Curro González

Curro González is a Spanish contemporary artist born in Seville in 1960. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he studied painting and printmaking. Throughout his artistic career, he has developed his own unique language and a great ability to combine elements of Pop Art, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. In the 1980s, Curro González began exhibiting his work in galleries and museums throughout Spain, and his work became increasingly well-known and recognized in the artistic world. In the 1990s, his work evolved toward a more expressionist and gestural style, in which color and matter took center stage. In his work, González uses a wide variety of techniques and materials, such as oil paint, watercolor, collage, printmaking, and sculpture. His works are often populated by a series of characters that are repeated and transformed in different works, such as the "Fly Man" or the "Butterfly Woman." Throughout his career, Curro González has received numerous awards and recognitions, such as the National Prize for Plastic Arts in 2002 and the Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts in 2006. Furthermore, his work is part of important public and private collections around the world, such as the collection of the Reina Sofía Art Center in Madrid. Today, Curro González continues to work in his studio in Seville and continues to exhibit his works in galleries and museums around the world. His work remains some of the most original and recognized on the contemporary Spanish art scene.