JOSE MARÍA CAL CV
Name: Jose María Cal
Place of residence: Spain
Address: (Valencia, Spain)
e:mail: josemariacal@gmail.com
Web: https://www.josemariacal.com
https://linktr.ee/josemariacal
https://www.facebook.com/public/Jose-Maria-Cal-Carvajal
https://www.instagram.com/pintorjosecal/?hl=es
https://twitter.com/home?lang=es
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josemariacal/
https://www.pinterest.es/josemariacal/
Languages: Spanish, English, Catalan
Artistic training:
- Industrial
Designer by School of Art and Design of Valencia.
Year 1986. Number 1 of his graduating class.
- Course: Sustainable art, crafts and creativity: natural inks and dyes. 2024. Taught by the Polytechnic University of Valencia
- Masterclass. Plenearist Landscape Painting. 2023. By Helena Blankenstein, Fine arts graduate.
- Painting course at the Barreira Art School, Valencia. Year 76.
Memberships:
- From 2023. ArteEnred Group
Representation in galleries:
- Agaphe Management Barcelona Gallery
- Pitijopos Gallery Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Art Magazine:
- 2025. Artistic Hub Magazine. From Abril 30
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2026. Maritime Abstractions. Dársena Art Space. From March 5 to June 15. Curated by Susana Gastelumendi Vilaboa. Avenida Perfecto Palacio de la Fuente, Muelle Pte, 6. Port of Alicante.
- 2025. Fucar22 Art Gallery. From February 14 to March 15. c/ Fucar 22, 28014 Madrid.
- 2024. “Paisatges”. Mario Monreal Cultural Center of Sagunto. From October 1st to December 2nd.
- 2024. Hopper Space. Madrid. April 1 to April 30 Street Cava Baja, 40, 28005 Madrid.
- Masterclass. Plenearist Landscape Painting. 2023. By Helena Blankenstein, Fine arts graduate.
- Painting course at the Barreira Art School, Valencia. Year 76.
Memberships:
- From 2023. ArteEnred Group
Representation in galleries:
- Agaphe Management Barcelona Gallery
- Pitijopos Gallery Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Art Magazine:
- 2025. Artistic Hub Magazine. From Abril 30
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2026. Maritime Abstractions. Dársena Art Space. From March 5 to June 15. Curated by Susana Gastelumendi Vilaboa. Avenida Perfecto Palacio de la Fuente, Muelle Pte, 6. Port of Alicante.
- 2025. Fucar22 Art Gallery. From February 14 to March 15. c/ Fucar 22, 28014 Madrid.
- 2024. “Paisatges”. Mario Monreal Cultural Center of Sagunto. From October 1st to December 2nd.
- 2024. Hopper Space. Madrid. April 1 to April 30 Street Cava Baja, 40, 28005 Madrid.
International Exhibitions:
- 2025. Digital exhibition Golden Duck Gallery, Budapest.
- 2025. Visual Art Exhibition. Artistic Hub Magazine. Switzerland. From March 1 to April 20.
- Biennal Intercontinental 2025. Brasilia, Brazil
Painting Exhibitions:
- 2026. Collective. La Llotja Room in Sant Jordi de Alcoi. June 4 to July 30.
- 2025. Group exhibition. A Torrent of Chocolate. Torrente EMAT. From April 24 to June 27.- 2025 Collective Exhibiton Fucar22 Art Gallery. Madrid. Opening on Friday, February 14 at
7:30 p.m. Duration: until March 15, 2025. Address: Calle Fucar 22, 28014 Madrid
- 2025. Collective exhibition Gran Vía Cultural. Madrid. Franquearte. From January 13
to February 2. Naturaleza Fragmentada.
- 2024. Collective exhibition Casa Cultura Puerto Sagunto. From November 3 to 29
- 2024 - Collective Exhibition October 05 to December 12. Mucbe Benicarló, Castellón.
