Miguel Garnica is a figurative painter whose work explores the relationship between human consciousness and the scale of nature.

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His work exists in a point of tension between the real and the inevitable, where the landscape is not merely a setting, but an active force that conditions existence.

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Influenced by the European figurative tradition, his painting seeks to recover a more essential relationship with the image—slow, silent, and charged with meaning.

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Through scenes that combine observation and symbolic construction, his work proposes a vision in which beauty and fragility coexist, reminding us of the finite nature of all human experience.

 

STUDIES

 

• MCs in Sustainable Desing and innovation, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.

• Art History, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Santiago, Chile.

• Learner and Assistant of Odd Nerdrum, The Nerdrum School, Stavern, Norway.

• Hydrogeology, Hydrogeological modeling, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

• Geology, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

Solo Shows

• "Mimesis", Museum of Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile, 2020.

• "Still Lifes", South wall, Museum Ruinas de Huanchaca, Antofagasta, Chile, 2018.

• "looks of the soul", mezanina room, regional library, Antofagasta, Chile, 2018.​

Collective Shows 

• Gallery of art Pablo Neruda, Calama, Chile, 2010.