Paco Vila Guillen

PACO VILA GUILLEN
I was born in Spain in 1965. My work is about abstract patterns and automatic drawing. All that nature offers has always attracted me. Looking very closely at the surface and the inside of plants, algae, fungi, rocks all kind of natural things, alive or not, brings us an infinite world of patterns, forms and shapes. An artistic mind can find all of those hidden clues and unveil them to create beautiful things that bring the viewer joy. I consider the artist a kind of translator of that unknown language that it is everywhere and in everything, making it accessible to the public. You can see my work in official and private collections all over Spain, and private collections worldwide.

Siempre me ha atraído lo que la naturaleza nos ofrece. Vistas de cerca las superficies de plantas, algas, hongos, líquenes y todo tipo de pequeños seres vivos nos provee de un infinito mundo de patrones, formas y colores. Creo que el artista es la persona que puede encontrar las pistas ocultas y desvelarlas para ofrecer compresión y belleza al espectador. Es decir, el artista sería el traductor de ese idioma oculto que está en todas partes".

PRIZES WON
2021 Runner-up award IV artist's book Móstoles, Madrid.
2020
First prize III visual poetry contest, Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, Córdoba.
Selected II Bienal Mª Isabel Comenge, Museum las Atarazanas , Valencia
2019 Finalist Prize Senyera of arts Council of Valencia.
Accésit V artis's book contest council of Móstoles, Madrid.

2017
Prize to artist's book, Cultural center, Móstoles, Madrid.
Valbusenda winery art competition finalist
Prize A2 in the DCOOP painting contest. Sevilla Spain.
2016
First prize of the XV international experimental poetry contest of the Badajoz provincial county, Spain.
Adquisition prize XV biennal "la gastronomia y la pintura" Casa Consuelo Otur- Valdés asturias. Spain
2015 First prize international art contest IDEABORN 2015, Barcelona.
First prize XXXV Art Biennal de pintura City of Moncada, Valencia.Spain
2013 Mention of honour in visual art Foundation Arena, Barcelona Spain
S econd prize Valbusenda art contest , Toro, Zamora. Spain
2012 First prize painting contest villa de Chiva Valencia. Spain
First prize national art contest of the College of Veterinary officer of Zaragoza, Spain
adquisition prize in the XXX art contest of Bolaños, Ciudad Real...

2020 II Biennal Mª Isabel Comenge. Royal Medieval dockyards of Valencia from 21th of october to 10th of january 2021.
2019 january, collective of artists "12 islands" in the Altillo de MIralindo. Valencia.
2018 Fine arts circle. Valencia. exhibition of the of Rotary club Valencia centro II artprize. the Galeria ARTiOCI, Valencia.
2017 Espai d'art ARPELLA; Muro de Alcoy, Alicante, Spain from june the 23th to july the 30th
Reproductions of my colourful work display in some GIRAFFE restaurants in UK and Black and White graphic sketch can be found in the WILLIAMS-SONOMA stores.
Large list of exhibitions in town halls, culture venues and museums all over Spain. Since 1990