Pedro Grifol

With meticulous technique and a love of detail, figuration characterizes most of his work, which, thematically, recreates images rescued from classical iconography, fabulous legends, and collective memory as a paradigm of reverie to recover the romantic heritage that still permeates our present.

His work, created with mixed media (where any material can suggest a new interpretation—for example, déjà vu), offer ironic details that bring us closer to the splendors of antiquity through an identity rooted in the anecdotal, the everyday, and the festive.

His characters, always prone to revelry, exude a sense of humor and rescue the eroticism of classical sources themselves, where there is room for playfulness… and invite us to evocation.

Self-taught

Pedro Grifol has held 25 solo exhibitions, participated in over 100 group exhibitions, and exhibited at international art fairs: ARCO (Madrid); ART/CHICAGO (USA); ESTAMPA (Madrid); IBIZAGRAFIC (Ibiza); Paris Biennial (France); ARTMadrid; ARTEXPO (New York/Los Angeles).

He has received numerous national and international awards for painting, drawing, and printmaking:
Painting Prize “V Ibiza International Art Biennial” (Ibiza, 1980)
National Drawing Prize “Antonio del Rincón” (Guadalajara, 1982)
International Printmaking Prize “Carmen Arozena” (Madrid, 1994)
National Drawing Prize “Gregorio Prieto” (Valdepeñas, 1995)
Manzanares City Painting Prize (Ciudad Real, 2003)
Cebreros International Engraving Prize (Ávila, 2005)
Colmenar Viejo National Drawing Prize (Madrid, 2009)
Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engraving National Prize (Marbella, 2010)

His work is represented in more than 20 museums and private collections worldwide:
Ibiza Museum of Contemporary Art
Fredrikstad Museum of Graphic Arts (Norway)
Caixa de Pensions Foundation (Barcelona)
La Palma Island Council Museum (Canary Islands)
Alicante Provincial Council Museum
Postal and Telegraph Museum (Madrid)
Juan March Foundation Collection (Madrid)
Tama Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan...