Jordi Machí

JORDI MACHÍ (Algemesí, Valencia, 1983).
"Nassar", 2020.
Acrylic and collage on canvas.
Ready to hang.
Signed.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 100 x 81 cm.

Portrait of great psychological intensity from superimposed planes, fragments of color and an energetic brushstroke that tensions the image between presence and dissolution. The face, treated in profile, emerges from a pictorial architecture of turquoise, magenta, black and white, where each layer seems to reveal a part of the identity and, at the same time, hide it.

The work approaches racial discrimination from a poetics of rupture: the figure appears crossed by cuts, displacements and transparencies that evoke vulnerability, resistance and affirmation. Machí transforms the portrait into an emotional field where beauty and conflict coexist, making fragmentation not only a formal resource, but also a metaphor for memory, difference and dignity.

Jordi Machí is a Spanish visual artist with a degree in Fine Arts from the Universitat Politècnica de València, with training also at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia and the Universidade de São Paulo. His language explores the intersection between imagination, emotional memory and popular culture, giving rise to compositions with a strong narrative and symbolic charge. After initiating an international projection from his exhibitions in Lebanon, his work has been presented in Europe, Brazil, United States, Mexico and Asia.

His recent solo exhibitions include Jordi Machí at Casa de Vacas, Parque del Retiro, Madrid (2020), Amor Líquido at Fundación Ibero-América with MADO, Madrid (2022), The Fing Tomorrow** at Galería Cuatro, Valencia (2023), Geometría del Alma at Galería Cuatro, Valencia (2025), and Villa Esperanza at ACE Hotel Swimming Club, Athens (2026). He has also participated in fairs and group exhibitions such as ARTMADRID and Estampa in Madrid, One Art Fair in Taipei, AART FAIR in Shenzhen and RARO with Lucie Chang Fine Arts in Hong Kong.