BIO

Alexander Jarque began his painter career in 1993, at the Casa de Cultura de Pinto (Madrid) with the painter Ramón Calderón. He then continued at the Academia de Bellas Artes de Aranda and at the Academia de Bellas Artes Rodrigo Alemán, where he attended until 2002. He then continued his career at the School of Arts in Salamanca, and later at the Faculty of Fine Arts in the same city. He studied the third year of his degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, and the fourth at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he began his academic specialization in the field of painting. He completed his degree in 2009 at the prestigious Faculty of Fine Arts in Salamanca. In 2010 he went to Italy thanks to a Leonardo da Vinci scholarship to work as artistic director of a festival in Parma, where he founded two drawing and painting studios called “mclucstudio” and “TheLastLayer”, the latter also dedicated to the study of new technologies. In 2012 he completed a master’s degree in visual and audiovisual communication in the city of Bologna. In 2013 he started working for Gruppo Pozzi in Milan as an industrial designer.

In 2017 he founded POLIÉDRICO Design Studio in Plasencia (Spain).

Jarque has held several solo exhibitions in Italy, specifically in Milan, Bari and Emilia-Romagna and numerous collective exhibitions in various Spanish cities such as Salamanca, Plasencia, Malaga and Madrid, as well as international ones such as the BAF (Bergamo Arte Fiera) and the “Museo de las Américas” in Miami. Part of his work has been acquired by public and private collections in Spain, Italy, Poland, Romania, Denmark, the Netherlands, the USA, Germany, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and more.

Despite the artist’s youth, Alexander Jarque’s work is marked by a mature career. From the beginning he has investigated the use of space and time in painting through architectural structures, developing concepts and evolving towards impressive images. Over the years his work has matured and evolved significantly in concept and technique to become a very prominent artist. His latest works explore themes that concern the artist, such as the speed of this new era, the constant advancement of technology and computers, all under an eclectic vision. To convey such ideas he has used very diverse materials together with quick and decisive brushstrokes to represent contemporary life. According to the artist, his latest works “simulate how enriching the current way of life is, the dual reality, “the interface” within a strict framework of multiple perspectives.”