
Joaquín Vila
VISUAL ARTIST, MURALIST AND RESEARCHER
My artistic career is guided by constant research into the connection between human beings and the natural world, from the study of anthropology, ethnobotany, symbology and the spiritual.
My work is based on the creation of characters that visually and conceptually debate between the worlds of science, mythology and fantasy, referring to non-material nature, representing life beyond the physical. Its objective is to convey that we are not something separate from nature, but that we ourselves are nature; I synthesize this in the concept of the Anthropo-arboriform, a figure half tree half human, a symbol that represents balance and symbiosis with nature.
“*In a world that distances us from our origin, that alters identities and disconnects us from our deepest nature, we need to recover ancestral memory and keep alive the awareness of what we really are, in order to advance in a healthier way towards the future.”*
I use the blue color that predominates in my work because it is the only one that can express the depth of life and the infinity of existence. Each stroke opens a door to another dimension, as if the canvas were not the limit but the beginning of another world. The white lines that give volume to the figures represent the vibration, energy and electricity that runs through every living being, creating an optical effect of subtle movement, almost imperceptible, but present.
STATEMENT
On a formal level, I develop my artistic work through drawings on paper, large canvases and murals on an architectural scale, occasionally using other resources such as sculpture.
What inspires and guides my work mainly is nature in all its magnitude, physical and spiritual. My intention is to create images that serve as intermediaries between us and “her”.As the Colombian therapist Amparo Arango said when treating a patient: “I am only the flute through which the wind of the universe blows.” And that is how I feel when I paint. The more I create and investigate, the more I see my work like the work of a therapist or a shaman in his/her community. They put their intention into every action, every song, every breath; I put it into every vision and every stroke, and that intention travels through the interdimensional, through the image, to fulfill its healing function. With my art I try to help people connect with the deepest nature of their being and awaken the awareness that we are all nature*.*
“*For me, every piece of art I create is a ritual, a ceremony, and an altar in itself.”*

Studies
Bachelor in Visual Arts. UEM Madrid, Spain. 2004
Postgraduate in Exhibition Design. Elisava. Barcelona, Spain. 2008
Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude. UCM Madrid, Spain. 2007
Complementary Studies
Sacred geometry in Temples. Assumpcio Vilaseca. Barcelona. 2023
Mural painting professional techniques. Iniciativas Sur Foundation. Madrid. 2021
Scientific Illustration. MUNCYT. Madrid. 2016
Art, ecology and public use of protected natural areas. Tablas de Daimiel, Ciudad Real. 2016
Thinking the garden. School of Design, Madrid. 2015
New exhibition formats. Injuve. Madrid. 2014
Sacred Geometry. Jaime Buhigas. Centro Abierto Tomillo. Madrid. 2007
Performance. Esther Ferrer. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid
Study of the scenic space. Sala Cuarta Pared. Madrid. 2004
Contemporary Art workshops. Daniel Canogar, Rogelio López Cuenca, Joana Vasconcellos, Daniel Andujar, Carles Guerra and Mateo Maté.
Grants
MACBA. Exhibition Department. Barcelona. 2008
UNESCO. Watermil Foundation. New York. 2005
UEM. Full Scholarship for University Studies. Madrid. 2000 > 2004
Art Residencies
Domaine de Boisbuchet. Lessac, France. 2024
Westender Inn. Negril, Jamaica. 2013
Projeckthaus Potsdam. Potsdam, Germany. 2010

Conferences
My carrer as an Artist, 20 years. Escuela de Arte La Palma. Madrid. 2022
My live as a Mural Painter. Museo de Bellas Artes de Oviedo. Asturias. 2014
Art and self-sufficiency. University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. 2011
Art, Nature and Organic Agriculture. National University of Colombia. Palmira, Colombia. 2011
Publications
Wisdom and Nature auction. Christie’s & Le Ciel Foundation. USA. 2020
Celebrity Cruises APEX art collection. International Corporate Art. USA. 2020
The Sabina art collection. Sabina States. Ibiza, Spain. 2020
Felures et Lumieres Exhibition . Atelier Gustave. París, France. 2019
XXIV Muestra Artes Plásticas del Principado de Asturias.
XVIII Certamen Jóvenes Pintores. Fundación Gaceta. Salamanca. 2013
Blog Exhibition . Comunidad de Madrid. 2004
Individual exhibitions
2024 Samsara, PEM City Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2022 Art and Landscape Studio, Alicante, Spain.
2018 Homecore, Paris, France.
2018 Babel, Madrid, Spain.
2017 Aniwa Gathering, Ibiza, Spain.
2017 Grafik Schweiz, Zürich, Switzerland. 2015 La Paloma, Ibiza, Spain.
2014 Octógono Gallery, Avilés, Spain.
2013 Westender Inn Hotel, Negril, Jamaica. 2012 Art House, Avilés, Spain.
Collective exhibitions
2025 Justmad Art Fair. PEM City Gallery. Madrid, Spain.
2021 Wisdom & Nature, Christie’s London. UK
2020 Wisdom & Nature, Christie ́s New York, US
2019 Felures et Lumières, Atelier Gustave, París, France.
2019 3rd World Ayahuasca Conference. Girona, Spain.
2019 Visionarium Art Festival Barcelona, Spain.
2018 Estampa Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
2017 Seeds of Anaconda, Sierra Nevada, Colombia.
2017 Neusicht Festival, Lucern, Switzerland.
2017 Miscelanea II. Vale Art Center, Asturias, Spain.
2016 Seeds of Anaconda, Putumayo, Colombia.
2014 1st World Ayahuasca Conference, Ibiza, Spain.
2013 Oviedo Art Fair, Lola Orato Gallery, Asturias, Spain.
2013 Ideas for a planetary garden, Lola Orato Gallery, Asturias.
2012 Enjambre, Ecolab, Laboral Centro de Arte, Asturias, Spain.
2012 #Kedarte2012, Art and Technology meeting, Salamanca, Spain.
2010 Free Art Celebration, Potsdam, Germany.
2008 StripArt, Centre Civic Guinardó, Barcelona, Spain.
2005 Empty, Videoart Festival, Moscú, Rusia.
2005 Watermil Center, New York, US.
2005 Cimientos, Qué mas de arte Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2004 Blog, Sala de Arte Injuve, Madrid, Spain.
