José Luis De Miguel

José Luis de Miguel is an abstract painter based in Spain.

An experimental approach to the formal elements of images is the true subject of his work.

Compositional schemes based on the relationship of overlapped organic forms make up the structure that allows formal elements to be the real protagonists. So the texture of the brushstrokes, together with chromatic harmonies and contrasts, luminosity and transparency grant to the paintings a symbolic value that remains for the viewer to interpret.

José Luis de Miguel conceives his compositions intuitively without making sketches but once he has started a new painting he continues over several sessions modifying the initial idea and adding layers, as in a picture editor program, that configure an increasingly complex painting.

Sometimes the pictures of the cosmos: nebulae, galaxies and galaxy clusters, are the source of inspiration from which he develop his process. In this series he does not try to represent the images in an iconic way. Instead, he interprets them, and finally there is only an allegorical or symbolic connection between the initial referent and the finished work.

In a wide variety of formats he has used acrylic on different supports such as linen, methacrylate, po...

MFA. Painting. University of Barcelona.

2023. The Starting Point
Presented by 8th Ave. Gallery
Dubai

2017. 34rd edition of the Focus-Abengoa International Painting Prize, Seville.

2015. Mudanza. Joaquín Roncal Center, Zaragoza.

2014. Postcards from the edge. Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York.

2012. Postcards from the edge. Cheim & Read Gallery, New York.

2011. Help, Hope, Health. H3 Concept Gallery, Paris.

Hope. Konstnärshuset, Stockholm.

2008. + Water ? Puerta Cinegia, Zaragoza. (Solo).

Young Art exhibition. Government of Aragón, Zaragoza. Huesca Museum, Huesca, Spain. Teruel Museum, Teruel, Spain.

2007. Art Arteries Project. Government of Aragón. Contazara, Zaragoza. (Solo).

Barbasán Gallery, Zaragoza. (Solo)

Oxygen. Art Arteries Project. Government of Aragón. AJE, Zaragoza.

Beatings. Art Arteries Project. Government of Aragón . Puerta Cinegia, Zaragoza.

Art Arteries Project. Joaquín Roncal Center, Zaragoza.

Young Art exhibition. Government of Aragón, Zaragoza. Huesca Museum, Huesca. Teruel Museum, Teruel.

2006. Young Art exhibition. Government of Aragón, Zaragoza. Huesca Museum, Huesca. Teruel Museum, Teruel.

2005. Young Art exhibition. Government of Aragón, Zaragoza. Huesca Museum, Huesca. Teruel Museum, Teruel.

2004. Art al Ras. Casa Elizalde, ...