Joël Mestré

JOËL MESTRÉ (Castellón de la Plana, 1966)
"The song of stelarc", 2000.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Measurements: 80 x 100 cm.

Doctor in Fine Arts by the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Joël Mestre is framed within the group of Levantine painters who, during the nineties, developed a surrealist figuration and literary and critical content. Thus, together with Sicre and Charris, he was part of the exhibition "El muelle de Levante" (1994), which served as a starting point for the so-called Valencian metaphysical painting. Mestre combines since 2002 the artistic practice with teaching, as a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos de Valencia. He has won several awards in national competitions and scholarships, has held exhibitions in Spain, Italy, France, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Vietnam, China, Japan, Korea and the United States and is currently represented in the IVAM in Valencia, the Artium in Vitoria, the CAC in Malaga, the Museum of Teruel, the Pilar and Joan Miro Foundation and many other important collections, both public and private.