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Albacete, 1979
\r\nLives and works in Madrid, Spain<\/p>\r\n

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Graduated in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid<\/a>, with a final year at the Camberwell College of Arts<\/a> in London, he develops a body of work initially focused on drawing and painting, later also exploring video and sound.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Among his recent individual exhibitions are notable <\/span>Las cosas pasaron tan r\u00e1pido que result\u00f3 dif\u00edcil acompa\u00f1arlas<\/span><\/i> (V\u00edctor Lope Arte Contempor\u00e1neo<\/a>, Barcelona, \u200b\u200b2022), <\/span>Let the future be decided in small places<\/span><\/i> (Lariot Collective<\/a>, London, 2022), <\/span>El pasado habr\u00e1 sido un planeta extra\u00f1o<\/span><\/i> in Gabinete de dibujos<\/a>, Valencia, or <\/span>Hauntopolis<\/span><\/i> (CEART Fuenlabrada<\/a>, Madrid, 2020). Previously, his exhibitions <\/span>Conmigo llevo todas las cosas<\/span><\/i> (La New Gallery, Madrid, 2013) or <\/span>En la vida anterior<\/span><\/i> (Centre Municipal d’Exposicions d’Elx, Alicante, 2011) deserve mention.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Among the collective exhibitions in which he has participated, the most noteworthy are Souvenances<\/a> <\/i>(French Institute of Marrakech), D\u00e9voiler le monde<\/a> <\/i>(Christian Berst, Par\u00eds) and <\/span>Protection No Longer Assured<\/span><\/i> (Colecci\u00f3n SOLO<\/a>, Madrid, 2023), <\/span>Pan y circo. Arte y alimentaci\u00f3n <\/span><\/i>(Sala Am\u00f3s Salvador<\/a>, Logro\u00f1o, 2021), <\/span>Cuidado y peligro de s\u00ed<\/span><\/i> (Sala Am\u00f3s Salvador, 2021), <\/span>Animalista<\/span><\/i> (La Casa Encendida<\/a>, Madrid, 2016), <\/span>Otras tauromaquias <\/span><\/i>(Calcografi\u0301a Nacional de la Real Academia de San Fernando<\/a>, 2016), XII Gas Natural Fenosa International Art Show<\/a>, (A Coru\u00f1a Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012), or <\/span>Nulla dies sine linea<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>Contemporary Spanish Drawing<\/span><\/i> (Cervantes Institute Chicago \/ Freies Museum Berlin & Sangsang Madang Gallery Seoul, 2011).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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His work received the Best Exhibition Award at the 2021 Abierto Valencia<\/a>, the A Contempor\u00e1nea Award at Intersecci\u00f3n Festival<\/a>, First Prize at the 12th Gas Natural Fenosa International Art Show, and the prize at the XVII UNED Plastic Arts Edition, among other awards.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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His work has been present at national and international contemporary art fairs such as UVNT<\/a>, Estampa<\/a>, JustMad<\/a>, Art Madrid<\/a>, Arte Santander,<\/a> Drawing Room<\/a>, Art on Paper Amsterdam<\/a>, Luxembourg Art Fair, PINTA London, or FNB Joburg Art Fair.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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His work is present in both private and institutional collections, including SOLO Collection, Mac (A Coru\u00f1a Museum of Contemporary Art), Jardin Rouge Montresso Art Foundation or the UNED Collection.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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