Luis Medina
Santander, Spain, 1955
Luis Medina believes in a continuous evolution of the work, which is naturally caused by the fact that he lets himself be carried away by his own discoveries and sensations when he creates it. Influenced by his studies in industrial engineering, his works present the urban reality, with buildings and a geometric pattern.
Luis Medina is able to express himself through color, creating a minimalist perspective. He uses acrylics on canvas or paper. Find a balance in the composition; sometimes they are geometric and others are closer to abstraction.
Last Certifications:
2019. Finalist for the Tat Vila Barcelona Painting Prize 2019
2017. Selected Focus Sevilla International Painting Award
2017. Finalist XVI International Painting Prize “Miquel Viladrich” Lérida
2016. Finalist XXI Painting Prize “City of Algemesí” Valencia
2016. XLVII Finalist City of Alcalá Award for Visual Arts Alcalá de Henares
2016. Selected XXIV Int. painting "Telax" Gallery Pinyol Reus
2016. Selected in the Painting Contest Welcome Donostia Donostia
2015. Finalist XXXIII International Painting Prize Eugenio Hermoso Badajoz
2014. Finalist VIII Biennial of Art Riudebitlles Barcelona
2013. Finalist XI International Biennial “Pintor Laxeiro” Lalín Pontevedra
2013. Selected XIV Contemporary Painting Contest "City of Torremolinos"
2012. Finalist National Painting Prize Club Rotary Valencia
2011. Finalist XIII International Plastic Arts Contest CEC Cádiz
2011. Selected Prize "City of Palencia" plastic arts Palencia
Latest individual exhibitions:
2018. Ormolu Gallery “Retornos” Pamplona
2018. Old Ayunt. Comillas "Forms and sensitivities" Comillas (Cantabria)
2017. Angel Cantero Gallery “Contrasts” León
2017. Espacio Garcilaso Gallery “Sensations” Torrelavega (Cantabria)
2016. Ormolu Gallery “Transformas” Pamplona
2015. Marita Segovia Gallery "Color Transformation" Madrid
2015. Visol Gallery "Reformas" Orense
2014. Parliament of Cantabria "Compendium" Santander
2014. Angel Cantero Gallery “The shape of color” León
2014. Exhibition Hall of BBVA “Formas” Oviedo
2013. Marita Segovia Gallery "Figurations" Madrid
2013. East Gallery "To be square" Santander
2012. Jesus Otero Museum "Caught" Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
2011. Aristas Gallery "Transition" Gijón
2011. Gallery Este “Estemoción” Santander
2011. Cemented Gallery “Archemetry” Oviedo
2010. Visol Gallery "Urbanitas" Orense
2010. Sardón Gallery "Archemotions" León
2010. Algorta Getxo Exhibition Hall (Vizcaya)
2009. Carmen Carrión Gallery “Urban sequences” Santander
2009. Aristas Gallery "Uncertainty" Gijón
2008. Sol y Bartolomé Gallery “Feelings and urbanity” Santiago de Compostela
2008. Amararte Gallery "Urbe" Lugo
2008. Dr. Madrazo Santander Center Room
2007. Oviedo Cemented Gallery
2007. Kultur Etxea Gernika (Biscay)
2007. Jesús Otero Santillana del Mar Museum (Cantabria)
2006. Bozzetto Bilbao Gallery
Art Fairs, others:
2019. SIANOJA XIX International Symposium of Artists Noja Cantabria
2017. CASADECOR Art and Decoration Fair with ARROW Madrid
2016. BATTERSEA Decorative fair with the Marita Segovia London Gallery
2015. ALMONEDA Art and Antiques Fair with the Marita Segovia Madrid Gallery
2014. ARTE MADRID Art Fair with the Marita Segovia Madrid Gallery
2014. ALMONEDA Art and Antiques Fair with the Marita Segovia Madrid Gallery
2013. CASA // ART Art Fair with the Marita Segovia Madrid Gallery
Latest collective exhibitions:
2019. SIANOJA XIX Spiral Gallery Noja (Cantabria)
2018. Ormolu Summer Collective Gallery Pamplona
2016. XXIV “Telax” Painting Prize Pinyol Reus Gallery
2016. Painting Contest Welcome Donostia Donostia
2016. Ormolu Summer Collective Gallery Pamplona
2016. Sánchez and Juán Christmas Collective Gallery Elche
