Christopher Ortega

Cristóbal Ortega - Blue Valentines sweating

Biografía del Artista: Cristóbal Ortega is a contemporary artist born in Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga, in 1970. His work is characterized by the representation of successions of pictorial notes of various timbres and shapes, harmonized as in a captivating score. Ortega has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Granada, although much of his artistic training has been self-taught. He currently lives and works between Beijing and Málaga. His particular pictorial conception gives rise to works in which masses of oil abound on the backs. A technique that starts from sweating, that is, from the transpiration of the oil through the thin layers of linen. Colors that mix and interact, generating synergies and movements. Liquid brushstrokes curl in a universe that announces a change. The essence of his works arises from the harmonization of opposites, from impetus and restraint, from expression and formality, from substance and form, from what lies deep within and what moves on the surface, from what Gilles Deleuze called "the haptic". Ortega has exhibited his work in numerous national and international galleries and art centers, and has participated in important art fairs such as ARCOmadrid and Art Beijing. He has received recognitions such as the Regional Prize for Plastic Arts from the Malaga Provincial Council in 2007 and First Prize in the International Painting Competition of the Focus-Abengoa Foundation in 2011. His work can be found in important public and private collections, such as the Focus-Abengoa Foundation, the Unicaja Foundation, the Los Bragales Collection and the Banco Sabadell Collection.