Antón Lamazares

Antón Lamazares (Spain, 1954). Born in Maceira, a village in Lalín, Galicia, he works primarily in painting, though he also uses media and materials such as wood, cardboard, nails, and varnishes. His work explores Galician culture, the rural landscape, memory, and the expressiveness of materials.

His style evolved from expressive, figurative painting toward a more abstract and symbolic language, characterized by chromatic intensity and the physical presence of the materials. His body of work offers a poetic perspective on identity, nature, and history, and addresses the Spanish Civil War, Franco’s dictatorship, and repression through a concern for the struggle against oblivion. He also participated in the Atlántica movement, linked to the renewal of contemporary Galician art.

He has exhibited at the Palacio Almudí Art Center in Murcia, the Galician Center for Contemporary Art, and the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in New York. He received the Laxeiro Prize in 2009, as well as the Gold Insignia from the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Castelao Medal from the Xunta de Galicia in 2010. His work is included in the collections of Afundación, which holds seven pieces; the Reina Sofía National Art Museum; the CGAC; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid; and the Marugame Hirai Museum in Japan.