Jose Luis Fernandez

José Luis Fernández is a Spanish visual artist whose career spans more than four decades. Trained as a Forestry Engineer, he developed a structural understanding of nature and landscape that deeply informs his artistic vision, where analytical observation and aesthetic inquiry merge.

From an early age, he felt a profound attraction to nature in its purest state. The solitude of the landscape and the traces left on it by human presence have always moved him, compelling him to capture what he perceived as essential and to reinterpret that reality through a personal gaze.

Influenced by the painting of Sorolla, Monet, Pissarro, Cézanne and John Singer Sargent, particularly their masterful use of color, as well as by Picasso and Juan Gris for their abstraction and innovative ways of representing objects, José Luis Fernández has refined his own creative language. He focuses on building form through color to express what he truly wants to communicate and feel.

His constant pursuit of harmony has led him to an in-depth study of composition and color. Rather than merely reproducing what the eye sees, he seeks to transcend appearances and reveal a subtle emotion that transforms reality into something new, creating works that draw in the v...

• MSc in Forestry Engineering – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain.
• Independent Study and Research: In-depth exploration of 20th-century artistic movements and expressive currents.
• Specialization in Fine Arts Techniques: Advanced practice in Watercolor, Oil, Acrylic, Sculpture, and Printmaking.

Public Art & Commissions

• Metro de Madrid (Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas station): Instante. Sculptural mural in corten steel, copper and brass (25 x 3 m).

Public Collections

• Community of Madrid.
• Madrid City Council.
• Cultural Collection of Caja de Ahorros de Almería, Spain.
• Pedraza Town Council (Segovia), Spain.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2017 – Present | Tíltide Art Gallery, Madrid. Two solo exhibitions per year.
• 2016 | Agua Amarga Gallery, La Joya, Almería, Spain.
• 2016 | Castle of Carboneras, Almería, Spain.
• 2009 | MACMA 09 Art Fair, Centro Norte, Alcobendas, Madrid.
• 2008 | MACMA 08 Art Fair, Centro Norte, Alcobendas, Madrid.
• 2006 | Espacio Nobel Gallery, Vera, Almería, Spain.
• 2005 | ARTEFAMA 2005 Art Fair, Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain.
• 2000 – 2016 | Tíltide Art Gallery, Madrid. Two solo exhibitions per year.
• 1999 | Pedraza Town Hall, Segovia, Spain.
• 1998 | Merche Esmeralda Dance School, Madrid.
• 1994 | Mirart Gallery, Madrid.
• 1990 | Arte Prints Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain.
• 1990 | La Moraleja Golf Club, Madrid.
• 1989 | Cajalmería Exhibition Hall, Almería, Spain.
• 1989 | Eurobuilding 2 Hotel, Madrid.
• 1988 | Torr...