Ibanez

Ibanez was born in 1971 in Almeria, Spain in 1971 and he still lives and works there today. he had always dreamed of being an artist and his mother recalls that he had started to paint even before he could walk! his grandfather, who was considered a 'Leonardo da Vinci' of his village taught him to paint as a child and, from the age of 13, he began to copy the work of the great masters; Greco, Velazquez and Rembrandt. By the age of 16 he had studied and copied every single painting of Goya and in the next year he was ready to develop his own style and subject matter. In 1989 he began to exhibit his work with several group shows in Spain. In 1933 he produced a painting for St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, and in the same year the official inauguration took place of The Vault of the Chapel of the Esperanza in Malaga. He has also spent time working on a prestigious commission from the Republic Of El Salvador, a painting for the Vault of the Cathedral, covering a surface of 1000 square metres and featuring 'The Salvation Of The World'. His work is included in many impressive private collections throughout the world.