José Antonio Quintana Susilla (1976), was born in Cantabria, where he lives and works. At present he combines the activity of painting with teaching. His beginnings are framed in Graffiti and Mural Painting, but it is after living in London that he focuses on a more personal study painting. Awarded in dozens of competitions in recent years, he is a material painter who in recent years has stood out for using “pigments” different from the traditional ones to interpret his own reality. His works go through different moments, starting from a controlled chaos that little by little the artist is ordering. From the beginning, his works depict figurative scenes as an excuse for the process, made through mixed techniques, with materials such as paper, earth, pigments, iron, silver, bronze, graphite or sand that help him to reflect a multitude of scenarios. The figuration in his works has had a clear evolution towards simplification, seeking the longed-for “less into more”. All his paintings are full of details, glazes, transparencies and dynamic voids.
SELECTION OF AWARDS AND HONORS:
2018_Acquisition Award in the IX Painting Contest of the Social Institute of the Armed Forces 2018 (Madrid).
2017_Acquisition Award in the XVI Cultural Contest “Virgen de las Viñas 2017”
(Tomelloso_Ciudad Real).
2016_Acquisition Award in the XV Cultural Contest “Virgen de las Viñas 2016” (Tomelloso_Ciudad Real).
2016_ First Prize in the IX City of Badajoz Painting Prize 2016 (Badajoz).
2016_ First Prize in the XLIX National Painting Contest of Sant Joan D’alacant (Alicante).
2015_ Second Prize in the IX Painting Contest of Fundación AguaGranada (Granada).
2015_ Second Prize in the XXVII Painting Contest of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment_MAGRAMA (Madrid).
2015_ First Prize in the I Painting Contest of Infiesto_Piloña (Asturias).
2015_ First Prize in the XXI National Contest of Memorial Painting ‘José María del Rio Moreno’ City of Salas de los Infantes (Burgos).
2015_ Acquisition Prize in the VII Painting Contest of the Social Institute of the Armed Forces 2015 (Madrid)
2014_First Prize in the XV Villa de Comillas International Painting Contest (Cantabria).
2014_First Prize in the VI Painting Contest of Udalla (Cantabria).
2014_Second Prize at the XXI Sariego National Painting Contest (Asturias).
2013_Acquisition Award in the VI Painting Contest of the Social Institute of the Armed Forces 2013 (Madrid).
2013_Selected in the Painting Contest of the Foundation of Arts and Artists 2013 (Barcelona).
2013_Acquisition Award in the X Painting Contest “Javier Cortes Álvarez de Miranda” (Saldaña_Palencia).
2012_Acquisition Award at the XI Virgen de las Viñas Cultural Contest 2012 (Tomelloso_Ciudad Real).
2012_ Special Mention in the Painting Contest “100 years of the Magdalena Palace” in Santander (Cantabria).
2012_BBVA Acquisition Award (ISFAS 2012) _ (Madrid).
2012_Acquisition Award in the V Painting Contest of the Social Institute of the Armed Forces (Madrid).
2012_First Prize in the XXI «Manuel Liaño Beristain» Visual Arts Contest, «ink» modality (Cantabria).
2012_Acquisition Award at the Air Force Painting Awards 2012 (Madrid).
2011_Fourth Prize in the XXIII Fast Painting Contest of the Buen Retiro Park (Madrid).
2011_First Prize in the XXXII Visual Arts Contest of Villaescusa (Cantabria).
2011_Acquisition Award in IV Painting Contest of the Social Institute of the Armed Forces (Madrid).
2011_Acquisition Award at the X Virgen de las Viñas Cultural Contest 2011 (Tomelloso_Ciudad Real).
2010_First Prize in the XIX “Manuel Liaño Beristain” Plastic Arts Contest, “ink” modality (Cantabria).
2010_First Prize in the VII Manuel Salces Painting Contest – Reinosa (Cantabria)
2010_Second Prize in the XIII National Painting Contest “Darío de Regoyos” (Asturias).
2010_Accesit in the XXXI Villaescusa Visual Arts Contest, «oil» modality (Cantabria).
2010_Acquisition Award in the VII Painting Contest “Javier Cortes Álvarez de Miranda” (Saldaña_Palencia).
2009_First Prize in the XV Serrada Cosecha Painting Contest (Valladolid).
2009_Second prize at the VIII TAMAYO National Painting Contest (San Sebastián).
