Fco. Javier Manzano Albardia Biography

You could say that I am self-taught, although I have trained in various academies of art and am in a continuous learning, working in my study reading, trying different materials and techniques, etc..

Beginnings:

As an artist career that I am, as a child, drawing has always been important as a basic means of expression, while still a teenager beginning to collaborate and publish in various amateur comic magazines (fancine) of local and national circulation. At this time, my interest is centered on exploring ways of expression as the comic and illustration. Some years later, is when I discover little by little in the paint: its techniques and endless possibilities, a medium that fits perfectly with my idiosyncrasies. Since then, I have been about fifteen years developing my work in my studio, working on commission, as well as experimenting with different genres of painting and mixing styles without complicated to try to create interesting works.

Training:

  • "School of Applied Arts and Crafts Zaragoza".
  • Four years on "Professional School of Fine Arts "studying painting, drawing and artistic anatomy.
  • Two years on "Art Studio Atrium."
  • Three years on "Canada Study."

Exhibitions:

2002 - Group exhibition at Library Aragon.

2003 - Group exhibition at Casa de los Morlanes.

2007 - solo show at House of Teruel.

2008 - Exhibition at the Art Fair of 2008 Monsoon-Artery.

Artist's Statement

In my vision of art, the artists have the privilege and duty (when they are talented) to act as a catalyst, a bridge of communication between the individual and collective, they must always be placed in this conceptual-imaginary transverse line, habitat of infinite possibilities, which are these, always manifested before the blank canvas. I think painting is mainly to choose, make decisions, one after another, and this, which may seem simple, is the most difficult part of creating art with a minimum quality. The knowledge and intuition play equal parts on the board of art and magic thinking are not opposites, but complementary.