20th-21st Century Spanish

Freixanes trained at the School of Fine Arts in Bilbao and later in Madrid, where he settled.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Freixanes joined the Atlántica group thanks to his friendship with his fellow painter Antón Patiño (1957).

His practice could be described as expressionistic figuration, with a notable influence of Central European artists and of . However, he has also engaged with a with references to Nature.

In 1995 he travelled to India, a country that left a deep impression on him and on his painting. In that sense, his work also alludes to the past and to the concept of memory.

Apart from painting, he also designs and illustrates books and from 1994 to 1996 he was a graphic collaborator in the newspaper La Voz de Galicia. He sat on the visual arts committee for Consello da Cultura Galega, an institution that promoted the creation of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea. He currently teaches painting at the School of Fine Arts of Granada.