Antonio García Patiño ┃ Surrealist Work

Antonio García Patiño was a multidisciplinary Galician artist: painter, ceramist, muralist, sculptor, and glassmaker, whose work is situated at the confluence of Cubism and Surrealism. Influenced by the ideas of André Breton and Carl Gustav Jung, he developed a unique visual language where the symbolic, the dreamlike, and the social intertwine with irony and depth.

His paintings and drawings combine references to popular culture, contemporary mythologies, and social criticism, building dynamic compositions charged with meaning. The formal fragmentation inherited from Cubism coexists with a surrealist imaginary that invites multiple interpretations.

García Patiño's work is part of collections in Europe and the United States, as well as in museums, institutions, and private collections in Galicia and Barcelona, consolidating his relevance in contemporary Spanish art.

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Biography

A Coruña 1932-2010. Antonio García Patiño was particularly fond of ceramics, collaborating with Sargadelos in the design of pieces such as the Compostela Holy Year collection and the collection of plates with a traditional essence
Galician. Critics agreed that Patiño's painting had the potential to extend to other mediums such as murals, sculptures, and stained glass. Patiño's work is included in collections
Spanish, French, Danish, Italian, Swiss and North American, as well as in the collections of Caixa Vigo, the Provincial Council of A Coruña, the Parliament of Galicia, Caixa Galicia, and the Free Port
Vigo and the Xunta de Galicia. Some of his works are also featured in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona.

The Monegasque art critic Philippe Le Cherif said of Patiño: While Surrealism finds the motivations for its existence in the manifestos of André Breton and within Freudian psychology; it is through the teachings of Carl-Gustav Jung, within the phenomenon of
collective unconscious where Patiño's karmicism finds the archetypal figures upon which he projects modern problems, which serve as the basis and support for his painting.

AWARDS
1957. Second Prize for Painting from the Delegation of the Ministry of Information and Tourism. Melilla City Council

1968. Second prize for painting at the V Cultural Classroom of the City of Cádiz

1971. Honorable Mention in the Vintersol competition. Spain-Sweden

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1990. Na Xamena Gallery. Ibiza

1991. Arts Circle. Lugo

Na Xamena Gallery. Ibiza

1992. Na Xamena Gallery. Ibiza

Sargadelos Gallery. Ferrol

1993. Na Xamena Gallery. Ibiza

Cast Iron Gallery. New York, USA

Lambert-Voigt Fine Art Gallery. Miami, USA

San Vicente Gallery. Valencia

1994. Na Xamena Gallery. Ibiza

Art-Galicia Gallery. Ferrol

Admiral Gallery. Lugo

Almina Gallery. Zurich

1995. Casa de Galicia. Madrid

1997. Almirante Gallery. Lugo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1961. Galician Painters at the City Hall of A Coruña

1966. Santa Cruz de Tenerife Fine Arts Circle

1967. Autumn Salon of the Mudéjar Palace. Seville

IV Cultural Classroom of the City of Cádiz

Colefax and Fowler. London, England

1971. Jaimes Hall. Barcelona

Galician Center of Madrid

Obanos Hall. Figueras

“Pro-Victims of Pakistan” Conference Centre of the International Trade Fair. Barcelona

Armengol Hall. Olot, Girona

XI Joan Miró Drawing Prize. Barcelona

1972. “International Graphic Work” Gaudí Hall. Barcelona

“Ibiza Gáfic” Museum of Contemporary Art. Ibiza

Vicereine's Palace. Barcelona

Vallés Gallery. Girona

Gaudí Hall. Barcelona

1973. Vallés Gallery. Girona

“3 Walls of UNESCO” Barcelona

“Opercula Latrinae” Nová Gallery. Barcelona

1974. “Exhibition 74” Gaudí Hall. Barcelona

Fortuny Gallery. Madrid

1975. Galerie Michel-Ange. Monte Carlo, Monaco

Pension and Old Age Savings Fund. Tremp, Lleida

1976. Spanish Cultural Institute. Copenhagen, Denmark

Barbasán Hall. Zaragoza

Savings Bank of A Coruña and Lugo

1978. National Publishing House. Barcelona

Sargadelos Gallery. Madrid

1981. Altex Gallery. Madrid

1984. Caja de Galicia. A Coruña

Savings Bank of Galicia. Santiago de Compostela

Hall of Nations. Paris, France

Caja de Galicia. Ferrol

1985. Provincial Council of Lugo. lugo

1986. Delegation of the Cultural Center. A Coruña

Sa Nostra. Ibiza

1987. Sa Nostra. Ibiza

1989. Caixa Galicia. To Coruña

La Pedrera Gallery. Barcelona

1991. Caixa Vigo. Vigo

1995. Celler de la Selva. Selva del Mar, Girona