Rafael Romero Masiá

Rafael Romero Masiá was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1953.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I think that my painting is eminently visceral; I am unable to paint if my body does not ask for it. If not, I prefer to read or do any other activity. I need to see clearly an idea, a stimulus (the sidewalks of Lisbon, a dream, a new technique or a new support) that excites me and pushes me to work. Then I usually do series of 40, 50 or 60 works, until I think the reef is over and the work becomes repetitive and boring. When the work becomes routine then I suspend and rest and wait for a new inspiration. Between one and another days or even weeks may pass.

I conceive painting as a game, I have fun painting, although sometimes, of course I also suffer, when I don't get what I want. I like to investigate new techniques and materials (methacrylate sheets, newspaper, cardboard-pen, wood, old worn fabrics) that work with all kinds of materials (oil, acrylic, pigments, glues, waxes, greasy pencils or watercolor pencils) that work with brushes, spatulas, sandpaper, cutter, etc. Depending on the type of work and the result that I want to obtain, also always thinking about its durability.

I pass without much modesty from figuration to abstra...

He has a degree in Fine Arts from the "Santa Isabel de Hungary" Faculty of Seville.

He subsequently studied landscape in Segovia with Professor Sánchez Carralero, and in Italy, at the Faculty of Fine Arts "Pietro Vannucci" in Perugia, studied engraving and painting.

Since 1982 he has been a Numbered Professor of Artistic Drawing at the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Compostela.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION

2018.- Jose Lorenzo Gallery, A Coruña, Spain.

2017-2018 H.Virxe da Cerca, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

2013 .- Bus Station Space, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
2013 .- Araguaney Foundation, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

2012.- H.Virxe da Cerca, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

2010.- Araguaney Foundation, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

2009.- Xeito Gallery, Madrid, Spain.

2008.- Metro Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

2006.- Ceferino Navarro Gallery, Granada, Spain.

2005.- Caixanova Art Hall, Vigo, Spain.
2005.- Coarte Gallery, A Coruña, Spain.

2004.- Paloma Pintos Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
2004.- Caixanova Art Hall, Pontevedra, Spain.
2004.- Borrón-4 Gallery, Cambados, Pontevedra, Spain.

2003.- Xeito Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
Trisquel and Medulio Gallery, Tui, Pontevedra, Spain.

2002.- Trebellar Gallery, A Coruña, Spain.
2002.- Room XIII Current Art, Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain.
2002.- Galerie Everarts, Paris, France.

2001.- Paloma Pintos Gallery, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

2000.- Xeito Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2000.- Visol Gallery, Orense, Spain.
2000.- Alameda Gallery, Vigo, Spain.
2000.- Efe Serrano Gallery, Cieza, Murcia, Spain.
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