Mitsuo Miura

MITSUO MIURA (Iwate, Japan, 1946).
"Purple, orange, yellow, yellow, blue bubble", 1991.
Painting with methacrylate hemisphere.
Signed and dated on the back.
With Juana Mordó Gallery label on the back.
Measurements: 32 x 19 cm (each).
Mitsuo Miura is distinguished by creating a work of absolutely personal language, inspired by the serenity, refinement and rigor of Japanese culture, the place where he was born.
Sculptor, painter and experimental artist trained at the School of Fine Arts in Tokyo and based in Madrid since 1966, Mitsuo Miura furthered his studies at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando for three years. His work starts from informalism and the influence of Pollock, and ends in experiences close to minimalism, conceptual art and land-art, claiming his oriental roots in the fusion with nature, the technical refinement of matter and the agile stroke. When he discovered the Genoveses beach in Almeria in 1978, he began a series of photographic series focused on both landscape and light. In the mid 80's and early 90's he turned towards a work focused on nature, with soft tones, abstract masses and monochromatic geometries, very much in line with Japanese aesthetics and its delicacy. Throughout his career Mitsuo Miura has held solo exhibitions throughout Spain and also in Japan, with special mention of those held at the Helga de Alvear Gallery in Madrid in 1995 and at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in 2005. He is currently represented in that museum and also in the Patio Herreriano in Valladolid, the Municipal Museum of Madrid, the Artium in Vitoria, the Juan March Foundation, the Provincial Councils of Alicante and Granada, the Telefónica collection, the MACUF in A Coruña, the Atlantic Center of Modern Art in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Caja de Burgos, Caja de Ahorros de Ávila and La Caixa collections, the National Library in Madrid, the Bank of Spain and the Pamplona City Hall.