Juan Antonio Guirado

Works
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Anoranza Arabe (Arab Annunciation), 2005
    Anoranza Arabe (Arab Annunciation), 2005
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Animadversion (Animosity), 1999/2002
    Animadversion (Animosity), 1999/2002
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Acontecimiento (The Happening) , 1998
    Acontecimiento (The Happening) , 1998
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Acensiones (Ascensions), 1992
    Acensiones (Ascensions), 1992
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Arrebatos (Outbursts), 1990
    Arrebatos (Outbursts), 1990
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Configuraciones (Configurations), 1990
    Configuraciones (Configurations), 1990
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Claudicacion ( Moral Abandonment) , 1998
    Claudicacion ( Moral Abandonment) , 1998
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Conjunction Suborinada ( Subordinate Conjunction) , 2005
    Conjunction Suborinada ( Subordinate Conjunction) , 2005
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Complejidad (Complexity), 1998
    Complejidad (Complexity), 1998
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, El Jardin (The Garden), 2001
    El Jardin (The Garden), 2001
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Destinos Ineludibles (Unmissable Destinations), 2001
    Destinos Ineludibles (Unmissable Destinations), 2001
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Grutas Inaccesibles (Inaccessible Grottoes), 2008
    Grutas Inaccesibles (Inaccessible Grottoes), 2008
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, En un mercado Persa (In a Persian market), 2001
    En un mercado Persa (In a Persian market), 2001
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Interaction (Interaction), 2003
    Interaction (Interaction), 2003
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Intermitencias (Intermittently), 1997
    Intermitencias (Intermittently), 1997
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Evocation Onircia, 2001
    Evocation Onircia, 2001
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Vision, 2003
    Vision, 2003
  • Juan Antonio Guirado, Inconsistencia (Inconsistency), 2002
    Inconsistencia (Inconsistency), 2002
Overview

A curated selection of works being exhibited for the first time.

Red 8 Gallery is honoured to partner with the Estate of Juan Antonio Guirado to showcase a re-discovered master of Spanish intrarealism.

 

Juan Antonio Guirado Espinosa was born in Los Villares (Jaen, Spain) in 1932 and his arts education began at the early age of 10 in Andalusia. He moved to Madrid at the age of 18 to study portraiture at the San Fernando Academy, later travelling to Italy and France studying Italian Renaissance and French Impressionism. In 1955 Guirado was commissioned to paint a series of murals in New York, and he had his first major exhibition in Miami in 1956. Guirado immigrated to Australia in the late 50s due to the social political climate, becoming interested in Oriental religions, in particular Hindu Philosophy Vedanta,which influenced his signature style. 

 

He returned to his homeland of Spain in 1973 and became one of the most represented Spanish contemporary artists in museums and international collections that included King Hussein of Jordan, J.D. Salinger, and John Schlesinger, and by globally renowned museums including the National Museum Reina Sofia and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta.

 

He also received multiple awards including the gold medal at the El Grollo awards at the Venice Biennale in 1976 and honoured at the Malta Art Biennial for his prolific body of work.