Juan Manuel López-Reina Coso

JUAN MANUEL LÓPEZ-REINA COSO (Cuenca, 1953).
"Homage to the woman", 2018.
Etching on photopolymer plate and stamped with digital chine colle on Hahnemühle paper. Copy 4/25.
Signed and justified.
Measurements: 39,5 x 39,5 cm (paper); 68,5 x 55 cm (paper).
Juan Manuel López Reina stands out for his multidisciplinary training, in which he has developed the study of different artistic techniques such as engraving or watercolor. Graduated in graphic arts and specialized in photocomposition, book and magazine design, he has completed his artistic training with different courses, among which stand out the engraving workshop at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid and the Prado workshops with Francisco Molina, Jorge Pedraza or Salvador Antúnez.
His extensive knowledge of various techniques has led to the creation of a very personal style where he combines different techniques and a style that oscillates between abstraction and figuration. In the artist's own words: "A musician composes a melody by combining notes, according to certain relationships; a poet composes a poem by putting thoughts and words in good order; and a painter creates a painting by adjusting thoughts, shapes and colors in the best order" His work has been widely represented in important national art centers such as the Casa de Vacas in Madrid, the Victoria Hidalgo Gallery or the Cantabria House, among others. In addition, he has been awarded several prizes among which are the first prize of the prado workshop in 2013, the first prize XXVIII minimalist art contest San Antón 2012 awarded by the free academy of arts and letters of San Antón and the first prize mira Madrid awarded by the Association of painters and sculptors in 2012.