2015. XV International Painting Prize “Miquel Viladrich” Lérida
2015. XXXIII Intern Prize. Painting Eugenio Hermoso Badajoz
2014. Angel Cantero Gallery "Format C" León
2014. XXXII Intern Prize. Painting Eugenio Hermoso Badajoz
2014. XIX Painting Prize "Ciudat d'Algemesí" Algemesí (Valencia)
2013. Forum "Portas Abertas" Eugenio de Almeida Evora (Portugal)
2013. Artists against the war Basauri, Munguia, Zarautz
2013. Finalists XI International Biennial “Pintor Laxeiro” Lalín (Pontevedra)
2012. "Il corpo, the meat, and l´anima" Milan, Padua, Brescia, Vicenza (Italy)
2012. “Ontmoetingen II” (Encounters II) Rosmolen Zeddam (Netherlands)
2012. 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Gernika Bilbao, Gernika, Durango
2012. Finalists Rotary Club Valencia Monastery Puig (Valencia)
2012. Finalists VII Biennial Art on paper Riudebitlles (Barcelona)
2011. “Ontmoetingen” Museum (Encounters) Rosmolen Zeddam (Holland)
2011. “Ontmoetingen” (Encounters) Driekoningenkapel Doetinchem (Netherlands)
2011. "The body, the flesh, the soul"
2011. Finalists Inter contest. plastic arts CEC Cádiz, Line of the Conception
2011. Finalists X International Biennial “Pintor Laxeiro” Lalín Pontevedra
2011. Palencia City of Palencia Plastic Arts Award
2011. Orfila Madrid Gallery
2011. Eclectic Gallery Madrid
2010. Finalists XLI Art Contest Luarca Luarca, Mieres, Avilés, Gijón, Madrid
2010. Sardón León Gallery
2009. Ra del Rey Madrid Gallery
2009. Aristas Gijón Gallery
2009. Sol & Bartolome Gallery Santiago de Compostela
2008. Jorge Ontiveros Madrid Gallery
2008. Santiago Casar Santander Gallery
2008. Oviedo Cemented Gallery
2008. East Santander Gallery
2007. Florida 5 Vitoria Gallery
Main publications in the press:
"Forms and sensitivities" Lucia Alcolea. The Montañes Newspaper, 08-26-18
"Abstraction in its purest form", Cristina Altuna. Diario de Navarra, 06-13-18
"The beauty of abstraction," Amaia Rodríguez. Newspaper, 06-11-18
“A song to abstraction”, Marcelino Cuevas. The Diario de León, 07-11-17
"Sensations", Lola Gallardo. The Montañes Newspaper, 06-07-17
"Transformas", Cristina Altuna. Diario de Navarra, 11-26-16
“Wabi-Sab i”, A D Architectural Digest, May, 2016
“Citizen zero”, Tareixa Taboada. The Voice of Galicia, 04-20-15
"The beauty of geometry", Marcelino Cuevas. The Diario de León, 07-11-14
“The“ Compendium ”of Medina in the Cantabrian Parliament” El Mundo (Ed. Cantabria), 9-05-14
“A D Finder”, A D Architectural Digest, February 2014
"Luis Medina takes his study of color to East" El Mundo (Ed.Cantabria), 5-10-13
"Figurations", Amalia García Rubí. Infoenpunto, 05-19-13
“Caught”, The Montañes de Cantabria Newspaper, 06-07-12
"Estemoción", J.M. Gutierrez. The Montañes de Cantabria newspaper, 07-30-11
"Geometric abstraction", Jerónimo Martel. The voice of Galicia, 09-22-10
“The elegance of the line”, Marcelino Cuevas. The Diario de León, 09-22-10
"Friendly portrait of the megalopolis," Irene Sainz. The World (Ed. Cantabria), 04-15-09
"Urban sequences", A. Ruiz. The Montañes de Cantabria newspaper, 02-04-09
"The city of brush", Nieves Neira. The Progress of Lugo, 11-29-08
“The lost men in the city of Luis Medina”, El Progreso de Lugo, 08-11-08
"Urban Landscape". Antiqvaria Magazine May 2008
"Feelings and Urbanity". El País (Ed. Galicia), 04-11-08
"Feelings and Urbanity of Luis Medina". The Galician Post, 02-27-08
“The portrait: Luis Medina painter”, Mariña Alvarez. The Montañes de Cantabria newspaper, 07-15-07
"Intimate looks", Elena Clemente. Oviedo Diario, 06-23-07
"The architecture of color", Aida Collado. The Commerce of Asturias, 06-13-07
"Color and form", Daniel Lauzirika. Busturialdeko hitza de Vizcaya, 04-13-07
"The colors of Luis Medina", The Montañes de Cantabria newspaper, 02-20-06
“Open Classroom”, El Montañes Newspaper, 04-01-05
