Juan Manuel López-Reina

JUAN MANUEL LÓPEZ-REINA COSO (Cuenca, 1953).
"Dream", 2024.
Mixed media on panel.
Signed and titled on the back.
Measurements: 81 x 65 cm.
Juan Manuel López Reina stands out for his multidisciplinary training, in which he has developed the study of different artistic techniques such as engraving or watercolor. Graduated in graphic arts and specialized in photocomposition, book and magazine design, he has completed his artistic training with different courses, among which stand out the engraving workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid and the Prado workshops with Francisco Molina, Jorge Pedraza or Salvador Antúnez.
His extensive knowledge of various techniques has led to the creation of a very personal style where he combines different techniques and a style that oscillates between abstraction and figuration. In the words of the artist himself: "A musician composes a melody by combining notes, according to certain relationships; a poet composes a poem by putting thoughts and words in good order; and a painter creates a painting by adjusting thoughts, shapes and colors in the best order" His work has been widely represented in important national art centers such as the Casa de Vacas in Madrid, the Victoria Hidalgo Gallery or the Cantabria House, among others. He has also been awarded several prizes among which are the first prize of the prado workshop in 2013, the first prize XXVIII minimalist art contest San Antón 2012 awarded by the free academy of arts and letters of San Antón and the first prize mira Madrid awarded by the Association of painters and sculptors in 2012.