- 2024 - Collective Exhibition February 10 to February 25. Pitijopos Gallery, Sanlúcar de
Barrameda, Cadiz.
- 2023 - VI Biennale of Valencia. Ciutat Vella Oberta 2023. November 14 to
January 07, 2024. Selected.
- 2023 - Collective Exhibition. Circuit Artíst. Santa Cristina d´Aro. Girona. November December 2023.
- 2023 - Collective Exhibition October- November, 2023. Burjassot Cultural Center. Topic: “A
Sorolla’s purpose.” Valencian Culturarte Association.
- 2023 - Collective Exhibition June 23. Cuttoo Gallery Madrid.
- 2023 - Contemporary Art Collective Spring 23. Circuit Artístic. Picasso Hotel Gallery.
Toroella de Montgrí. Catalonia.
- 2023 - XVI International Exhibition Virtual Museum Mundoarti 01-03-2023
- 2022 - Selected Collective Exhibition La Salita, work Bodegons01 13.11.22
- 2022 - Collective Exhibition Abartium Gallery. Calldetenes (Barcelona). Construction site:
Bodegons02 15.11.22
- 2021 - IX International Exhibition Virtual Museum Mundoarti 02-11-2021
- 2021 - Selected Collective Exhibition Feeding ArtWorld 2021
- Awards:
-
Finalist, 43rd “Jesús Madero” National Painting Competition,
Herencia. 2026
- Finalist, 49th Casimiro Sainz National
Painting Competition, Reinosa. 2026
- Finalist, 8th “Pedro
Bueno” National Painting Competition, Villa del Río. 2026
- Finalist, 3rd Francisco Pedraza Muñoz. Badajoz. International Painting Competition. February 2026
- Finalist, 35th Álora City. Málaga. Painting and Sculpture Competition, 2025
- Finalist, 30th Algemesí Painting Competition, 2025. Las Atarazanas, Grao de Valencia, April 3, 2025 to June 29, 2025
- Finalist, 82nd Centelles.Tarragona. Painting Competition, 2024
- Finalist, Bodegas Lairén. Toledo. Competition, 2024, 3V
- Finalist, La Salita, Gijón, Abstract, October 2022
- Finalist, 6th Valencia Biennial, Ciutat Vella Oberta, 2023
Jose María Cal is a painter from Valencia. He studied Industrial Design at the School of Art and Higher Design in Valencia, graduating at the top of his class. After living in various locations—including the city of Valencia itself and the towns of Puzol, El Puig, Jávea, and Tabernes Blanques—he has now settled in the small village of Petrés, near Sagunto. His art studio is located in the Port of Sagunto.
His artistic career
reflects a long journey of profound evolution, ranging from realistic
family portraits to experiments with Expressionism, influenced by
artists such as Miquel Barceló and Jose María Sicilia. During the
2000s, he painted works inspired by the British landscapes where he
lived (Leamington, England) as well as Mediterranean seascapes from
Jávea, where he owned a home. Throughout his career, he has
experimented with a wide range of techniques. For many years, he used
acrylics due to their ease of handling, employing marble dust and
plaster as a base to create strong textures. He currently uses a
combination of acrylics as a base for some works, but favors oil
paint—primarily for its more relaxed application, but also for the
challenge of mastering it and the immense possibilities offered by
the use of mediums and drying agents. Oil sticks are an excellent
choice for finishing works, as they highlight the artist's gesture
and brushwork. Along the way, he has worked with charcoal,
watercolor, pastels, wax crayons, oil pastels, and sketches on
cardboard, among other media. Currently, the computer serves as his
most creative tool during the sketching phase.
He regularly
collaborates with the Association of Valencian Visual Artists
(ArteenRed). In recent years, he has participated in group
exhibitions in the city of Valencia—including a tribute to Sorolla
in Burjassot—as well as in Alcoy, Torrente, Benicarló, and the
Port of Sagunto. He has also exhibited outside the Valencian region,
in cities such as Madrid, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Calldetenes
(Barcelona).
