Josep Pozo

I am Josep Pozo, born in Olot in 1971,
One of the characters that attracts me the most are the Geishas, those artists that for me have no defined identity, their identity is hidden behind a make-up. That is what I try to transmit in my works, because for me they are a mystical and magical character. My restlessness made me evolve the characters painted in the urban series, looking for the protagonism of the figure as the main theme in my works. That's where the geisha, the clown, the puppets, the musicians came up, simply because of an impulse, a thought at that moment. In what these characters transmit to me, I think they have aspects and qualifiers in common.
From this elegant woman, I am inspired by the feminine figure, her gestures and I am passionate about her attire with an infinity of colours and the contrast with her pale make-up.
In my works I use a mixed technique, as I work with different materials on a base of fabric or wood mainly, since being a rigid base helps me to be able to make collages with different materials and use products for its fixation.
One of the characteristics of this technique is the use of recycled materials collaborating with the sustainability of the environment.
I use discarded materials to make...

ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE:
Three years of artistic drawing.
Three years of natural model.
Three years of angular perspective with a diploma from the School of Fine Arts of Sant Joan les Fonts, qualified by a court of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Five years of natural painting.
Self-taught with the color palette.

EXHIBITIONS:

Various collective and individual exhibitions in civic and cultural centers of the province.
Fifth finalist of the first contest of young painters of the province of Girona at the Stadium Foundation in 1997.
2004 Poster of Fiestas del tura of the parish of Tura in Olot.
2007 Christmas Exhibition at the Tot Art gallery (Barcelona)
2008 MM gallery collective exhibition (Olot)
2009 MM gallery collective exhibition (Olot)
2009 Christmas Exhibition at the Fons D´art gallery (Olot)
2010 Exhibition in August Monterrey Hotel (Casino Costa Brava) Lloret de Mar.
2010 MM gallery collective exhibition (Olot).
2011 Crocodile Bar Exhibition (Olot).
2012 Exhibition BM Gallery (Vic).
2013 Exhibition BM Gallery (Vic).
2014 Exhibition BM Gallery (Vic).
2014 Exhibition Fons d'Art Gallery (Olot).
2018 Carré d'Artistes Exhibition (Barcelona).
2019 Carré d'Artistes Exhibition (Barcelona).
2019 I start working online with various platforms like SAATCHIART, SINGULART, ARTMAJEUR, ARTZINE, ARTQUID,