The work of any figurative painter is also the fruit of a dialogue with their models, a true collaboration. Every time the painter tries to capture the attitude and the pose of a model, we see a different character emerging.
Jordi Diaz Alamà, born in Granollers in 1986, graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and posteriorly trained in classical art schools such as the Florence Academy of Art (Italy), where he learned the techniques used by the Great Masters of 19th century painting. He consolidated his training with contemporary masters of realism such as the Norwegian painter Odd Nerdrum, Guillermo Muñoz Vera, or Antonio López.
He was the winner of the Figurativas 2011 Contest, organised by the Arts and Artists Foundation in collaboration with the MEAM, as well as the LI Premio Internacional de Dibujo Ynglada-Guillot (the Ynglada-Guillot International Drawing Prize), organised by the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi.
His artistic outlook is also developed thanks to his teaching role at the Barcelona Academy of Art, which he founded in 2013. At the Academy, he develops, expands, and shares his knowledge of classical methods, promoting the idea that they can help the interpretation and artistic representation of the present times.
His personal work involves an impressive display of pictorial resources with a refined technique, free of mannerisms, that responds to the canon of contemporary classical figuration, continually investigating new concepts and plasticities. In 2017, he created his most monumental work to date with La Cruz del Jubileo, a commission for the Church of los Dolores in the city of Vic.
In the series #ClásicosDesollados, he combines his realistic technique with bursts of abstraction; cutting, tearing, and literally skinning the most iconic works of the great masters from Velázquez to Manet to highlight their inherent modernity. His interpretation of Rembrandt's The Night Watch is in the permanent collection of the Can Framis Museum in Barcelona.
Today, he is again faced with a monument of universal history, anchored in the collective memory: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The exhibition project Si Volse a Retro, in collaboration with the sculptor Grzegorz Gwiazda, focuses on Dante's Hell, interpreting and illustrating the 33 songs, materializing the writer's most striking imagery and reaffirming his commitment to contemporary realistic figuration.
Barcelona, 1986.
Artist/Painter
Director of the Barcelona Academy of Art.
Exhibitions
Solo
2022
Si Volse a Retro. Museu de Granollers.
Si Volse a Retro. Museu Europeu d'Art Modern. Barcelona.
2020
Blanco, Negro, Rojo. Galería Punts de Vistes. Barcelona.
2019
Red Studio. El Claustre. Girona.
Sala Alamà. Museu Can Framis. Barcelona.
2017
#ClásicosDesollados. Museu Can Framis. Barcelona.
2015
Queens of the night / Reinas de la Noche. El Claustre. Girona.
2013
Artists on sale / Artistas que se venden. El Claustre. Figueres.
2012
Modern women / Mujeres modernas. El Claustre. Girona.
2011
Diaz Alamà: de la enseñanza académica a la obra personal. Colegio de arquitectos. Mataró.
Group
2022
- BAA Students and Teachers Exhibition. Mrs. Toolip Art Gallery. Barcelona
- Art Madrid. Inéditad Gallery. Madrid
2021
- 'Templarios'. Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús en Caravaca de la Cruz. Murcia.
- Feria Art Montpellier. Pedro Luis Requena. France.
- Feria Estampa. Pedro Luis Requena. Madrid.
- Algo más que realismo. Galería Artelibre. Zaragoza.
2020
- Eros: tu cuerpo como excusa. MEAM. Barcelona.
2019
- 20 años en 20×20. MEAM. Barcelona.
- The Wild & the Tame. Misnoma. Galería Mutuo. Barcelona.
- MGA6. Manlleu Galeria d'Art. Manlleu.
- El Retrato. Galería Fermín Echauri. Pamplona.
- Spanish Realist Painting. Saga Prefectural Museum. Japan.
- Spanish Realist Painting. Hoki Museum. Japan.
- 20 años en 20×20. Galería Artelibre. Zaragoza.
- Palau de Casavell. Galeria Miquel Alzueta. Girona.
2018
- Grand Art.'#ClásicosDesollados'. Pigment Gallery. Milan.
- Art Paris.'#ClásicosDesollados. Black series'. Galeria Miquel Alzueta. France.
- Eurantica Brussels Art Fair. '#ClásicosDesollados'. Galeria Miquel Alzueta. Belgium.
2016
- Finalists exhibition. Premio de Pintura de la Fundación Vila Casas 2016. Can Framis. Barcelona.
- Romeo and Juliette. Teatro del Liceo. Galería El Quatre. Barcelona.
- Spanish Contemporary Realism in China. 511Global Culture Center. Hangzou. China.
- Spanish Contemporary Realism in China. Yiwu Gallery. China.
2015
- Art Renewal Center International ARC Salon. MEAM. Barcelona.