He has held solo exhibitions in Madrid, Sagunto, and
Alicante. Participates in international group exhibitions in
Brasília, Brazil, and Budapest, Hungary, and contributes to an art
magazine in Switzerland.
MY STUDIO
National Museum of the Republic, Brasilia, Brazil
From July 4 to July 17, 2025
BRAZIL
Jose María Cal, Exhibition in Brasília, Brazil, South America.
Crossing continents with the best artistic and creative works from over the world
in Brasília, District Federal, Brazil.
#linktr.ee/josemariacal
#www.intercontinentalbienal.org/
#@intercontinentalbiennial
Torrent Colevtive Exhibition
Jose María Cal is exhibiting at the EMAT (Metropolitan Space of Torrent).
Opening on Thursday, April 24th at 7:30 p.m. Exhibition until June 27th, 2025.
https://www.levante-emv.com/horta/2025/04/22/deseo-chocolate-arte-exposicion-torrent-116601198.html
Art resurfaces after the DANA: Valencia hosts the 30th Algemesí City Painting Award
The Drassanes del Grau in Valencia will become the epicenter of contemporary culture with the opening and awards ceremony of the 30th edition of the prestigious Algemesí City Painting Award. This competition will be held next Thursday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m. in 2025.
The exhibition will be on display until June 29, 2025.
This event will be more than an opening: it will be a celebration of unity among artists, institutions, and cultural stakeholders. The solidarity and commitment of all involved have resulted in a joint effort to keep the creativity and artistic spirit of Algemesí and Valencia alive, joining forces to continue promoting contemporary creation from local spheres.
A prestigious international jury
The jury, composed of distinguished international experts such as French curator Alexandre Roccuzzo, IVAM curator Teresa Millet, award-winning Josep Esteve Adam (BMV Prize), and artists Sílvia Castell and Antonio Barroso, has decided to award this year's Prize to the young artist Estefanía Serrano Soriano, a native of Altura, Castellón, for her work "Two Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds," a fascinating geometric abstraction with op art effects. The winning work will be incorporated into the Algemesí museum collection, which is undergoing a revival after the recent floods.
We invite all art and culture lovers to participate in this significant moment for the world of contemporary painting and to enjoy one of the most important exhibitions of the season, curated by Àlex Villar and Ukrainian artist Svitlana Davydenko.
A High-Level Exhibition
The exhibition of the 30 finalist works, which will be on display until June 29, 2025, at the Atarazanas del Grao, brings together some of today's most relevant Spanish artists. This competition has established itself as one of the most prestigious in the field of contemporary painting in Spain, serving as a platform for expressing the technical and aesthetic derivatives of painting in the context of the visual arts, reflecting the concerns and challenges facing art today.
The visual artist Jose María Cal is one of the 30 finalists for the 30th Algemesí Painting Award.
Collective exhibition in Madrid. January 13 to February 01. Curated by Corina de Sousa of Franquearte.
From July 4 to July 17, 2025
BRAZIL
Jose María Cal, Exhibition in Brasília, Brazil, South America.
Crossing continents with the best artistic and creative works from over the world
in Brasília, District Federal, Brazil.
#linktr.ee/josemariacal
#www.intercontinentalbienal.org/
#@intercontinentalbiennial
Jose María Cal is exhibiting at the EMAT (Metropolitan Space of Torrent).
Opening on Thursday, April 24th at 7:30 p.m. Exhibition until June 27th, 2025.
https://www.levante-emv.com/horta/2025/04/22/deseo-chocolate-arte-exposicion-torrent-116601198.html
XXX Premi Pintura Algemesí
The Drassanes del Grau in Valencia will become the epicenter of contemporary culture with the opening and awards ceremony of the 30th edition of the prestigious Algemesí City Painting Award. This competition will be held next Thursday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m. in 2025.
The exhibition will be on display until June 29, 2025.
