Surreal intuitive painting created by August Vilella, the artist from Barcelona

Currently based in Tokyo, August Vilella is a well-known artist from Barcelona; His artworks have been exhibited around the world in cities such as Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai, Dubai, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Taipei, Oxford, Shenzhen, San Francisco, Rotterdam... etc. In 2016 he was the winner for The Best Artist at the Tokyo International Art Fair and in 2017 winner for the Best Innovative Art at The Global Art Awards of Dubai (UAE). In 2018 he won the "International Artist Grand Prize" of Taipei and the "Chairman´s Award" in the Art Revolution Taipei where his work has been chosen as the best among 4,546 candidates.

He creates oil paintings by means of a surreal-intuitive method. Thanks to this process, he tries to give shape to his subconscious mind without using any previous sketches or ideas. The result of this practice evokes a dreamlike aura and a magical, metaphoric, and even philosophical language, which invites the observing visitor to reflect. All this iconography is represented with a very refined technic. His style can remind us of old masters because he works with very small brushes, puts many slim layers of oil paint and varnish and plays with the lights and shadows. In consequence, we can see in Vilella´s artworks a very curious contrast between a very technical and elaborated style, and a creative process that turns out to be completely intuitively improvised and unintentional... like a Jazz painting.