20^th Century Spanish

Matamoro studied at the School of Fine Arts at Universidad Complutense in Madrid, majoring in painting and engraving, and maintained connections with the Atlántica group. He lived in New York in 1988-1989 thanks to a grant from the Joint Spanish-American Committee for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and in Rome in 1991 with a scholarship to the city’s Spanish Academy.

Worth underscoring in this artist’s practice is his technical mastery, the outcome of his ongoing experimentation with different mediums and materials. His practice has been gradually purged of figuration, giving way to an expressionistic landscape full of colour. In the 1990s he started to use polyurethane to create redolent textures.

Matamoro has exhibited extensively, mostly in Spain. His first exhibition was held in 1986 at Galería Abel Lepina in Vigo.