Luis Javier Gaya - Artist Info

About Luis Javier Gaya

  • Biography

    Luis Gayá began his training with Begoña Izquierdo, to finally study restoration and painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1996 he was awarded the Reina Sofía Prize at the Salón de Otoño, and joined the Escuela de El Escorial. He then furthered his studies in Rome, where he has lived for periods since then, thanks to various scholarships.

    Since the eighties, Gayá has held numerous solo exhibitions and taken part in group exhibitions, both in Spain and in Italy, Germany, Lithuania, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, etc. He has also won a large number of important awards, such as the Painting Prize of Her Excellency the Duchess of Alba at the Autumn Salon of th...

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