Requena Nozal

José Requena Nozal (October 25, 1947, Zaragoza, Spain) is a self-taught artist-painter who uses different techniques (encaustic, oils, acrylics and pastels). His works are scattered both Spain, Europe and the United States. He has held various exhibitions open both to the public and also to specialised art critics.

Biography 

He was born in the district of El Arrabal, in the city of Zaragoza on October 25, 1947.

His first solo exhibition took place in 1975 at the Provincial Museum of La Rioja, which unveiled his figurative works of marginal themes and oil technique.

In 1982 he participated in the "National Painting Contest for Young Artists" organised by the newspaper ABC, in its "VII Black and White Painting Prize" edition.

In 1996 he was awarded first prize of the "II Summer Salon of New York City" by the Goya Art Gallery in New York. As he was unable to attend the awards ceremony, the prize was collected on his behalf by Luis Hernández del Pozo, curator of the Salon.

Since 1997 he is member of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, with membership number 2,753.

In 2016 the City of Dénia sponsors the retrospective exhibition entitled "Hemeroskopeion 1980-2015" at the Centre d'Art l'Estació.

Technique 
Parts of his works are dedicated to encaustic art in which he "voluntarily seeks ambitious compositions and orderly crowds." In his work he has gathered a "variety of atmospheres (...) and a committed sense of humanity, a certain lyricism, where reality and an interest for expressing a particular emotion go hand in hand."

From 2004 he radically changes his style towards abstract expressionism or tachism, where he uses encaustic, acrylic and gold leaf in his works.

Exhibitions

Individual exhibitions

Group exhibitions

competitions 
Salón Franco-Español, Bordeaux (France).
– Palais des Fates de Talence (France).
– Tárrega Town Hall (Lérida).
– Provincial Palace of Zaragoza.
– Town Hall of Zaragoza.
– Palacio de las Alhajas, VII Premios Blanco y Negro de Pintura, Madrid.
– Goya Art Gallery, II Salón de Verano Ciudad de Nueva York, New York (EE.UU.).
– XIII Certamen Tema Jardines, Asociación Pintores y Escultores, Aranjuez.

Art Shows 
 1989: "BIAF" Feria Internacional Art Forum 89, Barcelona.
 2002: "FAIM" Feria de Arte Independiente, Madrid.
 2016: "We Are Fair", Madrid.
 2016: International Fair "Art Marbella", Marbella.

Mentions in books and newspapers 
 Diccionario de Pintores y Escultores Españoles del Siglo XX. Tomo 12.
 Pintores de Aragón.
 Catálogo Nacional de Arte – Canart.
 Revista Crítica de Arte nº 52.
 Correo del Arte nº 68.
 La Rioja del Lunes nº 220.
 Revista Crítica de Arte nº 182.
 Diario La Rioja nº 36786.

Gallery

External links 

  Official Website of Requena Nozal
  Requena Nozal-YOUTUBE Abstract and Natures works in YouTube website
  Blog dedicated to Requena Nozal and technique of encaustic
  Blog about Requena Nozal and work
  Matilde Eugenia Blog (English and Spanish) dedicated to Requena Nozal
  Blog dedicated to encaustic with references to Requena Nozal
  Study on encaustic
  Manuel Medrano Cultural Blog
  Blog about the art of encaustic with reference to Requena Nozal
  "Pompom e os coelhinhos branco". Children's story with illustrations of Requena Nozal

References 

Category:21st-century Spanish painters
Category:Spanish male painters
Category:Spanish painters
Category:Abstract painters
Category:Aragonese painters
Category:Valencian painters
Category:1947 births
Category:Living people