Moisés Yagües (Murcia, 1972)
Moisés Yagües pictures the interior of the human head and body as a place where stories take place, where ideas come to life and take literal meaning. His cartoonish characters, full of energy and tenderness, already cause smiles all around the world due to his exhibitions in Germany, Mexico, Chile, China, the United States and Japan, to name a few.
In Yagües’ imagery, references and nods to art history stand out, especially in his famous series The Assistants, as well as reflections on the role of the artist in society and on his own creative process, The Artist. His depictions of surreal situations and schematic characters draw inspiration from comics, illustration, pop art, and street art, among others. He continues to paint in search of freer creation and a wholly personal universe, with a fresh, casual style, a well-established iconography, and a desire to tell stories that has also led him to work as an illustrator of books for both children and adults.
His work is part of international collections such as the María Cristina Masavue Peterson Foundation, the CEIM Foundation, the Casa de la Moneda Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Printmaking, the Acqui Terme Printmaking Museum in Italy, the National Library, the National Calcography, the International Centre of Graphic Art in Slovenia, the Kloster Bentlage Art Center in Germany, the Vischering Castle Museum, the Gunlan Museum of Graphic Art in China, the Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation in Palma de Mallorca, the CIEC Foundation in A Coruña, the Insular Museum of La Palma, and town councils such as those of Almería, Las Rozas, and Murcia.
Yagües has received numerous awards, particularly for his work as a printmaker, as well as grants at Casa Falconieri in Sardinia, Italy, at the Miró Foundation in Mallorca, at the CIEC Foundation in Betanzos, at the Kloster Bentlage Art Center in Rheine, and at the Guanlan Art Center in Shenzhen, China. He has exhibited in cities around the world, gaining eager followers especially in the U.S. and Asia, and shown in museums and institutions such as the Complutense University and the University of Alicante, as well as at the Biennials of Bucharest, Ljubljana, and Acqui Terme. He has also taken part in fairs such as Art Central Hong Kong, Art Taipei, Positions Berlin, Chicago Fair, The Armory Show NY, and Art 021 Shanghai, among others.
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