About • Biography
A force of nature whose art explodes with energy, movement, and soul. Born in Barcelona and based in Cape Town. He turns earth, pigments, recycled materials, and pure instinct into vivid, untamed masterpieces. His canvases live and breathe — shaped by rain, sun, sand, gravity, and raw hands-on creation. Juanjo works on cotton canvas or wood, with acrylic as a base. He applies natural pigments, which he collects during his constant travels around the African continent. Paint and materials such as plaster, dried plants, fabric, rope, paper, cardboard, and other recycled elements from everyday life give texture to his creations. His work tools include pieces⁷ of wood, feathers, combs, his hands and feet, gravity, rain, and the sun; also pipes, pots, sponges... The movements the canvas undergoes when it is shaken while lying on the beach sand, which is usually its natural easel. His creative and energetic activity knows no bounds when it comes to color, time, or space.