José Antonio Torregar

I always remember myself painting, since I was really young I have been playing with pencils and paints. My first solo exhibition took place the day of my tenth birthday, and there were over 40 paintings that I did when I was seven, eight and nine years old. I have always been fascinated by those magnificent paintings showed in museums, and that liturgical feeling I had when I looked at them. For me that was almost a ritual, being able to get their beauty, with silence as my only partner. I had the feeling that those works were asleep and only woke up when I stared at them. It seemed absolutely amazing being able to go beyond the physical presence of the artist. That is why, after maturing a bit, I wanted to try to do it myself. All the children paint and draw when they are young, actually I never had to take any decision about it, I just never stopped doing it.
Analysing my work by series, due to the constant artistic changes both in my style and the means I use, I consider it to be beyond the concept of evolution in its classical way. It may seem that discontinuity and gaps mean a break on any apparent linearity in my production. But if my work is analysed as a whole, you can look deeper and see the essential topics of my work. ...

Lawyer in Fine Arts by the Faculty of San Carlos. Polytechnical University of Valencia.4ª Course
in the Accademia di Belle Arti of Venice. Italy. He is currently an professor of painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Murcia

ONE PERSON SHOWS:
2022 Monte Pacis - kaunas, Lithuania
Faculty Fine Arts. Kaunas,
2021 Cristo de la Sangre Museum. Murcia
Faculty Fine Arts. Murcia
2019 Fuente Álamo Museum.
2018 Jaén Museum.
Town Hall. Mazarrón
MURAM. Regional Museum of Modern Art. Cartagena.
2016 Paper Museum. Fabriano. Italy
Meno Forma Gallery. Kaunas. Lithuania.
Monte Pacis. Kaunas. Lithuania.
Klaipėdos Gallery. Klaipėda. Lithuania.
Mula Museum. Convent of San Francisco. Murcia
2015 Ramón Gaya Museum. Murcia
CajaMurcia Foundation. Lorca. Murcia.
Kartón Gallery. Huércal-Overa. Almería.
2014 CajaMurcia Foundation. Madrid.
2013 Leucade Gallery. Murcia
Huerto Ruano Palace. Lorca.
Antonio Gala Foundation. Córdoba.
2012 Pedro Cano Foundation. Blanca.
2011 Casa Pintada Foundation. Mula.
Jaén Museum. Jaén.
2010 El Jardín Exposition Center. Molina de Segura.
2009 Jaén Museum. Jaén.
MUM. Museum of the University of Murcia.
DEARTE. Spanish Galleries Fair. Madrid.
2008 El Camarote. Ciudad Real.
Babel Gallery. Murcia.
2007 San Roque Hermitage. Fuente Álamo de Murcia.
2006 San Esteban Church Exhibitions Center. Murcia.
Babel Gallery. Fotoencuentros . Murcia.
2005 Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center. Torrevieja.
Caja Murcia...