"Trumpet Face" Painting

Iker Garcia Barrenetxea is a full time painter living and working in San Sebastian where he has his atelier. In June Gordailua (Provincial Government of Gipuzkoa´s Heritage Collection Centre) has bought a selection of works for the Art Public Collection. His work is distributed in Spain, Denmark Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, where he lived for 17 years and directed The Vyner Studio Artist Run Space (2010-2015). Focus Art Fair presents his work in France for the first time. Full Bio & CV available at QR Code. His works express the human being as an individual and as an active part of a society, moreover, a society that is made of many individuals. With the Soul Shelters Head Paintings (2019) he wrote: `Our eyes are witnesses of what we see outside of us and reveal what we feel inside of us´ and ´The face is like a coating that mutates according to experience`. He is interested in the concept of transformation that happens as a result of experience, both in people and places, and expressing the above through art, experimenting with different media. During July and August he has created an art installation at Augustenborg Project in South Denmark. He transformed an old mental hospital room into a conceptual art piece. His paintings are now available in Denmark with Director of Augustenborg_Project and Founder of Maxus101 Anthon Maxus. Interview at Canvas Tube (Canada) coming soon. Supported by Mundura Grant from Deputy of Culture of Gipuzkoa for participating at Focus Art París. My works express the human being as an individual and as an active part of a society, moreover, a society that is made of many individuals. Born in 1979 in San Sebastián, son of Fernando García Catalá and Mariaje Barrenechea Barahona. He comes from a family of artists that goes back to his great-grandfather T. García Aznárez (painter) to his grandfather M. García Asiain who left as legacy more than 600 works. Maternally, his grandfather J.M. Barrenetxea engraver and painter in his last years. ​ ​ 1997-2000 Studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Leioa Bilbao (UPV). 2002 Sells t-shirts with his drawings at Spitalfields Market, London. 2004 Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia-Fondo Bernardo Estornés Lasa includes his artist profile. 2005 Lives 9 months in Barcelona where he prepares the exhibition for the BAC!06 International Festival of Contemporary Art.