JUAN CORTES AMAYA, "JUANITO" (Santa Coloma, Barcelona 2009).

JUAN CORTES AMAYA, "JUANITO" (Santa Coloma, Barcelona 2009). "Love for life". 2019. Acrylic on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Size: 151 x 151 cm. Like Mozart for music, Bobby Fisher for chess, little William James for mathematics or Pablo Picasso for painting, Juan Cortés Amaya, "Juanito" for family and friends, amazes art connoisseurs with his colourful and vibrant large-format paintings. He painted his first work at the age of 6 and by the age of 8 he was exhibiting in an art gallery in Madrid. Like a new Jackson Pollock, Juanito faces the canvas with surprising confidence. He works by resting the canvas horizontally on the ground and on its surface he sometimes spreads it out, and at other times he drops paint and other objects that are integrated into the work and which add shape and colour as well as plasticity. Watching Juan in the midst of the creative process is a delight. It is enjoyable to see how he develops his idea and the ease with which he mixes and applies the colours to the blank canvases. This passion comes from his great-grandfather, an antique dealer by profession, and from his art-loving father, who passed it on to his son. Of gypsy ethnicity, and a resident of Badalona, he has presented his paintings at several international fairs, in Spain, Italy and Monaco. His Abstract Expressionism style is the result of a very particular perception: "I am inspired by everything I see, everything that has lines, shapes and colours. I go out in the street and I only see colour and lines'. He is clear about what he wants: "I want my works to always express joy, happiness and all that is good. I never want them to convey anything bad'. And he tells how inspiration comes to him: 'I go about my normal routine and suddenly inspiration strikes me. Then nobody can stop me, I put on my flip-flops, my clothes and I think about what the background is going to be like. Among his references, Juanito Cortés talks about Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Paul Klee, Franz Kline, Vasili Kandinsky or his favourite, Joan Miró. -At his young age he has already participated in several exhibitions. Group exhibitions Spectrum" from 12th to 29th September 2018 at Santana Art Gallery (Madrid) Miradas creativas" from 4th to 20th October 2018 at Santana Art Gallery (Madrid) Navidarte" from 21st December 2018 to 5th January 2019 at Santana Art Gallery (Madrid) Fiesta internacional del Arte" from 21st March to 5th April 2019 at Santana Art Gallery (Madrid) International opening exhibition (second part) from 3rd to 16th July 2019 at Santana Art Gallery (Madrid). from 3 to 16 July 2019 at OCCO Art Gallery (Madrid) Castello Chiaramontano Di Racalmuto Sicilia (Italy> 21 December 2019 to 30 August 2020> Art3F from 21 to 23 August 2020> Espace Fontvieille> Excellence Art Gallery> Montecarlo (Monaco) > Casa Seat from 25 to 29 October Barcelona > Artis Experience from 26 to 30 May 2021 Madrid Upcoming exhibitions and events Juanito- future events Agreement with the Querer Foundation in Madrid to paint a monthly painting to be auctioned for charity. - Exhibition at Surbans from 15th to 30th October Barcelona - Exhibition at Templum Fine Art Auctions from 10th to 30th November Barcelona - Exhibition International Day of the Gypsy People in Chipiona in November, Itinerant Exhibition in several Spanish cities - Painting a painting in homage to the play that opens on 16th December at the Teatro Alcazar "Campeones", a film that was awarded three Goyas - Exhibition in Toledo from 4th to 9th February in homage to Federico Garcia Lorca, where Juanito makes a painting based on a poem written by him. Exhibition from December in a gallery in Mexico. We are not yet allowed to say the name.