This event will be more than an opening: it will be a celebration of unity among artists, institutions, and cultural stakeholders. The solidarity and commitment of all involved have resulted in a joint effort to keep the creativity and artistic spirit of Algemesí and Valencia alive, joining forces to continue promoting contemporary creation from local spheres.
A prestigious international jury
The jury, composed of distinguished international experts such as French curator Alexandre Roccuzzo, IVAM curator Teresa Millet, award-winning Josep Esteve Adam (BMV Prize), and artists Sílvia Castell and Antonio Barroso, has decided to award this year's Prize to the young artist Estefanía Serrano Soriano, a native of Altura, Castellón, for her work "Two Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds," a fascinating geometric abstraction with op art effects. The winning work will be incorporated into the Algemesí museum collection, which is undergoing a revival after the recent floods.
We invite all art and culture lovers to participate in this significant moment for the world of contemporary painting and to enjoy one of the most important exhibitions of the season, curated by Àlex Villar and Ukrainian artist Svitlana Davydenko.
A High-Level Exhibition
The exhibition of the 30 finalist works, which will be on display until June 29, 2025, at the Atarazanas del Grao, brings together some of today's most relevant Spanish artists. This competition has established itself as one of the most prestigious in the field of contemporary painting in Spain, serving as a platform for expressing the technical and aesthetic derivatives of painting in the context of the visual arts, reflecting the concerns and challenges facing art today.
The visual artist Jose María Cal is one of the 30 finalists for the 30th Algemesí Painting Award.
Solo Exhibition
- 2024. Mario Monreal Cultural Center of Sagunto. From October 1st to December 1nd.
2024 - Collective Exhibition October 05 to December 12. Mucbe Benicarló, Castellón.
Selected work, LXXXII Paintings Contest Centelles Award (2024)
Selected work, III National Painting Contest Bodegas Lairén, Todelo. Year 2024
III CERTAMEN NACIONAL DE PINTURA
“3V”
Bodegas Lairén 
Paisaje de Viñas
by Mundoarti (www.mundoarti.com)
Solo Exhibition. Jose María Cal at Hopper Madrid with "Palimpest"
By MundoArti
08/04/2024
Hopper Madrid is a Madrid establishment that is part of our exhibition project. They are committed to art and strive to offer spaces for numerous artists to present their projects. This time, they have received many applications from artists to exhibit, and Jose María has been one of those chosen to do so this April 2024.
Jose María Cal graduated in Industrial Design from the EAAOA (Current School of Art and Design of Valencia). He has also completed painting studies at the Barreira School of Valencia and a Plenearist Landscape Masterclass in 2023. He has also trained in printing techniques such as monotype and screen printing. It has been selected for the VI Biennial of Valencia Ciutat Vellla Oberta 2023. In addition, it has held numerous group exhibitions such as the Homage to Joaquín Sorolla in Burjassot for the Culturarte Association in 2023, the Collective Exhibition at the Abartium gallery in Calldetenes, Barcelona or the Exhibition in the Pitijopos Gallery in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz.
Jose María Cal's painting helps him communicate with others. The “painting speaks about oneself.” When we have difficulties relating to ourselves in this artificial world of ours, so prone to loneliness and isolation, plastic work is a magnificent means to show others our life experiences.... Memories and Valencian passages: Jávea, Cullera, Denia , Tuéjar, Chelva, El Saler, Pinedo, La Malvarrosa, Valencia, Alcocéber....
The painting speaks about oneself. When we have difficulties relating to ourselves in this artificial world of ours, plastic work is a magnificent means to show others our life experiences.
Some works by the artist exhibited at Hopper Madrid
In his first artistic steps back in the eighties when he was studying product design, his influences were strongly marked by the artists of that time, Miquel Barceló, Jose María Sicilia or Miguel Angel Campano. It was expressionism. Later, and at the beginning of the 2000s, he began to opt for surrealism.
As a true obligation, the artist needs to create positive spaces where festivity and color serve as the best means to express all his vital desires. In this work the color, light and textures of the palimpests speak, but geometry and abstraction also speak.
