Jaume Estartus

Estartús began painting as soon as can be expected from someone who considers our lives and the act of doing it inextricably linked. He always enjoyed success in both of his parallel careers, one in the medical filed and his artistic one. Earlier on his art shifted from realistic to abstract, always basing the work on the treatment of materials, textures, colors and shapes and beauty as the common thread, then evolved and both figuration and abstraction coexist. Death, the unknown, the soul, mystery, and anxiety about the speed at which our existence can end are themes that run throughout his artwork. He is one of the best representatives of contemporary painting, an existentialist capable of conveying the desire to seek the meaning of everything with his art and of reinvention with each series he creates. Dynamic, yet into psychoanalysis and introspection, he fully immerses himself in the creative process and uses materials as varied as oil and acrylic paint, grease pencils, wax crayons, graphite and Chinese ink, burlap, wood, synthetic fibers, tar, vinyl, corduroy, sand or metal on paper, cardboard, canvas, wood and metal plates. His works of art have been selected and curated by exhibitors around the globe.

He estudied fine arts, architecture and also medicine.

Jaume Mestres Estartus is an artist with more than fifty years of artistic production, and more than 15000 referenced works.

He has had thirty-five exhibitions in the main Spanish cities and Twenty-three international exhibitions in three different continents.

His work has been selected for important exhibitions such as "Grandes Maestros Españoles" in Art Madrid in 2013. Vicente Ferrer Foundation in Miami and Chicago, *The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art in Florida, Pomona Museum* in Los Angeles, Principality of Monaco (UNESCO) and Spanish Masters in Melilla (UNESCO) among others.

His work has been internationally recognized and is present, with permanent works in the following museums and foundations: Modernist Museum Can Prunera Fundación Tren de L'Art, Soller, Palma de Mallorca. Gafivare Museum, Lapland, Sweden. Arta Prahova Museum, Plolesti Romania. Network of National Museums of Romania, MUBAM, Museum of Fine Arts of Murcia. MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona. C.AC. Contemporary Art Center of Malaga. The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, Coral Gables, Florida. U.S.A. M.A.C of ABC, Madrid. Circle of FINE ARTS of the Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid. Embassy of Japan,...