Miquel Navarro

Miquel Navarro (born September 29, 1945) is a Spanish sculptor, painter and contemporary poet.

Navarro has been defined as an eclectic artist with influences from postmodernism, minimalism and avant-garde.

Biography Navarro was born in Mislata, Valencia in 1945. From 1964 to 1968 he studied painting at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts in Valencia. In 1972 he decided to abandon painting and concentrate on sculpture. However, he continued to paint. He also writes poetry.

In 1973, Navarro showed his first "Ciutat", one of his main sculptural manifestations. He mainly used fireproof materials along with terracotta and sand. Between 1975 and 1980 he exhibited his main works, such as "Pirámide" or "Els altres 75 anys de pintura valenciana" many exposition in Valencia (Valencia Architects School) and Madrid (Vandres Gallery and Ponce Gallery).

In 1980, Navarro's sculptures were exhibited at the 21st International Sculpture Conference in Washington, DC and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Over the next few years, Navarro created "Estructura urbana" (1983), "Des terrar" (1985–1986) and "Minerva Paranoica" (1989), a monumental sculpture. Many of these new sculptures contained iron.

In recent years, Navarro has exhibited in Bilbao (Galeria Colon XVI 2005) and Valencia (Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) in 2009). His sculptures have included "Ciudad Roja" (1994), "Casco Urbano" (1999) and "L'Almassil" (2010).

His work Navarro has borrowed from many styles, ranging from Baroque to Postmodernism and Minimalism. One of his main contributions is the "Ciutat (city)". Navarro says: "La ciudad es como un cuerpo y tiene discursos de las arterias, el elemento horizontal, en el caso de los elementos verticales están los muros, las torres."(following)"El cuerpo humano no utiliza arterias, venas, fluidos, corazón, centro, casco. Cuando tú defines una ciudad estás definiendo un cuerpo"

Some of Navarro's works are part of the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Awards Spanish National Award for Plastic Arts, 1986 Alfons Roig Award (Valencia's Council), 1987 C.E.O.E Arts Award, 1990 National AECA Award, 1995 Valencians for the 21st century Award, 2001, Generalitat Valenciana Distinction for the Cultural Merit, 2002 Plastic Arts Awards" Valencianos del Mundo " (Given by Generalidad Valenciana and el Mundo newspaper ). International Julio Gonzalez Award, 2008 Man of the Year, Hortanoticias, 2009. Academician of the Real Academia de BBAA de San Fernando, 2011

Street works Fuente Pública Valencia, 1986 Torreta (Fuente Publica) Turis (Valencia), 1989 Fanalet (Farola) Quart de Poblet (Valencia), 1989 Minerva Paranoica (Escultura) Castellón, 1989 Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Universidad Autonoma ) Barcelona, 1990 Torre del Sonido (Escultura Universidad Carlos III) Getafe (Madrid), 1992 Fraternitat (Escultura) Barcelona, 1992 Mástiles (Hotel Valencia-Palace) Valencia, 1994 Boca de Luna (Fuente Pública) Bruselas, 1996 Centinela (Hotel San Roque) Garachico (Tenerife), 1999 Home Guaita (Escultura) Valencia, 1999 Saltamontes Libando (Fuente Pública) Castellón, 1999 Casco Industrial (Escultura) Bilbao, 1999 Andarin (Escultura) Gijon (Asturias), 2000 Oteando (Escultura) Torrelavega (Cantabria), 2000 Vigía (Escultura) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2001 Cabeza con Luna Menguante Mislata (Valencia), 2002 La Mirada (Escultura) Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2002 Palera (Escultura) Málaga, 2003 Palas Fundición (Escultura) Ceuti (Murcia), 2003 El Parotet Valencia, 2006 Conexión (Museo Bellas Artes- Bilbao), 2007 Mantis (Murcia), 2008 Válvula con alberca (Expo Zaragoza), 2008