that capture the essence of a moment.