Agustin Espina

AGUSTÍN GARCÍA-ESPINA (Ribadeo, 1959).
"Cinnamon".
Acrylic on wood.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 61x61 cm.
Agustín Espina graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Oviedo, specializing in drawing. He was awarded the following prizes: Sarmiento Prize for artistic career 2012. SARMIENTO POETRY AWARD 2006 (Sarmiento and Juan de Baños Literary Groups). INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF PLASTIC ARTS of the Cultural Association "Valentín Ruiz Aznar" of 2.004". PRIZE I International Contest of Plastic Arts "Aires de Córdoba" Painting modality. PRIZE II International Contest of Plastic Arts "Aires de Córdoba" Drawing modality. Cristina Faleroni International Award for Excellence for the Quality and Content of the site "AGUSTÍN ESPINA". He has been artistic director, designer and illustrator of the magazine Alkaid and director, scriptwriter and illustrator of the publication La Viñetera. He was selected by the label "Lunwerg" of Editorial Planeta for the book "Spanish Illustrators" directed and coordinated by journalist Mario Suárez. He currently teaches Concept Art at the Studio3 audiovisual school in Valladolid. Among his latest solo exhibitions we highlight the one held at the Café de Amable in Valladolid (2017) and at the Centro Cívico Zona Sur in Valladolid (2017). In the words of Joan Lluís Montané belonging to the International Association of Art Critics, "Agustín Espina, is a subtle, special, clearly sensitive creator, who bets on the poetic truth in all orders. As a plastic artist, sculptor-painter, painter and draftsman, he is material, gestural, symbolist, master of techniques, in love with matter, to transcend it. He is a navigator in search of hidden symbols within a natural approach. He is austere, he is devoted to passion, being singularly a being that goes beyond the experiential anecdote, to enter into the poetic plastic knowledge of the gear of the subconscious, investigating the depths of the intellectual attitude, being, at the same time, a born experimenter, because freedom is in the search".
Statement: I am an artist who has evolved from the abstract material (wood carvings) to the emotional interpretative figurative type. My relationship with concept art, digital art, augmented reality, virtual reality, design or illustration has deeply marked my ultimate perception of Art. Drawing, as a spontaneous synthesis of a poetic reality, lived from all concepts, seeks to fill my work with a joyful sense, an eternal youth and a freshness of conception that freely projects all my fantasy and imagination. From this perspective the technique, using itself, becomes totally original.