Miguel Ángel García López

MIGUEL ÁNGEL GARCÍA LÓPEZ (Palma, 1975).
"Beach in winter".
Oil on canvas.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 50 x 61 cm.
Miguel García López has to his credit a wide exhibition trajectory and recognitions. He alternates his professional career with teaching painting in Eivissa and Sant Josep. He considers himself self-taught, learning from classics and moderns to extract from it a personal work. Landscapes, peasants, Ibizan corners and whitewashed walls are some of his themes. Since 1999, when he was finalist for the Art Jove Govern Balear Painting Prize, he has received awards periodically. Here are the most recent ones: Finalist Present Contemporary Art Florence-Shangai December 2013; Finalist III prize of autumn painting Joven de Ibiza and Formentera, First prize of fast painting Ibiza, Selected XVI Contest of drawing Gregorio Prieto, Selected VIII International Contest of painting Joven Fundación Barceló, Finalist Art Contest Can Pou Ibiza. Among the latest group exhibitions include: Barceló Foundation. Palma de Mallorca 2006; La Mar, Exhibition Hall SA NOSTRA. Ibiza 2007; Jaime III Art Gallery, Palma 2008; Via 2 Art Gallery 2008; Pilar Gines Art Gallery. Zaragoza 2008; Espai Mallorca.com Art Gallery. Palma 2008; Gallery Plástika Ibiza 2009; Museum of the Mediterranean. Torroella de Montgrí. 2009; Es Polvorí. Ibiza 2009; Sa Punta d'es Molí, San Antonio. Ibiza 2010; Congress Palace of Ibiza and Formentera 2010; Paz Feliz Art Gallery. Madrid 2011; Oikoumene Art Gallery. Ibiza 2011, 2012; Ses Voltes Cultural Center. Palma 2013; Far de ses Coves Blanques, Ibiza 2013, among others. He has held solo exhibitions at Galería de arte Jaime III Palma de Mallorca 2008; Galería de arte Bassols-Balmes, Barcelona 2008; Galería Ebusus. Ibiza 2010; Can Jeroni Cultural Center. San José, Ibiza 2013; Abel Matures Foundation Ibiza 2013, among others. He is represented in private and public collections, such as the Fondo pictórico de patrimonio, Consell Insular de Ibiza y Formentera, Town Councils of Ibiza, San José de Sa Talaia and Sant Joan de Labritja. García López, skilfully handling palette knife and paintbrush, extracts subtle hallmarks of light in landscapes and portraits that lead him to transcend the insular typicalism to investigate the underlying sensory world.