Javier Mayoral

Born in Spain in 1961, Javier Mayoral emigrated to the United States at the age of 28, then moved to Miami in 2004, where he now lives and works.

This self-taught painter worked in various jobs, including chef, advertising illustrator, and dealer in erotic photographs, before spreading his art of living through small acrylic paintings on wood, inspired by the tradition of Mexican ex-votos and 20th-century popular culture. Between ultra-lounge parties, surreal barbecues, torrid encounters, and improbable road trips, a whole gallery of indescribable characters parade before us, most often flanked by their equally priceless pets. In a series of comical scenes, the average American raves about the joys of modern comfort, desperate housewives converse with Jean-Paul Sartre, and the King himself comes to bless the suburban suburbs.

A prolific artist, Javier Mayoral is said to have produced more than ten thousand paintings since 2007! Initially intended to cheer up those around him, his works have been featured in several exhibitions in Germany since 2013, following the publication of a book by Lappanart. With the arrival in 2015 of Pulpbrother, the artist's alter ego on social media, his daily vignettes have gone viral, bringing his co...

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-2013 Book Release Exhibition in Berlin, Ocelot Bookstore.
-2013 Exhibition in Kassel, Caricatura Gallery.
-2013 Exhibition in Hamburg, Atelier Löwenherz.
-2013 Exhibition in Freiburg, Lappan Editions.
-2013 Group Show in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Good Eye Gallery.
-2013 Exhibition in Heidelberg. Lappan Editions.
-20|4 Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Walter Moreira Gallery.
-2014 Exhibition in Heidelberg Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Heidelberg
-2014 Exhibition in Freiburg, Carl Schurz House
-2014 Group Show in Hannover, Wilhelm Busch Museum.
-2014 Group Show Auction in Philadelphia, Material Culture.
-2014 Group Show in Red Bank NJ, Detour Gallery.
-2015 Group Show in Marburg, Kunsthalle Marburg.
-2015 Рор-up Group Show in NYC Curated by Steven Jenkins at Frameless.
-2015 Group Show Auction in Philadelphia, Material Culture
-2015 Group Show in Göttingen, Altes Rathaus.
-2015 Exhibition in Hannover,
-2015 Exhibition in Wels (Austria), Medien Kultur Haus.
-2016 Group Show in Jena, Romantikerhaus.
-2016 Group Show Miami Art Basel, Untitled / De Chiara Projects.
-2016 Pop-up Group Show in NYC Curated by Steven Jenkins Gansevoort Meatpacking.
-2016 Group Show Auction in Philadelphia, Material Culture.
-2016 Group Show in Lancaster, UK, ...