Miquel Barceló

Miquel Barceló is a Spanish artist, born in Felanitx, Mallorca, in 1957. His practice includes painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, book illustration, installation, and large wall projects. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Palma and spent a short time at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, although much of his career developed through self-teaching.

His style is marked by strong experimentation with material, color, texture, and physical processes of change. His pieces refer to the Mediterranean, nature, animals, the sea, Baroque painting, art brut, and his stays in Africa, especially in Mali. His participation in the São Paulo Biennial in 1981 and in Documenta VII in Kassel in 1982 helped him gain international recognition. His most important public projects include the ceramic work in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in Palma Cathedral and the dome of Room XX at the United Nations Palace in Geneva.

Barceló is represented in collections such as the Museo Reina Sofía, Centre Pompidou, MoMA, and Guggenheim Bilbao. His confirmed awards include the National Prize for Visual Arts in 1986, the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts in 2003, the AECA Grand Prize for the best living international artist represented at ARCO’03, and the Sorolla Prize from the Hispanic Society of America.

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