Maíllo
Bio
Maíllo (Madrid 1985), graduated in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, has participated in several solo and group exhibitions, highlighting “Raw Approach” at the Alcobendas Art Center and “A Vueltas con la Maldita Pintura!” at the ICO Collections Museum. Among others, it has been reviewed in the books “2014 / Before leaving. 40 ideas about painting ”by David Barro and“ Spanish Contemporary Art 1992-2013 ”by Rafael Doctor Roncero. He has participated in fairs such as ARCO and PARC, and has recently been selected by the collector Alberto Rebaza at La Residencia de Al Lado in Peru. His work is part of important national collections (Yera, Kells, Rucandio, Entrecanales) and international collections in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Hong Kong, France, Switzerland, USA.
Statement
Maíllo understands painting as an engine of thought. In combination with drawing, it helps to establish diagrams and concept maps. The painting orders the different political, social and cultural displacements, of which we are often powerless witnesses. The painting makes them legible and returns our gaze to the center of events.
In his work, ideas are related to each other, they are contagious and they promote encounters and oppositions in a dynamic way. It is these encounters that, in turn, lead him to reflect on all the stimuli to which we are subjected, sometimes so fleeting that it is difficult to recognize them.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
