GUILLERMO MARTÍN BERMEJO

Spain, 1971

MARTÍNEZ & AVEZUELA

In his extensive career as an artist we highlight his recent exhibitions at the Museo Lázaro Galdiano (2019-2020), the Real Academia de San Fernando (2018), Museo Carmen Thyssen (2017) and the Fundación Santiago y Segundo Montes (2016). His drawings depict a romantic world populated by fragile beings that emerge from myths and Western literature. Some are almost unfinished fragments, intimate portraits drawn on pages taken from old and torn books he buys at flea markets; others become elaborate scenes where these characters interact in the settings and traditions of the places the artist inhabits. Its seemingly naïve quality uses the past as a poetic space in which to recount his own memories and life experiences. Fiction overlaps with reality, and the narratives of classical artists intertwine with Guillermo’s own life.

His works can be found in a number of private collections in Spain, France, Belgium and England, as well as in institutions such as the Koc Collection (Istanbul), Museo Conde Duque de Arte Contemporáneo (Madrid), Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid), Colección Caja Madrid (Madrid), Colección Caja España (Valladolid) and the Spanish Embassy in Tokyo (Japan).