Xose Luis Otero

Like the majority of artists Xosé Luis Otero comes from a traditional academic background. Thus his first works were in the field of figurative realistic painting, where the main feature was the contour marked by a line or well defined color groups. Interestingly, he also produced​ a few sculptures of great quality but decided not to follow that path and focus on painting instead.

With time that line became more diffused and it was necessary for the viewer to stand back to appreciate the effect of what he had expressed with his brushes. The colors became gradually less strong, with more energetic and dense brush strokes creating a realistic, organic atmosphere.

The theme of his work focused on landscapes, mainly Galician. Lush, wet, covered by fog, the Galician forest was perfectly captured by this artist. He played in his paintings with the horizon line, with the absence not only of man but of any trace of his presence, with a blurred touch, which Otero supplied with excellent use of color and the gift the artist possesses in capturing environments and sensations.

Otero does not paint a “real” landscape. Rather his painting shows the limitations of the camera to capture the true essence of a place. The camera only capture...

SOLO EXHIBITIONS SINCE 2007

Camara Municipal de Porto. Edificio Axa, Porto, Portugal.

Caixanova Vigo

Xunta de Galicia. Madrid

Galeria Chicoria Vigo

Alcaldía de Vigo

Capitanía Marítima. Baiona

Concello de Xinzo de Limia. C. Cultural.Ourense

Casa Babot.Vilanova de Gaia. Portugal

Deputación de Pontevedra. Vigo

Centro Carlos Valcarcel. Deputación de Ourense

Comité de las Regiones CDR de Bruselas


GROUP EXHIBITIONS SINCE 2009

May 2015 | ARTBH , Modern and Contemporary Art Fair | Minas Centro | Belo Horizonte, Brazil

XV International Painting Award “MIQUEL VILADRICH”
| Torrelameu, Lleida, Spain

La Caja Art Gallery, Vigo

Itinerante Artistas Gallegos, Galicia

“Vinte na Quintana”. Santiago de Compostela

Irvine, California

Newport Beach, California

Centro de Arte Contemporáneo CACMALAGA, Málaga

Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno. IVAM, Valencia

Museo Teixeira Lopes. Vilanova de Gaia, Portugal


OTERO’S WORKS AT:

Primer Centenario Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO)

Colección Eixo Atlático do Noroeste Penínsular

Fundación Caixagalicia

Fundación Caixanova

Fundación Galicia Europa. Brussels, Belgium

Centro Carlos Valcarcel. Deputacion de Ourense

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