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Montoro (Córdoba), 1955. Graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Seville in 1979, receiving the Extraordinary Award as the Top Student of His Graduating Class. Professor of Drawing at secondary education level (1983).
A painter, sculptor, and printmaker, he has created several large-scale sculptures installed in public spaces, including Vigía in Montoro (Córdoba); Árbol in Parque Centro, Alcalá de Guadaíra, Seville; Monumento al Aceite at Centrifugación Alemana, Polígono de los Olivares, Jaén; and Quijote in Alcalá de Guadaíra, Seville.
Since 1975, he has held 61 solo exhibitions in galleries and museums, including: Urban Spaces, Lima Contemporánea, Marbella, 2025; Essential, Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra, Seville, 2024; CajaSur Exhibition Hall, Algeciras, 2024; Icaria Gallery, Alcalá de Guadaíra, 2023; Mayte Spínola Museum of Contemporary Art, Marmolejo, Jaén, 2022; Parallel Lines, Information and Tourism Exhibition Hall, Montoro, 2022; SRNOM Culture and Congress Centre, Porto, Portugal, 2019; Del Pozo Gallery, Alcalá de Guadaíra, 2019; Rafael Zabaleta Museum, Quesada, 2018–19; Cruz Herrera Museum, La Línea; Ateneo de Mairena del Aljarafe; 1de7 Gallery, Seville; Carmen del Campo Gallery, Córdoba and Granada; Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra; Cristóbal Bejarano Gallery, Linares; Margarita Albarrán Gallery, Seville; Jovenart Gallery, Madrid; Museum of Contemporary Art, Puebla de Cazalla; Casa de la Provincia, Provincial Council of Seville; Baluarte de la Candelaria and Sala Paréntesis, Cádiz; Getafe City Council Exhibition Hall; Alcázar of the Christian Monarchs, Córdoba; Mateo Inurria Exhibition Hall, Córdoba; Icaria Gallery, Seville; among others.
Among his most notable group exhibitions are: Zunino Gallery, Seville, 2025; Grupo Pegamento, Teatro Cómico Principal de Córdoba, Regional Government of Andalusia, 2024; Imago Trans Speculum – Self-Portraits, Cajasol Foundation, Córdoba, 2023; Reflections, Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra, Seville; Váleme Project, Casa de la Provincia, Provincial Council of Seville; Painting: 50 Editions of the Alcalá de Guadaíra Competition, Casa de la Provincia, Provincial Council of Seville, 2023, and Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra, 2022–2023; De Par en Par 3, Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra, 2022; Effigies, Casa de la Provincia, Seville; Effigies, Cloisters of Santo Domingo, Jerez; Colour as a Pretext, Antiquarium Exhibition Hall, Seville; La Almona, Dos Hermanas; Cruz Herrera Museum, La Línea; as well as exhibitions in Estepona, Moguer, and Málaga (2021–22); Exodus, Castle of Guzmán el Bueno, Tarifa (2021); Grupo Pegamento: Tribute to Fabián Sambola, Casa de la Provincia, Seville (2021); Magistral Aguilera, Cloisters of Santo Domingo, Jerez de la Frontera; Casa de la Provincia, Seville; GC in Linares; and Museum of Jaén; Abstrahêre, Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra; Effigies, Museum of Alcalá; Tribute to Paco Cuadrado, Museum of Alcalá and Casa de la Provincia, Seville (2018–19); Ritmos e Cores, Faro Museum, Portugal; Grupo Pegamento, Convergences and Divergences, a travelling exhibition organised by the Unicaja Foundation in Cádiz, Málaga, Almería, Antequera, Seville, and the Unicaja “Joaquín Peinado” Museum in Ronda (2015–18); Santos Rocha Museum and CAE, Figueira da Foz, Portugal; Summer Landscapes, Museum of Alcalá; Córdoba Luciente, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum and Córdoba (2015); Papel 1036, Carmen del Campo Gallery, Córdoba; 60 Years of Contemporary Art in Córdoba, Casa Góngora, Córdoba; Grupo Pegamento, Casa de la Provincia, Provincial Council of Seville, and RTVA in Málaga (2014); The Imprint of the Poem, Mateo Inurria Exhibition Hall, Córdoba; Museum of Alcalá de Guadaíra; University of Lleida; and Balaguer; Parallel Perspectives, Ta Hsuen Pavilion at Chai Yi University and Chai Yi City Museum, Taiwan; Museum of Arts and Popular Customs (Mudéjar Pavilion), Seville; Museum of Jaén; and 8×8 Teaching Artists, a travelling exhibition throughout Andalusia, among others.
He has participated in art fairs including Estampa (Madrid) in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2012; ARCO in 2007 and 2008; Arte Sevilla; Art Expo Barcelona Art Fair; ArtJaén; S.A.CO; and Art Fair Málaga, among others.
He has received more than forty awards and distinctions in national and international painting, sculpture, and printmaking competitions.
His work is represented in museums and major public and private collections.
Founding member of Grupo Pegamento.