2009_Special Mention at the XII LEIOA Young Painters Contest.
2008_First prize in the XXIX National Painting Contest “Villa de Olmedo” (Valladolid).
2008_First prize in the XVII Contest of Plastic Arts “Manuel Liaño Beristain” Painting Mode (Cantabria).
2007_First prize in the Call “Young Art 2007” (Cantabria).
Selection NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FAIRS
2017_ ART MADRID_12th Contemporary Art Fair with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Madrid).
2015_ Contemporary Art Fair of the Principality of Asturias, ArteOviedo 15, with the OCToGONO Gallery (Oviedo).
2015_ “Please, art” _Contemporary art fair, with the ARTE MAYOR 44 Gallery (Salamanca).
2015_ ART SEVILLA with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Seville).
2015_ AAF Affordable Art Fair – Art Fair in Brussels with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Brussels_Belgica).
2015_ST ART _European Contemporary Art Fair in Strasbourg with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Strasbourg_France) ..
2014_ OFF BRUSSELS FAIR with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Brussels_Belgica).
2014_ LILLE ART FAIR 2013 with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Lille_France).
2014_ST ART _European Contemporary Art Fair in Strasbourg with the ESPIRAL Gallery (France) ..
2014_ ART MADRID_9th Contemporary Art Fair with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Madrid).
2013_ST ART _European Contemporary Art Fair in Strasbourg with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Strasbourg_France).
2013_ LILLE ART FAIR 2013 with the ESPIRAL Gallery (Lille_France).
2009_PROPONENDO FAIR (New Proponte per L’arte Comtenporanea) -Forte Dei Marmi (Italy) _GALERiA JAVIER ROMaN.
2009_ART MaLAGA with the JAVIER ROMaN Gallery (Malaga).
SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2020_Individual Exhibition at the Fraile & Blanco Hypermedia Space in Santander (Cantabria).
2019_Individual Exhibition in the BEGEMOT GALLERY (Barcelona).
2019_Individual Exhibition in the LA VIDRIERA room within the Exhibition Program of the Camargo City Council (Cantabria)
2019_Individual exhibition in GALLERY ESPACIO 36_ANGEL ALMEIDA (Zamora_Castilla León).
2018_ Individual Exhibition at the BBVA FOUNDATION (Oviedo_Asturias).
2018_Individual Exhibition in the ESPACIO GARCILASO GALLERY (Cantabria).
2016_Individual Exhibition at the Albaicín Palace within the exhibition program of the SIANOJA 2016 Symposium.
2016_Individual Exhibition in the Gallery ESPACIO 36_aNGEL ALMEIDA (Zamora_Castilla Leon).
2016_ Individual Exhibition at the aNGEL CANTERO Gallery (Leon_Castilla Leon).
2015_ Individual Exhibition at the ESPACIO GARCILASO Gallery (Torrelavega_Cantabria).
2015_ Individual Exhibition at the OCToGONO Gallery (Aviles_Asturias).
2013_Individual Exhibition in the Gallery ESPACIO 36_aNGEL ALMEIDA (Zamora_Castilla Leon).
2013_ Individual exhibition_BELLAS ARTES Gallery (Gijon_Asturias).
2013_Individual Exhibition_SPIRAL Gallery (Noja_Cantabria).
2013_ Individual exhibition_CERVANTES Gallery (Santander_Cantabria).
2012_Individual exhibitions HERRaIZ Gallery (Madrid).
2012_ Individual exhibition_CERVANTES Gallery (Santander_Cantabria).
2011_Individual exhibitions HERRaIZ Gallery (Madrid).
2011_Individual Exhibition_FUNDACIoN PREMIOS MAYTE (Cantabria).
2010_ Individual exhibitions_CERVANTES Gallery (Santander_Cantabria).
2010_Individual Exhibition_Gallery CC22 (Madrid).
2009_ Individual Exhibition_CERVANTES Gallery (Santander_Cantabria).
2009_Individual Exhibition_Galeria CC22 (Madrid).
2008_Individual Exhibition in the Sala PEPE HIERRO (Santander_Cantabria).
SELECTION OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020_ Collective Exhibition in the OCTOGONO GALLERY (Aviles_Asturias).
2017 / 2015_ I / II Biennial of Watercolor of 50M2 (Vizcaya).
2019_ Collective Exhibition at the OCTOGONO GALLERY (Aviles_Asturias).
