Joaquin Capa

JOAQUÍN CAPA, (Santander, 1941).
Untitled.
Etching on paper. Exemplary 59/100.
Signed and justified in the lower part of the print.
Measurements: 39 x 29,5 cm (print); 64,50 x 48,50 cm (paper); 71 x 55 cm (frame).
Joaquín Capa began his artistic training at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, in Madrid. After finishing his studies in 1972, he decided to move to Paris for a year in order to deepen and develop his knowledge of engraving. In 1983 he returned to Madrid, where he received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture for research in engraving techniques. After this period of time, he studied Philosophy in Rome and Madrid, Architecture in Madrid and Sociology of Art in Paris. He received scholarships from the March Foundation and the Ministry of Culture. He was awarded the Prize of the I International Biennial of Bhopal in India, a place with which he maintains a relationship, due to his work as a guest professor at the University of Baroda in 1983, 1989 and 1990. During his artistic career, he has participated in several collective and individual exhibitions, located in important artistic spaces among which stand out, the Seiquer Gallery, Madrid 1976, the Cellini Gallery and Estampa Gallery, Madrid 1979, the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Santander 1980, the Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Santander 1983, the Botín Foundation, Santander 1983, the Botín Foundation, Santander 1983, the Botín Foundation, Santander 1983, the Botín Foundation, Santander 1983, the Botín Foundation, Santander 1983, Santander 1983, the Botín Foundation, Santander 1987, the Tórculo Gallery, Madrid 1988, the Lluc Fluxá Gallery, Palma de Mallorca 1989, the Tórculo Gallery, Madrid 1990, the Bat Gallery, Madrid 1992. He also shows his work in Burgos, Málaga, Valencia, Seville, Vitoria, Ciudad Real, Valladolid, as well as in Utrecht and Maastrich (Holland). In several museums such as; Museo Abstracto de Cuenca, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía de Madrid, Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santander, Museum of Modern Art of New York, Los Angeles Country Museum of Art, Fundación Gulbenkian, Lisbon.