Description of the work

Work Calicha, by the artist Perico Pastor. Made with watercolor on paper and canvas. Measures 27 x 27 cm. In 2016.

The work Calicha by the artist Perico Pastor, is an absolute plastic lyricism connected mostly to everyday themes and the treatment of the human body, mainly the female. The artist has exhibited in many countries on different continents, gathering a lot of followers among all those people who do not seek in art the fidelity to a doctrine, but the spontaneity of feelings.

He currently resides in Barcelona, ​​but he has lived in different parts of the world. He lived for twelve years in New York, where he published his illustrations in Harper's, Village Voice, Vogue, and especially The New York Times. These collaborations allowed him to investigate his work without urgency.

EXHIBITIONS
In 1980 he exhibited for the first time at the Cornelia Street Cafe, and in 1983 he exhibited for the first time at the Estampa fair in Madrid. From then until 1989, he combined illustration and painting in New York and Barcelona. He has exhibited in Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Granada, Hong Kong, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Sag Harbor and Miami. In 1993 he was awarded the Morera Medal by Lleida City Council for all his work; in 1997 he received the COE Special Prize at the Biennial of Sport in the Fine Arts.

Currently, although he is fully dedicated to painting, he also collaborates with various media and teaches in New York. His work is in some of the thousands of public and private collections around the world.

LATEST EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS
The artist Perico Pastor has exhibited and participated in various exhibitions and art fairs around the world, here are his latest exhibitions.

1997

La Nave Gallery, Valencia.

Riberaygua Art Gallery, Andorra.

Coffee. Textile Coffee. Barcelona.

1998

Elvira González, Madrid.
Pergamon, Barcelona.
Marcart, Olot, (Girona).
1999

Palacio de Abrantes, Universidad de Salamanca.

2012

Jaume Morera Perico Pastor Museum of Art. The Enlightened Bible.

2014

Andorra Tobacco Museum Chapters. Perico Pastor.

2014

Beijing Cervantes Institute, Xi'an-Barcelona-Beijing: Paper roads, rivers of ink.

AWARDS

1993 Morera Medal of Lleida City Council for all his work

1997 Special prize of the Spanish Olympic Committee in the Biennial of the Sport in the Beautiful Arts.

If you want to know more about Calicha, go to Galeria Espai Cavallers.