We encourage you to discover the work of this artist at Hopper: C. de la Cava Baja, 40, 28005 Madrid; and follow his work on his Instagram profile @pintorjosecal
- 2024 - Collective Exhibition February 10 to February 25. Pitijopos Gallery, Sanlúcar de
Barrameda, Cadiz.
- 2024. VI Biennale of Valencia. Ciutat Vella Oberta 2023. November 14 to
January 07. Selected.
Collective Exhibition. Circuit Artíst. Santa Cristina d´Aro. Girona. November
December 2023.
Collective Exhibition October- November, 2023. Burjassot Cultural Center. Topic: “A
Sorolla’s purpose.” Valencian Culturarte Association.
Collective Exhibition June 23. Cuttoo Gallery Madrid.
Contemporary Art Collective Spring 23. Circuit Artístic. Picasso Hotel Gallery.
Toroella de Montgrí. Catalonia.
XVI International Exhibition Virtual Museum Mundoarti 01-03-2023
Collective Exhibition Abartium Gallery. Calldetenes (Barcelona). Construction site:
Bodegons02 15.11.22
IX International Exhibition Virtual Museum Mundoarti 02-11-2021
By MundoArti
08/04/2024
Hopper Madrid is a Madrid establishment that is part of our exhibition project. They are committed to art and strive to offer spaces for numerous artists to present their projects. This time, they have received many applications from artists to exhibit, and Jose María has been one of those chosen to do so this April 2024.
Jose María Cal graduated in Industrial Design from the EAAOA (Current School of Art and Design of Valencia). He has also completed painting studies at the Barreira School of Valencia and a Plenearist Landscape Masterclass in 2023. He has also trained in printing techniques such as monotype and screen printing. It has been selected for the VI Biennial of Valencia Ciutat Vellla Oberta 2023. In addition, it has held numerous group exhibitions such as the Homage to Joaquín Sorolla in Burjassot for the Culturarte Association in 2023, the Collective Exhibition at the Abartium gallery in Calldetenes, Barcelona or the Exhibition in the Pitijopos Gallery in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz.
Jose María Cal's painting helps him communicate with others. The “painting speaks about oneself.” When we have difficulties relating to ourselves in this artificial world of ours, so prone to loneliness and isolation, plastic work is a magnificent means to show others our life experiences.... Memories and Valencian passages: Jávea, Cullera, Denia , Tuéjar, Chelva, El Saler, Pinedo, La Malvarrosa, Valencia, Alcocéber....
The painting speaks about oneself. When we have difficulties relating to ourselves in this artificial world of ours, plastic work is a magnificent means to show others our life experiences.
Some works by the artist exhibited at Hopper Madrid
In his first artistic steps back in the eighties when he was studying product design, his influences were strongly marked by the artists of that time, Miquel Barceló, Jose María Sicilia or Miguel Angel Campano. It was expressionism. Later, and at the beginning of the 2000s, he began to opt for surrealism.
As a true obligation, the artist needs to create positive spaces where festivity and color serve as the best means to express all his vital desires. In this work the color, light and textures of the palimpests speak, but geometry and abstraction also speak.
We encourage you to discover the work of this artist at Hopper: C. de la Cava Baja, 40, 28005 Madrid; and follow his work on his Instagram profile @pintorjosecal
- 2024 - Collective Exhibition February 10 to February 25. Pitijopos Gallery, Sanlúcar de
Barrameda, Cadiz.
- 2024. VI Biennale of Valencia. Ciutat Vella Oberta 2023. November 14 to
January 07. Selected.
December 2023.
Collective Exhibition October- November, 2023. Burjassot Cultural Center. Topic: “A
Sorolla’s purpose.” Valencian Culturarte Association.
Contemporary Art Collective Spring 23. Circuit Artístic. Picasso Hotel Gallery.
Toroella de Montgrí. Catalonia.
Bodegons02 15.11.22
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