Inazio Urrutia

Born in Bizkaia, in the small village of Erandio in 1948, he undertook his studies in architecture, construction engineering and building quality surveillance in several Spanish major cities. After completing his studies, he continued to improve and develop his knowledge in these fields -some in an individual manner and some working together with professionals from the architecture and engineering domains. It is during these years where he applies his background and improves his knowledge in art from a holistic point of view.

Early in his career in the Basque Country, he started a fine woodwork and in-house design company.

He emigrated from the Basque Country in 1979 and settled in Galicia where he developed the bulk of his artistic work until present, focusing and specialising in 'integral design' -incorporating in-house design, environmental architecture, graphical, industrial and object design.

His academic background in architecture and construction engineering along with his artistic sense, allows him to combine a free vision -almost anarchic- full of knowledge on materials, their behaviours, calculations and alloys, etc. thanks to his background in construction engineering and, on the other hand, a rational approa...