Miquel Navarro

Miquel Navarro is a Spanish artist (Mislata, Valencia, Spain, 1945), recognized for his contribution to contemporary Spanish sculpture. He trained at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia and began his career with painting and drawing, although from the 1970s onward sculpture took on a central place in his work.

His practice is known for the relationship between sculpture, architecture, and the city. Through materials such as clay, iron, zinc, aluminum, stone, and wood, Navarro builds forms, towers, bodies, and urban ensembles that function as imaginary landscapes. His installations and sculptures explore space, memory, desire, material, and the physical presence of the city.

His work is part of collections such as IVAM, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, the Banco de España Collection, and the BBVA Collection. He has presented exhibitions in institutions such as Museo Reina Sofía, Centre Pompidou, Fundació Joan Miró, IVAM, MACBA, and Museo Guggenheim Bilbao. His awards include the National Prize for Visual Arts in 1986, the National Prize of the Spanish Association of Art Critics at ARCO’95, and the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts in 2015.