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H2O Galleryis an art gallery founded un 1989 by Joaquim Ruiz Millet and Ana Planella  as a space for architecture, design, photography and contemporary art approaches.

History
The Gallery was inaugurated in 1989 with the Dutch architect Ben van Barkel's exhibition, "Arquitectura de la ambidexteridad", and it'ls located in a modernist building in Barcelona's Gràcia district, on Verdi Street. The gallery has exhibited artists like the architects Barba Corsini and Artigues & Sanabria; the photographers Alberto García-Alix (Photography National Award in 1999), Miguel Trillo and Dona Ann McAdams;  The Gallery was inaugurated in 1989 with the Dutch architect Ben van Barkel's exhibition, "Arquitectura de la ambidexteridad",  and it'ls located in a modernist building in Barcelona's Gràcia district, on Verdi Street. The gallery has exhibited artists like the architects Barba Corsini and Artigues & Sanabria; the photographers Alberto García-Alix (Photography National Award in 1999), Miguel Trillo and Dona Ann McAdams;  or the designers Martí Guixé,  Ana Mir and Curro Claret.

An important episode in his trajectory was the recovery of the furniture made by the architect Barba Corsini for the Gaudi’s La Pedrera attics, in 13 apartments. H2O reissued a few of those and dedicated a catalogue to Corsini’s masterpieces done between 1953 and 1994.

Publishing house
Since 1995 H2O is an art and literature publisher and has issued books like architects monographs Artigues & Sanabria or Espinet/Ubach, photo-books like Alberto García-Alix’s Autorretratos or Miguel Trillo’s Parejas y Placeres, and the Marti Guixe’s design book, Food Design.

In addition, on a narrative area the gallery published the gallery’s owner and writer Ana Planella’s books, La Reina de Cartago and Paula dos Pulgares, and Joaquim Ruiz Millet’s stories books about the urban periphery teenager’s world, No me rayes (first volume)  and Sabotaje: Arte/Adrenalina (second volume).

Design
Since its opening, on a design area the gallery has produced objects associated with its activity: lamps, child gadgets, books and jewellery.

It began in 1991 with historical design pieces reissued like architect Barba Corisin’s furniture, made for the Gaudi’s La Pedrera attics. The Pedrera Collection consists of a pedestal lamp, a bench, an overlay and a chair (which is permanently exposed in the Design Museum of Barcelona).

The gallery also has produced objects like the H2O chair, the Flamp lamp, Marti Guixe’s Autoband child game, Ana Mir’s Hair Disguiser or Curro Claret’s Malla fruit bowl.

In 2002 the H2O Gallery has won a FAD medal.

Publications
"Les idiotes" Collection


 * El niño que amaba sus pies de pato (2001
 * Confidencias de un maletín de autopsias (2003)
 * No me rayes (2003)
 * Hablarlo (2004)
 * El engaño de dios (2004)
 * Crucigrama (2006)
 * La reina de Cartago (2006)
 * Sabotaje: Arte / Adrenalina (2016)

"La Bruna está contenta"


 * Robavientos (2002)
 * Paula dos pulgares (2006)

"24 x 17" Collection


 * Arquitectures (1993)
 * Arquitectura / Architecture (1996)
 * Manipulación mecánica de la fantasía (1998)
 * Fish Futures (1998)
 * Bodas / Weddings 1979-1999 (1999)
 * El Proyecto TumbleTruss / The TumbleTruss Project (2000)
 * EX MACHINA (2000)
 * Autorretratos / Self-Portraits (2001)
 * Food design (2003)
 * umd/c (2006)
 * Parejas y placeres / Couples & pleasures (2008)
 * Cants a la natura (2010)

"28 x 23" Collection


 * Barba Corsini, Arquitectura Architecture 1953-1994 (1995/2001)