Juan Carlos Noria aka Royal (Barcelona, Spain), Third Eye, Collage, Ink, Watercolor, Spray Paint, Marker, Vintage publication, 2004, $300 GIFTED (no longer available) Juan Carlos Noria (Barcelona, Spain), Ink Pen on Padded Shipping Envelope, Measures 10.5 x 14 inches. Tagged by the artist in the nineties & given to me in the nineties. (front view) GIFTED (no longer available) Juan Carlos Noria aka Royal (Barcelona, Spain), Ink Pen on Padded Shipping Envelope, Measures 10.5 x 14 inches. Tagged by the artist in the nineties & given to me in the nineties. (back view). Private Collection. Juan Carlos Noria (Barcelona, Spain), Actuaciones, 2014, 48 x 93cm / 41.5 x 23.5 inches with frame. Spray paint and acrylic on paper. $800 Framed (shadowbox frame by Patrick Gordon Framing) Juan Carlos Noria aka ROYAL aka DIXON (Barcelona, Spain), Untitled, 2017, Acrylic on Found Plywood, 40 x 40 inches. $650. Juan Carlos Noria aka ROYAL aka DIXON (Barcelona, Spain), Untitled, 2017, Acrylic on Found Plywood, 40 x 40 inches. $650. Juan Carlos Noria aka ROYAL aka DIXON (Barcelona, Spain), Untitled, 2017, Acrylic on Found Plywood, 40 x 40 inches. $650. 'Spanish Style'. 161 x 161cm (63 x 63 inches), spray paint and acrylic on canvas. $2600. The piece speaks of Spanish society 'taking it in the ass.' There are references to bullfights, religion and the Guardia Civil that was the fascist police from Franco's era, still active. 
'Spanish Style'. (detail) 'Spanish Style'. (detail) 'Spanish Style'. (detail) 'Spanish Style'. (detail) 'Spanish Style'. (detail) 'Spanish Style'. (detail) 'Spanish Style'. (detail) Juan Carlos Noria aka ROYAL (Barcelona, Spain), Daggers & Money Bag, 2006, Ink & collage on found Vintage Acupuncture Illustration. Given to a friend. Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Juan Carlos Noria aka ROYAL (Barcelona, Spain), 'I outta fuck you up', 2006, Ink & collage on found Vintage Acupuncture Illustration, $325. Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold) Private Collection. (sold)

Juan Carlos Noria, Barcelona, Spain

A confluence of cultures and contradictions Juan Carlos Noria is a fresh proponent of the visual art scene in Ottawa, Canada. Born in Caracas, Venezuela he carries his Latin American sensibility on his sleeve. As a teen growing up in Canada, he became an accomplished figure skater. Grace and lines were an obsession. So, too were his ideas of subversion. He fell out of skating after hitting the rigid class structure of the sport, finding comfort (and discomfort) in visual art, on the streets with a paint can, postering, skateboarding, fleeing police. A strange opportunity then came. A world tour with Disney on ice. It heightened his sense of absurdity, humor and anger, sharpened his visual and social awareness.
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True to his subversive nature, he undercuts his own personality allowing himself to explore two other personas and visual styles. He has been influenced by his contemporaries Mark Marsters, Pat Thompson and Dave Cooper. Yet, he is himself-singular Juan. He is without pretense, full of concern for others, quick to laugh and quicker to paint something ripe.

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