Jose Miguel Pino

José Miguel was born in Granada on August 15th, 1979, into a nature-loving family.
Influenced by the work of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, he joined nature observation
groups, where he discovered his special passion for birds of prey.

He put his dreams of studying biology aside, instead opting for a degree with broader
career prospects – IT. He worked in this field for years, however he always maintained an
underlying love of art. This drove him to enroll at the Granada School of Art, while kept on working.

After two years of artistic studies, during which he learned a lot about different sculptural techniques, he won first prize at the Robles Pozo Foundation competition with his final
exhibition piece “Chrysaetos”. This encouraged him to continue his artistic studies at
Granada University of Fine Arts.

After finishing his degree, for professional reasons, art was put on hold. It wasn’t until many years later that his family would publish some of the pieces that José Miguel had done during his
university period on social media. Seeing the interest that his work aroused, both
nationally and internationally, was a turning point for the artist and he decided to embark
on the adventure of making his two passions (scu...

Higher Technical Sculpure Degree. Granada Art School (2011)

Bachelor of Fine Arts. Granada University (2015)

Permanents:
Granada, Escuela de artes, Calle Gracia, 4.

Individual exhibitions:
- Jaén, Sala Moneo (antiguo Banco de España) March 3rd till Aphril 23rd 2021.

- Nerja (Malaga), sala C/ Almirante Ferrándiz, 14, Jun 10th till 25th, 2021.