Aurelio Rodríguez López

Pastels, Oils Spain

Spain

Magic realism

Technique, light, color and detail.

Aurelio was Born in Génave, Spain (1958). He lives and works in Estepona, Andalucía, Spain.
Aurelio tells the small stories that we all connect with, such as lovers parting at a train station, the smell of his mother’s home cooking, or two children gazing at a fresh loaf of bread (which won first prize at the First International Biennial of Pastel, Spain in 2011).

Trained in drawing, oil, pastel and several techniques of etching, Aurelio’s medium of choice is pastel painting on several surfaces that he previously prepares with a special primer. He frequently travels internationally to exhibit, teach his skills or to create commissioned works on site, as he has done for the royal courts of Bahrain and Jordan or businessmen across the world.

Aurelio has created more than 6000 portraits across a distinguished career spanning four decades, one of which was a finalist in the BP Portrait Awards in 2012, and three of which were bestowed with Honorable Mentions in the international ModPortrait Awards in 2013/14/15 of which he now is a member of the Jury.
He has also produced a great number of still lifes, nudes and landscapes.

In several occasions, Sotheby’s has auctioned his portraits during the annual “Save the Children’s Winter Gala” which is held in London.
Noted for his rare mastery of technique, light, color and detail, his style has been characterized as heightened realism, hyperrealism, and surrealism. Aurelio uses the term ‘magic realism’ for some of his work.

He has garnered many accolades, varying from prestigious prizes to exhibitions in Madrid, New York, Miami, London, Paris, Moscow, Shanghai, Suzhou, Munich, Taipei, Hoki Museum (Japan) and dozens of other art hubs around the globe.
Special commissions have included the daughters of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, the bullfighter Julián López “El Juli”, tennis player Richard Krajicek’s family, the members of the rock band Def Leppard, the LPGA golf player Beatriz Recari etc.

His work is held in private and public collections across more than fifty countries, among these are the Pastel Museum of Suzhou in China, the Pastel Museum of Saint-Aulaye, France and the Spanish Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona.

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