José Morea

JOSE MOREA (Chiva, Valencia, 1951).
Untitled.
Mixed media.
Signed in the right central margin.
Measurements: 75,5 x 58,5 cm.

José Morea has participated of all the currents, passing through pop, abstraction and symbolism, until reaching a mature language characterized by a gestural painting of characteristic and brilliant chromatisms. He began to stand out in the seventies, and in the early eighties he obtained grants from the Ministry of Culture (1980 and 1984) and the City Council of Valencia (1981). He made his individual debut in 1975, with an exhibition held at the Official College of Architects of Valencia and Murcia. During the following years he continued to hold individual exhibitions in prominent galleries throughout Spain, such as Juana de Aizpuru in Seville, René Métras in Barcelona and Sen in Madrid. In 1986 he takes the international leap and shows his work in Italy, and since then he will repeat his presence in this country as well as in Hong Kong, Portugal and South America, also taking part in group exhibitions all over the world. Currently, José Morea is represented at the Museo de Bellas Artes and IVAM in Valencia, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo in Madrid, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Barcelona, Recife (Brazil) and Bagheria (Italy), the Salvador Allende in Santiago de Chile, the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno in Las Palmas, the Pinacoteca do Estado in São Paulo, collections such as AENA, Casa de Velázquez or Argentaria, and foundations such as Telefónica, Coca-Cola, and La Caixa de Pensions, among other public and private institutions.