Miguel Sopena

Miguel Sopena is an artist and photographer originally from València, Spain, but now based in South London.

Miguel felt the pull of art as he prepared to complete his doctorate in theoretical Physics at Sussex University in Southern England. Miguel started drawing and painting in his spare time, then combined writing his thesis with a 2-year, part-time Art and Design Foundation programme at Brighton City College. Miguel then completed a 2-year, skills-based portraiture diploma at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London, where he learnt in depth about traditional oil painting and the human figure.

Miguel is interested in many techniques and approaches, but at present he works mainly as an abstract painter, creating compositions in a broad variety of scales and formats. Miguel’s work shows a love for colour and the materiality of the media he works with, featuring highly visceral, dynamic mark making and Miguel’s trademark heavy textures. Miguel’s pieces are inspired by material as diverse as landscapes and cityscapes, childhood memories, stories, history and myth, and his emotional reaction to his surroundings and experiences. Whatever the initial concept, it’s the unplanned, instinctual process in the studio that shapes Migu...

The Heatherley School of Fine Art Diploma in Portraiture, 2013-2015
City College Brighton and Hove, BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design level 3, 2013
DPhil in Theoretical and Particle Physics, Sussex University, 2013

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Starry Night, The Stone Space, Leytonstone, London
2018 Sing, O Goddess, the Wrath, Tasarım Bakkalı, Istanbul
2018 A Tale of Two Cities, Matthews Yard, Croydon, London
2014 Form and Movement, part of Islington Exhibits festival, Islington, London

Recent Group Exhibitions

2025 Open Call Exhibition 2025, Tom Cox Gallery, London
2025 Square Mile Summer Exhibition, Crane Court Gallery, London
2025 100/50, Unit 1 Gallery l Workshop, London
2025 Ripple, with ArtCan, BobCat Gallery, London
2025 Art Now Fair, with Exhibit Here, Unit/08 Copeland Park, London
2025 The Ripple Effect, Artworks East, London
2025 Stillness, with ArtCan, Angel Central, London
2025 Abstract Echoes in Exploration, The Paxton Centre, London
2025 Day Dream, with Silver Can Art Studio, 253 Eversholt Street, London