2018_ Collective Exhibition in the OCTOGONO GALLERY (Aviles_Asturias).
2017_ Collective Exhibition at the OCTOGONO GALLERY (Aviles_Asturias).
2016_ Collective Exhibition at the OCTOGONO GALLERY (Aviles_Asturias).
2015_ Collective Exhibition in the GALLERY ESTE_Santander (Cantabria).
2015_Collective Exhibition at the Llançà Watercolor Museum (Girona).
2015_ Collective Exhibition at the OCTOGONO GALLERY (Aviles_Asturias).
2015_Collective Exhibition in MAYOR 22 (Palencia_Castilla Leon).
2015_Collective Exhibition in the GALLERY aNGEL CANTERO – “C” DE COLOR- (Leon_Castilla Leon).
2015_ Collective Exhibition at the CCM Foundation_Caja Castilla la Mancha (Cuenca_Castilla la Mancha).
2014_Collective Exhibition at CASYC_ ”FROM PAR TO PAR” Obra Social Caja Cantabria (Santander_Cantabria).
2013_ Collective Exhibition_MURILLO Gallery (Oviedo_Asturias).
2013/2012/2011 / 2010_Collective exhibitions_Galeria RiO 10 (Quintanilla Vivar_Burgos).
2013 / 2012_Collective Exhibitions_Gallery MARIETTA NEGUERUELA (Palencia).
2014/2013/2012/2011 / 2010_ Collective Exhibitions_Galeria ACUARELA (Santander).
2014/2013/2012/2011 / 2010_Collective exhibitions_Galeria ESTE – Santander (Cantabria).
2016/2015/2014/2013/2012 / 2011_ Collective Exhibitions_Galeria OCToGONO – Aviles (ASTURIAS).
2011 / 2009_Group exhibitions at CASA DE VACAS – Buen Retiro Park (Madrid).
2007 / 2008_Collective Exhibition and Individual Exhibition in the Sala PEPE HIERRO (Santander_Cantabria).
2010_Collective Exhibition_SIGNOS’5 Gallery (Santander_Cantabria)
2009_Collective Exhibition_AkROS Gallery (Bilbao_Pais Vasco).
2009_Collective Exhibition_PABLO RUiZ Gallery (Malaga_Andalucia).
SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS / BIENNIALS / SYMPOSIA:
2018_THE LIGHT OF THE LANDSCAPE. Legal deposit: SA658-2018 (Cantabria).
2017_II Biennial 50M2. Legal deposit: SA-497-2017. ISBN 978-84-697-4950-0 (Cantabria).
2016_HORIZON SCANNING SA 460-2016.
2015_ “FIELDS” _JOSe ANTONIO QUINTANA. Garcilaso Editions. Legal Deposit: SA 561-2015. ISBN: 978-84-943660-8-6.
2015_ PEN AND BRUSH 19. Legal Deposit SA-126-1993. ISSN: 1133-5173.
2015_ I Watercolor Biennial of Portugalete (Vizcaya).
2015_ 50M2. Legal Deposit: BI-29-2015. ISBN: 978-84617-3974-5.
2014_Participation in the “OPEN STUDIO PROJECT” curated by Manuel Fernandez Saro.
2013_ XIII SYMPOSIUM OF ARTISTS “SIANOJA 2013” (Cantabria).
2011_UN MAGAZINE 1. CREACIONES SEMARAC SL LEGAL DEPOSIT SA-921-2010.
SELECTION ACQUISITIONS / COLLECTIONS
As for the works of the painter in institutions, we highlight the following:
LOBELIA AUDITORES COLLECTION, SIANOJA Collection, CANTABRIA GOVERNMENT Collection, MAXAM Foundation Collection, AGUAGRANADA Foundation Collection, BADAJOZ CITY MUSEUM, VIRGEN DE LAS VIÑAS COOPERATIVE (TOMELLOSO), MAYTE PREMIOS Foundation Collection, CAJA MAR Collection, BBVA Collection, BANCO Collection SANTANDER, Diputación DE GUIPUZKOA. Collection VINOS Y BODEGAS SA, MUSEUM OF THE AIR ARMY, Collection SOCIAL INSTITUTE OF THE ARMED FORCES, Collection EL CORTE INGLeS, Collection CIRCLE OF RECREATION OF TORRELAVEGA – CANTABRIA, Collection OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT DIVERSITY, COLYMAGRAMA OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF COLYMA_MAGRAMA SPAIN AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.