- Odd Nerdrum School. MEAM. Barcelona.
- El paper de l'art. MEAM. Barcelona.
- Diaz Alamà and the Barcelona School. Piera Pintor Fortuny. Barcelona.
- Diaz Alamà and the Barcelona School. La destilería. Mataró.
- Art Madrid15. Galería El Quatre. Madrid.
2014
- More than realism. Galería ArteLibre. Zaragoza.
- 29º Painting Prize BMW, Madrid.
- Chiaroscuro, FAA/Richard J. Massey Foundation Exhibition. New York. U.S.A.
- Represent. 20th Century Theatre. London.
- Pintors de Granollers. Galeria Icart. Granollers.
- BAA First Generation Alumni show. MEAM. Barcelona.
2013
- Art Madrid. Galería El Quatre. Madrid. Spain.
- Winter Salon. Galería el Claustre, Girona. Spain.
- Alumni Show. The Florence Academy of Art. Florence. Italy.
- Arcadia Gallery with Chris VanDick. California. U.S.A.
2012
- Tetris. Galería El Quatre. Granollers.
- Winter Salon. Galeria el Claustre. Girona.
- Arte Libre exhibition show. Zaragoza.
- Art Madrid 2012, Galería el Quatre. Madrid.
- BP Portrait show. Aberdeen Art Gallery. Aberdeen. U.K.
2011
- Figurativas '11. MEAM. Barcelona.
- Fashion Victims. Galería Castelló 120. Madrid.
- Lleidart. Sala La Unió. Lérida.
- BP Portrait Show.Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Wolverhampton, U.K.
- Emergentes. Galería Castelló 120. Madrid.
- Figurativas'11. Museo Casa de la Moneda. Madrid.
- Colectiva de verano. Galería El Claustre. Girona - Figueres.
- BP Portrait award show. National Portrait Gallery. London.
- 25th Anniversary. Galería El Quatre. Granollers.
- 4th Painting Prize Torres Garcia. Mataró.
- ArtMadrid11. Fundación de las Artes y los Artistas. Madrid.
2010
- Figurativas '10, Fundación Fran Daurel. El Poble Español. Barcelona.
- Pequeños Caprichos. Galeria Castelló 120. Madrid.
- Figurativas '10. Museo Casa de la Moneda. Madrid.
- Exceptional studio work 2009-10. The Florence Academy of Art, Florence. Italy.
- L'arte in viaggio. Facultad de Bellas Artes. Barcelona.
- L'arte in viaggio. Accademia di Belle Arti. Bari. Italy.
- Congreso Ibero - Americano. Rome. Italy.
- Alumni show of the Florence Academy of Art. Florence. Italy.
2009
- Figurativas '09. Casa de la Provincia. Sevilla.
- 3rd Prize. Premio de Pintura Torres Garcia. Mataró.
- Figurativas '09. Casa América. Madrid.
- Figurativas '09. Fundación Fran Daurel. Poble Español. Barcelona.
- Objeto y realidad. Galería Castelló 12. Madrid.
- Processos de Creación artística. Facultat de Belles Arts. Barcelona.
Awards and Scholarships
2018
- Most Ambitious Runner Up Award, Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition.
2017
- First Prize. Premio Cultura Viva de pintura. Spain.
2016
- Honourable Mention. Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition.
- First Painting Prize. Fundación Vila Casas for 'El Trono de Hamelín'. Barcelona.
2015
- Honourable Mention. Art Renewal Center International Salon Competition.
2014
- Badge of Honor. 29th edition BMW Painting Prize. Madrid.
2013
- Painting Prize. Fundación Vila Casas. Barcelona.
- First Prize Drawing Contest Ynglada Guillot, Real Academia de Bellas Artes Sant Jordi. Barcelona.
2011
- First Prize Figurativas '11. Fundación de las Artes y los Artistas. Barcelona.
- Selected. BP Portrait. National Portrait Gallery. London.
2010
- Odd Nerdrum Studio stay. Norway.
- Honourable Mention, Painting and Sculpture Competition. Fundación de las Artes y de los Artistas. Madrid.
- Scholarship, The Florence Academy of Art. Florence. Italy.
2008
- Residency Scholarship, Arauco Foundation. Directed by painter Guillermo Muñoz Vera. Chinchón. Madrid.
2007
- Scholarship, Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc. Faculty of Fine Arts of Barcelona. University of Barcelona.
Education
- Summer 2010 | Training with Odd Nerdrum. Norway
- 2009 - 2010 | Degree in traditional drawing and painting. The Florence Academy of Art, Italy
- 2008 - 2009 | Postgraduate - Foundation Arauco Scholarship with Guillermo Muñoz Vera. Chinchón. Madrid
- 2004 - 2008 | Graduate in Fine Arts. University of Barcelona