Rancio abolengo (2003) Painting by Ignacio Navarro

RESUME ARTIST, EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS


Born January 25, 1953 in Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. In his family there were previous artists, such as his aunt Aurelia Navarro, wellknown and recognized painter of XIX-XX Century. She won several Honorific Mention and two times
Third goals from National Exhibition of Fine Art, in Madrid years 1904, 1906,1908.

Ignacio Navarro’s artistic talents were recognize early on. Starting at age seven, he participated in the “Infant and Youth Fine Arts Awards” in Córdoba and earned the “Honor Diploma” in 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1967. As a grade school student, he studied painting and drawing under the renowned Córdoba painter Miguel del Moral, who founded, with other artists, the cultural revierw, known as “Grupo Cántico”, 1947.

As a young man, from 1971 through 1973, Navarro studied at the School of Fine Arts in Córdoba, Granada and the Fine Art College of Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville.
For the next 20 years, Navarro traveled throughout Europe Africa and Asia
refining his skills, learning new techniques and gaining new artistic and philosophical perspectives.
It is a prolific period of artistic growth for Navarro.
Collections of drawing and oil paintings were begun during this time in the United Kingdon, Italy, Portugal, France, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Marruecos and Argelia.
The colleection of prints known as “punta seca y aguafuerte” was started in 1982 in his native state of Córdoba. In the some year, the Opel General Motors Corporation commissioned a large painting for this play incorporate headquarters.
The art and skill of working in ceramics dominated Navarro’s attention in Seville and Triana from 1986 through 1988. This experience led Navarro to open the Ceramicas Almohaza, S.A. in Madrid to showcase the work of ceramic and porcelain artists in 1990.

Today Navarro works in his own studio in Manilva,Málaga, Spain, where he lives with his family.
He focuses his skills on personal painting and at the same time he accepts specific orders for painting, drawing and ceramic works.


PUBLICATIONS

 Elle Decoración. February 1992.
 Mujer. May 1992, nº 7.
 Casa & Jardin, nº 225.
 Casa &Jardin, nº 226.
 Casa & Campo, nº 28.
 Casa & Campo, nº 36.
 Casa & Campo, nº 41.
 Casa & Campo, nº 45.
 Casa & Campo, nº 58.
 Rattapallax, New York. September 2001.
 Ilustración de portada para la novela “El almuerzo de los cuervos” de
Adriana Manzanares, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2003
 Ilustración de la entrada para el Museo de Arte de Columbia. 2003

• Nationality: SPAIN
• Date of birth : 1953
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Spanish Artists